It is something beautiful to have a heart, however small it is, and to be able to make use of it in order to love God. It is only in Heaven, that I will really understand love. Prayer helps me a little to do so, because prayer is the elevation of the mind and heart to God.
Suzanne Aubert
Founder of the order
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Sister Josefa Tikoisolomone
Sister Josefa wrote in 2017… I left home in 1964, and after 50 years as a Sister of Compassion, I can only acknowledge and thank God for my humble beginning.
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Sister Liguori Dowdall
Christina Agnes Dowdall was born in Whanganui on 9 November, 1908. Her parents were Christopher and Gladys Dowdall. Christina was lovingly referred to in the family as Jacky.
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Sister Bernard Montesena
Matilda Montesena was born in Napier in 1881. Matilda’s parents were Albina and Mary Magdalen Montesena (nee Hay). She entered the Sisters of Compassion at Buckle Street on 27 February, 1907, and received her religious name Sister M. Bernard...