Sister Malia Finau Ta’Anga: Malia was from Tonga. She was very good hearted and worked well in the different apostolates of the Sisters of Compassion, after discernment she decided to leave.
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Sister Genevieve Sexton
Jessie Elizabeth Sexton was born at Gladstone, Wairarapa, on July 7 1881. She was the daughter of James and Mary Sexton (nee Lane).
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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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Sister Shirley Tunnicliffe
Born Margaret Shirley Tunnicliffe was born on the 16 February 1936 in the small town of Owaka in the Catlans to Margaret Liston McAra and Cyril Alexander Tunnicliffe, both early pioneer families of the area. The eldest of four children, Shirley was baptised Margaret Shirley but was always called Shirley. Shirley had two brothers Donald Alexander and Raymond James and a much younger sister, Shona Janet who was born in 1950 after the war.