{"id":2577,"date":"2021-02-12T05:56:04","date_gmt":"2021-02-12T05:56:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dominicansisters.net.nz\/?p=2577"},"modified":"2023-05-08T03:20:05","modified_gmt":"2023-05-08T03:20:05","slug":"its-already-february","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/opsisters.org.nz\/preview\/2021\/02\/12\/its-already-february\/","title":{"rendered":"It’s Already February!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It’s been quite a while since any news for posted – not because there was no activity – but rather because there was so much going on! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our annual retreat concluded on the Feast of the Epiphany, 6 January, with 6 Sisters renewing their vows for a further one year. Fr Albert, O.P. preached the retreat – and led us to the heights of contemplation while considering the Incarnate Word of God become a little Babe, aided by the Fathers and Doctors of the Church, St Augustine, St Leo, St Bernard, St Thomas Aquinas, and St John of the Cross.<\/p>\n\n\n

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“There are so many of you!” – but Father managed to preach a splendid retreat.<\/mark><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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High Mass in the Dominican Rite was celebrated on the Feast of the Epiphany at the conclusion of the Retreat.<\/mark><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The six Sisters who were renewing their vows lit their candles during the Creed.<\/mark><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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There wasn’t enough room in the sanctuary for six prostrations, so two had to be in the aisle.<\/mark><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

All too soon it was time for school to begin. The boarders came back and were pleasantly surprised by the “re-modelled” kitchen and refectory.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Gwen and Therese whipping up some brownie magic as Sr Josephine and Sr Lucia look on.<\/mark><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The favourite part of the week for the boarders is recreation with the Sisters: volleyball!<\/mark><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

School began with a whole-school Mass. Before the Mass, all the Sisters and staff of the three schools took the Anti-Modernist Oath and the Tridentine Profession of Faith.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The first school Mass was the votive Mass of the Holy Ghost.<\/mark><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The Anti-Modernist Oath begins the school year, with each Sister placing her hand on the Gospels as she promises to guide the pupils according to the principles of the Faith.<\/mark><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Candlemas was celebrated in our little chapel of Loreto, with the Sisters’ procession winding around the building. <\/p>\n\n\n

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Singing the chants according to the Dominican Rite….<\/mark><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The ceremonial prescribes that we hold our candles lit throughout Mass, until the Offertory antiphon.<\/mark><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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It’s a lot trickier than it looks – especially when one has to keep the flame away from things that catch fire really easily (like veils).<\/mark><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The Form 5 French Class had a Crepe making class. <\/mark><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The girls seem to be enjoying school!<\/mark><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It’s been quite a while since any news for posted – not because there was no activity – but rather because there was so much going on! Our annual retreat concluded on the Feast of the Epiphany, 6 January, with 6 Sisters renewing their vows for a further one year. Fr Albert, O.P. preached the … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4848,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2577","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-convent-life","infinite-scroll-item","masonry-post","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-33"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/opsisters.org.nz\/preview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2577","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/opsisters.org.nz\/preview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/opsisters.org.nz\/preview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opsisters.org.nz\/preview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opsisters.org.nz\/preview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2577"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/opsisters.org.nz\/preview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2577\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4785,"href":"https:\/\/opsisters.org.nz\/preview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2577\/revisions\/4785"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opsisters.org.nz\/preview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4848"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/opsisters.org.nz\/preview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opsisters.org.nz\/preview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2577"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opsisters.org.nz\/preview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}