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Sister Etienne Walsh
Elizabeth Welsh was born in Invercargill on 3 February, 1885. Her parents were Michael and Margaret Welsh. She entered the Sisters of Compassion on 1 March, 1926, and on 8 September, 1926, Elizabeth began her novitiate training receiving her Religious name Sister M. Etienne. Sister M. Hedwige was her Novice Mistress...
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Sister Lesina Patelo
Lesina came from Samoa. She was a happy person but discerned that Religious life was not for her.
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Sister Josephine Gorman
My first appointment away from Island Bay was caring for the elderly at St Anne’s Home of Compassion, Broken Hill...