Daily Monitor
Sunday February 07 2021
Sr Veronica Maria of the Daughters of St Theresa made 70 years in religious life. PHOTO/ ALEX ASHABA
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Sr Maria Veronica 92 walks with the aid of a stick and occasionally a wheelchair. She belongs to the congregation of Daughters of St Theresa of the child Jesus (Banyatereza ) and now staying in the community of Holy Family convent Kinyamasika in Fort Portal Diocese. The convent is established for the elderly nuns.
Sr Veronica exudes unusual energy as she has to attend daily mass which is at 7am daily, talks vibrantly and, reads the bible without glasses.
“I wake up at 5.30am to prepare myself for the morning Mass which starts at 7am,” she says.