Dominican Convent High School (Harare)

Location:
Dominican Convent High School (commonly referred to as Convent or DC) is a private Catholic day school for girls in Harare, Zimbabwe.

Background:
DC is one of the oldest established schools in Zimbabwe, Dominican Convent was founded in 1892 by Mother Patrick Cosgrove, an Irish nun, with 10 pupils.

The school was co-educational, but after ten years, a separate school, Hartmann House, was established for boys.

Mother Patrick founded the Dominican Convent in Harare in 1892. She also started the first hospital in what was then Southern Rhodesia. There is a museum commemorating her in the grounds of the Mukwati Building on Fourth Street in Harare, in what was the original hospital’s mortuary.

Mission:
The Dominican Convent, following a tradition that dates back to St Dominic, who desired the salvation of all people, is committed to the education and development of the whole person, spiritually, intellectually, emotionally, physically, morally and socially.

In striving to achieve these goals, the Convent encourages:

• Respect for each person and respect for life.
• The development of a positive relationship to self, God and neighbour, as well as to society and the environment.
• The proclamation of the Word of God as liberating Good News.
• The pursuit of truth in all disciplines, the formation of conscience and the acquisition of self-discipline for the sake of personal growth and good community relationships.
• Preparation for life in all its profoundest meaning and transformation beyond death to eternal life.