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New Waikato Hospital Chaplain Back in Familiar Territory
New Waikato Hospital Catholic Chaplain Back in Familiar Territory
Ngaruawahia-born Marie Finn spent nearly 30
years tending to the spiritual needs of Canadians as part of
her Sister of Our Lady of the Missions calling and now she
is putting that experience to good use as Waikato
Hospital’s new Catholic chaplain.
Sr Marie, 63, has a real sense of being “home” and a strong desire to provide support for people when they are sick or having difficulties in life.
“I’m often taken with the honesty and humbleness of people. Some people have had to go through so much in their life and for them to share that with me, that is humbling, that they trust me with that,” she says.
Sr Marie is the oldest of six children, three boys and three girls. She attended St Paul’s Catholic School in Ngaruawahia before heading to high school at Sacred Heart Girls in Hamilton.
ENDS
Waikato District Health Board
Healthy People. Excellent Care
Waikato District Health Board (DHB) employs over 6500 people and plans, funds and provides hospital and health services to more than 391,770 people in a region covering eight per cent of New Zealand.
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