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Our Lady’s Home of Compassion

The perfect place for rest, retreat and renewal. Encounter the charism of compassion and take time out to contemplate and reflect.
Open Monday to Friday, 8am – 4:30pm







  • 125 th Anniversary of the founding of the Sisters of Compassion

    Our Lady’s Home of Compassion in Island Bay saw hundreds of whānau and friends come together for a day of celebration last Saturday 14 October 2021.

  • History of Our Lady's Home of Compassion

    In 1907, following a huge fundraising effort, the impressive Our Lady’s Home of Compassion was opened on the slopes of Island Bay, initially for the care of children and babies.

  • Cloister Café

    Cloister Cafe is open Tuesday to Friday, from 10 am until 3 pm, and Saturdays from 9:30 am until 2:30 pm

Our Lady’s Home of Compassion

04 383 7769

islandbay@compassion.org.nz

2 Rhine Street
Island Bay
Wellington 6023


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Calendar 2022

We host numerous events throughout the year. You are welcome to join us.

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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...

  • Sister Prisca McQuilkin

    Annie McQuilkin was born at Hau Hau, Hokitika, on the 5 August, 1874. Annie was the second daughter of John McQuilkin and Mary [nee Sweeney]. Annie’s parents were well-known and highly respected pioneers of the West Coast whose strong faith and open-handed generosity built up the Church in the early days of New Zealand.

  • The gifted opportunity to open our doors

    On International Refugee and Migrants Day, Sister Margaret Anne Mills shares her reflection on the opportunity we have to help and support those who come from far away to live in Aotearoa New Zealand.

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