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Sister Etienne Walsh
Elizabeth Welsh was born in Invercargill on 3 February, 1885. Her parents were Michael and Margaret Welsh. She entered the Sisters of Compassion on 1 March, 1926, and on 8 September, 1926, Elizabeth began her novitiate training receiving her Religious name Sister M. Etienne. Sister M. Hedwige was her Novice Mistress...
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Sister Michael Soani
Sister was the first person from Fiji to enter the Sisters of Compassion. After her Religious Profession she taught at our School in Suva...
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Sister Dorothea Meade
Mary Hope was born in Wanganui. Her parents were Michael and Millicent Meade. The family of five girls and three boys lived on their farm, Whakahoro, in a remote corner of the Wanganui River...