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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...
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Sister Joseph O’Leary
Mary Elizabeth O’Leary was born on 12 August, 1914; on the eve of the First World War. Mary was the second eldest in a family of four, three boys and the one girl. Mollie, as she was always called lived most of her early life in Petone.
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Sister Prisca McQuilkin
Annie McQuilkin was born at Hau Hau, Hokitika, on the 5 August, 1874. Annie was the second daughter of John McQuilkin and Mary [nee Sweeney]. Annie’s parents were well-known and highly respected pioneers of the West Coast whose strong faith and open-handed generosity built up the Church in the early days of New Zealand.