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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 Lawrence Gledhill
While Marie was a Sister of Compassion she was very dedicated to the mission of Suzanne Aubert.
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Sister Liguori Dowdall
Christina Agnes Dowdall was born in Whanganui on 9 November, 1908. Her parents were Christopher and Gladys Dowdall. Christina was lovingly referred to in the family as Jacky.