MANILA, Philippines — Sr. Fidelis Atienza of the Religious of the Good Shepherd (RGS) Community died, after 66 years of religious life, at the age of 102 in Quezon City, CBCP News reported on its website on Saturday.
Tourists with a sweet tooth would no doubt be familiar with the ube jam sold by her congregation there.
“She was the original mastermind behind the ube jam, enabling the congregation to send thousands of youths to school,” the RGS was quoted by CBCP News saying.
She introduced the jam in 1976, but before that, in the 1960s, she started the Marian Bakery, which offered “crispies” made from communion host cuttings, the forerunner of “angel cookies,” according to…
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