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Sister de Sales Smart
Lucy Smart, the daughter of Enoch Smart and Margaret Smart (nee Goodwin), was born at Prebbleton, Canterbury, on 26 February, 1871. She was one of the four Postulants who entered at Buckle Street and began Novitiate training on 14 April, 1904...
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Sister Campion Walsh
Stella Mary Walsh was born in Invercargill, the fourth daughter of James Raymond Walsh and Stella Walsh. Her father was a Custom Officer who had worked in various places throughout New Zealand. Stella’s parents provided a Catholic education for the family of five children with three of their four daughter eventually entering religious congregations...
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Sister Telesia ‘Iva ‘Afungia
Sister entered the Sisters of Compassion Novitiate in 1964 and, in 1967, became the first Sister of Compassion from Tonga to make her final profession...