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Sister Casimir Cahill
Patricia Josephine Cahill was born in Auckland on the 17 March, 1913, the third daughter of William John Cahill, Engineer, and Mary Anne Cahill [nee O’Leary] in a family of seven children...
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Sister Cecilia Scanlon
Island Bay’s Own ‘Flying Nun’: It started as a joke but before she knew it, Sister Cecilia, celebrating her 80 birthday, was flying down The Parade in Island Bay on the back of her neighbour’s Harley Davidson motorbike.
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Sister Campion Walsh
Stella Mary Walsh was born in Invercargill, the fourth daughter of James Raymond Walsh and Stella Walsh. Her father was a Custom Officer who had worked in various places throughout New Zealand. Stella’s parents provided a Catholic education for the family of five children with three of their four daughter eventually entering religious congregations...