by Anne Holmes | 30 Dec, 2014 | #cf14, Abbotsford, Abbotsford Convent, Remote, Yarra Bend Park
This photo was submitted by the Collingwood Historical Society as part of week 47 of the the 2014 Flickr Challenge Friday group for the theme of “Remote”.It was taken in Yarra Bend Park overlooking the Abbotsford Convent to the Melbourne skyline.
by Anne Holmes | 30 Jun, 2013 | #blogjune, Abbotsford Convent, Good Shepherd Sisters
Sr Mary of Mt Carmel Curtain 365/173 #2013PAD, a photo by Hecuba’s Story on Flickr.Long term superior of the Good Shepherd Convent in Abbotsford, Sister Mary of Mount Carmel Curtain is actually still buried in the crypt under the Chapel. The site of her burial...
by Anne Holmes | 30 Jun, 2013 | #blogjune, Abbotsford Convent, Good Shepherd Sisters
Behind the Veil is an exhibition curated by Rebecca Louise which honours the many women and girls who have been a part of the Good Shepherd history particularly in Abbotsford. The exhibition was held in the Abbotsford Convent in the Chapel and Crypt on the...
by Anne Holmes | 30 Jun, 2013 | #blogjune, Abbotsford Convent
The Good Shepherd Festival Day on Saturday 22 June at the Abbotsford Convent celebrated the arrival 150 years ago on the 24 June 1863 of the first four Good Shepherd Sisters in Victoria. The Chapel, the Chapel Crypt, the Parlour, the Bishop’s...
by Anne Holmes | 20 Jun, 2013 | #blogjune, Abbotsford Convent, Maureen McCarthy
Another novel that you might like to read in the context of the 150th anniversary of the arrival of the Good Shepherd nuns in Victoria on 24 June 1863 is Maureen McCarthy’s The Convent published by Allen & Unwin in late 2012. This is a work of fiction...
by Anne Holmes | 18 Jun, 2013 | #blogjune, Abbotsford Convent, Kerry Greenwood, Phryne Fisher
If you are going to the Abbotsford Convent you might like to celebrate by reading the latest Kerry Greenwood book in the Phryne Fisher series which has recently been turned into a television series greatly acclaimed not only here where one might expect it but also in...
