O'Regan, Pauline, Sister
Dates
- Existence: 1922 - 2019
Biography
Pauline O'Regan grew up in Cronadun, on the West Coast. In 1942, at the age of 21, she joined the Sisters of Mercy. She taught for 25 years in Catholic secondary schools, becoming headmistress of Villa Maria in Christchurch.
In February 1973 she and two other nuns, Teresa O'Connor and Helen Goggin, left the convent to live in a state house in Aranui, intent upon living with the people they wished to help.
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Aldred family papers
The papers of the Aldred family include correspondence, photographs, postcards, press clippings and posters. The majority of this collection are letters, with two written in Māori. Most of the letters are by Arthur Aldred, writing from Tonga to his wife in New Zealand during the course of the First World War.
Sister Pauline M. O'Regan papers
Typescript of Sister O'Regan's autobiography, A changing order with pencil corrections and annotations. Includes printer's text and a letter from the publisher.
Sister Pauline O'Regan reminicences
Typescript of Sister Pauline O'Regan's childhood reminiscences, with manuscript corrections and annotations titled Aunts and windmills. Includes a printer's text and a letter from a publisher.
These reminiscences record events of her childhood and schooldays in the 1920s and 1930s.