Apia, SAMOA – 22 March 2024:<\/strong> Sister Malia Makelita Leaua\u2019i who celebrated her 100th birthday yesterday has had a colourful life journey according to her colleagues.<\/p>\n A member of the Missionary Sisters of the Society of Mary (SMSM) at Vailoa, Sr. Makelita had set examples for the younger generations of nuns that followed her generation.<\/p>\n \u201cShe has a humble heart, a perseverance worker, a person with a strong faith in her belief and a very funny comedian,\u201d Sr. Jacinta Fido who looks after the SMSM residents read out some of the comments recorded by former and current colleagues of Sr. Makelita\u2019s character.<\/p>\n But her consistent advice and encouragement to the younger generation of sisters is \u201cstop gossiping and do not be judgemental,\u201d said Sr. Fido.<\/p>\n She also encourages everyone to be patient and to be understanding of little matters that cross their paths.<\/p>\n Sr. Makelita\u2019s hope and dream for the congregation is for each sister to look deeply into themselves and their relationship with God.<\/p>\n Sr. Fido said Sr. Makelita’s sense of humour will certainly make one dull day memorable and she would start singing and dancing out of the blue and everyone follows.<\/p>\n Celebrating at 100 years and still with the strength and rhythm to a Samoan siva.<\/p><\/div>\n Sr. Makelita was born on 21st March 1924 at Manono.<\/p>\n At the age of 22, she entered the service at Moamoa in 1946 and so began a service that spanned over her lifetime.<\/p>\n Sr, Makelita has 12 siblings and her younger sister Sieni Leaua\u2019i spoke on behalf of her Manono family to share some of her life story.<\/p>\n Sieni said Sr. Makelita left their home while she and others were very young.<\/p>\n On the day of her ordination as a nun, she and her young sisters and mother went to Moamoa and as a group of young nuns strolled by, Sr. Makelita saw them.<\/p>\n \u201cShe came and hugged our mother then looked at us and asked, who are they, and my mother said they are your sisters,\u201d said Sieni.<\/p>\n After her ordination at Moamoa in 1946, she started her service at Aleipata and was later transferred to serve at church missions around Samoa, American Samoa, Fiji and New Zealand.<\/p>\n The milestone was celebrated in a Mass conducted by Father Falaniko and assisted by Father Spa and Father Ricky.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By Lagi Keresoma\/ \u201cLive joyfully in the service of God\u2026. Share and listen to his love and stop gossiping and do not be judgemental,\u201d Sr. Malia Makelita Leaua\u2019i. Apia, SAMOA – 22 March 2024: Sister Malia Makelita Leaua\u2019i who celebrated her 100th birthday yesterday has had a colourful life journey according to her colleagues. A […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":22434,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[181],"tags":[59,3678,3675,3677,3676],"class_list":["post-22433","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-people","tag-featured","tag-moamoa-church","tag-nun-celebrates-100-years-birthday","tag-ordination-as-a-nun","tag-sister-malia-makelita-leauai"],"yoast_head":"\n![\"SMSM](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/talamua.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/SMSM-Makelita-dancing.jpg?resize=740%2C403&ssl=1\")