CATHOLIC EDUCATION.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XI, Issue 30, 23 November 1883, Page 13

CATHOLIC EDUCATION.

TO IHE EDITOR OT" THE N.Z. TABLET. ' ' Sin,— l read, with great pleasure, in last week's Tablet, the account taken f j om the London Evening Mail, of the result of the late Intermediate education examination in Ireland. By that account it appears that by far the greater number of higher distinctions were taken by students of the Eonoan Catholic schools, while" the first place,p l ace, with a gold medal, value £40 pounds, was taken by Mr. Henry C. McWeeny. Now, at the present time when the Catholics of Canterbury are contributing so generously towards the building of St. Patrick's College, Wellington— which college will be conducted by the Marist Fathers, — I have no doubt that it will be very pleasing, not only to those liberal subscribers, but to your numerous readers, to hear that Mr. C. McWeeny, who has taken the above prize, is a pupil of the Catholic University Schools, 89 Lower Leeson street, Dublin, conducted by ,the Marist Fathers. It may also be interesting to your readers to hear that in five districts already visited, the Rev. Father Devoy, who, to do him no more than strict justice, is an excellent beggar, has collected £1500. Jhis needs no comment; it shows simply how much in earnest the Catholics of this part of the diocese of Wellington are in matters educational, and how highly they esteem the good Marist Fathers. — I am, etc., * New Headford, Lincoln. Catholic. -