Sisters Stories
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Sister Anne Galvin
She was professed as a Sister in 1951 and was an excellent nursing student.
Sister Barbara Joyce King
I came from the bush. It was Outback Australia, our closest neighbours were 27 miles away.
Sister Basil Crean
Sister Basil returned to Romania after ten years to work once again with orphan children.
Sister Bernadette Mary Wrack
Why did I come? Why do I stay?
How am I a bearer of hope to those to whom I minister?
Why does anyone become religious?
Sister Brendan O'Gorman
On 20th December 1999 Sr Brendan was admitted to Wellington Hospital with a badly infected and very painful knee. Surgery was a possibility, but then Sister Brendan suffered a heart attack––followed by kidney failure. These were very serious developments, especially considering her age––88 years. After several days the doctors at Wellington Hospital said they could do nothing more for her, and she was brought back to Compassion Hospital on the 25th December, with no hope for recovery.
Sister Bonaventure Bannerman
Sr Bonaventure entered the Sisters of Compassion in 1938 having completed an Arts degree and her Teaching training.
Sister Catherine Hannan
Which takes me to the topic “Why did I become a Religious? Why did I stay?”. I grew up in a family where things of our faith were part of life, where Marist Brothers were regular visitors to our home and where many of the Dominican Sisters who taught us were also friends.
Sister Declan Walsh
On my return to Melbourne I began approaches to the Congregation of the Daughters of Our Lady of Compassion. I was 31 years old (at that time the upper age limit for postulant intake was 32) and disabled.
Sister Dorothea Meade
Sister Dorothea has always been a living expression of the words on our Congregational Crest "Love in Sacrifice". Her commitment to this life she freely chose all those years ago is total and evident.
Sister Hulita Hefa – Cape Town, South Africa
n 2000 Sister Hulita went to live with the Little Sisters of the Assumption to work with some of the poorest people.
Sister Joan Timpany – Burying Dick Hefferin
Dick Hefferin had been out of the church for 40 years, and he could die soon. Michael thought ‘these two nuns’ would be the ones to do something, to get him back to the church.
Sister Joan Timpany – Setting up a community
Both agreed that Clare and I would be a welcome asset to the people of the Parish, and to Waiheke Islanders.
Sister Josephine Gorman
Now I am back at Island Bay, Wellington. Physically this place has changed almost beyond recognition, but I feel the Spirit is still the same.
Sister Laboure Butler
Painting is my hobby.
Sister Loreto Curry
Loreto taught by example, it is amazing how many types of prayer can be learnt in a laundry.
Sister Loyola Galvin
I was often called to support parents with new born disabled babies. Because of our philosophy which calls us to respond to ‘Need, not Creed’, I was available to all. Out of this grew my concern for the needs of parents of still-born babies.
Sister Lusiana Raratini
It is not easy, looking after the sick and elderly. Think about it, the myriad of things that we do for ourselves and take for granted. Having a shower, brushing your teeth, going to the toilet, reading, playing. Imagine spending your life doing that for someone else, and by choice. It takes courage, the courage of unshakeable faith in that chosen vocation.
Sister Margaret Anne Mills
Since I was about 16 there had been a little niggle in the back of my mind to give religious life a go. I did not do much about it, and began the exciting life of a student in Palmerston North, training to be a teacher.
Sister Margaret Mary Murphy
When I was fifteen, a sister I knew asked me if I had ever thought of becoming a religious. For the first time I was able to tell someone. She didn’t laugh when I said that I wanted to go to a Congregation which did everything.
Sister Mata Malani
Through pain, and hard work at times, I have come to see people find dignity, and to know the love of Christ.
Sister Mina Fetu'u
I grew up in a good Catholic family. I was educated by the SMSM Sisters. In the area where I lived we were surrounded by priests and sisters.
Sister Michael Soani
One day I found a little shabby book on Mother Aubert.
Sister Rachel Moreno
The idea of a Religious Vocation came to me at a very young age.
Sister Rae Berry
I have read articles about Age Care Facilities that make me wonder if the writer has ever spent more than one visiting hour in their whole life in such a facility. They never seem to be written by someone that actually works in them.
Sister Rita Hickey
The richness of my life as a Sister of Compassion calls me to strive for a deeper commitment to the person of Jesus and to respond to the call to live the Gospel in every circumstance of my life. It doesn’t become easier, and is increasingly challenging and demanding in our secular society.
Sister Sue Cosgrove
I discovered that growth and integration were but a process of becoming more truly the person that I was. Not some dream or ideal, but truly myself. It is not easy to live with a known self, no matter how many depths of light or darkness that self holds!
Sister Walburga Marchant
At 80 years of age, after 60 years as a Sister of Compassion, Sister Mary Walburga is still busily working among the Maori people.
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