Question

Write an essay on Mother Veronica.

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Answer 1

Mother Veronica (Miss Sophie Leeves), Foundress of the Sisters of the Apostolic Carmel, Mangalore, was deeply religious and highly intellectual. She was English, the daughter of an Anglican Chaplain to the British Embassy at Constantinople. Born on October 1, 1823, she was received into the Catholic Church on February 2, 1850. A life of prayer and renunciation culminated in the dedication of her whole self to the education of youth in the Congregation of the Sisters of Saint Joseph of the Apparition. On September 14, 1851, she became Sister Mary Veronica of the Passion, and the Cross had a large place in her life making her in truth, a victim.
She came out to India and at Calicut met the saintly Carmelite Bishop, Marie Ephrem, who guided her in her work of founding the Apostolic Carmel, a Congregation of Carmelite women devoted to teaching. She obtained the sanction of the Holy See and, leaving her own Congregation, she joined the Carmel of Pau, France, and then prepared a band of young girls, French, English and Irish, and sent them to India in 1870. Three years later, when the Apostolic Carmel was firmly established on Indian soil, she returned to the Carmel of Pau, making the Apostolic Carmel the special object of her prayers and affection. In 1906, God called her to Himself, to reward her for her life of love, labour and sacrifice.
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Answer 2

MOTHER VERONICA (1872 - 1958)

Sr. Veronica belonged to the founding community. We were told that she was the 6th to join and so M.Teresa gave her the name Sr. Veronica.

She was of Irish origin and came passed the ‘higher examination’ when she came to join, along with Kate Gibson, later Sr. Pierre. After her novitiate she was asked to study Malayalam and then was assigned to the Anglo- Vernacular school.

To study Malayalam and teach in the vernacular school must have been a difficult task for this young girl from Madras, but nothing was impossible for her indomitable spirit.

In 1922,at the General Chapter held at St. Teresa’s, she was elected the first Superior General. In a way Mother Veronica may be considered a second foundress of the congregation.

It was Mother Veronica who spotted Mother Mary, the needle-work teacher in Madras. She understood her potential and succeeded in bringing her to Ernakulam.

Mother Veronica was re-elected to the post of Superior General and held it for 12 years. In 1934 she handed over the office to Mother Mary whom she had nurtured and helped to grow to spiritual maturity.

She was 86 years old when she died and of these, she spent 66 in the service of God and built up the congregation.