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Olive May Pearce

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Olive May Pearce, also known as Sister Eucharia was born 14 December 1914.[1] She was made a member the Order of the British Empire in 1981.[1]

Introduction

In 1914, Olive May Pearce was born as the second child into a humble, working class family with no strong religious ties. Olive woke one morning at the age of 14 to a vivid dream calling her into the service of the church and eight years later, became a nun in the order of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart as Sister Eucharia. In 1981, aged 67, after four decades of services, Sister Eucharia was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in a ceremony on Bathurst Island.[2]

Early life

Spending her early years in various towns in regional NSW, Olive moved with her family to the Sydney suburb of Enfield where she worked with her father in a cake shop for a short time before becoming a domestic servant, and eventually a nun in 1933.

Later life

References

  1. ^ a b Eucharia, Sister Mary (14 December 1914). "Sister Mary Eucharia". Territory Stories. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
  2. ^ al.], editor David Carment ... [et (2008). Northern Territory dictionary of biography (Rev. ed. ed.). Darwin: Charles Darwin University Press. ISBN 9780980384697. {{cite book}}: |edition= has extra text (help); |first1= has generic name (help)