NEW ORPHANAGE

Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21715, 24 February 1936, Page 3

NEW ORPHANAGE

OPENING CEREMONY A BEPRESENTATIVE GATHERING AT MOUNT MAGDALA; The opening ceremony of St. Joseph's Orphanage on Lincoln road, which was blessed on Wednesday morning t by Archbishop O'Shea, was performed yesterday afternoon in the presence of a large gathering, representative of the clergy, the City Council, institutions in Christchurch, and interested friends. Mr A. H. Manson, architect of the building, presented a key to Miss Maud White, daughter of the late Mrs A. J. White, by whose beneficence the orphanage had been built. With the key, she unlocked the front door of the building, through which passed in procession the orphans, some not more •than two years old, the Sisters of the Good Shepherd, the clergy, and the guests, who had been invited to the ceremony by the trustees of Mrs White's estate. Amongst those present were,the De-puty-Mayor, Mr E. H. Andrews, and Mrs Andrews, Mr J. W. Beapland and Mrs Beanland, Mrs Alfred Bunz (one of the trustees), Miss Mary Buriz and Mr Denis Bunz, Mr£ H. S. S. Kyle, Monsignor C. Morkari,e, Dr. C. F. Morkane, Dr. and Mrs James Hight, Rev. Clarence Eaton, chairman Methodist Orphanage Board, and the Rev. E. D. Patchett, Mr Haines, representing the Presbyterian Orphanage, Dr. T. Fletcher Telford, Mr T. Tomlinson and Mr H. D. Broadhead, representing the, Anglican Church Property Trustees, Mrs Tomlinson, and Mrs Broadhead; Apologies were Received, amongst others, from Bishop West-Watson, the Hon. D. G. Sullivan, the Hon. H. T. Armstrong, and Mr F. F. Reid, S.M. A Generous Gift Mr A. C. Reed, a trustee of the estate of Mrs White, who died on November 30, briefly summarised the conditions of * her will, and said that the gathering was held to do honour to her rdemory. While the orphanage was primarily for Catholic children, children (of other denominations could be adniitted: The orphanage was, he \ wonderful gift to Christchurch, and] he thought the trustees had been fortunate in having the Sisters of thef Good Shepherd to take charge of it.7 Had Nothing— Owe Nothing

Bishop M. J. Brodie, who presided, said that last waek the golden jubilee of the beginning of the work of the Sisters of the.Gq/od Shepherd at Mount Magdala had b#en celebrated, and the opening of the jbrphanage fitted admirably with the tftemexrf the jubilee celebrations. Thafc day's ceremony was only the commencement' of- the completion of Mrrf White's plans. Later, an orphanage foif boys would be built, and both orphanages would be maintained by her estate. Never, he thought, had a more generous gift been given in New Zealand for a noble purpose. He handed ovei* the charge of the orphanage to me Sisters of the Good Shepherd ajhd he did so with the utmost confidence. The business ability and good riianagement they had shown at Mount /Magdala were outstanding. They began with nothing; now, after 50 years, fthey owed nothing, and they gave a home and physical and spiritual comfort tcj 400 inmates.

Deputy-Mayor's Tribute to Sisters* Mr E. H. Andrews, Deputy-Mayor,* conveyed/the thanks of the citizens of Christihurch for' 'the seif*sacriflcing work tbift-Sisters .of 4he.Good Shep-.

herd were doing for thecpmrounityat Mount Magdala. He. wondered rf, any Work in the world or in the church compared with the Work of succouring children. Children of all estates received a common home at the orphanage, arid many of them, born' into a world of misery, degradation, and sm, had been rescued by this splendid institution. The name of the Sisters order impressed him as being particularly apt, for they carried .out the. command of Christ, "Feed, my lambs," and as far-as possible, they : substituted themselves for .the parents 'Whjsh the, children had .lost, seeking and receiving no reward except .that - of the satisfaction which their Woric gave them,- and the hope -of the future. Mr 3 White" had' wished, to extend the work of the orphanage, and her 'magnificent gift' had, made. that " ppssible.' The * generosity ,of 'Mrs' White was praised by the Rev. „Very Father P.. O'Connor, parish priest of Addington. When Mr and Mrs White came from England; they, brought ; with- them the business acumen of the English people.' They had founded their business on the rock of honesty and they had won from many friends an esteem which they retained'all their lives, and they had won the gratitude of "many -who by their-good counsel they had persuaded, to put away monem against old-age. Mr and Mrs' White Tia.d had two main lines of business, the first of which -engrossed the- attention- of most people to* the exclusion of the other. To the first, that of "material productiveness, Mrand'-Mrs White had paid ricrmore than due'- /attention, realising that the second line of'business, soared far above- the merely material and was gathering, r of capital that would bear interest • for eternity, Mrs White had 1 thought not only of her own salvation-but ulsb of thatof others, ,and Jn the Ration* ot the thousands of pass through the orphai^ae,, > she had her-reward. , flippy," ;■ On such an- occasion*?^ 1 the Hon. W. Hay ward, one's, thoughts turned tp honour Mrs White. I works had permeated -of the life of Mr, White, ano\Mrs,tynite ! was a worthy partner fyi such, a ,hufband. Their good works'lived on and the orphanage was the ,flne result of their foresight. The. work .of- conducting the .orphanage', could- not,,be in better hands than .those of the Sis* f *ters-of the. Goad Shepherd. -One's thoughts also turned to the man who had been responsibleforthe-establish--1 j<A. v '

ment of" Mount' Magdala, Dean Ginaty, • S.M., . who in his wildest dreams • -would never have imagined" an institution T on the. present scale,, Mr Hay Ward .recalled much of the faithful work of' Dean Ginaty- at -Mount Magdala, as, parish priest of St Mary's and in establishing .the-church in New Brighton. He told of Dean Ginaty's enterprise in beginning the rearing*'of horses at Mount Magdala '-30 "that--the- laundry work might be expedited and his pride at the erection of the chapel at .Mount Magdala;.which.was"the ,finest of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere. - Thanks to Trustees - - ■," Me Hayward then moved a motion of thanks and appreciation to the trustees of the estate of Mr and Mrs White for the way -they had carried out the construction of the new 'orphanage;' MsJPvP* ,J + :Amodeo .seconded the motionrand congratulated the trustees, the, architect, v «nd the builders on the completion, of,, a building, that in x its i own class was probably unrivalled in l the Southern? Hemisphere. .' - , In\replying for the trustees, Mr H. H. Lougltfah told of Mrs White's fixed determination ,to make such, ion as wpuld be. really, helpful in assisting" the orphans, and .she never'surrendered iharidea.Mf Loughnan paid a 'tribute to' the good work, done by Mr A*,C. Reed, who had been wifh Mrs, White in "business, years bes- - her 'de&th, And; had since been one of the trustee 'of her estate. ' ; The visitors were entertained at tea by x the fcustees-rßishop fcrddie/Mr. Loughnswi- (chairman), .-Mrs Alfred Bunz, and'.Miss'Maud >White, daughters of Mn White, and Mr A. C. Beed. ' ' •'' i

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