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St Peter Chanel School (Dunedin) step in the footsteps of a Saint!

Thursday, 8th March 2012

St Peter Chanel School  (Dunedin) step in the footsteps of a Saint!

St Patrick's Church, 1905  

  • St Peter Chanel School  (Dunedin) step in the footsteps of a Saint!St Patrick's Church, 1905

St Peter Chanel School from Green Island, Dunedin saw first hand Mary MacKillop's cottage on their visit to the Lakes District Museum in Arrowtown. Mary MacKillop came to New Zealand from Australia in the 1890s and helped estabilish many Catholic Schools. She lived in Arrowtown in 1897, at Burn Bank cottage and taught in St Patrick's School (next to St Patrick's church). Mary MacKillop (1842-1909) became Saint Mary of the Cross in October 2010.

St Peter Chanel students also explored the Chinese village, had plenty of luck with their panning in the Arrow River and survived a class with Miss Gray...JUST!

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