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 into the night, with a torch under the blankets if necessary. While the chapter (or, as Mother Micaela later said, … Read more
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 traditional Catholic education under the influence of religious Sisters, while at the same time gaining credit for internationally recognised qualifications. … Read more
TIME FLIES WHEN YOU ARE HAVING FUN/Working For The Lord 2012 seems to have flown by. In September we had the honour of our visiting Mother General on the eve of her Feast Day, a Children of Mary BBQ for the Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin, and a community outing which … Read more
Updates on Children of Mary, Wanganui After a farewell to Reverend Father Michael Fortin, who left for the Philippines, the Children of Mary received its new chaplain, Reverend Father Louis Bochkoltz. There was an official welcome for Father on May 2nd, at which we celebrated his arrival by an afternoon tea and singing … Read more
On the little islands of New Caledonia, found north of New Zealand, situated on a hill in Noumea stands a beautiful statue under the title of Notre Dame du Pacifique (Our Lady of the Pacific). It was under her mantle and protection that I entrusted our first senior French class trip to New Caledonia … Read more
St Dominic’s Day 2012 in Wanganui As the feast of our holy Father St Dominic fell on a Saturday this year, a large part of our celebrations were held the day before, on Friday 3rd August. This allowed us to have a Solemn High Mass at which all the pupils could attend to honour and … Read more
After the departure of our Australian cohort, another school year has taken off. From January 23 – 27 we had our annual teachers’ week with all members of staff attending departmental meetings and planning their lessons for the year ahead. We also received the Cambridge examination results during the week. A few surprises, but those … Read more
This has been a memorable year at St Dominic’s Convent and College. To close the school year – Sr Madeleine gave an overview of the happenings at our end-of-year prizegiving. “As they say, traveling is the most important form of education for it broadens and matures a man. One of my assignments whilst studying for … Read more
We have entered into Term 2 of the 2011 school year and our students have had several chances already to demonstrate their skills in our various house competitions. We have three houses: Prouille, Bologna, and Calaroga, all of which will be recognized as places associated to the life of St Dominic. The girls are divided … Read more
Here it is, Holy Saturday night and the Sisters are busy preparing the Convent for the celebration of Easter Sunday. They are doing flowers for the Chapel and greenery and lights for the refectory, where we will celebrate our “Gaudeamus”, or party after the Vigil and Midnight Mass. There have also been singing practices and … Read more
Soon after school ended for the year, two of our Sisters rushed off to run a camp for the girls of the school and parish. As a treat to our readers, we are happy to present this next instalment written by one of the campers. Enjoy! Earlier on in the year Sister Madeleine had announced … Read more
Darkness, tumultuous singing and puffs of smoke contrasted with golden light and angelic voices as St Augustine’s Boys’ and St Dominic’s Girls’ campuses joined forces and threw their first production open to the public. Due to time and other restraints only selected pieces from the Inferno and Paradiso were chosen for adaptation to give the … Read more
