Following in the footsteps of Our Holy Founder
Our visit to New Caledonia has been, as it was last year, a great pleasure, but looking back on it from the perspective of a few weeks later, we can see that it has been … Read more
Of Books and Clocks and Essay-work; and Coffee-cups, and Things.
Ten seconds to nine-o -five (tap, tap, tap sings the laptop) . . . nine seconds to nine-o-five (tap, tappity tap, tap) . . . eight seconds . . . (tap tap tappity tappity, tappity, … Read more
Dominican Nuns’ Novitiate: Sisters in Tynong – Education, Easter, Excursions, & other Events
Dear Blogosphere, (Yes, that title has been carefully constructed to get more Google hits. Just in case you were wondering.) I realize we’ve been neglecting you terribly. Apologies all round. But the reason is, as … Read more
THE TERTIARIES OF PENANCE OF SAINT DOMINIC
As our readers know, the Dominican Sisters of Wanganui have recently celebrated their 10th anniversary, but few people know that there have been traditional Dominicans here in Wanganui for longer than this—in fact nearly twenty years. In … Read more
CONVENT & SIGNADOU, Wanganui, New Zealand
2013 took on a new apostolic twist for the Dominican Sisters of Wanganui. The beginning of our very own Girls Boarding School! After a lovely sojourn in Melbourne, Australia “with all the family” and a … Read more
Meet the new Novices and their Patron Saints
It has been just over a month since the four postulants have undergone a metamorphosis. Their “new look” has a profound and spiritual meaning. Both in the Church and in the eyes of the world the religious … Read more
The Clothing Ceremony in Photos
At last we have some photos to show our families, friends and benefactors who were unable to attend the Ceremony in January. Please remember to pray for the Novices who received the holy habit … Read more
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
