ARCHDIOCESE OF WELLINGTON.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXI, Issue 26, 25 June 1903, Page 5

ARCHDIOCESE OF WELLINGTON.

(From our own correspondent.)

June 20

The Very Rev. Father Lewis, V.G., loft on a collecting tour for the Cathedral fund in the Otaki district on Friday last.

The fellow-students throughout New Zealand of tho late Rev. Father Malonc intend erecting a monument to his memory at Hawera.

Sunday last, being within the Octave of Corpus Christi, Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament took place at the Church of the Sacred Heart. At Vespers his Grace the Archbishop preached on the Blessed Sacrament, after which a procession was held. Large numbers of worshippers visited the church during the course of the day.

The appearance of St. Patrick's Hall has been greatly improved within the last month, carpenters, plumbers, and painters having been busily engaged in repairing and renovating it. In the lower part of the building the stairs have been removed, thus dividing this portion from the mam building and leaving space for a shop with an entrance from Boulcott street. It is with pleasure I have to record the continued success in the insurance profession of Mr Charles McDonald, an ex-student of St. Patrick's College. The gentleman named has just received advice from the local secretary of the London Institute of Actuaries of his passing the examination for the first section of the Institute of Actuaries. Mr. McDonald is engaged on the staff of the A.M. P. Society, and his success will be gratifying to his friends throughout the Colony. A popular member of the Church of the Sacred Heart choir, Miss Maud Corrigan, youngest daughter of Mr. J . Corrigan, of this city, was married on Wednesday last to Mr. Ivan Levy, of the reporting staff of the ' New Zealand Times. 1 The ceremony took place at St. Mary of the Angels' and was performed by the Rev. Father O Shea. The bride was attended by her sister, Miss E. Corrigan, as bridesmaid, while Mr. A. B. Corrigan acted as 'Best man. Among the wedding presents was one from Mr. Levy's associates on the ' Times ' staff. There was a large number of communicants at the churches in the "three parishes on the Feast of tho Sacred Heart. At St. Joseph's, Buckle street, on Friday evening a meeting of both branches of the Sacred Heart Association was held, when his Grace the Archbishop preached a sermon suitable to the occasion. Pontifical Benediction was given and a solemn Act of Consecration was read by Father O'Shea. Rev. Father Kimbell presided at the organ The Marist Brothers' Old Boys' Association is to be congratulated on the financial result of tho productions of the ' Colleen Bawn ' m the Opera House on Monday and Tuesday evenings in aid of necessary repairs to the Brothers' school. The drama was excellently staged,. and great care and taste were bestowed on the dressing of the various characters, but in other respects the performance generally was below the standard set on previous occasions by the association's dramatic club. The selection of plays suitable for amateur production is no doubt a somewhat difficult matter. but the association would do well to exercise greater discretion in the choice or in the use of the scissors in scenes wherefrom entirely erroneous impressions on doctrinal subjects are sought to be conveyed