Redcastle - St Kevin's College
The Criterion - Historic Oamaru Pub
Star and Garter - for the Conference Dinner
Filadelfios - 2nd venue Conference Dinner
Hostels at St Kevin's
Inside the Oamaru Basilica
Oamaru Waterfront teams with bird life including Penguins
For general tourist information about Oamaru visit: www.visitoamaru.co.nz
Set in historic Oamaru, the Edmund Rice Network annual conference is both a taste of local character and a journey into the heart and soul of justice in our nation.
With internationally recognized speakers and presenters, the programme is set to educate and empower attendees to live and act in an informed way. It also provides opportunities for personal growth, healing and professional skill uptake with workshops on Compassionate Communication (NVC), Forgiveness and Maori Tikanga and Spirituality.
St Kevin’s College, our host school and venue of the conference was founded by the Christian Brothers and still carries the beautiful marks of yesteryear with the idyllic looking Redcastle as well as modern classrooms and conference meeting rooms.
St Kevin’s is set into the hills of Oamaru township with sweeping views of beautiful fields, trees and the sea.
Accommodation is in the Girls and Boys hostels, which are in the process of being refurbished and we are able to offer a number of completely new rooms this year.
For those not accustomed to dwelling quite so near the beautiful but cold south seas, you will be comforted to know that excellent heat pumps are installed in all the accommodation wings.
The conference organisers have really made an effort to ground the conference in its locality and join the local people in celebrating both Oamaru’s special historic features and its faith community. The Conference Mass will be celebrated at the beautiful Oamaru Basilica along with the weekly parishioners and dinner on the Saturday night will be celebrated at the Star and Garter – deep in the heart of the old White Stone town centre complete with original street lamps and cobblestone streets. Around the corner, the pizzeria Filadelfios is booked to cater for our large number of younger conference attendees. And, the famous Oamaru penguin colony is just up the road for those that want to fit in a visit.
The Conference Organisers hope that everyone can make the most of this very special place!
Check out the Youtube clip - there are a few familiar faces in there! Don't miss Principal of St Kevin's College on the bagpipes!
St Kevin's website and image gallery
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