WelCom August 2017: The Paraparaumu Presentation Sisters’ Mission Gala and Garage Sale is on from 9am to noon, Saturday 30 September, at the Memorial Hall, Tutanekai St, Paraparaumu. The fundraising will support the Presentation Sisters’ mission work in Papua New Guinea, Chile and Peru. Sr Breda Ryan pbvm, of Paraparaumu, visited PNG last year to celebrate the golden jubilee of the Sisters’ mission there. For more information about the gala and garage sale, contact convenor Tony Bevin at tm.bevin@xtra.co.nz or phone (04) 299-6825 or 027 447-6689.
Presentation Sisters’ 2016 Mission Gala at Paraparaumu Memorial Hall.
Sr Breda Ryan pbvm, Presentation Sisters’ leader, Paraparaumu, with three of the nursing staff last year at the health clinic (haus sik in Pidgin) in Ningil, northern highlands of PNG. Photo: Supplied