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Sister Barbara King
"The Annuals magazine ran a series on religious orders and I would seriously read them and when I had finished the series I was grateful that none of the religious orders written about attracted me...
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Sister Lawrence Gough
Annie was born in Waimate on 5 May 1876, but by the age of six her parents, John Francis and Anne Gough (nee Houey), seem to have died for she was adopted by Mark Healey and was subsequently brought up by him and his wife. Whether they were related or not is not known.
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Sister Charles Chase
Lucy Edith Chase was born in Wellington, on the 2 July, 1903. Her parents were Charles Russell and Margaret Amelia Chase [nee McAnally]. Lucy entered the Sisters of Compassion on 15 August, 1921, and received her religious name Charles. Sister Charles was Professed on 19 March, 1924, and made her Perpetual Profession on 19 March, 1930...