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Sister Damian Seymour
Muriel Winifred Seymour was born in Nelson, on the 18 February, 1887. Her parents were Charles Alexander Seymour and Emily Seymour (nee Brunetti). Sister Damian was one of a family of twelve children, six of whom became religious, two of her brothers joined the Society of Mary, and two of her sisters became Sisters of Mercy...
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Sister Suzanne Fitzgerald
Sister came from Timaru where she had met the Sisters of Compassion while helping at the Home for the disabled and elderly...
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Sister Salome O’Sullivan
Mary O’Sullivan was born at Tua Marina, Marlborough. Her parents were Charles and Mary O’Sullivan (nee O’Leary). They were a pioneering family and Mary and her brothers and sisters grew up on the family farm.