Switch Editions? Copy Share URL. Channel: The Dominican Sisters of Wanganui. X Are you the publisher? Claim or contact us about this channel. Remove ADS. Viewing all 63 articles. Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4. Browse latest View live. Dear Friends and Benefactors, The crisp morning air and frost-laden grass may seem to suggest that winter is quite determined to have a longish stay here in Tynong.
Still, the presence of a newly-born calf prancing around in the paddock opposite the Convent and the flurry of nest-building by our feathered friends in the neighbourhood are reminders that Spring is just round the corner! Before spring does descend upon us however, we are glad to announce that the winter issue of our newsletter, The Southern Star , is now available online, with a special feature depicting the sunnier side of life in the Convent.
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Our postal address is in the newsletter if you prefer a hard copy. Father Albert O. Patron: Saint Martin de Porres. There was not enough for more than four people, or six at the maximum. But the poor continued to come and Martin continued to pour out soup until he had filled the last bowl of the last of his poor. And how could it have been otherwise? One can hardly think of St. Martin de Porres without thinking of one of his many good works helping the poor, tending to the sick, instructing the ignorant or amazing gifts from God bi-location, levitation, miraculous knowledge and cures.
Yet it is not these miracles, gifts, or even his innumerable works of charity, which distinguish him as a saint, but rather the heroic degree of virtue i. Born in Lima, Peru in , St. Martin was pious, displaying exceptional charity towards the poor even as a child. Much to the dismay of his mother, he would often come home from the market empty-handed because he gave all the money to the poor. He also passed much of his time visiting Our Lord in the many churches throughout the city.
