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Gladys Staines

January 01, 1970

Gladys Staines (born c. 1951) is the widow of Australian missionary Graham Staines. Graham Staines was burnt alive along with their two sons Philip (aged 10) and Timothy (aged 7) by a mob led by the Bajrang Dal activist Dara Singh in Odisha, India on 22 January 1999.[1][2][3]

Shortly after the sentencing of the killers, Staines issued a statement saying that she had forgiven the killers and had no bitterness towards them.[4] Rather than return to Australia, Staines "decided to stay in India where she and her husband had served lepers for 15 years", keeping her daughter Esther, with her, stating: "I cannot just leave those people who love and trust us. I have high regard for the people of India and their tolerance."[5]

In 2004, Christianity Today described this woman as "the best-known Christian in India after Mother Teresa."[5] In 2005, she was awarded the Padma Shri, a civilian award from the Government of India.[6][7] As a result of the contributions earned from receiving that award, Staines transformed the leper house she served at into a full hospital.[8] The hospital is named Graham Staines Memorial Hospital, established in 2004. In November 2015, Staines was awarded the Mother Teresa Memorial Award for Social Justice and after receiving the award, she stated "I thank God for his help in enabling me to carry out the work in caring for people with leprosy, even after my husband was killed."[9][10]

References edit

  1. ^ "Movie on Graham Staines Fails to Be the Reminder India Needs". The Wire. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  2. ^ "Anti-Christian Violence on the Rise in India". Human Rights Watch. 30 September 1999. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
  3. ^ "V. ATTACKS ACROSS THE COUNTRY". www.hrw.org. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
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  5. ^ a b Lee, Morgan (15 December 2015). "Forgiver of Missionary Martyrdoms Wins India's Mother Teresa Award". Christianity Today. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
  6. ^ (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 October 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  7. ^ "Film marks the 20th anniversary of missionary Graham Staines' killing in India". Religion Unplugged. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
  8. ^ Carvalho, Nirmala (25 November 2015). "INDIA "Mother Teresa" award to the widow of Pastor Graham Staines". AsiaNews. Retrieved 16 December 2015. Thanks to the contributions received for the Padma Shri award, obtained in 2004, the widow managed to transform the house for lepers in a real hospital, where patients can receive all the care they need. Gladys continues: "I thank God for His Grace and the support of the people which enabled the continue to serve with compassion the people. Through my award, I would like to honor the people, who through God's help continue the work. The hospital is serving the people afflicted with leprosy. Additionally, after my husband was killed, a hostel for children has been built which gives the children an opportunity for education. The Lord Jesus Christ has given me peace in my heart. I greatest wish for Orissa would be the people would become self-reliant and empowered, and live together in harmony and they may have peace in their hearts ."
  9. ^ Lee, Morgan (15 December 2015). "Forgiver of Missionary Martyrdoms Wins India's Mother Teresa Award". Christianity Today. Retrieved 16 December 2015. Last month, Gladys was named the 2015 recipient of the prestigious Mother Teresa Memorial Award for Social Justice by the Harmony Foundation, a Mumbai-based charity that grants the only award endorsed by the famous nun's Missionaries of Charity. "I thank God for his help in enabling me to carry out the work in caring for people with leprosy, even after my husband was killed," Staines told AsiaNews after being named this year's winner.
  10. ^ Carvalho, Nirmala (25 November 2015). "INDIA "Mother Teresa" award to the widow of Pastor Graham Staines". AsiaNews. Retrieved 16 December 2015.

External links edit

  • "Kalam meets Gladys Staines", 15 May 2003
  • "No comments, says Gladys Staines", 15 September 2003
  • - Times of India article, 14 July 2004
  • - Times of India article, 15 July 2004
  • "Gladys Staines leaves India promising to return"


  

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