Life is a journey by road, On the way we travel the dust is thick and the shade is scarce, Let us know how to select the best place to halt, to bathe our eyes, to shake off the dust that covers us, and to wash our sore feet
Suzanne Aubert
Founder of the order
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Sister Bernadette Murphy
Eileen Margaret Murphy was born in Wellington on 28 January 1902. Her parents were Patrick and Lucy Murphy (nee Harris). Eileen entered the Sisters of Compassion on 16 August 1926, and was professed on 11 February 1929...
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Sister Tarcisius Walsh
Maureen Theresa was born in 1925; her parents were John and Mary Walsh. She had five brothers and was seventh in a family of nine. Maureen came from an Irish Catholic background, and Irish music and dancing were the loves of her life.
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Sister Natalie O’Meara
Born 15 November 1885; died 13 December 1918; buried 14 December 1918