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 			7 January, 2025Sister Cabrini Tu’ipulotuSister Cabrini was born in the small village of Makave near Va va ‘u, Tongan Islands. 
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 			24 July, 2024Publication of the Royal Commission’ final reportThe final report of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care is being released to the public. The Sisters of Compassion Group and wider Compassion whānau acknowledge the […] 
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 			1 July, 2023Suzanne Aubert Tertiary Scholarship 2024An invitation to apply for a Suzanne Aubert Tertiary Scholarship. Click here for further details and to apply. 
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 			15 May, 2023Sister Josefa TikoisolomoneSister Josefa wrote in 2017… 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. 
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 			15 May, 2023Sister Rae BerryBefore entering the Sisters of Compassion in 1967 Sister Rae completed her nursing training at the Sisters of Mercy Mater Hospital in Auckland. 
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 			3 January, 2023Sister Shirley TunnicliffeBorn 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. 
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 			8 September, 2022New hope for beloved Upper Hutt Care Home St Joseph’sA residential care home for older people that was facing imminent closure, St Joseph’s Home of Compassion in Upper Hutt, hopes to keep its doors open announced Chief Executive Chris […] 
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 			20 June, 2022The gifted opportunity to open our doorsOn 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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 			7 May, 2022Sister Sheila McGrathMany stories are remembered about the giftedness of Sister Sheila’s talents and her joy in sharing them with others and encouraging others to learn from her. 
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 			7 May, 2022Sister Michael SoaniSister Michael’s encounter with the Sisters of Compassion came in the form of a shabby little book. She was impressed with the sisters’ work with the elderly and that was the beginning of a long journey toward religious life. The Sisters of Compassion were not long in Fiji when she visited them. 
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 			7 May, 2022Sister Kathleen CreanKathleen Theresa Crean was born in Blackstoops, Enniscorthy, Wexford, Eire. Sister Kathleen started her life on one side of the world and ended it on the other after travelling to New Zealand in 1959 and following the Lord’s call. 
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 			16 June, 2021Sister Loyola GalvinSister Loyola Galvin (Johanna Mary Frances) was born on 12 May 1922, the second daughter of Adairine and Edward Galvin. In the family of two girls, her elder sister was called Von. The family owned a small farm in Hawera where her father raised poultry and owned many animals. Mr. Galvin was a French polisher by trade. Mrs. Galvin owned a drapery store and worked until she was 70 years old. On leaving school Johanna trained as a nurse at Wellington Hospital during World War II and graduated three years later achieving triple honours. 
 
		
		 
		
		 
		
		