ST PATRICK'S CONVENT, TESCHEMAKERS.

New Zealand Tablet, 5 February 1920, Page 21

ST PATRICK'S CONVENT, TESCHEMAKERS.

The annual Retreat of the Dominican Nuns, Teschemakers, which was conducted by a religious of the Dominican Order, Rev. D. B. Falvey, 0.P., Adelaide, was brought to a close last Friday. The Sisters were privileged on this occasion in securing for the first time during their 50 years in New Zealand a Friar Preacher to work in their midst. This forms a link in the history of the Dominican Nuns in New Zealand connecting them with St. Dominic’s first daughters to whom 700 years ago, the Saint entrusted the care and education of young girls. The need is not less in our own day for training the young in their earliest years in the habits of self-control and virtue, as well as in those branches required by our modern system of education. St. Patrick’s has ideal surroundings for accomplishing these ends, and parents entrusting their daughters to the care of the nuns may rest assured that now, as in the past, nothing will be left undone to educate them in the truest sense of the word. We take this opportunity of reminding parents and guardians that the college re-opens for present year’s work on Monday, February 9, boarders to be in residence on Saturday, 7th inst. Those desirous of placing their children under the care of the Dominican Nuns are requested to apply for a prospectus of the college to the Mother Superior.