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74 Children ~ith special aptitudes, as well as tLJsa with special disa'bili ties, are treated apart end prepared. to fill, in later life, the positions for which t~ey are best sui ted. At prer:;ent the Uisters have sixty-two oi'[Jh9J1s in st. VincEnt's. Rev. P.O'~eill, paris~ priest of ~inton applied in ·1898 to the Superioress oi' tlle :_;onvent of : .. ei'cy, Dunedin for· a Conn:J.111.:. ty oi' Ststers fu:c· his pa:c•i::;i1. It has alvvays ·been the aifil of the ~:listers of Lercy to supply, to the best of' ti~eir ar)ility, Catholic School;:; for the suallei' r•arL:.lws in each cliocese, so the i·e(Juest t·J provide \linton r;i th a Cor.]:JUni ty Vfc\S reacl.ily gPc:mtecL Cn the feast oi' Jt. 3er•nar•ci_, August 20th, 1898, three ;)iste:cs ope~1ed :=lt. Be:r'nard's C:)onvent, \Hnton. ll'r'om t .. is cent.·; Siste:es go This settle1nent was a1most entir·ely Catl1:-,lic in i C!)_. and foi' sm,,.~ yeal's the children had been attendin · the ~)l~'i•J'ic schoo1. r;:'hat year, o~1 the :J?east of st. Joseph, ::arch 19th, the Sister's opened a Convent ancl schoo1 here and the public school auton:atically closed. Alexandra, 1912: At the re c~uest of I{ev. :L' 1 atJ:1er Hunt of Alexandra, Central Ota
75 e there a convent and school, L1 Hhich there ar•e :J.t prefJent tln•ee Si ers and seventy-tv1o c1lilLLr'en re ectively. Dis rs nd sc ::rp e 11g Ol1~t v e r.'y 1 m· e:cton p sh, he found t there no Catnolic t·,,enty-threc Irl1:n1ediately s about -:;n·ovid.ing a rJ(::anG of rel ous instr·uction fo1• the chil ·en and obtained 0!;1 five Sistel'S of !.Jerc3r (Y)enecl a Convent :;nd school in Riverton. Ohil froL the ous s."'t le: .. ents, Tev1aewae, , Tikaka, Ot a at au, Thor'nbU.I\'{, ly ~y t~aiil t~ 2iverton Conv nt JI'e~r 1 s 3ush openecl., in ·1916, a sc ol in coal-mining tormship of Hightcaps, five es cdstant, 8.l1CL t:eq.vell thither daily 1.mtil. ·1936. year school at 'Hrey 1 s Dush had :Callen to a r-oll nu.n1:;er of seven while that at Nightcaps ha0. :eiDen to eighty. Oonsec;uently the sterc-; clos the Convent at ·,irey 1 s Bush and opened one at r"iightc aps rfi::.ere they nort reside. rrhe p:eesent m.m1ber of children is ninety.
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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
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16 However, in the interests of his
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from which it could be exported. 18
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20 ( 1 ) 11 re is a specimen of a M
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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 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: 73 a c1aily attendance of 215. this
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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