"In 2005 I accepted the invitation to be the writer of our revised modern Constitution Volume 11 for the Loreto sisters worldwide. With such a ministry, there was not much time for music, but I found composing poetic prose a music of its own kind. The style of the document was challenging in that it was to be of spiritual inspiration as well as legally accurate. There is an important line in that document: âMission is at the heart of who we are, and love is the driving force that urges us on.â So, to answer your question, I think itâs love. The love of education, of seeing peopleâyoung and oldâgrow. My life has been not one of being tucked away in a convent, but very much associated with people beyond. And what brings it together is my faith, and my music."
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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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