Besides supporting and encouraging people in need, Sister taught handcraft and was able to sell the completed work by the women, to enable them to buy school books, bags and lunches for their children. From 1994 until the present (2018) Sister Veronica has been the Hospital Chaplain at the Colonial War Memorial Hospital and St Giles Psychiatric Hospital for 27 years. Sister cooks food on a Saturday morning to take to the park in the centre of Suva to feed people who do not have access to a good meal. In 2014 Sister Veronica celebrated her Golden Jubilee and all her brothers and sisters returned to Fiji for the occasion. Sister said “That was quite an experience actually. I did not expect everybody to come but I am so grateful that God had given me the opportunity for a family reunion and I keep thanking God for my family, for their support and love all these years, and I will continue to do that.”
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Sister Alphonsus Fay
Elizabeth Fay was born at Mount Bolton, Victoria, Australia on 10 September, 1875. She came to New Zealand to visit her sister, Mrs. Dollimure, who lived at Reefton. There she met Dean Rolland and Fr. Hickson, and it was through the latter that she was directed to the Sisters of Compassion...
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Sister Jeanne Duggan
Catherine Duggan was born in Tuamarina, New Zealand, on 2 July, 1879, and was the half-sister of Sister Mary Marcelle Small. Their mother was Debora Hunter who married Daniel Duggan when her first husband died...
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Sister Xavier McDonald
Eileen McDonald was born in Auckland on the 26 January, 1904, the second daughter of James and Rose McDonald. Eileen was baptised and confirmed at St Patricks Cathedral, Auckland.