"As the years advance and my energies fade, I still love to be involved in whatever way I can in supporting and encouraging younger people to follow through their dreams. I have eclectic tastes, a deep love of words and music, and love of my way of lifeâa vocation of loving service in companionship and faith. Itâs not so much what I do now; itâs what kind of a person am I in the doing. I wrote a line in the Loreto Modern Spiritual document that says, âWhen energy fails, the ministry of being is as authentic as the ministry of doing.â"
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Deidre Brown
Deidre Sharon Brown FRSNZ FNZIA (born 1970) is a New Zealand art historian and architectural academic. Brown currently teaches at the University of Auckland and is the Deputy Dean for the Faculty of Creative Arts and Industries. Additionally, she is a governor of the Arts Foundation of New Zealand, a member of the MÄori Trademarks Advisory Committee of the Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand, and a member of the Humanities Panel of the Marsden Fund. In 2021, Brown was made a Fellow of th
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