{"id":4950,"date":"2012-11-14T06:16:00","date_gmt":"2012-11-14T06:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/opsisters.org.nz\/preview\/2012\/11\/14\/signadou-boarding-school-2\/"},"modified":"2023-05-10T02:38:03","modified_gmt":"2023-05-10T02:38:03","slug":"signadou-boarding-school-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/opsisters.org.nz\/preview\/2012\/11\/14\/signadou-boarding-school-2\/","title":{"rendered":"SIGNADOU BOARDING SCHOOL"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nIt is with great happiness that we announce that
\nthe Dominican Sisters of Wanganui will be opening a Girls\u2019 Boarding School in
\nNew Zealand to enable INTERNATIONAL and NATIONAL students to profit from a
\nwell-balanced traditional Catholic education under the influence of religious
\nSisters, while at the same time gaining credit for internationally recognised
\nqualifications. Miraculously we have been able to purchase a large two-storey
\nhouse with a double section literally right next door to the convent which has
\nmuch potential for future growth.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n
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FRONT VIEW<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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BACK VIEW<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

We are now inviting applicants for the start of the
\n2013 NZ academic year (February 4th – December 6th) and anyone interested in
\nobtaining more information and viewing our Prospectus, is asked to contact
\nMother Rose via e-mail: sisterrose08@yahoo.com<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span>
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NOW THE OTHER SIDE<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

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\nAfter much thought and many creative ideas later, Mother
\nGeneral decided to name the boarding school SIGNADOU which means Sign of God,
\nin remembrance of the ball of fire which the Blessed Virgin Mary gave as a sign
\nto St Dominic at Prouille, France, in 1206, on the Feast of St Mary Magdalene.
\nThe sign was for St Dominic to begin his apostolate, which brought about the
\nfirst convent of Dominican Sisters, and after that many others. May it be a
\nsign of many blessings for Catholic children and future religious.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n

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A SNEAK PEEK INSIDE<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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\nMission \u201cSecure Convent\u201d became necessary after a long
\nseries of incidents and is now in the last stages. Thanks to a very generous
\nU.S benefactor we now have a secure front gate and post-box which serves to
\nconnect our present convent with our recently acquired property, giving us opportunity
\nin the future to create resourceful thoroughfares between the two.<\/span><\/div>\n
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\nWe did have thoughts of putting this sign on the
\nfront but thought better of it:<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
\nNIGHTLY TRESPASSERS<\/span><\/b> WILL BE PROSECUTED<\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n

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\nTO THE <\/span><\/b>FULL<\/span><\/b>
\nEXTENT OF THE LAW<\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n

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\nSigned: The Sisters of Mercy<\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n
\nThanks to the SSPX and working men of our Parish,
\nboth young and old, we can now feel secure knowing a wooden fence extends all
\nthe way around the front of our complex giving the school girls and Sisters a sense of
\nsecurity and enclosure; moreover, all buildings are now wired to an up-to-date
\nalarm system, and, need I mention, our local ‘securityguards’ at Wanganui Alarm
\nWatch.<\/span><\/div>\n
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\nMission \u201cSignadou<\/em>\u201d is now in progress, which involves works such as finding furnishings for an empty house, finding good girls for the boarding school, paying off the debt and attending to the 101 legalities required of such a work. If you can help in any way at all with what has just been mentioned, please do not hesitate to contact us. May God reward you – it is a very important work for the extension of His kingdom.<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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