Apostolate

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

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

Our Lady of Lourdes Camp 2008

The annual camp for the traditional Catholic girls of New Zealand was held from December 31st 2007 until January 5th 2008 at the YMCA camp at Raukawa Falls, about a one hour drive north of … Read more

End of the 2007 School Year

The 6th and 7th of December found us celebrating the end of the school year. S.M.Catherine and S.M.Madeleine worked hard producing the reports, Sister Mary Rose organized the Prizegiving ceremony, Sister Marie Therese organized the … Read more

Exam Time

For the last month we have been having Cambridge Examinations at St Dominic’s College. Form 4 sat their IGCSE Geography; Form 5 sat the rest of their IGCSE subjects; Form 6 sat their AS subjects … Read more