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Sister Laboure Butler
Philomena Mary was born in lnglewood, the second of three daughters of the late Helen and William Butler. Philomena and her sisters and four brothers lived a typical family life on a farm in the Taranaki district...
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Sister Patricia Kraus
Mary Patricia Kraus was born in Wellington on 21 August 1927. Her parents were William and Ellie Kraus. Patricia was the eldest of four children, followed by Suzanne (Sister of Mercy), Bill and Helen.
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Sister Ita Flannery
Bridget Cecilia Flannery was the eldest daughter of John and Ellen Flannery, and was born at Timaru on 12 October, 1913. Two of her sisters also entered the Sisters of Compassion: Sister Mary Joan and Sister Mary Adrian.