Church Dedication.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXIX, Issue 49, 5 December 1901, Page 27

Church Dedication.

The dedication festival of the Benedictine Church of St. John the Evangelist at Bath took place on October 6, under circumstances of unusual interest. The renovation and decoration of the beautiful building, which have been in progress for a considerable time, were completed, and the Whole of the interior was visible on this occasion, when High Mass was sung in the presence of the Most Rev . Archbishop Scarisbrick, D.D., by the Rector, the Rev. J. JJunstan Sweeney, 0.5.8. The sermon by Monsignor Croke Robinson was well worthy of the preacher's fame. It was on the privileges of Catholics, and dealt with one of these — the possession of an infallible teacher. In the evening Monsignor Croke Robinson preached upon a second privilege, the possession of a qualified physician, to a still more crowded and equally attentive cougregation. The right rev. orator dwelt with warmth of commendation on both occasions on the great labor of love which had been accomplished by the Rector of St. John's, with so much self-sacrifice and devotion.