Constance Helen Gladman

Constance Helen Gladman (23 December 1922 – 30 November 1964), also known as Sr. Mary Rosina, was a religious sister of the Daughters of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart.

Life

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She was born in Koroit, Victoria the oldest of seven children, raised in Warrong and educated in Warrnambool and Melbourne.[1]

She died in Kokopo (Near Rabaul), on the island of New Britain, Papua New Guinea. Sister Rosina was beheaded in her classroom while working as a teaching nun among impoverished communities. Her cause for beatification as a martyr is currently under investigation.[2][1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Fairfax Regional Media (27 December 2011). "Push for former Koroit nun's canonisation". The Standard.
  2. ^ "1964".