Isobel Walsh has received a Papal award. Devotion to the Catholic Church has played a huge part in her life.
Mrs Walsh was presented with the Benemerenti Medal at a mass and ceremony at the St Theresa of Lisieux parish in Invercargill yesterday afternoon.
Afterwards, she said she was unable to imagine not having a strongly held faith.
“You’re just surrounded by it. It’s part of the fabric of your life, really – I couldn’t get on without it,” she said.
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