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First Garo nun passes away

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TURA: The first Garo nun from the Catholic faith, Rev. Sister Liliana Marak has passed away after a brief illness. She was 93. Born on November 1, 1925 in Resubelpara village of North Garo Hills, Sister Liliana was the first Garo maiden to join the religious order at the young age of 27. She was ordained a nun and professed a member of the Salesman Sisters of Shillong Province at Kotagiri in the year 1952.
She spent a large part of her religious life helping the young girls of Auxillium Convent and schools. Due to old age she was ailing for sometime and underwent treatment in Tura before being taken to Shillong’s Nazareth Hospital for better medical care. She passed away on Saturday morning.
Her funeral service will take place on Monday at 9 am with a Concelebrated Requiem Mass at the Sacred Heart Shrine in Tura before she is laid to rest at the Catholic cemetery near Bishop House.

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