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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 Berchmans Faire
Margaret Faire was born in Wellington on 23 December, 1883. Her parents were Robert Faire and Susan Faire [nee Hogan]. Margaret entered the Sisters of Compassion, Island Bay on 19 March, 1914, in her 32nd year...
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Sister Catherine Quelch
Myra Florence Quelch was born in Invercargill on the 15 December, 1912. Her parents were John Hector Quelch and Sarah Quelch (nee Fotheringham). Catherine was the eldest of nine children – eight girls and one boy...