Columban Sisters Kathleen Geaney (left), Susanna Choi, Rebecca Conlon and Angela Yoon (right).
Susanna Choi is the new Congregational Leader. From Young Am, Gwang Ju Diocese South Korea, Susanna, a nurse, studied in England and Ireland. She is one of the first group of Columban Sisters that returned to Myanmar in 2003. She began a programme in health care and education, training local people in the Myitkyina area. This is of immense value to the villagers, most of whom had no access to a doctor. She also worked with others at preventing malaria. Her ministry took her on long distances which she travelled by bike, car and boat to reach outlying areas.
Angela Yoon from Seoul, South Korea, was sent to the Philippines for a term and later came to Dublin where she studied theology. After her studies she was sent to China where she engaged in retreat work and related education with the Christian community.
Rebecca Conlon from Miltown Malbay, Co Clare, was one of the first group of Columban Sisters to go to Pakistan in 1990. She worked in Christian communities, setting up many programmes for women, as well as leading on-going formation courses. She also spent some years in Korea and was novice mistress in Ireland.
Kathleen Geaney from Nenagh, Co Tipperary, a teacher, spent several years on mission in the Philippines before helping to open an international novitiate in Birmingham, UK. After a spell as Congregational Leader, she was sent to Myanmar as a teacher and engaged in on-going dialogue with the Buddhists.
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