Still on a Mission: Mount St Mary's Reunion, Greenmeadows

25/08/2016

hey confreres! It's been a while since our amazing Reunion - who's up for another get-to-gether?

04/09/2015

Volunteers Wanted for Operation Clean up 123 Pomona St for Mrs Smith - please volunteer by liking the jobs posted as comments below, if you like it and your name appears, you will doing that role for that time, thanks!

04/09/2015

Since the reunion, we've formed a closed group on facebook. If you would like to join, email Gerry Forde at: [email protected]

22/02/2015

Part Registrations now possible - register for one, two or three days.

We’ve had feedback that some are keen to come to the Reunion but because of prior commitments cannot make the whole weekend.

To accommodate these, we now have options to attend on a day by day basis – any one day, or any combination of days.

The costs for each day are a combination of the meals and overall administration costs, as follows:

Friday 10 April: Meet and Greet plus evening meal - $70

Saturday 11 April: Breakfast, Lunch, Afternoon Tea, Dinner and all Sessions between: $150
Note: Partners are most welcome to attend the Saturday night meal at a cost of $60

Sunday 12 April: Breakfast, Mass, Morning Tea - $50

Full registration for all three days is $250.

To Register please make your payment on line and then email your contacts details to Gerry Forde at:[email protected]

Bank number: 03 1750 0862480 000 - Mission Reunion, adding your name as a reference.

The numbers are building each day, it’s going to be intense.

Draft Programme Below and attached.

Warm Wishes!


Draft Programme: On a Mission Reunion, Mount St Mary’s Seminary, Friday 10 April – Sunday 12 April, 2015

Friday – Cost $70
4pm Arrival at the Mount ( 4pm – 8pm)
: Committee to meet and greet
8pm Meal –
: Welcome, explain the programme.
: ice-breakers and entertainment with Gerry Forde and others.
: Socialising

Saturday – Cost $150 (Partners can attend meal only for $60)
7.15am Bell
7.20am: Morning prayer in St Blaise
8am Breakfast
9.15am Welcome and Blessing : Fr Dave Kennerly S.M, Provincial of the Society of Mary
Icebreakers and facilitated opportunities to catch up with Gerry Forde
Photo exhibition & slide presentation of the Making of the book “On A Mission” – Shaun Davison
Marist Alumni proposal
10.30am Morning tea.
Sharing of our missions - individual / collective.
12.30pm Lunch
Tour of the vineyards
OMML – makeover of a piece of garden and plaque for old boys who have died, Paschendale?
3.15pm Avo tea
Archives
6:30pm Pre-dinner drinks – Book launch: Poems by Mike Fitzsimons and Photographs by Philip Birch
7.30pm Dinner with speaker - Peter Biggs
: Skits - prepared and spontaneous perhaps by band
: Singing – Top Ten Hits from the Hymnal
: Late night wine session, perhaps in cellars

Sunday – Cost $50
8am Breakfast
9am - Mass
10:15: Morning tea.
Socialising and Farewell Speeches
12noon: Event over

16/02/2015

Information for Registration is now on a website - https://stillonamission.wordpress.com/2015/02/16/still-on-a-mission-mount-st-marys-reunion-taradale-10-12-april-2015/

2015 is here – the year of the first ever Reunion for Mount St Marys, registrations are rolling in and we have a great programme Peter Biggs (Biggsy) is our speaker for the Saturday night bringing ...

12/02/2015

We're going to do up a plaque to commemorate all those who trained at the Mount - trying out the wording, what do you think of:

In memory of all those
who have passed through the doors of Mount St Mary’s Seminary in formation as Marist Religious, (located on this site from 1911 – 1992), seeking God and their better selves.

– Seminary Alumni Reunion, April 2015

03/02/2015

We've had a few requests for our website, we don't have one ... does anyone want to put one up for us? Also need to beef up this page - old photos, list of who is signed up for the reunion and more info about the programme. All contributions welcome!

16/01/2015

Peter Biggs (Biggsy) confirmed as our speaker on the Saturday night - class and comedy, what a night will be!

23/12/2014

Hi! Please send the link to this page to your old confreres so they can register - info below, Christmas blessings!

Still on a Mission – Mount St Mary’s Reunion – How to Register
Friday 10 April to Sunday 12 April, 2015

All Marists and old boys / alumni of the Mount are warmly invited to a special weekend reunion at the Mission, from Friday evening April 10 to Sunday April 12.

Partners and children are very welcome.

Our years at Mount St Mary’s were some of the most memorable of our lives. Let’s re-live the memories, re-invigorate the friendships and share where our Mission is taking us now.

Registration for the event covers all meals and use of the Mission facilities, from 4pm on Friday 10 April to morning tea on Sunday 12 April.

It does NOT include accommodation. There is limited accommodation (15 places – sleeping bag required) at St Blaise’s, first paid up for registration will have the option to live rough in a very plain cell, just like the old days! Unlike the old days, you may have your partner join you!

As for motels, those close to the Mission in Taradale are Colonial Motel and Ballina Motel in Gloucester Street, Taradale. Nothing is too far in Napier! Other motels to try would be those on Kennedy Road – about 5-6 minute drive to the Mission.
A few ideas for things to do in the Bay …..Wineries, Cycle ways (bike hire), Te Mata Peak (walking tracks) Splash Planet (for kids), Marine Parade …..Ocean Spa (hot pools), Aquarium, Minigolf, Skatezone…. See http://www.napiernz.com

180 places available – Register now to avoid disappointment
There are 180 places available at the reunion, this number determined by the seating for meals in the old chapel. To attend the reunion including meals, you must register and partners need to register too if they wish to attend the meals. Partners and family are welcome to attend free of charge any sessions that don’t include a meal.

Registration needs to be for the whole event. Unfortunately it is not possible for alumni, or their partners, to register for just one of the days.

Registration Costs
The cost is $250 per person, early bird before 31 January 2015 is $240 per person including all meals: Friday night dinner, Saturday breakfast, lunch, dinner, morning and avo tea, and Sunday breakfast and morning tea.

A limited amount of accommodation is available at St Blaise but it is very basic; partners can join at a cost of $50 for the two nights Friday and Saturday. This is limited to the first dozen paid up. There is no other accommodation on site. Other than this option, attendees will need to arrange their own accommodation.

To pay your Reistration fee by internet banking, make your deposit to: 03 1750 0862480 000 - Mission Reunion, adding your name as a reference. To pay by cheque, please make it out to Mission Reunion and post to: Mission Reunion, c/o Gerry Forde, 73 Lindisfarne Street, 9810 Invercargill

After you have made your payment, please email your contact details – name, postal address, main phone number and email – to [email protected]

Looking forward to an amazing weekend!

Organising Committee:
Gerry Forde, Shaun Davison, Dennis Farrelly, Nick Prendergast, Mike Fitzsimons, Chris St. Clair

13/11/2014

The new priest is nervous about hearing confessions, so he asks an older priest to sit in on his sessions. The new priest hears a couple confessions, then the old priest asks him to step out of the confessional for a few suggestions.

The old priest suggests, "Cross you arms over your chest and rub your chin with one hand." The new priest tries this. The old priest suggests, "Try saying things like, 'I see,' 'yes,' 'go on,' 'I understand,' and 'how did you feel about that?'"

The new priest says those things, trying them out. The old priest says, "Now, don't you think that's a little better than slapping your knee and saying 'No sh.t! What happened next?'"