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Schools & Colleges Pioneered & Staffed by Brigidine Sisters 1899-2001
| Wairarapa |
Masterton |
St.Patrick’s. |
Lay teachers |
1883-1898 (15 years) |
| Wairarapa |
Masterton |
St Patrick’s |
Brigidines |
Jan. 1899 - Dec. 1992. (93 years) |
| Wairarapa |
Masterton
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St. Bride’s |
- |
1899 - Dec. 1977. (78 years) |
| Wairarapa |
Masterton |
(St. Bride’s & St. Joseph’s) |
- |
1978 -1987 |
| Wairarapa |
Masterton |
Chanel College |
Brigidine returned |
1997 - 2001: 13 years |
| Wairarapa |
Carterton .
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St Mary’s |
- |
Feb. 1917 - Dec. 1980. (63 years) |
| Wairarapa |
Featherston |
St. Teresa’s |
- |
Feb. 1954 - Dec. 1980. (26 years) |
| Wairarapa |
Pahiatua |
St. Anthony’s Primary |
- |
Feb. 1906 - Dec. 1985. (80 years) |
| Manuwatu |
Foxton .
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St. Mary’s |
- |
Feb. 1911 - Dec. 1981. (70 years) |
| Manuwatu |
Shannon . |
St. Joseph’s |
- |
Feb. 1956 - Dec. 1981. (25 years) |
| Wellington |
Johnsonville . |
St. John’s. |
- |
Feb. 1929 - Dec. 1989. (60 years) |
| Wellington |
Ngaio
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St. Brigid’s |
- |
Feb. 1936 - Dec. 1951. (15 years) |
| Wellington |
Khandallah |
St. Benedict’s |
transferred from St. John’s |
Feb. 1952 - Dec. 1977. (25 years) |
| Wellington |
Porirua Basin
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St. Francis Xavier |
- |
Feb. 1953 - Aug. 1960 |
| Wellington |
Tawa |
New St. Francis Xavier |
- |
Sept. 1960 - Dec. 1979: 26 years |
| Wellington |
Titahi Bay |
St. Pius X. |
- |
May 1954 - Dec. 1976. (22 years) |
| Wellington |
Porirua |
East Holy Family |
- |
Feb. 1960 - 1985. (25 years) |
| Wellington |
Porirua |
Viard College |
Joint foundation with Assumption Fathers. |
Feb. 1968 -Dec 1996. (28 years) |
| Auckland |
Meadowbank |
Mt. Carmel. |
- |
Feb. 1952 - Dec. 1971. (19 years) |
| Auckland |
Orakei
| St. Joseph’s |
-
| Feb. 1958 - Dec. 1971. (13 years) |
“What you are those after you will be, the fountain itself must be pure in order to have the stream pure.”
Bishop Daniel Delany
INFORMATION KIT
An educational kit for Primary Schools and Secondary Colleges is available at cost of NZ$10.00 including postage and handling (within NZ).
Write to:
12 Ernest Street,
Ranui Heights,
Porirua 5024,
New Zealand.
Shield
The shield and the cross of Lozenges (diamonds) are from Bishop Delany’s own Coat of Arms.
St. Brigid’s Cross
Originally made from rushes by Brigid herself, tells the story of Christ’s life, death, resurrection and ascension into heaven.
Fire/Lamp
The fire was lit after Brigid’s death around 520 and kept alight by her nuns until it was extinguished in Henry VIII’s time. It was rekindled in Kildare in 1993 and is kept alight by Brigidine Sisters to this day.
The Motto
Fortiter et Suaviter - "Strength and Gentleness" was Bishop Delany’s own motto, he gave it to his first Brigidine’s in 1807.
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