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3 unusual facts about Cecilia Thackaberry


Cecilia Thackaberry

Federal troops invaded Biafra that year and the Presentation community moved from Port Harcourt to Owerri.

In September 1965, Sister Cecilia led a group of two other sisters who embarked on the 26 day journey to Port Harcourt in Nigeria.

Bishop Okoye, who had invited the sisters to Port Harcourt said: "She was our first martyr of charity..." Her remains were laid to rest on the grounds of the parish church at Emekuku, Nigeria.



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