SUCCESSFUL PARTY

Press, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22271, 9 December 1937, Page 2

SUCCESSFUL PARTY

MEETING OF CATHOLIC WOMEN'S LEAGUE

A largely attended Christmas parly, honoured by the presence of Bishop Brodie, was held last night in the club rooms of'the Catholic Women’s League in Stewart Dawson’s buildings. The programme opened with the league scr.g, which was followed by choruses sung by the Glee Club, conducted by Miss M. O'Connor, and accompanied on the piano by Miss D. Blake, and a one-act play was read by members of the dramatic circle, with stage directions read by Mrs L. Maxwell. , , Bishop Brodie, after congratulating the league on its development, gave an inspiring address. His talk, he said, would serve as an introduction to a subject that he wished to develop during the coming year—the mission of women in the world. He referred to the example set by those “Heroines of the Faith, the members of religious communities. 1 ’ whose Hie and work in settled communities and in missionary lands were, he said, beyond praise, and a triumph of faith and devotion. The sphere of women’s work in the world is ever widening, the Bishop said, and he exhorted Catholic women to fit themselves to take thsir full phare of the activities, becoming a lay aposlolate. He then described the life of the Ladies of the Grail, who are consecrated nuns, but, wearing the clothes of lay-women, move about in the ordinary life of the community doing their gopd work of spreading the knowledge of God. Then there are the' associates of the Grail —not consecrated sisters, but women who, while following their ordinary daily occupations. exert their good influence wherever they are. Bishop Brodie offered to make it possible*for the league to send a young woman to Sydney to receive training from the Ladies of the Grail already established there, who, on her return, would develop the movement here. “I want members of the league to develop and use; their talents, first in their own homes, and then in the wider sphere of life for the glory of God.” AUSTRAL GIRTON CLUB DINNER AND PICTURE PARTY Members of the Austral Girton Club (Christchurch branch), who are all old pupils of Girton College, Dunedin, held a most enjoyable dinner party at the New City Hotel, The tables were decorated in the college colours, pink and black, and Miss Verne Hargreaves welcomed the guests of honour, who were Miss Frances J. Ross, M.A., formerly principal of the- college, who had made a special trip to Christchurch to be present at the gathering, Mrs Lance Jewell, president of the Christchurch branch of the Columba College Old Girls’ Association, and Mr Jewell. Later in the evening, a picture party was held. Amongst those present were Miss F. J. Ross, Mr and Mrs Lance Jewell, Mr and Mrs V. Hargreaves, Dr, and Mrs W. S. Seed, Mr and Mrs F. W. Comer, Mr and Mrs F. D. Sargent, Mr and Mrs F, W. Seldom Mr* and Mrs A. S. Drayton, Mr and Mrs Owen Wilkinson, Mrs B. B. Irwin, Misses Bertha Wilson, E. Thompson,, D. Waugh, Hazel Smith. Messrs R. Renai. M. Vincent, and W. A. Virtue.