| Traditional
Religious Orders
The 147 sisters of the Congregation of Domincans of the Holy Name
of Jesus of Fanjeaux are photographed (below) at the celebration of
their congregation’s 30th anniversary on 16 July, 2005. A Pontifical
High Mass was offered by Bishop Bernard Fellay, with nearly 1000 faithful,
religious and clergy present. The sermon was preached by Fr Michael
Simoulin, who said that the foundation of Fanjeaux was not a new work,
“[...] but a transfer, a transplantation or a renaissance of
a bicentenary work.”
 
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good number of these sisters are former pupils of Dominican
schools
who have in turn taken up the vocation of instilling the love
of Christ
into young souls. |
NZ
Dominican Clothing
On 22 December
2005 Miss Gabrielle Wankadia, only daughter of Mr and Mrs F. Wankadia
of Brisbane, Australia, received the Holy Habit of the Dominican Sisters
of Wanganui, New Zealand.
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The Dominican
Sisters of Wanganui
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The ceremony took
place in St Anthony’s Church, Wanganui. Rev. Fr Albert, O.P.,
of Avrillé, France, who was in Wanganui to give the Sisters
their retreat, gave the habit to Miss Wankadia and preached the sermon.
The ceremony was also interesting as it was the first time there has
been a Solemn High Mass in the Dominican Rite in Wanganui. The girls
of St Dominic’s College sang during the ceremony as well as
the St Anthony’s Schola. Miss Wankadia took the name Sr Marie
Therese. According to Dominican custom, the new novice was offered
a choice between a crown of roses and a crown of thorns. She chose
the Crown of Thorns. The ceremony was attended by parishioners, ex-pupils
and Tertiaries.
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