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Sister Joachim Pritchard
Sarah Maud Pritchard was born in Tibooburra, New South Wales. Early in life due to family circumstances Sarah was cared for at St Anne’s Home, in Broken Hill, which was under the management of the Sisters of Mercy.
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Sister Anthony McKiernan
Margaret Mary McKiernan was born at Templeport, County Gavan, Ireland on the 27 December, 1912. She was the eldest of five children born to Thomas and Kate McKiernan. Her siblings were Thomas (Brother Columba), John, Benny and Sheila. John married and had two children Paul and Kevin...
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Sister Dolores McQuilkin
Alice McQuilkin was born at Hauhau, on the West Coast of New Zealand, on 8 August, 1876. Her parents were John and Mary McQuilkin (nee Sweeny). Alice entered the Sisters of Compassion on Ascension Thursday, May, 1892. The McQuilkins were well-known to Mother Aubert as their eldest daughter, Sister Prisca, had already entered the nascent Congregation...