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. I have never looked back or regretted the decision I made all those years ago to become a religious. I know I am loveable and loving. I believe there are many ways to live life and to experience the love of God, but for me it was to be a religious. As my journey continues, changes in my life have given me a lot to learn from my own experiences. Compassion is my leading light – the joy is not so much in what I have given but in what I have received from people I have encountered on my journey. It is a grace to realize and acknowledge that Mother Aubert’s spirit continues to be alive in the work we do today making a difference to the people in need who don’t have much. ‘Thanks be to God’.
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The Voice of Compassion Issue 48
Celebrating Suzanne Aubert's birthday, living with compassion, a message of gratitude, climate change...
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Sister Emaleti Konokono
In 2009 Sister Ema attended a course in Wellington on Teaching Christian Meditation to Children, run by Ruth Fowler from Australia, where a diocese-wide initiative to teach children to meditate had been running since 2006...
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Sister Charles Chase
Lucy Edith Chase was born in Wellington, on the 2 July, 1903. Her parents were Charles Russell and Margaret Amelia Chase [nee McAnally]. Lucy entered the Sisters of Compassion on 15 August, 1921, and received her religious name Charles. Sister Charles was Professed on 19 March, 1924, and made her Perpetual Profession on 19 March, 1930...