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Sister Loyola Galvin
For my first ten years in the order I worked in Compassion facilities in New Zealand, principally at Island Bay caring for babies and children, as well as doing duties in the geriatric section...
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Sister Bernadette Murphy
Eileen Margaret Murphy was born in Wellington on 28 January 1902. Her parents were Patrick and Lucy Murphy (nee Harris). Eileen entered the Sisters of Compassion on 16 August 1926, and was professed on 11 February 1929...
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Sister Therese Caldwell
Rosanne Agnes Caldwell, daughter of Lindsay Archibald Caldwell and Jeanne Marie [nee Dondeyne] was born on the 25th August, 1923 at Wellington. She was the second daughter in a family of six. Rosanne and her four sisters and one brother received their education at the Sacred Heart Convent in Island Bay.