For many years now Sister has lived in Wagga Wagga where she is well loved by the Loreto Home of Compassion Community, and where she continues a pastoral role in the Home particularly in the care of the chapel. Her commitment to religious life began over 60 years ago and was influenced by the Sisters at Chanel Home in Suva. She had the joy to be at the re-dedication of the Chanel Home in 2016, where she received a warm welcome from the disabled residents she had cared for when they were children and young adults.
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Sister Clare Nesdale
Kathleen Ann Nesdale was born at Kimbolton, near Fielding, on 13 November, 1892. Her parents were Patrick Nesdale and Mary Ann Nesdale [nee Smyth]. Kathleen entered the Sisters of Compassion on 23 February, 1915, while Mother Aubert was still in Rome...
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Sister Catherine Hannan
Sister Catherine Hannan was born on 19 August 1935 at New Plymouth. Her parents were Kathleen Rosena Foster and George Willis. Catherine was the oldest of six children, her siblings were Sister Patricia OP, James, Willis, Gillian, Paul. The family moved to Invercargill while Catherine was young and where she completed her education at St Catherine’s Dominican College. Excelling not only academically but also in music, speech and sport.
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Sister Barbara King
"The Annuals magazine ran a series on religious orders and I would seriously read them and when I had finished the series I was grateful that none of the religious orders written about attracted me...