Suzanne Auberts' life

This week we have been looking at Suzanne Aubert here is her story. 

Suzanne Aubert was born on the 19th of June 1835 in Lyon, France.

When Suzanne was legally allowed to come to New Zealand at the age of 25. 

When Suzanne was on her ship to New Zealand she learnt how to speak, read and write Māori.

After working intially at a boarding school for Māori girls, Suzanne Aubert left Auckland to work at the Marist Māori mission staion at Meanee in Hawkes Bay with the third order of Mary.

Suzanne became well known in nthe area after ministring to Māori and Pakeha, Catholic and non- Catholic with out compromising her own beliefs.

Tolerance and freindships became stratergies for her mission.

In 1874 Suzanne was pinning her hopes for revival of the Māori mission on the new Bishop of Wellington, Bishop Redwood, who was to become her life long supporter.

On Christmas day 1885, Bishop Redwood blessed St Josephs church. When it burned down three years later, Suzanne set off on a collecting tour of New Zealand, returning in 1893 with $1000 enough to buy a new church and convent.

During her tour, Suzanne had become acutely aware of the challenges faced by poor and unmarried mothers and there babies. She took 74 of there babies and children into their care but Hiruhārama was too isolated from medical services. So Suzanne set her sights on Wellington, arriving unannounced in the city in in 1899 with two sisters.

The sisters immediatly started work with Wellington suffering and destitute planning a much needed home.

They set up a soup kitch and creche for children and working parents.

Land was bought in Island Bay and in 1907, the Our Lady's Home of Compassion was opened.

Suzanne was travelling to Rome at the age of 78 to present her case to the Pope.

More then 4 years later, Pope Benedict XV granted the Decree of Praise to the Daughters of Our Lady of Compassion.

In early 1920 a frail but triumphant Suzanne returned home to the Bay of Islands.

On October 1st at the age of 91 Suzanne Aubert dies, in the presence of the Sisters.

As the word spread of her death, the crowd gathered to pay their respect.

Wellington's streets and roofs were filled with people silently watching the hearse pass by.

She is now buried in the Karori Cemetry.

What do you know about Suzanne Aubert?

My Music Learning!

WALT:

This Term for Music we are learning about rythms, beats and notes. 

I learnt about the notes and rythms. I have never learnt about music before and I am really starting to enjoy it.  

For our learning about rythmes we started clapping the rythmes by picking what order you want to put the animals in. The animals are horse, chicken or catipellar. How ever many syllables that is how many times you clap. 

Here is my example:   

A big thank you to our amazing music teacher Ms Moore.  

Do you know how to play an instrument? 

The Last Supper

 WALT: Write a recount about your chosen Bible story. 
The Last Supper. 
The Last Supper is when Jesus and his 12 disciples gather to have the Last Supper that Jesus will have. The Last Supper happened on Holy Thursday the night before Jesus died on the cross. He knew he was going to die in the next few days so he spent some time with his disciples. 
I think the positive parts of the story are that he could spend more time with his disciples before he died and he could serve them and teach them about being a good leader and serving for others. 
I think the negative part of the story is that Jesus was soon going to die and it was his last meal with his Disciples. 
If I had to have my last supper I would have a mince and cheese pie with a hawiian BK chicken burger with a big bottle of orange Fanta. 
When I read this story I feel happy and sad that Jesus loved us enough to die on the cross to forgive our sins.  
During the meal Jesus took the bread and broke and said take this and eat it this is my body that has been broken for you, this is my blood and with it God makes his people will have their sins forgiven.  After that they sung a hymn and went to the Mount of Olives.