DIOCESE OF CHRISTCHURCH.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXVI, Issue 12, 29 July 1898, Page 5

DIOCESE OF CHRISTCHURCH.

',' ', ' CFrom our own, correspondent:) >■ > • Oa Tuesday inorning,the 12bh of July,:&fts,slVlargareFOiConnor, a native of the West Coast, tbokthe religious habit of the .Sisters of. Mercy in the church at St. .Mary's: ', Alt'' the, rt-ll^ious from- the parQchial'convenfc of the OfSerwere present at the cereniony, which was most impressive, 1 and was performed' 'by' the Vicar-General, assisted- by the Rev. Fathers Ma'rnane, Gogg'an E*iid';'Servajean, There was also a large congregation present, and,' the Vicar-General delivered a very devotional and el&quent ' sernion suitable to the. occasion. The newly prof essed nun will' be known *in v relie:i'on' as Sister Mary Baptist. * ' ' *'/■ On Sunday last at all the services at the Pro-Cathedral donations were earnestly solicited towards' the funds of "the' Society of ' Sfc. Vincent de-Paul. - The Vicar-General 'celebrated t'h'e 'High Mass., and ;at.,the Gospel made a powerful appeal for" ,the\pobr 'ik. tn'e, parieK •> Taking for 'his text the words, "Blessed are tne~.mlercif.ui, for they- shall obtain mercy,' he' 'showed in" clear and ' forcible language that all persons should; have'a deep and tender regardjforthe needy and the neglected portions of 'the /coco njuhityV" He' characterised the idea that-ttiere is' something disgracefriUn begging as a' modern sophism, and he demonstrated' tfra't everyone, wi.eth'eiL nch,_or>poor,:is a very dependent 1 creature^ and' in- Reality a'fieggaf^ Atthe.time I write lam unable to say what' was tHeXmpunt cbllecteli" during the day, but I anticipate that'a handsome sum "was aona^ea-T During the Mass Miss C.-Dampier, a young' lady already celeferaiied as a Tipjinist,iplayed as an offertory piece-Gounod's ' AveMaria' 5 m an exquisite manner. '"' '' '"' '■--■• -