Posts Tagged ‘Josephite Sisters’

Josephite Sisters in Whanganui taking change in their stride

Monday, May 28th, 2018

Marie Skidmore, Marcienne Waite and Liz Hickey have known each other for 60 years as members of a Catholic Josephite order. They share their possessions in common. Since the early 1970s they haven’t worn a black and white habit, but what drives them is unchanged. Read more

Sisters of St Joseph celebrate fusion

Friday, August 30th, 2013

Last weekend, in Whanganui, several hundred Sisters of St Joseph of Nazareth and  Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart gathered to celebrate their coming together as one religious congregation. Sister Catherine Shelton, of Whanganui’s Sisters of St Joseph of Nazareth, said the weekend was a symbolic one for everyone. “It has been an Read more