Born in Valetta, Malta on 11th August 2035. Deceased in Maryville Care Home on 10th April, 2023
Sister Marion Carabott who passed away on Easter Monday will be very much missed by many, both in and outside the MSOLA (White Sisters) Congregation.
Before entering the Congregation, she obtained her degree in Malta and taught physics in a secondary school for five years. In 1960 she left for England to start her formation as a Missionary Sister of Our Lady of Africa.
After her first vows she was sent to Tanzania where she taught physics. She then spent a number of years in formation ministry - first as postulant mistress and was then asked to be responsible for the noviciate. In 1975 she was elected to the General Council and in 1981 she became Superior General with responsibility for the whole Congregation. After this service, she was again appointed as novice mistress, but this time for a young indigenous Congregation in Rwanda: The Abizeramariya, who appreciated her greatly. She then served for many more years in the congregation leadership in Rwanda and U.K. and then as secretary to the Provincial Council until the structure changed in 2014.
In her late seventies and into her eighties, Sr. Marion served in ministry for rehabilitating prisoners and later for trafficked women. She continued this right up to the age of 84, when she was obliged to stop due to the lockdown imposed by the Coronavirus Pandemic.
Sr. Marion was a woman of relationships. People everywhere responded to her warm friendliness, constant kindness and deep caring, loving concern. She was always ready to give a service and up until her last weeks she was an active and greatly valued member of the MSOLA community in Ealing.
She lived her missionary commitment to the full throughout her life.