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Stories

Sisters stories

Read how the Sisters made their mark in communities far and wide.

  • 4 May, 2018

    Sister Duchesne Mulcahy

    Following her Perpetual Profession, Sister trained as a nurse in our hospital, graduating in 1967…

  • 4 May, 2018

    Sister Maureen McAtamney

    Sister was a Sister of Compassion for 25 years. While a Sister of Compassion she had worked at Island Bay, Silverstream, Buckle St, Carterton, Broken Hill and Wagga. Sister is […]

  • 4 May, 2018

    Sister Cletus Johansen

    Sister came from Australia…

  • 4 May, 2018

    Sister Cornelius Segedin

    Sister left the congregation before her Final Profession. Thank you sister for sharing with us some of your life.

  • 4 May, 2018

    Sister Canisius Cahill

    Sister came from Winton, she loved her family and spoke so well of them and was very Homesick during her Novitiate days… 

  • 4 May, 2018

    Sister Goretti Norris

    Sister came from the Wellington area. She had a very supportive Family who were frequent visitors…

  • 4 May, 2018

    Sister Therese Couderc Nansett

    Before entering the Sisters of Compassion in 1957, Sister had completed courses in commerce and later qualified as a General Nurse and obtained a Post Operating Technique certificate…

  • 4 May, 2018

    Sister Suzanne Fitzgerald

    Sister came from Timaru where she had met the Sisters of Compassion while helping at the Home for the disabled and elderly… 

  • 4 May, 2018

    Sister Cecilia Scanlon

    Island Bay’s Own ‘Flying Nun’: It started as a joke but before she knew it, Sister Cecilia, celebrating her 80 birthday, was flying down The Parade in Island Bay on the back of her neighbour’s Harley Davidson motorbike.

  • 4 May, 2018

    Sister Felicitas Dudson

    Sister Felicitas entered the Sisters of Compassion on the same day as I did and we went through all the stages of what it was like to leave Home…

  • 4 May, 2018

    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…

  • 4 May, 2018

    Sister Thecla Clarke

    Sister was a Sister of Compassion for 5 years. Thank you Thecla for your generosity.

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