REMUERA

New Zealand Tablet, 30 November 1911, Page 2439

REMUERA

FIRST RETRTAT FOR LADIES. (By One of the Retreatants.)

On the morning of November 17, the first retreat for ladies given at the Convent of the Sacred Heart, Remuera, was brought to a successful close by the Rev. Father Tigar, 0.P., who had conducted the exercises during three days. The retreatants were most edifying in their observance of the rule of silence and in their great, attention to the various discourses on the end of man, the Sacraments, the ordering of one’s life, etc., given by the zealous Dominican. For most of the ladies a retreat was a new and, truth to tell, a much dreaded experience, yet one and %11 left expressing a deep sense of the benefit thy had received from the exercises, and also of the wonderfully happy way in which the days had passed all too quickly. Retreats for ladies are a special work of the Nuns of the Sacred Heart, .■ therefore it is needless to say everything was perfectly organised, and the splendid new convent and beautiful grounds lent themselves admirably to the success of the undertaking. Strengthened and refreshed by their three days’ communing with Our Lord in silence, the retreatants returned to their homes imbued with the desire to be humble instruments in spreading the knowledge of God’s truth, and in inducing others to share

with them the graces of the annual retreats which will be held at the convent, Remuera.