‘Prisoners’ mother’

After working with four-year-old children as a kindergarten teacher for quarter of a century, Sister Maria Adele Baldacchino got the shock of her life when her provincial asked her to transfer her services to the harshest of climates – the prison. “I felt very discouraged at the time,” Sr Baldacchino, now 76, recalls as she nurses her injured knee at the Sisters of Charity convent in Tarxien. “I was used to dealing with children’s innocence. In fact, I made the provincial promise to transfer me if I didn’t get used to it. “Stepping into prison, I heard words I had never heard before in my... This article is part of our premium content. Full story is available on Times of Malta Premium.