Sisters of Mercy Timaru - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Thu, 14 Sep 2023 03:38:06 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Sisters of Mercy Timaru - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Timaru's former Sisters of Mercy convent takes on new life https://cathnews.co.nz/2023/09/14/timarus-former-sisters-of-mercy-convent-takes-on-new-life/ Thu, 14 Sep 2023 05:54:02 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=163683 Once a place of closed doors and obedience, a former nuns' convent in Timaru is to become a centre for the district's mental health support trust and addiction and substance misuse clients. Since the 1980s, 7A Craigie Ave has been home to the Sisters of Mercy in a 14-bed home adjacent to Roncalli College. However, Read more

Timaru's former Sisters of Mercy convent takes on new life... Read more]]> Once a place of closed doors and obedience, a former nuns' convent in Timaru is to become a centre for the district's mental health support trust and addiction and substance misuse clients.

Since the 1980s, 7A Craigie Ave has been home to the Sisters of Mercy in a 14-bed home adjacent to Roncalli College.

However, with the last two nuns leaving in 2020, the building has been sold to Mokihi Hauora, with part of the organisation to move in, in the coming weeks. Read more

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