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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.
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Sister Fidelis Woodward
Jessie, the only child of George and Dorothy Woodward, was born in Hobart, Tasmania, and migrated with her mother to New Zealand when she was eight years old...
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Sister Barbara King
"The Annuals magazine ran a series on religious orders and I would seriously read them and when I had finished the series I was grateful that none of the religious orders written about attracted me...