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Walk-a-thon fundraiser

St Dominic’s College students walked as many laps as they could, around a 3km circuit within the school’s neighbourhood for a duration of three hours, in order to raise much needed funds for the Parish … Read more

Fostering Vocations

“The harvest indeed is great, but the labourers are few…” Luke 10:2In the spirit of the vocations crusade which Father Couture called for in the Asian District (with Rosaries offered up for this intention between … Read more

For the love of Truth

Pope Pius XII said of real Christian education that it: “…must be a continuous, permanent and progressive work; it must permeate all teaching, even profane, penetrating right to the depths of the soul. It, therefore, … Read more

June Update

NEWS FROM SCHOOL The School year is progressing well and fast. Senior students are on study leave for their Latin Cambridge Examinations and all students are in preparation for their mid-year examinations, which are already … Read more

Vocations Discernment Retreat

The Dominican Sisters of Wanganui would like to hear from young women who are interested in taking part in a Vocations Discernment Retreat. The retreat is likely to be held on 12-17 December 2010 and … Read more

March / April Update

School Swimming:Yes! Sister Rose did succeed in having school swimming go right through to the Monday of Holy Week. The children continued to enjoy the water and had more free playing time in the water. … Read more

Life in the Novitiate in 2010

This year we have five novices and five professed Sisters in the Community. It looks very neat in Church, one row of Novices in front and one row of Professed Sisters behind. (However, there is … Read more

The Builderines

We have had a lot to do with builders over the last two and a half years, and it would be fair to say, with certain honourable exceptions, that a certain amount of disillusionment has … Read more