What has been happening around the convent?
We’ve all been asked by Mother Catherine to write a bit about our ‘new’ patron Saints, so that our readership gets to know a little more about them. I have a considerably easier task than … Read more
The End…of the academic year, at least (and the beginning of many other things!)
In case our readership has been wondering what’s happened to the Tynong Sisters for the past little while, I can assure you – without the slightest shadow of a doubt – that they have not … Read more
A thrilling finish to the year–and to our first decade
Speaking at the Saint Dominic’s College prize-giving ceremony, Sister Madeleine compared this year to a particularly thrilling chapter in the sort of book one simply can’t put down at bedtime, but must keep reading far … Read more
Busy like a bee, thou did serve the Lord.
“It was like the work which keep bees hard at their task about the flowering countryside as the sun shines in the calm of early summer…All is a ferment of activity, and the scent of … Read more
SIGNADOU BOARDING SCHOOL
It is with great happiness that we announce that the Dominican Sisters of Wanganui will be opening a Girls’ Boarding School in New Zealand to enable INTERNATIONAL and NATIONAL students to profit from a well-balanced … Read more
Term Three At Saint Dominic’s College
TIME FLIES WHEN YOU ARE HAVING FUN/Working For The Lord 2012 seems to have flown by. In September we had the honour of our visiting Mother General on the eve of her Feast Day, a … Read more
November: Month of the Holy Souls
O, what a debt of gratitude we owe God for the merciful institution of Purgatory. He will not cast us away from Him when we arrive travel-worn and sin-stained at the gates of our heavenly … Read more
The Feast of Christ the King
Christus Vincit Christus Regnat Christus, Christus Imperat! These words rang out from the voices in the Tynong procession close to thirty times on Sunday, demonstrating a firm belief in Our Lord’s sovereignty even in today’s … Read more
St Matthew’s surprise
St. Matthew is one of those saints who becomes a dear friend once you get acquainted. Let’s get to know him a bit better! St. Matthew: I am always happy to make … Read more
The happiest place on earth…
“Let us shout for joy to the great King, creator of the universe. In Him Louis lives, sharing the glory of the saints.” – these words were sung during Matins as we celebrated the feast … Read more
