ST. PATRICK'S COLLEGE

Evening Post, Issue 36, 12 February 1935, Page 11

ST. PATRICK'S COLLEGE

GOLDEN, JUBILEE

COMING, CELEBRATIONS

The gojden jubilee of' St. Patrick's College , wi11... be celebrated in. April next. Formonths past a committee of the, Old Boys' Association of the college has been organising so that the event may be fittingly celebrated. The foundation-stone'of St. Patrick's College was laid by the late Archbishop Redwood on. March 16, 1884, and the .college'was opened by him on June :^.i^^.:/\-.f:v.",": .;; ;::':.. :, Under the constitution"pi; the Society of Mary, the most important work of the Marist Fathers is: that of "education,. and from its foundation the, colt lege has been staffed by members of that society; For '50; years; .the' college has been drawing'-tp its:roll.boys not only from -Wellington, but also from all partfc.oj iher Dominion: At its foundation.the;"college was.,the- first: .Catholic secondary.;-school; ■ in" New Zealand, and for. many- years"-it- was the pnly one. Today its, ex-students are to be found in" eyery' city,, town, and village, throughout. New; Zealand, Australia, the Pacific. Islands, and further afield,- their attachment.-to the Alma Mater undimmed by- the passage of years. : .•.-.■i..^;;J?iw..-;i'\-'v:~'. '-.'■■■' JUBILEE PRO(GRA»IME;'- V Following is the detailed; programme of celebrations extending over thiree days:— ■; ,: "•.■■••■' ■'. :.;■-■ -:-■ .-;...- Wednesday, April 24— r i :? : ' Basilica,' Thorndon ; (10.30' a.m.)) Solemn Pontifical Mass, of Thanksgiving. His Grace Arch- \ bishop O'Shea,S.M.,D.D., celebrant; thoßt.-Rev. f Monsighor •■■•■ Morkane, :D.D., preacher. :, St. Francis Hall (1.30 p.m;) ; Luncheon r to visiting priests by the- Society of ■ Mary. ••• ■' -?., Town Hall (time to be arranged) 4 Civic reception by his Worship . : the Mayor (Mr. T. C. A. His-' ..--.-. lop); •• '■"■" .;;,:' i-: -..- ■ St. Patrick's College, Wellington (8 p.m.). Conversazione and'recep- > tion-by. the rector and staff. ; . Thursday,--April. .25. .(Anzac Day)— • St. Mary of the: Angels, Boulcott Street (10 a.m.). Solemn' Mass of Requiem for deceased old boys . , of the college, preceded by parade of old boys and present boys • from the college to the church. St. Patrick's tTollege, Wellington '(8 p.m.). Reunion of old boys, the . function being confined to a private gathering of former ■ ; '■■ students. ... -.-.', .J -.- -.-•.. ■ Hotel St. Georgey (8' p.m.). Private reception of the wives and. lady friends/ of old boys visiting Wel- . .;. lington. . ■ ..■;:.■...•:. Friday, April1 26— ; ";'■• '■ r-.■■■'■■. '■}-■- • Silverstream,. College,; Herfetaunga • , Aafterho6n):.Recep.tiph.by;;rector ~ ;: and , staff', with" open-air ■ gathering and'sports events,'etc.:;" Town Hall, 8 p.m. Old boys' jubilee -.; ( ,ball.;.;' ■:■■ .;.:-. .... ■ . i-j;.:, : As befitting the golden jubilee of the first Catholic secondary school for boys in the Dominion, the celebrations are being organised. on a -Dominiohwide basis, and it is expected that a yery large number, of "old: boys and their wives from outside'of Wellington will attend. „■■'« ; v.\. ; r ■'■-.. -..•;.',_ JUBIIiEE PUBLICATION. The special jubilee, publication, "St. Patrick's -College, .1885-1935iV u will com- : prise a quarto :yolum'e.;-of"-approxi-mately 192 pages.=. There: wiil'be ttiree Special.etchings, his Grace* Archbishop Redwood, founder ; of- the .college, the old-college, and Silverstream.. These' are being done by 'Mr. F.y.i Ellis; A;R.C.A. (London).' .-Other' special, illustrations will- coVer features of college life and history dur--ing, the past, fifty years, and will include photographs of all' .the:: rectprs. In (addition,- the -.' years ■of "^college achievement-will be dealt with;" in- a series of special articles: "The Foun'daftiph of the College," by -the founder; "The Years/of College His-, tory," treated-in suitable,periods,-and written by; representative > old boys; "The Rectors,", being brief:biographical appreciations of the men' who directed fifty years of progress; "The College-Roll," wherein a complete list of masters and students will be found, with'their collegie performances and after-college achievements.., Other articles ' will .'deal-: with ."The .College's Contribution '^ -New.Zealand Catholicity," "The College's Place in" National Life," "The War Record; of the College," "College Benefactors," and "The '. Spirit of -; S-PtC;^ each ,- t written"; by a specially-selected '• old ■ b"oy. writer. There will Tj'e^two ; editions, a.' limited de luxe edition"and~an ordinary edition. With regardt to. the fpririer;':2Qo,copieswfere' autographed.^^.by,,;.,'thp: lal;.e-Arch-bishop . RedwopdVa: month..before he died. The price is £2 2s, post fre^ and the first orders received will. foe- given preference." ■••••■-.,' ;^.'H -■■-..: :'