Saturday, 6 April 2024

TWENTY FIVE YEARS AGO 2

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As Promised, I am back with more photos to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the closing of St Patrick's Convent Schools. Today I am p...
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Wednesday, 3 April 2024

TWENTY FIVE YEARS AGO

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As the pupils and staff of St Patrick's Convent Schools left the building in June of 1999, they witnessed not only the closing of the sc...
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Sunday, 17 March 2024

HAPPY ST PATRICK'S DAY 2024

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It is hard to believe that another St Patrick's Day has rolled around again but here it is 17 March 2024.  As always, I wish you a very ...
Tuesday, 2 January 2024

HAPPY NEW YEAR, 2024

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  THE GATE OF THE YEAR And I said to the man who stood at the gate of the year: "Give me a light that I may tread safely into the unkno...
Monday, 11 December 2023

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I don't know if it is a St Patrick's thing, a West End thing, or a Newfoundland thing in general but, whatever it is, it is a beauti...
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Tuesday, 21 November 2023

HAPPY PRESENTATION DAY

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It is 21 November, Presentation Day. Once again my thoughts spin back through the years (many, many years now 😏)!  My thoughts go back to o...
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Sunday, 12 November 2023

SYMBOL OF HOPE

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November is the month of the Holy Souls, the month when we especially remember all the dear people who have graced our lives and who have no...
Thursday, 9 November 2023

FRANCISCANS, PART 2

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In my last post I spoke of the St John's girls who travelled from their homes in St John's to the USA to join the Sisters of St Fran...
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Tuesday, 7 November 2023

ST JOHN'S FRANCISCANS, PART 1

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This post was inspired by my dear friend, Alice.  She asked me a question about my Aunt, who was one of the St Patrick's Franciscans.  H...
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Saturday, 21 October 2023

MONTH OF THE HOLY SOULS

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November is bearing down upon us once again. The church traditionally keeps November as the month when we particularly remember  those who h...
Saturday, 1 July 2023

MEMORIAL DAY , "BETTER THAN THE BEST"

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The Battle of the Somme was one of the largest battles of WWI and one of the bloodiest in human history. It began on 1 st  July 1916 and dra...
Saturday, 24 June 2023

HAPPY ST JOHN'S DAY

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  Window at Ryan Premises, Bonavista  Have a look at the Coat of Arms at the top of this window and the other, early picture. The Arms were...
Monday, 12 June 2023

STs PETER AND PAUL CHURCH, BAY BULLS

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This post has only the most tenuous link to St Patrick's and, to be perfectly honest, I didn't even know there was a link until I ha...
Monday, 5 June 2023

Ode to Newfoundland sung by the Choir of the Basilica Cathedral of St. J...

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Friday, 17 March 2023

"A CITY BUILT ON A HILLTOP"

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In Hi s S ermon on the Mount, Jesus said, "You are the light of the world.  A city built on a hilltop cannot be hidden.  No one lights...
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