Redemptorist Monastery, Wellington

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXIV, Issue 4, 25 January 1906, Page 20

Redemptorist Monastery, Wellington

We learn that the Redemptorist Fathers have just moved into their new monastery, overlooking Wellington Harbor. The monastery was formerly the home of the Fitzgerald family, and it occupies a superb position on a commanding and picturesque position above the waters of the Harbor. Formerly known as Clyde Cliff, its new name will be Mount Gerard — a designation given to it in honor of St. Gerard Majella, one of the glories of the Redemptorist congregation. The property consists of a line residence and two acres of finely wooded ground. At present, Mass will .be celebrated and other devotions carried on in the oratory of the new monastery. It is the intention of the Fathers to erect a church later on, and likewise to afford facilities to lay gentlemen to make private retreats in the monastery. The heavy burden of debt which at present weighs upon it will, no doubt, be wiped off in a short time by the many friends whom the Redemptorist Fathers have made in New Zealand.