Cartolina 24 & 29 November 2010

Suor Teresa Grigolini was a missionary with the Comboniani Sisters in Egypt in the second half of the 1800s. She was made a prisoner of the local warlord, the Madhi, for 16 years, and forced to marry a Greek merchant, from whom she had a number of children. All throughout her life, she remained a beacon of faith and generosity for all around her. Her story has recently been revealed to her grand niece, Teresa Pickard, who lives in Christchurch.