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Sister Anastasia Stephens
Edith Margaret Stevens was born at Christmastown, Victoria, Australia, the daughter of Alice and John Stevens. She was one of eleven children with five brothers and five sisters. Her brother Alfred and sisters Ellen, Dorothy and Lillian survived her...
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Sister Damian Seymour
Muriel Winifred Seymour was born in Nelson, on the 18 February, 1887. Her parents were Charles Alexander Seymour and Emily Seymour (nee Brunetti). Sister Damian was one of a family of twelve children, six of whom became religious, two of her brothers joined the Society of Mary, and two of her sisters became Sisters of Mercy...
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Sister de Lourdes Padden
Annie Elizabeth, daughter of James and Annie Padden, was born in Wellington. The family lived in Otaki and Annie received her early education at St. Peter Chanel’s School...