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Sister Perpetua Lavery
Mary Elizabeth Lavery was born on 1 September 1904, at Waubra, Victoria. Her parents were Bernard and Catherine Lavery (nee Fay). Australian born and proud of it, Ballarat had a special place in her heart.
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Sister Catherine Hannan
I work in the Compassion Centre Soup Kitchen in inner Wellington. One evening one of our guests confided that Eddie (another guest) would like to take me to the films but the first man thought my husband would be the problem. “Oh,” I said blithely, “my husband won’t be a problem” and then quickly realised I’d better explain before my response caused further confusion...
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Gloria Bell
Gloria made a promise in her heart to Our Lady that if she was blessed with her own family she would then help the Sisters in their cause...