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Sister Esther Rastelli F.D.C.C.
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Sister Esther Rastelli was born in S. Clemente Forli (Rimini) on 16 March 1916 the youngest of a family of four. Her soldier father never returned from World War I, her oldest brother died at the age of ten and her mother shortly thereafter at the age of 32. Left alone, Esther, her sister and her brother were placed in an orphanage.
Having received a missionary vocation, Esther entered the Canossian Novitiate at Vimercate (Milan) on the Feast of St. Joseph 1933. The next year she went to England to study language before being professed in 1935. In 1936 she left for Hong Kong where she remained for the rest of her life.
Working as a primary school teacher, she realized her vocation lay elsewhere, with the orphans, the deaf and the blind. Knowing from experience what it meant to be deprived of parental love, she felt a special affection for these children. And in Macao (Casa Beneficentia), Ling Yuet Sin and St. Francis in Wanchai, she had the opportunity of showing her love and concern. She kept up her interest in the Children even after they left and were making their way in the world.
In a letter to a friend in Italy she mentioned that she used to visit the homes of the poor, clean their rooms, wash their clothes and try to make up for what they lacked in this life. In the Community she was full of attention for the Sisters, offering service whenever she could.
Sister Esther made her first home visit to Italy in 1967, after 31 years in the Missions. After that, periodically, she would take her home leave and stay with her elder sister. In 1988, when the foundress, Magdalene of Canossa, was canonized by Pope John Paul II, Sister Esther had the happiness of being in St. Peter¡¦s Square to attend the ceremony.
In 1992 she was diagnosed as having terminal cancer. She then
took her last home leave in December 1992 returning on 28 February 1993. By the
end of April she was forced to her bed, where she spent four weeks in pain, She
peacefully fell asleep on 24 May 1993, at 8:30am in the morning on the Feast of
Our Lady Help of Christians.
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June 1993
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