Aden, Mar 4, 2022 / 17:10 pm
Their chaplain, Father Tom Uzhunnalil, told them every day to be ready for martyrdom.
On this particular day in Yemen six years ago, the Missionaries of Charity sisters would be given a breathless warning that ISIS arrived to kill them. Four would die; the fifth would miraculously survive, protected, as her friend Sister Rio would say, to tell the story of their martyrdoms.
Several other workers would also perish, and Father Tom himself would be kidnapped for ransom.
The account of their martyrdom reveals the brutal manner of the deaths, the swiftness of the ISIS execution plan, but also the love of the residents and workers for the sisters and a miraculous moment of protection for Sister Sally, who reported the events to fellow Missionary of Charity, Sister Rio, and was transcribed by another member of her religious community.