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Sister Felix Breen
Sister Felix (Ellen Catherine) Breen was born in the Tapanui Hospital, about twenty miles from the family farm in Conical Hills, Central Otago. Ellen’s parents were Mary and Jim Breen and she was the second eldest of nine children, five sisters and three brothers...
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Sister Justin Walsh
Before leaving on a pilgrimage to Europe Sister Justin had decided to become a religious, and this desire was confirmed while she was in Rome...
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Sister Barbara Pearson Souter
Mary Jean Pearson Souter was born in Wanganui on 1 May, 1915. Her parents were Thomas Pearson and Amelia Anne Pearson (nee Kennedy). Mary entered the Sisters of Compassion at Island Bay, on 5 January, 1934...