Charity, or love, as you may be pleased to call it, is the great wonder-worker that achieves impossibilities, that finds its happiness in suffering and sacrifice, that makes itself all to all.
Suzanne Aubert
Founder of the order
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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...
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Sister Gabriel Henry
Helen Mary Henry was born in Hawera on 18 June, 1906, but spent most of her early life in Wanganui. Her parents were Thomas and Annie Henry (nee Finnerty). Even in those days she must have been a special person, as one of the Sisters can remember a teacher's oft-repeated phrase: ‘If only we had girls like Molly Henry!’...
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Sister Raphael Divine
Elizabeth was born in Meannee the daughter of Michael and Mary Devine. The family lived in a rural area of the Hawkes Bay.