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The Voice of Compassion Issue 53
We remember the visit of Mother Teresa at Our Lady's Home of Compassion, Christmas at the Soup Kitchen, the awards received by Sisters of Compassion, the visit of students from Putāruru, and more!
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Sister Brigid McCormick
Mary Eileen was born on 22 October 1905 in Belfast Northern Ireland, one of thirteen or fourteen children born to Jane and Daniel McCormick and the eldest of the nine surviving children who emigrated to New Zealand arriving in Auckland on 26 May 1926 aboard the Mahana. Eileen was baptised and confirmed in St Peter’s Pro-Cathedral, in Belfast...
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Sister Yvonne Manera
I was born in Hokitika, on the West Coast. My father was William Paul Manera, and my mother, who came from Ross, was Maureen Margaret Roberts. I was the second of a family of four. I have an older brother Bill, my only sister Noleen, and a younger brother, Malcolm...