Congregation of the Sisters of St Felix (Felician Sisters)<br/><br/>
Mother Mary Angela is the founder of the Congregation of the Sisters of St Felix (Felician Sisters) (the congregation in which Sr. Maria Fok is a member). Mother Mary Angela was beatified by Pope John Paul II on April, 18, 1993. Her original name was Sophia Camille. She was born on May 16, 1825 to a renowned family in Poland. Blessed Mary Angela’s kind and pleasant character was a result of good domestic education. Before she established the congregation, she joined the St. Vincent de Paul Society in Warsaw and dedicated herself to serving the community. In 1855, she founded the congregation of sisters in light of the spirit of St. Francis of Assissi.<br/><br/>
Mother Angela adores the Eucharist. She once wrote to Father Honorat, her spiritual director, “Tomorrow is my day of reparation and. . . we also have all-day Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament. I want to ask you, Father, if for those twenty-four hours you could allow me to leave the cloister and to kneel not on the altar steps but in the corner behind the grille. I would like to be in direct presence of the Lord. . . If I cannot pray. . . then at least I can gaze at our Lord and bask in the warmth of his love.”<br/><br/>
To Sr. Mary Bogdana Mazaraki, Mother Mary Angela also once wrote, “When you experience pain, disappointment, humiliation or some other misfortune, go before the Blessed Sacrament and drink deeply of strength and consolation; if you cannot be there in person, be there in thought and spirit.”<br/><br/>
The congregation’s website is www.feliciansisters.org.<br/><br/>
Let us learn to adore the Eucharist like Blessed Mary Angela. Meanwhile, let us also ask her to pray for us, so that we can find cure for the illness and suffering in both our body and our spirit.