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66 happiness of' tting him to pr'ay. She taught him hov1 to say the Rosar;;,r and in a shor't tiue this hal"dened sinner had become a model penitent. He asked the mother of t girl whose life he had taken to forgive hiL:; he thanked the people of Lyttelton who had prayed foX' him, and he faced ::md met the death he had deserved, with such admirable dispas ions that those who witnessed the sad spectacle realised the force of Tennyson's claim that- 11Llore t ngs ar'e wrought by prayer Than this vrorld dx'e81TIS of. 11 J.iother L. Aloysius is still a member of the Lyttel ton Community ancl though life's ve ers have come, lit by a slanting sun, still her reminiscences of' those early clays are clear and vivid as old. St. l.lar'r' s Convent, Christchurcllj 8)L•_: The Greymouth foundation prospered so well that on July 25th, 1894 it v1as strong $Dough - o give a band of Sisters to st. Llary's pari , Christchurch v/i:lich had been established by the persevering ( 1 ) ef:f:'orts of H.ev. Chesnais, &.ti. and his curate I~ev. t:n.el' Le Uenant des Pather> Earnane, S.M. Five Sisters of Liercy and a postulant crossed the Alps and on August 1894 too~\: charge of the pariG.il school, • Mary's, a fine brj.ck building situated behind the Church and separated from it by the play-ground. At first the Sisters occu~;iecl a 1. The Cyclopedia of N.Z. Vol. 3 (Ch.Ch. 1903.)
house at tlle corner of l.iancheste:r anc1 Salisbury Streets but in the loviing 1-iovembex- they pure CL a tlu·eequarter· an acr•e site on vri1ich Vie:re two jacent houses facin::E C olc.lmbo Strec.::t. '.Chese houses for- wany ye r:n·s sel'ved as st. L:ary' s Convent until it became nece s to secur·e better i'acilities in h :'using accor:Lodation. In 1900 the present convent chapel so lfully ~xecute~ in grey stone was erec te, .. as osin __: buildi 1GlO\Yn r1s Ut. M 's, Uol:Jrnbo· Street. ,.i,.icll lncludes • l.lax-y' s Collegiate Hi::;;l1 Scl1ool bt.tilt in 19·12; t Convent e rec teL in l:JlG and ti1e l.:usic Elock upreaPe~_, 1 . In LancLe ;c;ter Street Sci:co s ti;.e i ster·::; teac!1 present 2 tendr:tnce at • Lo.ry' s Col1egiate Hign 0chool is :.:: incluO.ing 3) boys. ilere as in ·~11~~ other Gee onclal'y c)C ciO s c ncluc teci. b~r Sisters, pupils are pre- L. ' UCl1tJ u .. annually :L'or· publ:fc exm~inatians in v;hich their succes . testifles to ies ·.:Jn anu. pooP in tilei r ,es anc, in iwspi tal, and by t iP unostent ious charity 'bl'ing l'elief to son:; ·! 1 '10 are too c rushect to let their want 'bee ome known to pu.blic charities. Eother Ll. 1.1echtildes Boland, as I'i:l t tperioress, gui d the worki of' St. Liary' s Convent for tnan;,r yecu-·s. A pioneer, who hai begun her lifo as a Sister of rcy in Ennis and who
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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:
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8 prestige and learning. She died w
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10 from Pope Pius V111 a Rescript o
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12 the siege of Mefeking. The Annal
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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 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: 65 building was erected on the site
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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