BUCH-250 Years of the Order of St. Stanislas -Online Version

New Zealand Grand Priory of St. Stanislas

Investitures

1997 Papakura - St. Marys - Father Terry Fitzpatrick

1999 New Plymouth - Our Lady of Help of Christian -

Father Kevin Burke

2000 Wellington Basilica - Father John Berry

2001 Wellington Basilica - Bishop John Dew, DD

2002 Ponsonby - Scared Heart - Monsignor Paul Cronin

VG, OBE,

2003 Hamilton Cathedral - Father Frank Eggelton

2004 Wellington - St Mary of the Angles - Monsignor

Charles Cooper

2004 Christchurch - St. John of God Chapel -

Monsignor Gerry O’Connor VG,

2005 Hamilton - St. Peters – Anglican -Reverend Neale

Troon

2006 Christchurch - St John of God Chapel -Monsignor

Gerry O’Connor VG

2007 Tauranga Historic Village Church -Reverend

Donald Fergusson

2007 Palmerston North - Cathedral of the Holy Spirit -

Father Thomas Sherry

2008 15 th November at the Hamilton RSA

New postulants Mrs Claire Stewart, QSM and Mr Keith

Mann, on the 25th May 2007 Investiture Palmerstone

North, New Zealand

Noeleen, Count George Helon-Zielinski de Doliwa and

David at afternoon Tea. Palmerstone North. 2007

The evening of the 25th May was a most pleasant of

evenings, as cocktail evenings go. 40 members and

partners (including our postulants) turned up to the

wonderful surroundings of the Rydges Coachmen

Hotel in Palmerston North. We had members from the

Order of St. Stanislas, The Royal Confraternity of Sao

Teotonio, St. Mary of Zion, and Order of St. Lazarus of

Jerusalem, along with our wonderful guests from USA

and Australia. Much socialising was done, and all had

a wonderful evening.

The following morning dawned a beautiful day, ready

for a full day of Investitures and Formal Dinners.

Everyone assembled again at the Rydges Coachmen

for a briefing of the day’s activities, then whilst the

Marshal and a few helpers left early to prepare the

Cathedral of the Holy Spirit for the investitures.

The first service of the day was the admittance

ceremony held just after midday, for the Royal

Confraternity of Sao Teotonio (RCST). The Priest for

giving blessings was Father Thomas Sherry (yes Philip

Sherry’s cousin). Our postulants were Count Paul

Gulgowski-Doliwa and his wife Countess Heide

Gulgowski-Doliwa from America, (Paul created a

Justice Knight Grand Cross and Heide a Justice Dame

Commander), Countess Isabella Helon-Zielinski de

Doliwa and her husband Michael Moore from

Australia (yes Isabella is George’s sister, Isabella

created a Justice Dame and Michael a Knight), Mrs

Rose Couling (yes Kevin’s Mother, created a Dame)

and Countess Marilyn Subritzky-Kusza (yes Mike’s

wife, created a Justice Dame). This Confraternity is the

personal property of the Royal House of Braganza,

Royal House of Portugal, with the Royal Protector

being HRH Dom Miguel Braganza, Duke of Visue, he is

the bother of Dom Duarte, Duke of Braganza.

The General Prior for Asia Pacific, Baron Anthony

Raman-Naikan presided over the service of

admittance for the new members, with the help from

the NZ Prior and Marshal Kevin D. Couling Esq. and

Count George Helon-Zielinski de Doliwa, along with

Page Baron Miguel Raman-Naikan and Page Count

Isaac Subritzky-Kusza, who were both invested as

Pages before any of the new members admitted.

Pages are important to the RRCST as they have a role

to play in the ceremony and become our future

Knights as they grow and learn within the RCST

chivalric community. It was particularly nice that

fellow Chivalric brothers and sisters from the Orders

of St. Stanislas, St Lazarus and St. Mary of Zion also

attended this ceremony of admittance.

MAY 25 - 26 2007

INVESTITURE

NEW ZEALAND