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Sister Mary Drohan
  • Entered - 31 May 1913   Died - 24 December 1934
Sister Catherine Lynch
  • Entered - 8 April 1914   Died - 12 June 1942
Sister Catherine McGrath
  • Entered - 28 May 1914   Died - 24 August 1942
Sister Theresa McLaughlin
  • Entered - 26 May 1913   Died - 28 March 1965
Sister Lucy Mackay
  • Entered - 25 March 1927   Died - 13 July 1973
Sister Ellen Fitzgerald
  • Entered - 8 August 1913   Died - 9 June 1975
Sister Amy O'Connor
  • Entered - 15 April 1932   Died - 30 September 1977
Sister Thelma Delander
  • Entered - 8 September 1933   Died - 21 March 1978
Sister Julia Cooney
  • Entered - 28 December 1915   Died - 21 December 1978
Sister Agnes McGahey
  • Entered - 24 January 1915   Died - 18 January 1979
Sister Eileen Harrison
  • Entered - 28 March 1926   Died - 11 February 1981
Sister Kathleen Flannery
  • Entered - 7 October 1953   Died - 11 June 1981
Sister Irene Madrid
  • Entered - 16 January 1939   Died - 23 August 1995
Sister Nancy Carr
  • Entered - 13 January 1952   Died - 14 May 1997
Sister Agnes Shead
  • Entered - 28 August 1940   Died - 30 January 2000
Sister Marie Purcell
  • Entered - 8 May 1941   Died - 27 March 2000
Sister Pat Berry
  • Entered - 19 January 1929   Died - 3 January 2008

    Sister Dorothy Agnes (Pat) Berry was born in Sydney on 31 May 1929.
    She married Jack in June 1955 and they had three children - Maria, Phillip, John.

    After Jack's death, Pat helped the Sisters at Coogee to care for the sick frail Sisters. She asked to be allowed to enter the Congregation and was accepted on 19 January 1979.

    In the years that followed, Pat ministered in Sydney, New Farm in Brisbane and in Newcastle. She lived out her final years at Coogee while still maintaining contact with her children and grandchildren.

    Pat died suddenly on 3 January 2008.

    Her Requiem was attended by her many friends and colleagues and friends from the art groups which she attended. She is missed by many people, especially those with whom she maintained telephone contact.
Sister Marie Carey
  • Entered - 1925   Died - 31 December 2008

    Marie was born at Hill End in Brisbane in 1925, the eldest child of Jack and Marie Carey.

    Her primary schooling was at St. Francis of Assisi, Hill End, and she completed her Junior Certificate at All Hallows School in Brisbane.

    Marie worked as a secretary for various companies including the Criminal Investigation Branch in Brisbane.

    Her mother's death in 1944 left her as the main carer for the young family, a responsibility she accepted willingly and generously. Marie entered the Society of Our Lady's Nurses for the Poor in 1956 and gave varied and generous service in the years that followed.

    She was a Councillor on leadership teams, Secretary-General for some of those teams and Assistant to the Congregational Leader: 1993-1999. Marie was one of the early sisters to serve at Merewether and was superior at Coogee for a number of years.

    In 2007, Marie returned to Coogee because of failing health. During 2008, she suffered greatly but accepted her illness as part of God's plan for her. She died on 31 December 2008. Her Requiem Mass was celebrated at St. Brigid's Coogee and her memorial mass at New Farm in Brisbane.

    Both celebrations were well attended testifying to the love and esteem in which Marie was held.