WELLINGTON.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume V, Issue 267, 14 June 1878, Page 11

WELLINGTON.

(From our own correspondent).

Oif Sunday, nth May, the first Catholic Church in the extensile district of Wairarapa, was consecrated by the Eight Her. Dr. Redwood. The new church has been erected at Carterton, the most central of the ?^™ US fc T nS^? Sl baVe spnm S U P in tb e district within a few years. 1< or the past two years there has been a resident priest in Slt'l^i n T 1 ? 7 *° the zealantl ener Sy ot theßev. Father Halbwach that the Catholics are indebted for this buildino- i n their midst, dedicated to the glory of God. Father Halbwach is held £ the highest esteem by all classes and denominations in this populous district; proofs of which were manifested by the liberal manner in which they contributed toward the erection of this church and the numbers present at the ceremony of consecration. Besides the church a parochial residence has also been erectei, and a horse purchased, for the use of the good Father. Now that his first church has m There w a society here composed of Catholic young men which m a quiet and unpretentious manner, is daily accomplishing a great work of Christian charity, though its members 1 are not numerous, and their labours not heralded forth in the columns of the Press as .seems to be the fashion now-a-days. The society is a branch labour of the society is to visit the sick and the destiutc in theS Sons a^ffiT^ * ***¥*' * 0 COndole ™ th i^neS afflictions , and afford them religious consolation or succour them in a room for all persons having business with the clergy ; it s a SmS able room, ornamented with some beautiful engra^iU reSrSSK rehgious scenes-conspicuous among which is duvffilTSSS gaged vi his great mission of charity, The Conference i i ireSSi ia i , • • ' Eafcher McGumness acts in the capacity of Treasurer S*to SET Th° n° f f Q f UUds ° f the Societ ?> y for the rS jJr fT Conterence is opened with the recital by the President ot the prayer, Ytnl sancU sjnritm, followed by an invocation to £^S3? t^ aUl ' K The ? 6CrCtary ha^ read tli m So S at S the last meeting, the members then report the progress of the " case* Vm SauSlt 0 ? h6ir care ' d n Dffthe ilServa1 ' wShei i?Uef C wm require to becontinued. Anymemberhavingaknowledge of a fresh case fm SSwT r S ?^ C ™ totheConfereSee, and * stimistSvS toi its lehef according to the exigency of the case. The society has at the present time thrown on its hands a little orphan giS of thrX years of age, who is nursed at the Providence under the care ofihe good Sisters in charge of that estimable institution for a small weekly sum, paid by the Society, until some charitable person shalTa lopt her It would indeed be a work of charity for some Catholic lady to adopt iKmS P ri Ug - tS n ? bea ' IMd1 Md t0 makethe popular, the members, having disposed of their charitable task S Se E d r and Cheeif ? l conversafonforS houi Many humorous anecdotes are related in this room by the ?HT? d Wit £ various Tisits to the poor na Seb outInlhcmSof tt m^ Ual TT" ° f a P^tical kind effected. in tnc unclst of the conversation, the secretary takes a hat and nir tially covering it in order that the donations given by each m^be quite secret, he travels round the room to coll! ot too rataerinffs c* the members Each member gives according to the Sati of his conscience, there being no fixed amount. Many who are Sable to ?Kt fi r bn^ e »jp™?> send their subscription with an apoo4 ihe total amount of the subscriptions being ascertained the secretary announces the same to the meeting, records it in the nSnSes and hands the money over to the treasurer. The members to recede SS fJSSw T' the ! am j>™^equired for relief until next VeetSg need t™^ 003 ?^ prayar * Besides Sieving cases of need, the money received by the Conference is applied in various ways, all of a charitable nature. It is proposed to apply tS amount fiSSoKt* o**0 **"18!1^" 18 ! 1^ ei>eCti ° n ° f S^pectableT^undthe Catholic Cemetciy, and otherwise to improve the neglected appearance wV "STi Pl <? se ?r ts - *am not aw ™ c tbat tUiw are any oXr branches of the St. Tincent de Paul Society in the colony, but in the fe^"T - + aSI n ere Shoukl be a Conference either xvithiti itself or I^lSSrf^SlS* aCatholic . Vo ™S M^'« Society. Ashorttime See parent Soc??v S plrf 8 0 * - by the WdKn B*>a branch from the GSSf^tX 16^ them t0 endeavour t0 PntiS^Si sf ns f , or tlae Montb of Mai 7 held both at the the month al7 ° f Angels ' aml ™ well attende d during