AMONG THE LEPERS
NUN FROM MAKOGAI MOTHER SUPERIOR’S HOLIDAY Who would like to work for 36 years without a holiday? The Rev. Mother Mary Agnes, the head of the Marist sisterhood at Makogai leper station in the Pacific, has had this experience. Even when the vacation was urged upon the French nun she strongly protested. The Reverend Mother, accompanied by Sister Mary Celine (who has spent eight years in the islands), awived in Auckland last night by the Aorangi. It is their intention to spend several weeks at the Mater Hospital in Auckland. Mother Mary Agnes, commenting upon her work, said that there were now 500 lepers at Makogai, including several from New Zealand. “As a matter of fact, we are particularly . grateful to the people of this Dominion for their interest and support," she said. “They have been very kind to us indeed, and never forget the exiles at Makogai. I am profoundly grateful to them."
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Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 265, 30 January 1928, Page 14
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