Sunday, 20 May 2012

OUR LADY OF FATIMA

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 OUR LADY OF FATIMA, BASILICA OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST,  ST JOHN'S, NEWFOUNDLAND This is a great link on the Basilica website.   It i...
Thursday, 17 May 2012

ST PATRICK'S BASKETBALL TEAM 1979

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St Patrick's Basketball Team, 1979 Front Row:   S Evans, A M Walsh, C Power, M Evans, L Gallagher, S Prim. Second Row:   Mrs S Wade ...
Monday, 30 April 2012

MSGR JAMES DOODY

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MSGR JAMES DOODY Diamonds have many facets.  St Patrick's Convent School was one of the beautiful facets that made up that exquisite ...
Sunday, 22 April 2012

SR MARY XAVERIA FARDY

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Sr M Xaveria & an unamed pupil This is another picture from the 1979 yearbook.  The piano teacher is Sister Mary Xaveria.  Sister X...
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Monday, 9 April 2012

FROM A 1920s NEWSPAPER

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Here is a little item I came across in a very old scrapbook. The clipping was from a St John’s newspaper published in March 1920. It will,...
Friday, 6 April 2012

A GOOD FRIDAY REFLECTION

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The Mission Cross in St Patrick's Church
Tuesday, 27 March 2012

SR ANNE HICKEY'S GRADE 4 CLASS, 1979

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ARE YOU HERE? Sr Anne Hickey's Grade 4 Class, 1979 (Click on the picture to enlarge it) Front Row :  V Butler, L Greening, L Simon,...
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Saturday, 17 March 2012

HAPPY ST PATRICK'S DAY

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I remember learning this song for St Patrick's Day when I was in Miss Murphy's Kindergarten Class - way back in the early 50s. Do...
Saturday, 10 March 2012

THREE NUNS AT THE BALL GAME

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THEY AREN'T PRESENTATIONS! This is an e-mail I had from my good friend, Carol (Brothers) Duggan.  I heard it many years ago from tha...
Saturday, 28 January 2012

MOTHER BERNARD KIRWAN'S GALWAY CONVENT

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My good friend, Ed O'Neill, is an artist of the first water.  His videos of various parts of the beautiful Southern Shore are a delight ...
Thursday, 22 December 2011

HOLY CROSS PRIMARY SCHOOL CHOIR

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In 1977, Holy Cross Primary School Choir recorded a Long playing album.  We used to say "an L P" way back then! The Title was ...
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Saturday, 26 November 2011

"LIFE WAS SIMPLE, BUT IT SURE WAS GOOD SOMEHOW"

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I like this song, "Sixteen for Awhile" by Celtic Connection & I think that the line "Life was simple, but it sure was go...
Monday, 21 November 2011

HAPPY PRESENTATION DAY

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Nano Nagle, Foundress of the Sisters of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Well, friends, as you will all be aware, today, 21st...
Saturday, 12 November 2011

WHO IS THIS VERY TALENTED SISTER? CHRISTINE KNEW!

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Back in May, I did a post called " WHO IS THIS VERY TALENTED SISTER ?".  Well, I thought you might like to know that I have had a ...
Friday, 11 November 2011

LEST WE FORGET

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In 1918, at the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, the Armistice was signed, officially ending WWI.   Thousands of you...