Sr Mary Martin de Porres

Life has been so busy…

A combined school photo of St Dominic’s and St Augustine’s Life has been so busy at St Dominic’s School and Convent I scarcely know where to begin or how to condense the information into a … Read more

St Anthony’s Procession

On 15 June 2008, St Anthony’s parish held its annual procession in honour of St Anthony. The founding parishioners promised St Anthony that if he got them the Church that had been their original parish … Read more

Children of Mary 2008

The Children of Mary at St Anthony’s Parish had a busy time over Easter as well. They finished off the brass-cleaning which the Girls’ School had started on the Day of Recollection. This was a … Read more

Day of Recollection in our Schools.

On the Wednesday of Holy Week all the schools in the parish had a Day of Recollection. Father Cranshaw took the Primary School, Father Kurtz took the Boys’ Secondary School, and Father Laisney took the … Read more

Form 6 Trip to Wellington

On 25 February S.M.Madeleine and Mother Micaela took the Form 6 girls to Wellington for a cultural excursion. In the morning we visited the Alliance Francaise for a French experience, then we went to the … Read more

Form 7: Trip to the Museum.

Recently the Form 7 senior girls went to the Wanganui Museum to study background for the book they are reading for their Cambridge “A” Level Coursework. The book is set in early New Zealand before … Read more

The Novitiate

“Beati qui habitant in domo tua, Domine: in saecula saeculorum laudabunt te.” Whenever we novices meet up with our old friends, they always invariably ask us: “so, Sister, what do you do all day?”This question … Read more

Our clothing ceremony

In the still dark of January 5th 2008 the seconds seemed to quiver as they slowly passed. Did we even sleep at all that long night, the night before our clothing in the habbit of … Read more