Sister André Randon, the oldest in the world, survived 2 pandemics

At 118, Sister André Randon she is the oldest nun in the world. Baptized as Lucile randon, was born on 11 February 1904 in the city of Alès, in the south of France. The nun is blind and moves with the help of a wheelchair but she is lucid. Currently the nun she lives in the Sainte-Catherine Labouré retirement home in Toulon, where she attends Mass every day in the Chapel.

Sister André survived two pandemics: the Spanish flu, which killed more than 50 million people, and Covid-19. In fact, last year she tested positive for the coronavirus. At the time, her sister said she was not afraid of dying. “I am happy to be with you, but I would like to be somewhere else, to join my older brother, my grandfather and my grandmother,” commented the nun.

Sister André Randon was born into a Protestant family but converted to Catholicism at the age of 19 and joined the congregation of the Daughters of Charity, where she worked until 1970.

Until the age of 100, she helped take care of the residents of the nursing home where she lives. She is the second oldest person in the world, second only to the Japanese Kane tanaka, born January 2, 1903.

In a good mood, the nun says she is no longer happy with birthday parties. One of the congratulatory letters you received was from the French president Emmanuel Macron.