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The life and works of New Zealand Religious Orders,
as experienced through the eyes of a young woman.

Little Sisters of the poor
Teresa Rayner Teresa Rayner

Little Sisters of the poor

Earlier this year I visited a ninety-three-year-old Sister in a rest home. We spoke of her work in Vietnam during the war and how she was captured and detained for a few weeks. Yet the thing that really stayed with me long after I had left, was what she said of her experience now, being cared for in a home. She looked sadly at me and said;

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The Presentation Sisters
Teresa Rayner Teresa Rayner

The Presentation Sisters

Imagine a world where religious expression was not just discouraged, but penalised, with those caught practicing their faith fined, jailed or killed. This was the environment that Nano Nagle, foundress of the Presentation Sisters, grew up in…

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