The life of Suzanne Aubert.

 Today in Writing I did a a piece of information Writing about Suzanne Aubert. A Sister who worked in New Zealand. Down below this little piece of Writing is my actual piece about Suzanne. We decided to write about this because on camp we went to the Suzanne Aubert Heritage House. I hope you like it, Have you ever heard of Suzanne Aubert?

   Suzanne Aubert

Suzanne Aubert was born on the 19 of June, 1835, in Saint-Symphorien-de-lay, in France. She then died on the first of October 1926, in Wellington.

0-5                                                                                                                                                                      When Suzanne was about two, she fell through an ice surface. She ended up landing on some rocks beneath, from there Suzanne  became temporarily crippled and blind. Because of the event and the horrible death of her disabled brother, Louis. She gained endurance towards empathy for people of all kind. 

Suzanne was never allowed to join a Religious life, due to her parents.

5+                                                                                                                                                                       Once she got the freedom to chose her own path, at the age of 25. She decided to accept the invitation to become a Missionary for the Bishop Pompallier's Auckland Diocese.

39+  -Middle Life                                                                                                                                       After working at the Maori Girl Boarding School. She left Auckland to work at the Marist Maori Mission Station at Meanee in Hawke's Bay with the 3rd Order of Mary. Then ad 39, Suzanne considering her hopes of Revival of the Maori Mission on the new Bishop of Wellington, Bishop Redwood, he was Suzanne's lifelong supporter. 

Then at 48, by an invitation from the Maori from the Whanganui River area, Suzanne said goodbye to Hawke's Bay for the Hiruharama/*Jerusalem - revive the Catholic Mission.

From here the birth of the home-made Catholic Congregation - The Daughter of Our Lady of Compassion was born.

2 years later on Christmas Day, 1885. Bishop Redwood blessed Saint Joseph's Church. Once it was burnt down 3 years later, Suzanne set off on a collecting tour all over New Zealand. She left for 5 years and came back with $1000. Enough to build a new church; and covenant. During the tour, Suzanne had began to notice a lot of people faced by poor and unmarried Mothers and their babies. She then took a total of 74 babies and children into the care of the Sisters of Our Lady of Compassion. But Hiruharama was too isolated from any medical services. So then the Suzanne Aubert decided to go to Wellington, arriving with no warning, in 1899 with 2 other Sisters.

The Sister's started working straight away with Wellington's Suffering and Destitute planning, a much-needed home. From there the Sister's set up a soup kitchen. (Which still runs today). Along with a creche for the children of working parents. So they brought land in Island Bay, in 1907, Our Lady's Home of Compassion was officially opened. One year before Suzanne returned, Bishop Redwood appointed Suzanne as Mother Superior of the Newly Established, Daughters of Our Lady of Compassion.

Near the end                                                                                                                                                       Suzanne never stopped, knowledge about her spread far and wide. Suzanne ended up traveling to Rome in 1913, at the age of 78, she went to present her case to the Pope.

After over 4 years, Pope Benedict XV accepted the Decree of Praise to the Sister's of Our Lady of Compassion. The Decree completely changed it all:

• It protected all the things she did.
• It widened her scope for Health Care.
• It also protected her resolution that their would be for everyone.
• It also recognised her interpretation of New Zealand Society and Spirituality.

By Early, 1920, frail old Suzanne returned home to Island Bay to the Sister's who, while she was gone, remained true to their cause. Back at the helm, she organised for extensive alterations to the home for a Surgical Section. Then 2 years later the Sister's began Nursing Training, for the new hospital.

Death                                                                                                                                                                  Then, sadly, on October 1, 1926, at age 91. Suzanne died with the Sister's by her side. Once news was out, huge crowds came to pay their respects. Wellington's streets and rooftops were covered in people, waiting for the hearse to drive on through.

I hope you like it!

This is Suzanne Aubert