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Sister Columba Weight
Veronica Weight was born in Wellington on 15 September, 1885, and entered the Sisters of Compassion on 27 February, 1907, at St. Joseph's Home in Buckle Street...
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Sister Fidelis Woodward
Jessie, the only child of George and Dorothy Woodward, was born in Hobart, Tasmania, and migrated with her mother to New Zealand when she was eight years old...
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Sister Prisca McQuilkin
Annie McQuilkin was born at Hau Hau, Hokitika, on the 5 August, 1874. Annie was the second daughter of John McQuilkin and Mary [nee Sweeney]. Annie’s parents were well-known and highly respected pioneers of the West Coast whose strong faith and open-handed generosity built up the Church in the early days of New Zealand.