My Mission Are there people who will dream my dream? I hear God asking What is your dream? I ask It is the dream of Jacob: He knew the promise of God walking with him, keeping him safe, Bringing him home to his own land It is the dream of Isaiah: The dream of hope… Read more »

Longing to be One Our longing to be One and to be Love inspires us to be an RNDM earth community. Our shared life in community finds its source in God – Trinity, who has inscribed the rhythm of Divine relationships into the fabric of creation. We are drawn into this dance of communion with… Read more »

How we live out our life as Sisters of the Missions is our unique Charism. It is divine energy. It is a gift of the Holy Spirit. It is expressed in the life, example, dream and aspirations that Euphrasie Barbier had for her Sisters. Her dream was to bring faith, education and love to the… Read more »

Four Founding Sisters Sister Marie Ste Madeleine (Alexandrine Niel, 1830-1913) came from Toulon in France. She was the Superior at Napier for six years and then moved on to Nelson to be the Superior there in 1871. She returned to Lyon in March 1878 and was Assistant General there from 1888-1906. She died in Sturry,… Read more »

The Name of the Congregation Our Lady of the Missions Our title describes our spirituality which is both Trinitarian and Marian. The name Euphrasie Barbier chose for her Congregation came from a deep contemplation and understanding of her own life in God as Trinity – Father, Son and Holy Spirit, and Mary, whose life was… Read more »

In 1865 four French sisters travelled to New Zealand from Lyon, France. This was in response to an invitation from Bishop Viard of Wellington to help teach the growing number of settler children. At the beginning of the 1960’s there were over 200 sisters teaching in eight Sacred Heart secondary schools plus St Joseph’s Maori… Read more »