DOMINICAN LAITY Newsletter #7 September 2009 Dear members of the New Zealand Dominican family Some recent events: Fr Chys McVey OP died 30 June in Santa Sabina, Rome – wonderful preacher, devoted to inter-Christian dialogue, spent most of his apostolic life in Pakistan, came to New Zealand in 2008. RIP. Sr Veronica (Vero) Benetito OP, first Solomon Island sister, died 25 August, aged just 55. Vero was well known to many in New Zealand. RIP. Sr Reginald OP died recently – a lifetime of dedication to the Dominican ideal and to education, and remained in touch with women she taught 50 years ago. RIP. Congratulations on Jubilees: Sr Cecily Sheehy, Sr Jacqui Ryan, Fr Paul Rankin all celebrated recently. May they enjoy many more years of service to the Gospel! Congratulations also to Mary Horn OP whose exhibition Pilgrimage appeared at St Kevin’s College from June to August. Interesting: a reviewer of the exhibition notes that her 17-year-old daughter “who is not ‘into’ Christianity… remarked that she felt a strong presence in the room and felt as if she had been there before”. COMING UP: 3-28 May 2010 Dominican Heritage Tour – 3 weeks pursuing our Dominican heritage in Rome, Florence, Siena, Bologna, Toulouse, Fanjeaux, Prouilhe, Calaruega, Osma, Brussels, Cologne, Galway, Dublin. Accompanied by Fr Kevin Toomey and Sr Elizabeth OP. Brochures available. Contact archives5@bigpond.co.au 31 October in Palmerston North we shall celebrate (a couple of days early!) the feast of St Martin de Porres – great lay Dominican saint
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