The founder of the Little Servants of the Divine Providence (LSDP) died at the Divine Providence Convent, Kunnanthanam. She was 81.
Her cremation is scheduled for 9:30 am on Wednesday.
Sr. Litty started the congregation in a small rented thatched hut on January 17, 1978. She reached out to destitute people as well as abandoned children and orphans with disabilities.
The congregation now has 16 centers under it where 162 professed sisters take care of nearly 2,000 sick inmates.
The congregation’s service has been expanded to Thuckalay in Tamil Nadu and Bijnor in Uttarakhand part from various other states in the country.
Born on August 2, 1935 as the youngest child of O. P. Joseph and Brijeetha of Oliyappuram House, Ramalloor near Kothamangalam, Sr. Mary Litty’s original name was Kochu Thresya. She did her schooling from St Agustine’s Girls’ High School, Kothamangalam, and completed her undergraduate program from Assumption College, Changanassery, before joining the order of the Missionaries of Christ Jesus (MCJ) at the Dharmagiri convent in Kothamangalam in 1955.
After her Vestition she was sent to Rome from where she obtained a medical degree before practicing in Ireland and England for several years.
Later, Dr. Litty returned home and started living at the St. Joseph’s Convent at Mukkoor near Kunnannthanam, serving in different hospitals attached to the Congregation.
Several awards and honors did come her way, including the National Award for Child Welfare and the award for social service instituted by American Malayali Association of Love and Acceptance (Amala).
Her siblings are the late O. J. Paul, and O. J. Sebastian, and Sr. Jose Mary, Sr. Annie Jose, O. J. Peter, and Sr. Illuminata.
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