Making Your Meditation
1. Prepare the night before by reading over the passage on which you wish to meditate. When you have read it over you could make notes, either mentally or in writing, of the points that … Read more
A NEW MEMBER ADDED TO THE COMMUNITY!
On the Feast of Saint Catherine of Siena, April 30th, in addition to the magnificent and breath-taking ceremony of Sister Mary Madeleine’s Perpetual Profession, there was also added a new member to the community. Miss … Read more
WHAT’S HAPPENING AT SAINT DOMINIC’S
APRIL9th-14th …………..Easter Break30th…………………Feast of St Catherine of Siena………………………Final Profession and Reception of the habit30th-May 18th…….Holidays___________________________________________________MAY11th-15th…………..Bethlehem Intensive Course………………………Pilgrimage to Paraparaumu___________________________________________________JUNE16th-20th…………..Mid year exams___________________________________________________JULY6th-10th…………….Mid-term break22nd………………….Feast of St Mary Magdalene……………………….803rd Anniversary of the Dominican Sisters___________________________________________________AUGUST3rd……………………Raffle closes4th……………………Feast of St Dominic………………………..Annual … Read more
THE BETHLEHEM STUDYING SISTERS
This year our Bethlehem studies started with an intensive course up in Tauranga at the end of January. We had a very stressful beginning as the accommodation which was promised us fell through at the … Read more
OUR NEW HOME ECONOMICS CLASS
With the mothers of tomorrow in our hands we are keen to equip them with a little of the homely arts, which have see a sad decline from yesteryear. To begin, the essential tools had … Read more
THE SONG OF A NUN
Music is an integral part of our lives as nuns – first and foremost because we are brides of Christ and then for some it overflows in a very useful way into our lives as … Read more
THE NOVITIATE
The New Year, with all its blessings, has also brought a very pleasant change to the Novitiate. The novices and postulants are now pleased to have their array of classes and lectures being mostly overseen … Read more
ARRIVING AT THE CONVENT
Before coming to the convent, I would very occasionally poke up (from under the ashes of a million last-minute preparations) a few sparks of curiosity about what it would be like to actually be at … Read more
FEAST OF THE EPIPHANY
In preparation for the lovely ceremony of the taking of the habit of our canonical novice, Sister Mary Margaret, the third Kiwi in the community (dare I say soon to be outnumbered by Australians and … Read more
