Suzanne Aubert Heritage Centre - Home of Compassion

Religious order, the Sisters of Compassion, was founded by Suzanne Aubert. The work of the Order and the life of its founder are commemorated here. The Sisters of Compassion have begun the formal process of the Canonisation of Mother Aubert. If she becomes a saint the Centre could become a place of pilgrimage.

Attached to an existing 1980s chapel which has windows and Stations of the Cross by John Drawbridge, architects Tennent and Brown have designed a side chapel as the final resting place for Mother Aubert. The side chapel includes a 15th Station of the Cross window "Resurrection" based on a drawing by John Drawbridge.

Displays in the adjacent Heritage Centre tell the story of Suzanne Aubert's life, the work of the Order of the Sisters of Compassion and of James K Baxter who was buried in the Sisters of Compassion Centre inJerusalem/Hiruharama

Compassionate as ever, the sisters were a vital nursing resource for the temporary hospitals during the 1918 Influenza pandemic. Wellington being the worst struck city, St Patrick's College became a hospital, staffed by the the sisters, who also worked in the communities of South Wellington during 'Black November.'