IN 2005 A SMALL GROUP OF THREE DAUGHTERS OF DIVINE ZEAL ARRIVED IN SYDNEY TO MAKE THE FIRST FOUNDATION IN NEW SOUTH WALES. THE LOCATION CHOSEN FOR THEIR CONVENT WAS THE SEASIDE SUBURB OF NEWPORT WITHIN THE PITTWATER PARISH AND THEIR PRINCIPAL APOSTOLATE FOUND ITS FOCUS IN THE IMPORTANT AREA OF PASTORAL WORK INCLUDING COMMUNITY CATECHESIS AND PARISH SUPPORT.

ON THEIR ARRIVAL IN THE PARISH OF PITTWATER THE SMALL GROUP OF DAUGHTERS OF DIVINE ZEAL MADE THEIR NEW HOME IN A SMALL RENTED BUNGALOW IN NEWPORT. HERE THEY ESTABLISHED THEMSELVES ALONG TRADITIONAL COMMUNITY LINES WHICH INCLUDED THE FURBISHING OF A SMALL ORATORY (LEFT) WITH A TABERNACLE TO HOUSE THE BLESSED SACRAMENT WHICH IS A SPECIAL PRIVILEGE GRANTED BY THE CHURCH TO THE RESIDENCES USED BY MEMBERS OF RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES.

GIVEN THE ACTIVE APOSTOLATE THE SISTERS PURSUE THE CONVENT IS PRIMARILY A PIED-A-TERRE AS THE SISTERS SPEND MOST OF THEIR DAY WORKING AMONG THE PARISH COMMUNITY OR AT THE PARISH OFFICE. THE LITTLE CONVENT THUS FURNISHES THE SISTERS WITH A PLACE OF REST AND SHARED COMMUNITY AS WELL AS PRAYER BEFORE THE LORD.

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