| NAME | EMAIL ADDRESS | Town/City | State/Region | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colleen Hunter | chunter@library.uwa.edu.au | Perth | WA | Australia |
| Have been enjoying the peace and tranquility of the Monastery for the last few days and still have a few days left. Thank you to the volunteers workers, Abbot and Monks for making this a very tranquil and peaceful place to recharge my batteries. Thanks also to the kitchen staff who make the most delicious meals... God Bless you all Colleen | ||||
| A.Gomez | monscalpe@optusnet.com.au | Kwinana | W.A. | Australia |
| Very interesting, a lovely weekend. | ||||
| Maria Teresa Keightley | rgkymth@bigpond.com | Frankston | Victoria | Australia |
| My husband has been one of the New Norcia researchers since 2000. Each time he returned from one of his visits he told me how extraordinary the town and the people are. Now I am sharing this unforgettable experience. It is a very special place and I am very grateful to have been able to visit it. | ||||
| Margaret Rayner | Perth | WA | Australia | |
| This has been a really relaxing weekend and have thoroughly enjoyed the experience. | 3/05/2004 | |||
| Maria Teresa Keightley | rgkymth@bigpond.com | Frankston | Victoria | Australia |
| My husband has been one of the New Norcia researchers since 2000. Each time he returned from one of his visits he told me how extraordinary the town and the people are. Now I am sharing this unforgettable experience. It is a very special place and I am very grateful to have been able to visit it. | 3/05/2004 | |||
| John Sander | jagover@bigpond.com.au | Toowoomba | Qld | Australia |
| My father Edward Robert Sander was a pupil at your school as a boy. He was born in 1896 and may have been at school about ten years later. I would be interested to know if you have any records of him. He died in Fremantle in 1969 | 16/02/2004 | |||
| Patricia Phelps | phppls@pdq.net | Meadows Place | Texas | USA |
| Watched Australia Revealed on the Travel Channel and was very interested in the brief piece on New Norcia and the Monastery. | 16/02/2004 | |||
| Edmund Sak | edmund.sak@optusnet.com.au | Melbourne | Victoria | Australia |
| An excellent website and a wonderful place to visit and possibly stay for permanently. Saint Benedict's blessing is not something to be ignored. | 12/01/2004 | |||
| Chris Robertson | Chris-@xtra.co.nz | Palmerston North | New Zealand | |
| I visited New Norcia on Saturday 8th November 2003. I found the town and its ambience quite arresting.The position of the town in the countryside lends the town a startling incongruity. I shall return. It would be an enchanting place to be wed. | 19/12/2003 | |||
| Deborah Botica | boticaro@westnet.com.au | Kalgoorlie | W.A. | Australia |
| I was very interested to view the site for New Norcia due to my connection to New Norcia through my Great Great Grandfather Angel De San Miguel who was born in Vitoria in the Basque Province of Alava Spain. Angel was a child who had been abandoned and was raised by the nuns at the church of Archangel De San Miguel. And eventually left Spain in December 1868 in the sailing ship Robert Morrison with a party of thirty one monks led by Bishop Salvado who was in Spain on mission business and to take the monks back to help build the mission at New Norcia in Western Australia. Angel was a stone mason by trade. Angel stayed for 16 days at New Norcia after meeting another Spanish ex monk Juan Bancell and he left and married Mary Postans. They settled in White Gum Valley out of Fremantle. My father Tim Taylor also was a student at New Norcia. So looking at the site and learning the history of the area is of great interest to my family in trying to make a connection with our ancestry. Deborah Botica | 10/12/2003 | |||
| Deborah Botica | boticaro@westnet.com.au | Kalgoorlie | W.A. | Australia |
| The site is great. I have a particular interest in that my great great grandfather Angel De San Miguel was an ex monk at the monastery when he arrived in May 1869. He left and settled in White Gum Valley out of Fremantle. My father Tim Taylor was a student at the New Norcia College. Deborah Botica | 10/12/2003 | |||
