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Sister Emmanuel Peters
Clare Louisa Peters was born in Auckland on 18 May, 1886. Clare entered the Sisters of Compassion, Island Bay, on 30 November, 1912, and began her Novitiate training on 2 October, 1913, when she was given her Religious name Sister Mary Emmanuel. Sister was professed on 14 October, 1915...
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Sister Canisius Cahill
Sister came from Winton, she loved her family and spoke so well of them and was very Homesick during her Novitiate days...
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Sister Margaret Pugh
Sister was born in Greymouth. Our Sister Chanel McSherry used to tell everyone that she remembered Margaret being pushed in a pram up the streets of Greymouth...