For her conversion from Shinto to the Catholic faith, Satoko chose the baptismal name Elizabeth. Her parents were totally opposed to this. But her father had promised his children he would respect their freedom to do whatever they wanted to in life, “as long as they did it well”. This is the same paternal love God has for us – freedom – but choose wisely.
Friday 16 December 2011
Tuesday 6 December 2011
Elizabeth Maria Satoko Kitahara
Satoko Kitahara had the world at her feet when she was only twenty
one years old. She had a privileged upbringing in a wealthy society and was
pursued by suitors and loved life. She had just graduated as a Pharmacist when
suddenly she encountered people living in the opposite world, a world of
destitution. Courageously she went to help them and then chose to become one
of them, living as they did in order to lift them out of their misery. Satoko was a heroic woman
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