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Passing of Sr Anne Ivaldi FMA, first Delegation Superior of the Australian =

FMAs

MELBOURNE: 31st October '04 -- Sr Anne Ivaldi FMA, first Superior or what =

is now known as the Mary Help of Christians Province of the South Pacific =

Region (SPR) of the Salesian Sisters, died on Friday 29th October, at home =

in Clayton, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.  She had herself =

established that community in 1977 as the Administration centre and =

Novitiate.  The Province Centre later moved to Scoresby, and the Novitiate =

to Broadmeadows, both in Melbourne, Victoria.

    Although not a pioneer in the sense of a first arrival of the Sisters =

in Australia (back in the 1950's), Sr Anne was the first Superior of the =

newly established Delegation in 1976 and saw to the rapid expansion of the =

Salesian Sisters' work throughout Australia and the Pacific, tripling the =

number of communities she found on first arrival.  In 1999 the region was =

established as the South Pacific Region.

    Sr Anne would be known to many members of the Salesian Family =

throughout the world.  Born in Turin in 1912, she 'grew up' in Salesian =

life in England and eventually became the Provincial there.  When others =

might have thought of retirement, not Sr Anne.  She arrived in Australia =

in 1976 at the request of the Mother General of the time and set to the =

task of development of that delegation, finally a province. =20

    Sr Anne Ivaldi will remain a much-loved memory not only amongst her =

own Sisters but for all within the Salesian Family who knew her.

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