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52 '.who travelled daily to Ikamatua ( 1 ) returned alone one night llalf-dr·mmec_ anc1 covered with blooCL, her coL~panion having been the victim of a f~t l'oau acci nt. Vlestport, 1 ~2_4_;_ This town received its pioneer sters o~ Kercy from Reefton which gave the (2) late r.:onsignor ·' sh seven sters whoi on Pebrura:c>y 3l"d.,made tbeir horne in \/e:;tport. Alr;Jost inuaed.iately they too~-:: charge of • CJ·3.nice's School anc1 ened a Becondary school in Dhich pupils ~ere p~ep for' the public exmninationr3. In ~ St. Canice's School was anted Government inspec t.Lon. By ·1904 the old c :::nvent and School., were unsui t le for further use by the :i.ncreased numbers of' teachers emu. ['Ltpils so a new convent snci. Schools were built in ;,iueen Stre where later, St. Joseph's Scho was opened in ·J The secondaP,y colle , st. ,,iary's, cu_1Pit the first tilenty rear-2. adr;1i tted. gi:cls only, but in later years large classes of boys also, have GOiilpletecl the seco!1Llary education s.t st. Lar•y' s. In ·ISYI vie find that there v;ere sixteen boys out of a total of fifty pupils. Extra classes at'e held f'or ambitious clerical Horl~ers who, havin.s:; secured positions, are ti desirous of' pursuing their studies under the Sisters' direction. In 1914 the Sisters opene~ an out school in Grani ty and in 1921, vthen free rail':;ay tid:ets were wi thdravm1;a convent was established in the township. 1. Marist ssenger. November 1934. Page 13 article not signed. 2. 11 \Jestpor•t 1:ev1s" Dec. 1 L~ th 1·1931 .0-nsigned a:r·ticle).
In (1) 1912 the O'Conor Home for the Aged was opened in 53 accordance with the wi of the late Eugene O'Conor, Esq., and har3 been conducted by the Sisters of 7vestport since then. '.::'he present number of inmates is twenty~nine. During the influenza epidemic of 1918 the Sisters offered the authorities one of' the dormitories as a Wai."'d for out-side patients, and for weeks they nursed all who were sent to thelrl. Ihur of the ~)iste:r.'s nur·sed in the public homes. rrhe total nlill:ber of pupils attending the Westport Sisters I Schools last year (1938) was as follows:- St. Canice's 80; St. Joseph's 106; Granity 53; St. J;Jar~·'s College 48; rnalcing a total of 287. In the year that followed its foundation ~estport's need exceede~ that of its parent, Reefton, accordin.:ElY the l.iot.her House and Novitiate were tr•ansferred frOL, Heeftcm to Fv'estport and, after arnalgamation in 1927, to ·~Iel ngton. 'rhe little band of three who left Auckland to found the first convent in Wellington has indeed increased and 'multiplied until at the present tirae the amalgamated Communi ties of the Archdiocese m:unber slightly over two hundred while the . nlilnber of ch1ldren ·taught in their schools approximates to four hundred out of a (2) . Catholic Population of 66,714 according to Government Census of 1 6.
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COHGl".?.EGATION OF OUR I,ADY OP Li
Page 3 and 4: 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS page 1. PREFACE
Page 5 and 6: BIBLIOGRAPHY. 4 1. PUBLICATIONS. 1.
Page 7 and 8: 6 5. PHAf,:PHLJ:TS. Bishop Cleary:
Page 9 and 10: 8 prestige and learning. She died w
Page 11 and 12: 10 from Pope Pius V111 a Rescript o
Page 13 and 14: 12 the siege of Mefeking. The Annal
Page 15 and 16: 14 on his return joul"ney from Euro
Page 17 and 18: 16 However, in the interests of his
Page 19 and 20: from which it could be exported. 18
Page 21 and 22: 20 ( 1 ) 11 re is a specimen of a M
Page 23 and 24: 22 century among the natives, teach
Page 25 and 26: 2Lj. '-'uropean and the natives in
Page 27 and 28: HOTHER CECILIA MAHER. 26
Page 29 and 30: 28 four years later, and with her o
Page 31 and 32: had taught as well as numbers of no
Page 33 and 34: 32 of the high standard of wo:r'k m
Page 35 and 36: 34 established st. Joseph's Orphana
Page 37 and 38: 36 who so loved the orphans. 1926.
Page 39 and 40: liiother M. 38 G::mzaga and I.lothe
Page 41 and 42: 39 G!lA.FVEH 1 'T. -·---- r; G ,_,
Page 43 and 44: more spac,ious class-roorr.sbecaJne
Page 45 and 46: 43 is a speciality with the pupils
Page 47 and 48: such as Street Days. 45 ST. Philome
Page 49 and 50: 47 fields. r.rother E. Bernard Redw
Page 51 and 52: 49 within the reach tr1e working cl
Page 53: 51 five years ago made Reefton' s n
Page 57 and 58: 55 franl(, unPeser'Ved tLough prude
Page 59 and 60: 57 11 ,,midst the acclamations of'
Page 61 and 62: Within the follovfing five years sc
Page 63 and 64: 61 beauties tlili Faith, of Scriptu
Page 65 and 66: 63 necessity ancl llO'Ii/ that tl1e
Page 67 and 68: 65 building was erected on the site
Page 69 and 70: house at tlle corner of l.iancheste
Page 71 and 72: M1algamation until ill-health supe1
Page 73 and 74: 71 CHAPTER V1 . When the Hight Hev.
Page 75 and 76: 73 a c1aily attendance of 215. this
Page 77 and 78: 75 e there a convent and school, L1
Page 79 and 80: ar'e mov fo:c·-,;e_rd con antly to
Page 81 and 82: 79 CH.i\.PTER V11 . COlfCLUGIOJ.Y.
Page 83: 81 and under the rule she then esta
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