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Serving with
Nothing
Like midwives who assist
in the birthing process,
death doulas spend their
time helping people die
as peacefully as possible.
One of the earliest death
doulas at St Joseph’s Home
is Canossian Sister Rita
Jaswant who started her
vocation in the mid 1980s.
Among those she has come
across are mothers of young
children, hardened men and
family patriarchs with dark
secrets. In letting them bare
their souls (and sometimes
bodies) to her, she has
opened herself to change
in ways she never imagined
possible.
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DEATH DOULA -
SR RITA
JASWANT