Suzanne Aubert
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Suzanne Aubert, better known to many by her religious name Mary Joseph or "Mother Aubert", was a French religious sister who started a home for orphans and the under-privileged in Jerusalem, New Zeala
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Suzanne Aubert and her pupils in 1869
Aubert's final resting place, in the chapel of Our Lady's Home of Compassion, Island Bay, during a visit by the governor-general, Dame Patsy Reddy, on 28 October 2020
The Daughters of Our Lady of Compassion, also known as Sisters of Compassion, is a religious institute founded in May, 1892. The Catholic order was founded by Suzanne Aubert in Jerusalem, Hiruhārama,
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…Aubert first came to New Zealand in 1860 and formed the Congregation of the Holy Family to educate Māori children. She founded a religious order, the Daughters of Our Lady of Compassion in 1892. Aubert later started two hospitals in Wellington; the first, St Joseph's Home for the Incurables in 1900, and Our Lady's Home of Compassion…
Our Lady of Compassion Chapel, Island Bay