One of New Zealand’s most influential women has been commemorated with a new portrait. The Sisters of Compassion recently unveiled the painting of Suzanne Aubert to mark the 180th anniversary of her birth. The oil on wood portrait of Aubert was painted by Paekakariki artist Elspeth Shannon and gifted to Sisters of Compassion by an Read more
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Suzanne Aubert’s former crèche reaches its new Wellington home
Tuesday, August 19th, 2014The former Home of Compassion crèche on Buckle St in Wellington has reached its new home, but the future use of the building is undecided. The three-stage relocation involved moving the 200-tonne building 15 metres to the west and raising it 3m. Built in 1914, the creche continued the work that Mother Aubert began in Read more
Suzanne Aubert quilt exhibition
Friday, July 11th, 2014
The life of Suzanne Aubert will be illustrated in an exhibition of quilts at St Mary’s Catholic Church in Whanganui beginning next weekend. The exhibition, Set Apart, will be made up of more than 20 quilts by Ohakune quilter Merrilyn George – all of them about Suzanne Aubert, known as Mother Mary Aubert. The exhibition Read more
New painting of Suzanne Aubert
Tuesday, June 10th, 2014
An iconic painting of a youthful Suzanne Aubert was unveiled last month at a gathering of more than 80 Bishops of Oceania at the Home of Compassion in Island Bay, Wellington. ‘This painting is a wonderful depiction of the youthful Suzanne Aubert as she would have been at the height of her ministry,’ says congregational Read more
Sainthood one step closer for Suzanne Aubert
Friday, February 21st, 2014
The Sisters of Compassion have announced that as part of the process for obtaining the canonisation of Suzanne Aubert, an historical consultation took place on 4th February. The votes were unanimously positive for her cause to proceed. The process for seeking sainthood for Suzanne Aubert began in the 1980s. Jessie Munro wrote a biography of Read more
Aussies come to the support of Suzanne Aubert
Tuesday, September 18th, 2012
The case for elevating Suzanne Aubert, the founder of the Sisters of Compassion, to sainthood, is being backed by an Australian who helped push for that country’s first saint. Sister Maria Casey, former postulator for Australia’s first saint, Mary MacKillop, is visiting to push along Sister Aubert’s claim for sainthood, a long and complicated process. “So Read more
Hastings exhibition celebrates Suzanne Aubert
Friday, June 15th, 2012
An exhibition of Suzanne Aubert artefacts will be on display in the Hastings War Memorial Library during Matariki Celebrations, 11 June – 14 July. As part of the exhibition, Jessie Munro, the author of the award winning book The Story of Suzanne Aubert, will be giving a talk at the Hastings War Memorial Library on Read more
French biography of Suzanne Aubert launched in Paris
Tuesday, June 21st, 2011
A French biography of Suzanne Aubert, Une Françoise chez les Maoris, by Madeleine Le Jeune was launched recently at a function in Paris. The launching took place at the New Zealand embassy and was hosted by Rosemary Banks, the New Zealand Ambassador. About 80 joined the author for the ceremony. They included the newly elected Superior General of the Sisters of Compassion, Sister Margaret Read more
Sisters of Compassion meeting in Wellington
Tuesday, May 10th, 2011
The Sisters of Compassion are holding their General Chapter in Wellington. 50 are attending from New Zealand, Australia, Fiji and Tonga. The General Chapter is held every six years. Sisters look again at the Mission of Christ entrusted to the Congregation and how this is being carried out. In the light of the signs of Read more