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The Voice of Compassion Issue 52
Working at the Compassion Soup Kitchen through another lockdown, A Blessing for Suzanne Aubert's Red Shed replica in Leithfield, visitors to Our Lady's Home of Compassion for Catholic Schools Day and film screenings, and more!
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Sister Columba Staveley
Kathleen Mary Staveley was born at Carterton on the 28 October, 1906. Her parents were Frank Spencer Staveley and Hilda Mary Staveley (nee Weight). Her mother belonged to the Weight family, and was the sister of our first Sister M. Columba [Weight]. Her mother’s aunt was our first Sister Francis McManaway, called Auntie Tot...
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Sister Bernadette Mary Wrack
Bernadette Mary was born in Whangarei on 10 December, 1921, the only child of George Stephenson Wrack and Margaret Ellen Wrack (nee Bagley). Her father, a returned serviceman, died when she was only two years old...