Diocesan Prayer Conference 2026
All are invited to the 3rd annual Diocesan One-Day Prayer Conference to be held in Timaru on Saturday, 12th September with the theme, “Contemplating the face of Christ”.
Date: Saturday, 12th September, 2026
Venue: Holy Family Parish, Timaru
The Conference will involve Mass, Prayer, workshops, keynote talks and more. Bishop Michael will be attending and will give a keynote talk. We also have guest keynote speakers coming from Australia, Sr Susanna and Sr Anastasia, from the Dominican Sisters of St. Cecilia Congregation. The cost is $49 which includes morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea.
Registrations are open now!
To contact the organiser email Matt O'Connell at moconnell@cdoc.nz or 03 366 9869
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Guest Speakers
Sister Susanna grew up in Sydney, Australia and encountered Christ through the faith of her family, parish youth groups and university chaplaincy. She studied Biomedical Engineering before discerning a call to religious life, joining the Dominican Sisters of St Cecilia in 2010. After a period of formation and study at the congregation's Motherhouse (Nashville, USA), she returned to Sydney where she currently serves as Dean of Studies at the Seminary of the Good Shepherd.
Sister Anastasia hails from the South Coast of New South Wales in Australia where she grew up in a Catholic family, attended Catholics schools from K-12, and then completed a Bachelor of Engineering under the sponsorship of BHP. Sister Anastasia entered the Dominican Sisters of St Cecilia in Nashville, Tennessee, in 2010 and made her perpetual profession in 2017. During her formation, she has completed studies in philosophy, theology and education, after which she taught high school maths and religion in both Australia and the United States. Sister Anastasia is currently assigned to her congregation’s Sydney mission and serves in the Parish Renewal Team in the Archdiocese of Sydney.
