Support our Appeal
Our Stories
All stories-
Sister Laboure Butler
Philomena Mary was born in lnglewood, the second of three daughters of the late Helen and William Butler. Philomena and her sisters and four brothers lived a typical family life on a farm in the Taranaki district...
-
Sister Anthony Cassin
Emma Mary Cassin was born at Taradale, Hawke's Bay, on the 13 March, 1878. Her parents were John Thomas and Jane Cassin [nee McMahon]. Emma entered the Sisters of Compassion at St. Joseph's Home in Buckle Street, on 26 January, 1903, there she began her Novitiate and was given her religious name Sister Mary Anthony...
-
Sister Camillus Ryan
Eileen Mary Ryan, daughter of William Rodger and Myrtle Eileen (nee Fowler), entered the Sisters of Compassion some time in February 1956. What a wonderful contribution she made to the Sisters of Compassion...