| Gannon Paul James Jones | gannon3273@yahoo.com.au | Guildford, Perth | Western Australia | Australia |
| New Norcia - Gods divine love is a gift of thanksgiving and praise back to Him from all the Benedictine monks past to the present in all that it has and still offers. It is impossible to leave New Norcia and not know God and yourself just that little bit more. So may Gods perfect peace that only He can give abide with you now and in the times ahead. Yours in Christ, Gannon Jones. | 4/12/2003 | |||
| Deryck Graham | derycksnr@optusnet.com.au | North Fremantle | WA | |
| Back again for another refreshing of the batteries in the quisente proximity of the beautiful monastery. We so enjoy our visits. Nanette & Deryck | 2/10/2003 | |||
| Dell Williamson | dellwilliamson@hotmail.com | Dalby | Qld | Australia |
| Spiritually quiet and restful. Fascinating living history with the human touch. Would like to visit on a regular basis to recharge the batteries. Stayed in the Guest House which was wonderful. | 28/09/2003 | |||
| Kaye | kayenmick@westnet.com.au | Bouvard | WA | Aust |
| A great place for tourists. Have taken a lot of our visitors to see. | 23/06/2003 | |||
| N.D Greaham | derycksnr@optusnet.net.au | Perth | WA | Australia |
| Friends of NN and always enjoy our quiet visits to NN | 23/05/2003 | |||
| Jeremy Fletcher | jemfletch@bigpond.com | Victoria | Australia | |
| I have gained a very good insight into New Norcia by exploring the website. Thank you. I look forward to exploring the town its self in the near future and experiencing the prayer life of your community. | 14/05/2003 | |||
| Sev Milazzo | milazzo5@tpg.com.au | Maroubra (Sydney) | NSW | Australia |
| Anticipating a real and spiritual visit. | 21/04/2003 | |||
| Julian Langan-Fox | Julian_L_Langan-Fox@national.com.au | |||
| What a great website... I came to the site because the National Australia Bank , Siebel team visited.. so I thought I'd check it out. Your town looks wonderful and I will definitely visit, when the times comes to travel to Western Australia. Kind regards, Julian | 7/03/2003 | |||
| Aimee and Andrew | martia@ursulafrayne.wa.edu.au | Perth | Western Australia | |
| hello, Andrew and I
would like to thank you for your kind hospitality and congratulate you on
the way you have restored and maintained your town. We thoroughly enjoyed the
town tour which enabled us to see more of the town and indulge in your
culture. Thank you, yours sincerly Aimee and Andrew. | 21/02/2003 | |||
| Ashleigh | maaga@ursulafrayne.wa.edu.au | Perth | Western Australia | |
| Our visit to New
Norcia on our Year 12 camp will truly be remembered, because it was a very
unique experience. The hospitality was great along with activities. Thanks heaps, from Ashleigh | 21/02/2003 | |||
| Peter Johnston | johnsp@ursulafrayne.wa.edu.au | Perth | Western Australia | |
| I would like to thank you all for having Us all from Ursula Frayne catholic college, i had a great learning experience and has given me a better outlook on life through the teachings and situations that happened on our camp...thanks again for having us, Peter Johnston. | 21/02/2003 | |||
| Allira | wintea@ursulafrayne.wa.edu.au | Perth | Western Australia | |
| I would just like to say a special thank you to everyone in New Norcia for the kindness they showed towards us, and for letting us stay at schools. We learnt alot with the time we spent up there. Once again, thank you, from Allira. | 21/02/2003 | |||
| Hermann Feenders | h.s.feenders@t-online.de | Guester | Schleswig-Holstein | Germany |
| I visited New Norcia in 1981 and I am still very thankful for the hospitality I found in new Norcia. I stayed almost one month and enjoyed every minute. As a Thank you I restored the stonewall behind the guesthouse. My Initials H S F may still be visible. God bless this wonderful peaceful place and all people still staying there. | 19/02/2003 | |||
| Maryrose Dennehy fcJ | mwdennehy@yahoo.com.au | Baciro | Yogyakarta | Indonesia |
