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Lifetimes of service Three local nuns and t heir 90year-old f irst grade teacher celebrate A remarkable story of lifelong faith and service emerged in the Osborne Park parish on Friday May 3. The occasion was the Golden Jubilee of Sr Angela Meaney of the Little Sisters of the Poor, but it brought together three Golden Jubilarians who all began their education at St Kieran's Primary School and their Grade One teacher, 90-year-old Sr Mary Brigid. The other two nuns from the Osborne Park parish are Sister Kieran Minnie Kinsella) of the Sisters of St Joseph of the Apparition who celebrated her Jubilee in 2000 and Sister Agnes (Mary Ferrie) of the Sisters of Mercy, who will celebrate hers in August this year. Sister Angela Marie de Jesus came home from Dunedin, New Zealand, to celebrate her jubilee in her home parish with her brothers Martin, Joe and Tom Meaney. and many other family members and friends of her child- Three Sisters and their first teacher, from left, Sister Kieran, Sister Angela and Sister Agnes with 90-year-old Sister Brigid. hood. Then came a transfer to Auck- West Australian born Provincial religious calling," she said. "I have er throughout their schooling and She said she always knew she land for three yeas of nursing of the Little Sisters of the Poor and always had the support of my fam- talked about their vocations at a wanted to enter the Convent. training at Mater Misericodia held the position until 1979. Three ily and friends and that has been very young age. Kieran was a lit"It just seemed the right thing to tle older and completed her eduHospital and her final profession years as Mother Mistress in the very encouraging. do," she said. "It makes things much easier for cation at St Joseph's in Fremantle Novitiate in Sydney were folShe chose the Little Sisters of on October 15, 1958. She was the first to enter the This was followed by her first lowed by other appointments in you andIam so grateful to everythe Poor because she knew she here to cele- convent, followed by Angela. did not want to teach and she visit to the Order's Mother House Northcote, Drummoyne, Auck- one who has come with Agnes's parents made her work found the idea of caring for the in France in 1957 after which she land, Randwick and finally brate my Golden Jubilee for two years but when she turned me." enjoyed a variety of appointments Dunedin. elderly very appealing. 18 they could see was determined celebration with her lifelong Drummoyne, " I have always been happy in The in Perth, Sydney, With her family's support she my religious life and have always friends, Srs Agnes and Kieran, In her vocation. entered the convent in Glen- and Hastings. All the Sisters said it was the as Juniojust gone about my ministry" she revived all the bonds that existed She spent several years dalough in 1949 and a year later of other nuns, particusaid. i n the close-knit Osborne park example rate Mistress before a year at Regimoved to Sydney where she Sisters of Mercy at St For Sr Angela past which consistlarly the na Mundi Institute in Rome in prayer has always parish of the received her Novice habit and 1974 followed by her second visit played a big part in her religious ed largely of Irish dairy farmers Kieran's that helped them to made her initial vows in June to the Mother House (St Pern in life. and Italian and Slav market gar- become nuns. 1952, after which she returned to "For "The sisters always set such a Brittany). me prayer has always deners. been Glendalough for two years. Continued Page 3 In 1975 she became the first important, and I think it is in any Agnes and Angela were togeth-
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