Carmel College – NZ Catholic Newspaper

Recognition for Sian’s engineering work

Rowena Orejana — Wed, 11 Oct 2017 20:30:59 +0000

Carmel College former student Sian France has been recognised for her work on the Waterview Connection Project by the National Association of Women in Construction (NAWIC). Ms France, technical director for Hydrogeology at Beca, was involved in implementing a major design change on the Waterview Connection project, achieving a positive environmental outcome and significant cost

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Volunteering prayer answered in Latin America

Rowena Orejana — Tue, 07 Jun 2016 23:39:57 +0000

When Carmel College old girl Loren O’Sullivan asked God where she could volunteer her services, he answered her the way millennials communicate these days: through Facebook.“I was thinking about volunteering overseas when I was studying to be a teacher in New Zealand. And I’ve always been quite interested about Latin American culture. I thought about doing a year or two volunteering in

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Students craft song to celebrate Year of Mercy

NZ Catholic Staff — Tue, 16 Feb 2016 02:00:56 +0000

by NZ CATHOLIC Staff Three Carmel College students have written an inspiring song celebrating the Jubilee Year of Mercy. The song entitled Te Wā, written by Jessica Rogers, Kate Howard and Nandita Bhatnagar, is one of four music pieces by New Zealand composers recommended by the National Liturgy Office. The others are Bread of Mercy

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‘Speed dating’ at girls’ college

Michael Otto — Tue, 24 Nov 2015 20:27:18 +0000

by ANNA NICHOLLS Fifteen religious sisters joined year 12 students at Carmel College recently for their annual “speed dating” event. In small groups, girls heard personal and moving stories of the vocation of individual sisters and learnt more about the OP, RSJ, RSM and SMSM charisms before moving to a different religious woman to hear

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Vocation ‘speed-dating’ a hit at Carmel College

Rowena Orejana — Sun, 23 Nov 2014 23:05:00 +0000

by ROWENA OREJANA
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Prayer a big part of Gaea’s game plan

Rowena Orejana — Mon, 12 May 2014 22:00:10 +0000

by ROWENA OREJANA AUCKLAND — Singing The Lord’s Prayer was the key to success at the Adidas U-17 Waikato Badminton Open, according to 15-year-old Gaea Galvez. The Carmel College student said she always prayed the night before her competitions, but that was the first time she sang it in her mind. “I was singing it

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Hardship tried across nation over weekend

Rowena Orejana — Tue, 22 Apr 2014 22:02:21 +0000

by ROWENA OREJANA WELLINGTON — More than 6000 young people slept in cardboard boxes, worked in sweatshop-like conditions or went without food in the first weekend of April as part of the first nationwide Caritas Challenge. Caritas Social Justice education adviser Gemma Sinnot, coordinator for the challenge in Auckland, said this was the first time

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