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On 19 June 1835 a child was born in the village of St Symphorien-de-Lay in France. Twenty-five years later she arrived in New Zealand and we know her as Suzanne Aubert, Meri Hohepa, Sister Mary Joseph, St Grandma. In this year of St Joseph we remember that she chose the name, Joseph – Hohepa, because she found in St Joseph a saint she could relate to and learn from. Pope Francis wrote in Patris Corde, his document for the Year of St Joseph, "our lives are woven together and sustained by ordinary people", which Mere Hohepa knew well because she was so practical. Being ordinary and living among ordinary people is a blessing, always a surprise, for as Mere Hohepa wrote: “Most of us have, like plants, hidden qualities that only chance discovers”. ... See MoreSee Less

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