austraLasia
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Servant of God Fr
Carlo della Torre and the passing of former DQM
Superior
(and what our readers say: not related to
the main topic)
BANGKOK: 4th April 2006 -- For
those who keep an eye on the Necrology, today 4th April is the 24th anniversary
of the death of Fr Carlo della Torre, member of the Thai Province and then
Founder of the Daughters of the Queenship of Mary in Thailand. Fr della
Torre's Cause has been introduced. This seems an appropriate time to
inform readers of the death, last month, of Sr. Theresa Manee Kanchananurak DQM,
one of the original seven of the band of women whom Carlo della Torre directed
in 1954 and which led to the nucleus of a now thriving Institute. Sr
Theresa made her first profession in 1955. She was superior of the
Institute from 1980-86. She died in Bangkok at the age of
71.
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