Home-Holy Cross reflections in Miramar
- Introduction
- Research process
- Learning outcomes
- Our History
- Catherine McAuley, founder of the Mercy Sisters
- Marcellin Champagnat
- Sister Natalie, Mercy Sister
- Brother Doug, Marist Brother
- A past student - Pauline
- Our Principal's story
- Special Character
- Feast of the Holy Cross
- Meditation and what it means to us
- Sister Ema and meditation
- Lights, camera, meditation
- Sign of the Cross
- The Holy Cross Parish
- About Miramar
- Ngake and Whataitai
- The First State House In New Zealand
- The Miramar Cutting
- Our team
- References and acknowledgements
Our Principal's story
First Catholic Family In The Eastern Suburbs – Celeste’s Family
Celeste’s grandma’s family was one of the first Catholic family’s in the Eastern Suburbs. Her grandmother’s name was Mabel Bourke.
Celeste showed us some of the writing that her grandmother did as she still has the original exercise book that she had used. Her grandmother wrote about the pollution in Wellington and her worries about it. She was about 11 years old and this was near 100 years ago. We still worry about pollution today.
By Clare, Year 5
