Following her profession as a Sister of Compassion, sister lived and worked at our Home at Island Bay before commencing her nursing training in our hospital. After graduating as a nurse she trained as a radiographer receiving very high marks in both examinations. Sister graduated as a midwife in 1978. During her years as a Sister of Compassion Sister Mary has worked at Timaru, Wagga Wagga, and Auckland before returning to Wagga Wagga in 2000 where she now lives. Sister is well known for her hospitality to all those who come to the door. Like other sisters, she is present with residents who are unwell or dying.
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Sister Aloysius Kerrigan
Margaret Kerrigan was born at Ashhurst, near Palmerston North, on 5 September, 1885. She entered as a Postulant on 13 October, 1907 and went to Island Bay when the Noviciate was transferred there in March, 1908. She began her Novitiate on the 17 September, 1908, and received the name of Sister Mary Aloysius. She was professed on 28 September, 1910.
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Sister Veronica Hurring
A new door opened after my Religious Profession in 1957 when I was transferred to St Anne’s Home of Compassion in Broken Hill, NSW...
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Sister Francis McManaway
Josephine Bell McManaway was born at Makara, Wellington on 26 February, 1873. Josephine’s parents were John and Bridget McManaway (nee Kenny)...