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| Sr Felicitas served the Filipino migrant community in HK for decades (photo from Sunday Examiner) |
Sister Felicitas Nisperos, a well-loved pillar of the Filipino Catholic community in Hong Kong, passed away at Ruttonjee Hospital in Wanchai at around 4:15pm on Thursday, Feb. 5, after a lingering illness.
She was 93.
Her death was announced by the Sunday
Examiner, a weekly publication by the office of the Bishop of the Roman
Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong.
Sister Felicitas, who was with the
Sisters of Good Shepherd, headed the Diocesan Pastoral Center for Filipinos for
years, and was an adviser for nine years (2008-2017) of its brainchild, Simbayanan-KAMMPI, a Church-based association of Filipino migrant workers in Hong Kong.
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| PINDUTIN PARA SA DETALYE |
She was well known for her wit and
humor, as well as her fluency in Cantonese. She used to joke that the first
Cantonese she learned were swear words because she learned the language from
street thugs in communities she used to serve.
She was also a wide reader, and
used to call The SUN to comment on news events, or to plead, half-jokingly, to
spare nuns and priests from its jokes section.
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| Consulate officials led a birthday tribute to Sr Felicitas in 2018 |
In 2018 Sister Felicitas was honored on her 86th birthday by then Philippine Consul General Antonio A. Morales, for her “immeasurable contribution to uplifting the spirit of Filipinos in Hong Kong.”
Congen Morales thanked Sr Felicitas
for being a longtime partner of the Philippine Consulate General in assisting
Filipinos in distress, particularly in providing them shelter and involving
them in capacity building programs.
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| Basahin ang detalye! |
With her at the helm of DPCF (now
DPCM for Diocesan Pastoral Center for Migrants), Sister Felicitas joined the Coalition of Service Providers for Ethnic Minorities (CSPEM), a
network of church and non-government organizations that ensured
no migrant worker in distress was left without a roof over their head.
(The SUN condoles with the family and friends of the good sister,
who will surely be missed by many Filipinos in Hong Kong, particularly the
migrant workers. We will provide an update on her update and other related information
when they become available).
