HAWBRA.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXIV, Issue 1, 30 April 1897, Page 19

H A W B R A.

(From an occasional correspondent.)

Notwithstanding the wet weather the services during Holy Week were well attended. On Holy Thursday Mass was celebrated at nine o'clock by Very Rev. Father Mulvihill. After Mass the procession of the Blessed Sacrament to the altar of repose took place, and Adoration was continued during the day. On Good Friday Mass of the Pre-sanctified was celebrated, Rev. Father McGrath officiating. There were two Masses on Easter Sunday, at eight and eleven o'clock. Both were well attended. At the late Mass Very Rev. Father Mulvihill delivered an interesting instruction on the text : '• He is risen ;He is not here."' The choir rendered Haydn's " 2nd Kyrie," " Gloria," " Sanctus," and " Agnus Dei," and Haydn's " Ist Credo," in a manner most creditable to themselves and their conductor. Webb's •' Hsec Dies " was sung at the offertory. In the evening Vespers were sung at seven o'clock. Zingarelli's " Magnificat," and Lambilotte's "Regina Coeli" were splendidly rendered. At Benediction a most devotional " O Salutaris," composed by Miss Flynn, was exquisitely sung by Mrs. Flynn. The Litany and " Tantum Ergo " were composed for the occasion by Professor Higham, and, like all this gentleman's compositions, are moßt delightful. The soloists throughout were Mesdames Flynn, Connell, Misses Connell, Nellie, and Katie Flynn, Messrs. Batchelor, Foley, and Higham. As usual, Professor Higham wielded the baton and Miss Flynn presided at the organ. An efficient orchestra consisted of Misses Connell (2), Professor Higham and Masters Flynn (2), violins ; Miss Bessie Flynn (viola), Mr. J. Tyrrell (cornet), Mr. A. Tyrrell (oboe), Master Jack Flynn (clarionet), Miss Katie Flynn ('cello), Miss Flynn (double bass), and Miss Nellie Flynn (organ), played two voluntaries — Gounod's " Guardian angel " and Handel's "Hallelujah chorus" — faultlessly. We might say that Professor Higham is deserving of the highest praise and fth«v"Vff for his energy in bring the Easter music to such perfection.