May Reverend Mother Emmanuel Wai-chum Choa Rest in Peace<br/><br/>

Mother Emmanuel Wai-chum Choa of the Sacred Heart O.C.D. has returned to God’s kingdom on December 6th. Her requiem mass was held at our parish on December 11th. Fr. Dominic Borg O.C.D. presided with six concelebrants.<br/><br/>

Since she became a cloistered nun, Sr. Choa was only known to a handful a people. She was born in Hong Kong in 1915, and received her education at St. Paul Convent School, Sacred Heart Canossian College and University of Hong Kong. Upon graduation, she taught at Maryknoll Convent School. Not long after that, in 1939, she joined The Carmelite Sisters of Stanley (Hong Kong), and made her solemn profession of vows in 1944. In 1992, she arrived in Toronto with a few nuns to set up a new community, and was their Reverend Mother until her death.<br/><br/>

Rev. Mother Choa was a simple and kind-hearted person and has won the respect and love of other nuns and parishioners. On Feast Days, or whenever there were guests visiting, she was always at the Guest room with her nuns, greeting the presiders or the visitors. In 1996, she underwent triple-bypass surgery, and recovered miraculously.<br/><br/>

Rev. Mother Choa was also a prudent risk-taker with a compelling vision of the future. She not only led a group of nuns in building a new community, she also planned on building a Carmelite Retreat Center so that more parishioners may experience solitude in God. May her wish come true in the very near future.<br/><br/>

Please pray for the soul of Mother Choa. Rev