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Sister Cecilia Scanlon
Island Bay’s Own ‘Flying Nun’: It started as a joke but before she knew it, Sister Cecilia, celebrating her 80 birthday, was flying down The Parade in Island Bay on the back of her neighbour’s Harley Davidson motorbike.
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Sister Bernadette Murphy
Eileen Margaret Murphy was born in Wellington on 28 January 1902. Her parents were Patrick and Lucy Murphy (nee Harris). Eileen entered the Sisters of Compassion on 16 August 1926, and was professed on 11 February 1929...
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Sister Pia Shanley
May Shanley was born at Waipawa on July 20, 1885. Her parents were Francil Shanley and Teresa Agnes Shanley (nee Mannings). May was a member of a pioneering Hawke's Bay family, rich in Catholic tradition.