The sisters’ education crusade in Malaysia


Old times: Mother St. Tarcisius (seated, centre) with her choir or teaching sisters in Convent Light Street. Inset: Mother St Mathilde (1814-1911). — Photos courtesy of IJS Convent Cheras.

No one would treasure the legacy of the Christian sisters more than the sisters themselves, so the controversy over the three convent schools in Penang is most unfortunate. 

THE soul of the Infant Jesus Sisters institute (IJS) lies in the very foundation that was established by the pioneer sisters who risked their lives to reach Penang and struggled against all odds to raise it off the ground in the second half of the 19th century.

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