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
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
