Jewels from Jane - July 31
Pictured: The First CSJ Missionaries in Japan
July 31, 1956
Before we sailed, Mother Eucharista pulled me (Sister Irmina) aside to say, “I hope this mission works out. I have mortgaged the rest of my life of prayer and sacrifice for the success of this venture.”
From Recollections of Sister Irmina Kelehan, first Superior in Japan, about Reverend Mother’s hopes for the new mission.
