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accustomed in their loved Ennis convent. Not many pioneer 58 religious facing li in a new cauntry have had. such an encouraging generous 1'riend. \Yi th the solicitude of a fond parent, he ed them from the possibility of nancial worries by providing theE ·. i neans sufficient to cover their< ex tu~e for over a year. January 20th,1879 saw the SL> rs PesULle teac not only in the primary school of long standing but also in a select school later to orne the present Hi Sc ol. By ( 1 ) PebrD.ary the roll num1Jers had increased to 1 and included s music pupils. In the followin2: l.iar>ch, Bishop Hec1.W.iQd vi ted Eol~i tika :, ;,d perfox'ued the rst solnnn religious ceremony - tht~ Reception to the igious fe Sis tel, J.:. Patr and Uister J',;. Columba, the two postulants vrho had accompanied the eight professed Sisters from 3nnis. Before he returned to Wellington the Bishop administered the Sacrament of Confirmation (2) to forty children, and on two consecutive days, visited the e.chools and pleased with the spiritual, :Lntel res sed himself as •;·-311- tual and cultL'l,al progress already manifest in children. On Eastel' Uonday, )880, st. Columbkille's accep its first postulant who was soon followed by ~70 many others that tvvo year>s 1 r the Sisters were ~ble to comply with shop I?.edvrood' s request to open a conv in Greyli1outh, then a promising seaport. 1 • tr Zeal andia'' October 20th, 1 ~; , (unsigned. ) 2. Ibio ..
Within the follovfing five years schooJ.B were opened at 59 Kanieri and H.imu ar1d to these the sters travelled daily. In (1) 1 8 the Ri::::;ht f{ev. J.J. Grimes, S.1J •. establj_shed the diocese of ::Jhr'istchurch in which was incorporated the \'fest Coust vrhich until then had been administered fr:)tl ri 1 inJ:ton. Two months after his consecr'ation Dr. Grimes paid his first episcopal visit to Hokitika where he was enthusiastically received by the par•ishioners. He visited the schools, ws.s fully satisfied with the. proficiency of the pupils ancl confir'J,ted ty-five in St. l .. ary' s Chruch, \:~lttich for the occ~'Bton v'/8.~3 c;:mst:c-ained int'o holding, but by no to that the E3:i.ste1.'t3 should orJen 1:1 b1:anch Convent, at :~oss and ( 2) in Lay ·1889, i:lt. Patrick's Convent, ss ·,/as es tabli f;hed v;J. tl1 a ~J.uno.red and tvrent;;r chilC:,:een tlle schools. . 1.:ary' s, the first Boardinir ~3chool on the \iest Coast, vras also opened in ·1 El89 and enrolled pupils f'roL E1;..::1.ny arts of stland. st. Dr-ic"i..Q'et Is, Kumara Has also opened that year ancl soon e.s ma.n.y as one . hundred ard:l. fifty pupih3 vr0Pe in attendance. The :.:ollm;i y·eo.r sa·;i a little bane_ of three Sis tel's lep.ve Hoki tj,l.;:G. and cross the s to open a convent in I~tt ton. The Sisters had. now worked for- twelve years 8E1ong the peo)le of Westland with wany whom they had become 1. 11 Zealcmdia 11 Octobel,. ·J3th.193,3. 2. Hoki tika ords, unpublished. --- -------·-----·-·---·---~-
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COHGl".?.EGATION OF OUR I,ADY OP Li
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2 TABLE OF CONTENTS page 1. PREFACE
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BIBLIOGRAPHY. 4 1. PUBLICATIONS. 1.
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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 and 54: 51 five years ago made Reefton' s n
Page 55 and 56: In (1) 1912 the O'Conor Home for th
Page 57 and 58: 55 franl(, unPeser'Ved tLough prude
Page 59: 57 11 ,,midst the acclamations of'
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.
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