| When I was working in Broome with the Catholic Education Office of WA, I visited New Norcia and was very impressed. Now I'm working in Indonesia at a Jesuit University, Sanata Dharma. I was delighted to be reminded of New Norcia from your website. Blessings on all who live and work at New Norcia and best wishes. | 4/02/2003 | |||
| Victor Henriques | vmth2002@mail.pt | Oeiras | Lisbon | PORTUGAL |
| Congratulations for your nice web page. The Benedictine monks of New Norcia are always in my prayers here in Portugal. May Our Lady of Fatima bless all your community. | 15/01/2003 | |||
| Luis Villaverde | luis@pobox.com | Santiago de Compostela | GALICIA | SPAIN |
| Saludos a los hermanos de Nueva Nursia, fundada por un gallego como los millones que hay por el mundo y que en estos momentos estamos sufriendo la catstrofe del Prestige en nuestras costas. Nuestra costa est cubierta de petroleo por eso en Australia tambi NUNCA MAIS. | 12/01/2003 | |||
| Arthur Linley | tugwandilla@tassie.ws | Albany | W.A. | Australia |
| A beautiful town, keep up the good work. A friend of New Norcia. | 7/09/2002 | |||
| Ian Osborne | ianos@blueyonder.co.uk | Bristol | England | |
| Psalm 96 talks about life in the Lord as a new song. Well that's what we all want isn't it today more than ever, a new song. And there you all are singing it in a desert place in the middle of nowhere. God bless you all in my prayers you shall be in Christ and Benedict. Ian Osborne, Oblate-Novice Prinknash Abbey Gloucestershire UK | 30/07/2002 | |||
| Les Bush | les.bush@bigpond.com.au | Canberra | ACT | AUSTRALIA |
| Thank you for having a website on New Norcia. I journeyed there in 1975 and had a wonderful experience. I would like to contact Prior Justin Bruce as he was then. I am hoping he will remember me and be able to reply. I probably used my first name of Rob and had come from Adelaide. | 7/07/2002 | |||
| Flame Ministries International | fmi@flameministries.org | Perth | WA | AUSTRALIA |
| Thank you for a wonderful web site, it keeps us in touch with you when we can't be there. God bless you all. Flame Ministries International. www.flameministries.org | 4/07/2002 | |||
| Andre Cunha | andre@q-net.net.au | BASSENDEAN | WA | Australia |
| Thank you for the excellent venue for our retreat on the 25-28 April - Prayer Festival at St Gertrude's. Andre | 30/04/2002 | |||
| Rezia Watson | reziaw@hotmail.com | Rockingham | WA | Australia |
| New Norcia is a fantastic place for a quiet getaway. I will be coming back for more. | 25/04/2002 | |||
| Rick Schwab | echo@ligonier.com | Ligonier | Pennsylvania | USA |
| I visited New Norcia exactly 25 years ago whilst on a Rotary Group Study Exchange to WA and I've never forgotten the place so I'm happy the website is here to refresh great old memories. Spent a lovely afternoon in that wonderful hotel too. My wife now works for Saint Vincent College in nearby Latrobe a Benedictine college and seminary. Some of the monks there have been to New Norcia. Hope to get back there someday. Keep up the good work. | 28/03/2002 | |||
| Sigi Drexler | sigidrexler@yahoo.de | Munich | Germany | |
| Stumbled across your site...found it very interesting.. Must visit one day...the bread looks delicious | 25/03/2002 | |||
| Michael Harrison | mikedene@prestel.co.uk | Manchester | United Kingdom | |
| An internet friend of mine who lives in Victoria has just spent a holiday in Western Australia and visited New Norcia. He was so taken by the place that he gave me your website address so that I could have a look round myself. I must admit to being totally fascinated by the whole concept of a monastery town and the vision which your founder must have had in establishing it. If I ever manage to visit Australia which I hope to do one day a visit to New Norcia is a must. | 1/03/2002 | |||
| Mary Bouz | marybouz@hotmail.com | Sundre | Alberta | Canada |
| My daughter Melanie Bouz Clark who is on her honeymoon just emailed and told me she was viewing 17th century paintings in West Australia. Now I believe it. | 10/12/2001 | |||