PALMERSTON NORTH

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXI, Issue 17, 23 April 1903, Page 20

PALME RSTON NORTH

(From our own correspondent.)

April 19. The ceremonies of Holy Week were carried out in this parish in every detail, large congregations attending all the services, especially on Holy Thursday and Good i-riday, a great many approaching the Holy Table on Holy Thursday and Easter Sunday. The Rev. Father Tymons, parish priest, sang the 11 o'clock Mass on Easter Sunday, also preaching an eloquent sermon mie choir rendered Farmer's Mass in good style, the church being crowded. The Rev. Father James Tymons preached at Vespers, the church being again well filled. The altar decorations were in excellent taste, and reflected much credit on those responsible for them— Mrs. Redwood, Misses Oakley, and the young ladies assisting. There will be a meeting of the men of this parish on Monday, 27th inst.. in St. Patrick's School at 8 p.m. for the purpose of taking steps to start a branch of the Hibernian Society. A delegate from the Wellington branch will preside at the meeting. Judging from the large attendance of Catholic young men at church and the zeal and energy of our respected pastor, this shouTcl not be a difficult matter, as it seems a pity for this, the largest inland borough of New Zealand, and with such a population, to bear the reproach of no such lodge in its midst.