St. Patrick's College.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 95, 18 March 1884, Page 3

St. Patrick's College.

-] Laying the FpuudatioiiiStone... ■. "■,.&'.*■.;-*>. \U:.,',[!rrr-' :■ = ■■- v?^ -•• (tmiTßp.-}>RE§% ASSOCIATION) :.. The ceremony of laying i he fQunda- i : tion stone of, St. ( P^t,rick.!s. OollQge took ! j jpiace^tW 1 afternoon^ before fully, four I th^s^nd^^e^n^ Jm >onp'^; o^the • 6ccasipn, M solem ( n,^gh to r wns ceje^r ibratei'at*^ catbeclml l.v t!he { liev. ; Father, Ogpra (of Auckbind,). nysfistefl Got l-j, ;(of ;, Bij^'fif' Mjilvai/ill \fifc v 1I;l\\-era ;, ;iy«j father, Tsis "(of- 'VVy,S : }|ai)ui) ; ', The, |maBS was celejbrated'i'n' tlii» ,pre.srnc!].o£ ;the .^ighlj., Rev.' 'TJi^ipps „'JR.ot)\voou • (Wellington jj; Mpran (iD.unediu),: and. Liick' (Auckland)' ty e s ?,''toon. bi'in.gi ipreached by ..Bjishop' In tlie - iafUbmoon, airilie clergy ass.'emVi^at, tlie new oollegQ gpo^ntf^ A procession was. t,he.n fofmeJ, 'tlie' altav bojj tarrying the crnss-lighted candles and fioly water. The procoss>ion passed through ~« dbdble' 'liri^ of ; about)'' forty children, nearly all dressed. in white gowai capiei and wtifteJiinddresses adorned with silver floral ; wyeatlis .' o |» > , luid 1 1 je ; '(oundatipn stpne^ and addressed the , assemblage ;afc'i^me length;. Hojsaid ihat theiwileg^h'ijßji^aaa^ being feuilt would enable theii; Qath,ojic :,iMs?j tienio seceivaa^suffiQientiry . ; bigh ediica-, iiioh to fit them for' their "ya'tipuj? J walks m life. J t was a fact, he said/that jip .to the present' their ._c}iildren were not receiving that edi^pajtjqn jwhMh/^heiiM religion desired. Another object of the college wcniltl. be ti>. enable thosy !6f the children who wished to. join ithe prieatiiood to ißtudy.for tiiab calling. At 'present many who were so desirous ' Were~debarred from it, bo9au.se the cost was too much to go hq'meiind study,^ In speaking as to the dbctrineg of the 1 Reman Catholic belief, he asserted that th'e Uni^eraity of .Oxford pwpd it« exisiehcj to thf Catholic Qhurch,

mid, that Bciiittctf u\Vcd it* presOnl strides to the eiinio (iailso. In conclusion, lie stated that the reason the pt'esentbuilding was lo be culled " St. Patrick" was r that the waiter ,pa.it of his cuigrega-. tion were I rish. He hoped the people of Wellington, not only his own follow- . era but those of other denominations, would come ■ forward and' liberally oontr.iUnte to the building?. Bishop Mo.ran.and Bishop Luck jilmo addressed, •the .assemblage.*' There were .about' tairty of the clergy 'present, and the weather was beautifully fine.