{"id":4908,"date":"2015-03-15T09:53:00","date_gmt":"2015-03-15T09:53:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2023-05-12T20:52:57","modified_gmt":"2023-05-12T20:52:57","slug":"sisterly-happenings-at-rosary-convent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/opsisters.org.nz\/preview\/2015\/03\/15\/sisterly-happenings-at-rosary-convent\/","title":{"rendered":"Sisterly Happenings at Rosary Convent"},"content":{"rendered":"
\u201cThe whole Church enjoys the
\nhelp of the Heavenly Doctor,\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n
but Dominic\u2019s Order shines with special glory\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n
\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n
(Matins Antiphon, Feast of St. Thomas Aquinas).<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n
\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n
On the
\n7th<\/sup> March we celebrated the Feast of Saint Thomas Aquinas, Angelic
\nDoctor of the Church and famous Dominican. Saint Thomas received the Dominican
\nHabit while quite young and studied philosophy and theology under Saint Albert
\nthe Great. He is perhaps best known for his writing of the Summa Theologica (or
\na summary of the Catholic Doctrine). He never studied without first praying,
\nand is the patron of all Catholic Schools.<\/span>
\n
\n<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>
\n
\n<\/span><\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
The highlight of the day was the news
\nthat the long awaited permit for the building of our new convent had been
\napproved! Our novena to St Thomas has been answered!! With this news, the
\nbuilding of the convent at 1 Tynong Road, on the school grounds, can finally move
\nforward. Father Fullerton (SSPX District Superior) will be meeting with us this
\nweek, in the hope of signing the contract so the building can begin. <\/span><\/div>\n
\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
We are now praying a novena to Saint Joseph for funds to
\nbuild the remaining portion of the convent. Thanks to the continued support of
\nour benefactors, we have approximately enough to build one-third of the
\nconvent.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
Meanwhile, we remain in good spirits
\nwhile making do with the cosy living quarters of our temporary chapel and convent
\narrangement, filled with our friends, the caterpillars, spiders, and the
\nkangaroos who knock on our window (well, almost!). We were excited to receive
\nthree new cabins in January, allowing us to receive the young ladies who wish
\nto try a Dominican vocation. Life in the cabins often demands bravery beyond
\nthe call of duty. One of the Sisters has counted 16 huntsman spiders in and around
\nthe convent in the last two months.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>
\n
\n<\/span><\/p>\n
<\/a><\/div>\n

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\n<\/div>\n
We
\nhave also made some improvements to our Chapel. Sister Mary of Compassion, our Sacristan, has been working with benefactors to acquire new vestments,
\ntabernacle veils and altar covers, beautifying the chapel for the Lenten season.<\/span>
\n
\n<\/span><\/p>\n
<\/a><\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
We\u2019d finally like to thank everyone for their
\ngenerosity to us with donations and prayers. We are continuously praying for
\nour supporters and their intentions. God bless, Our Lady guide, and Saint
\nDominic protect!<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u201cThe whole Church enjoys the help of the Heavenly Doctor,\u00a0 but Dominic\u2019s Order shines with special glory\u201d\u00a0 \u00a0 (Matins Antiphon, Feast of St. Thomas Aquinas). \u00a0 On the 7th March we celebrated the Feast of Saint Thomas Aquinas, Angelic Doctor of the Church and famous Dominican. Saint Thomas received the Dominican Habit while quite young … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":578,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4908","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\/4908","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\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opsisters.org.nz\/preview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4908"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/opsisters.org.nz\/preview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4908\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5283,"href":"https:\/\/opsisters.org.nz\/preview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4908\/revisions\/5283"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opsisters.org.nz\/preview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/578"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/opsisters.org.nz\/preview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4908"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opsisters.org.nz\/preview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4908"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opsisters.org.nz\/preview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4908"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}