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Sister Bernard Montesena
Matilda Montesena was born in Napier in 1881. Matilda’s parents were Albina and Mary Magdalen Montesena (nee Hay). She entered the Sisters of Compassion at Buckle Street on 27 February, 1907, and received her religious name Sister M. Bernard...
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Sister Paola Vernon
Violet Mary Vernon was born in Camberwell, Melbourne, on 18 May 1880, and entered St. Joseph’s Home of Compassion, Buckle Street, as a postulant in 1908.
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Sister de Sales Smart
Lucy Smart, the daughter of Enoch Smart and Margaret Smart (nee Goodwin), was born at Prebbleton, Canterbury, on 26 February, 1871. She was one of the four Postulants who entered at Buckle Street and began Novitiate training on 14 April, 1904...