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Sister
Mary Clarita Lachica Enters Eternal Life |
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R.I.P. |
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Sister
Clarita Lachica was born and grew up in Butuan City,
Philippines. After
completing her primary and secondary education in her home
city she went to the University of Sto Tomas in Manila
where she graduated with B.S.E. After graduation
she taught in the secondary department of Malate Catholic
School and it was there that she came in contact with
Columban Sisters who took over the administration of the
school in 1957. In
1961 she entered the Columban Sisters' congregation and did her postulancy
and novitiate in Hyde Park, MA, U.S.A.
After First Profession in 1963 she was assigned back to
the Philippines and taught in Immaculate Concecption
College, Ozamiz City.
Later she held positions as teacher and principal
in other Columban schools in Mindanao - San Isidro High
School, Tudela, St. Michael’s High School, Tangub and
Sacred Heart High School, Molave where she was also
Superior of the community.
As well as her school work she was involved in
pastoral activities in these parishes.
When her teaching career ended she was assigned to
the San Juan community in Manila where she took on
full-time pastoral work, visiting the poor in their homes,
taking Holy Communion to the sick and helping in the
parish feeding programme.
in
1992 she joined the community in Rosario Drive, Quezon City where at first she took on pastoral work in Immaculate Conception parish but
soon her health began to deteriorate. She died peacefully in Rosario Drive on
May 2 and is buried in the Columban plot in Holy Cross
Cemetery, Manila. |
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