RIP Sister Anna - Foundress of the Sister Servants of the Cross Dies Suddenly - Associated Order of the Companions of the Cross
Sister Anna Chan, age 48, the foundress of the Sister Servants of the Cross died suddenly on Feb. 4. She founded the order associated Order of the Companions of the Cross
The Order release: Praying for the Repose of the Soul of our Dear Foundress - Sr. Anna Chan, SC
We regret to share the heartbreaking news that while Sr. Anna was in Houston, she experienced a cardiac arrest and passed away.
We graciously thank you in advance for all your love and support. As we continue to work through this situation, please know that we are being well taken care of and will ask for any help, if needed.
At this time we would appreciate it if you would keep us in your prayers. Please give us the time that we need to work through these initial plans.
Know that we will update you with other details concerning Sr. Anna’s funeral in the near future, and please check on our website for current information.
In gratefulness,
The Servants of the Cross
The Companions' General Superior, Fr. Roger Vandenakker, CC wrote:
It is with great sadness that we learned of the sudden death of Sr. Anna Chan, the co-foundress and General Superior of the Servants of the Cross on Tuesday, Feb. 4th in Houston Texas where she attended the funeral of Fr. Ed Wade, CC. We offer our deepest sympathies and condolences to her family and religious sisters, and the assurance of our thoughts and prayers during this time of sorrow and painful loss.
Sr. Anna, with her joyful faith and zeal for the gospel, will be greatly missed by all who knew her. Eternal rest grant unto her O lord, and let perpetual light shine upon her.
Well done good and faithful servant of the Lord!
Fr. Roger Vandenakker, CC
It is with great sadness that we learned of the sudden death of Sr. Anna Chan, the co-foundress and General Superior of the Servants of the Cross on Tuesday, Feb. 4th in Houston Texas where she attended the funeral of Fr. Ed Wade, CC. We offer our deepest sympathies and condolences to her family and religious sisters, and the assurance of our thoughts and prayers during this time of sorrow and painful loss.
Sr. Anna, with her joyful faith and zeal for the gospel, will be greatly missed by all who knew her. Eternal rest grant unto her O lord, and let perpetual light shine upon her.
Well done good and faithful servant of the Lord!
Fr. Roger Vandenakker, CC
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BIOGRAPY: Sr. Anna heard a calling and approaches the Companions of the Cross to form an associated sisterhood to their community. Sr. Monique joins Sr. Anna. Their first home was in the heart of Little Italy, Ottawa on Pamilla Street.
Sr. Anna writes of herself:
I wanted to live life to the fullest but I wasn’t quite sure by what standards. I grew up in one of the largest cities in Canada, Toronto. I loved fashion, shoes, bags, going dancing with my friends, eating out with friends and having enough money to make it down to the Caribbean for some fun. But this lifestyle ‘rubbed shoulders’ with my parents who wanted more for me. They were living life with God at the centre of it and wanted me to have the same. In time, and through their fervent prayer I began to wrestle with what it meant to live life to the fullest.
You see, I began to realize how empty the world was with its promises. It never quite filled what my heart, my soul was longing for. And it was in my late twenties that I took a great leap of faith, joined NET ministries, an Evangelization ministry for young adults where God turned my life 180 degrees. NET was a launching pad for this deep hunger in me to discover what living life to the fullest meant. God captured my heart and my search began. I moved to Ottawa, Canada and every time I learned more about the faith, the more I hungered for a deeper and personal relationship with God. His love for me became the realest thing I ever experienced. Needless to say, it still is. I now know what it means to live life to the fullest. I know where I want to go in life and share it in abundance with as many people as I can, that is, eternal life with God himself.
Sr. Anna writes of herself:
I wanted to live life to the fullest but I wasn’t quite sure by what standards. I grew up in one of the largest cities in Canada, Toronto. I loved fashion, shoes, bags, going dancing with my friends, eating out with friends and having enough money to make it down to the Caribbean for some fun. But this lifestyle ‘rubbed shoulders’ with my parents who wanted more for me. They were living life with God at the centre of it and wanted me to have the same. In time, and through their fervent prayer I began to wrestle with what it meant to live life to the fullest.
You see, I began to realize how empty the world was with its promises. It never quite filled what my heart, my soul was longing for. And it was in my late twenties that I took a great leap of faith, joined NET ministries, an Evangelization ministry for young adults where God turned my life 180 degrees. NET was a launching pad for this deep hunger in me to discover what living life to the fullest meant. God captured my heart and my search began. I moved to Ottawa, Canada and every time I learned more about the faith, the more I hungered for a deeper and personal relationship with God. His love for me became the realest thing I ever experienced. Needless to say, it still is. I now know what it means to live life to the fullest. I know where I want to go in life and share it in abundance with as many people as I can, that is, eternal life with God himself.
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