Sister Prasanna Devi – Matters India

India’s Catholic hermit nun dies

On: February 27, 2023

By Matters India Reporter Junagadh, Feb 27, 2023: Sister Prasanna Devi, a Catholic hermit nun who was an inspiration for many, especially Hindus, died February 27 in the western Indian state of Gujarat. She would have turned 89 on March 13. Sister Devi was suffering from age-related illnesses for theContinue Reading

Priest cares for destitute octogenarian hermit nun

By: Matters India

On: May 14, 2022

In: Features

By Matters India Reporter Junagadh, May 14, 2022: A Catholic priest has stepped in to care for an aged and ailing Catholic woman, who had spent four decades as a hermit among wild animals in western India. Sister Prasanna Devi, the only surviving Catholic ascetic of the Syro-Malabar Church, isContinue Reading