This week the Dominican Family have celebrated St Dominic’s Day in Auckland and Queenstown.  Please continue reading to hear about the gatherings…. Queenstown We celebrated in Queenstown with a Celebratory Mass with the pupils of St Joseph’s Queenstown led by our Priest Father Jamie.  Both Mary Anna and Noreen from Cromwell were present.  As you may know St Joseph’s school motto is “Walk in Truth”.  The offertory gifts were symbols indicative of St Dominic’s way of life. We had a shared morning tea at the school before enjoying lunch for the Sisters and about twenty ex-pupils and friends at “Hamills” Frankton.   Auckland On Sunday 3 August, over 50 of us gathered to celebrate St Dominic’s day. These celebrations have become a tradition in Auckland through the initiative and hard work of Sr Leonie. This year our presenter was Linda Butler one of the administration team leaders in the Auckland Council Resource Consents Department. Linda talked from her perspective about the vision and work of the Auckland Council, which was created in November 2010 when eight councils in the Auckland region were amalgamated. In particular, she spoke about her experience of how the council has moved towards putting the customer at the heart of their business. Linda is an enthusiastic and clear speaker and her talk generated plenty of response and questions, some quite challenging. Linda responded ably and honestly to the questions that were put. The afternoon concluded with a prayer and hymn in honour of St Dominic, followed by
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