LYTTELTON.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XI, Issue 29, 16 November 1883, Page 9

LYTTELTON.

As it is some considerable time since anything has appeared In your Sib? 0 ! 1 ag C& u- l i C u mat LterßL terB in ibi * remote P ?TnS of y the fl ho ni yy ° U ab f ef Bketch of the late9t even ts. which, it is to Tv Wlll prove interesting to your readers. I snail begin with the all-important subject of Education. It S^ 8 ?? 15 * -IS ?u * iace the Cfttholi «» of this place, anxious to preserre the faith of their children, first established their own school, and, thanks to the zeal and energy of the much revered pastor of the district, tbe Rev. Father Treacy, and the hearty co-operation of las parishoners, the school goes on as swimmingly as ever. Although the Catholic population is very small, and also very poor, yet, true to £*«£ i lf f f thcrS) and in »P ite of a Versecuting and tyrannical government they are determined to continue to support their own echool at whatever cost. For the past three months the echool has been under the management of Mr. Daly, late of Waimate, who appears to be doing good work, and I have no doubt that gentleman s pupils will gire a good account of themselves at the t/hjiatmas examination. The annual election of the parish committee took place a short time since, and resulted in the return of a number of gentlemen whose names are a sufficient guarantee that nothing shall be wanton g on their part to forward the interests of Catholicity. *or some time past the church has been sadly in want of repair, and a few weeks since the Rev. Father Treacy made an able and «loquent appeal to the congregation to furnish the necessary fund* for that purpose, and it is gratifying to state that the Rev. Father's Appeal met with a generous response. The work has been let by contract, and operations will be commenced this week. It must be fw^E 08 v Srertcowolation to the Catholics of Lyttelton to know tfcat they have such an earnest and zealous spiritual director, and a most eiergetic and indefatigable worker in the person of their WOTtdv priest. All his energies have been unsparingly devoted to the advancement of his people and the church; and whatever he Jwl^ 88 i Qvariabl y accomplishes with a resoluteness and a ttoroughnesß and an unvarying tenacity of purpose. I feel certain I shall hr , &!^ m f c Bentiment9 of the parishonere when I express the hope that the Rev. Father's sojourn may be long amongst us. Lyttrltonian.