Media Release

Mangaluru, Dec 11: The 50th birthday of Sr Maria Shamita, the provincial superior of the Apostolic Carmel, Karnataka Province, was celebrated on Wednesday, December 11.

The sisters of the local convents along with Sr Maria Shamita, met at the Eucharistic table with Fr Victor D'Souza as celebrant, to praise and thank God for the 50 golden years at St Ann's Chapel. The liturgy conducted by St Ann’s Community was devotional and melodious.

A simple yet festive celebration was waiting in the Community Hall after the Eucharistic meal. As she was ushered in, the fifty claps each, by the Sisters sent a message of joy and cheer. The emcee Sr Melissa's fitting words brightened the ambience in the hall.

Sr Maria Kripa, the assistant provincial superior adorned sister with a jasmine garland. The icing on the cake was not the cherry but the number golden fifty. The choir from St Mary’s Community seemed like the angels sent down as messengers of love and hope, greeted her with a melodious jubilee song. Sr Roopa Rodrigues from St Agnes Community voiced the words of greetings and wishes.

The power point presentation on her life reminded the sisters of her golden deeds of the past and a hopeful reminder as an apostle to her flock not with fifty deeds but fifty times fifty.

In response, Sr Shamitha expressed her gratitude to her parents and family members, her formators and all her superiors and sisters who made her life meaningful in service. The celebration ended with a delicious breakfast.