Convent Life

On Friday, the second to last day of our journey, we were able to spend time in Dunedin, the city where the seed was first sown.  We were able to visit the Dominican Cathedral and … Read more

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

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

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

  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

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

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

“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

O, what a debt of gratitude we owe God for the merciful institution of Purgatory. He will not cast us away from Him when we arrive travel-worn and sin-stained at the gates of our heavenly … Read more