ARCHDIOCESE OF WELLINGTON

New Zealand Tablet, 13 September 1906, Page 19

ARCHDIOCESE OF WELLINGTON

(From our own correspondent.) .-.,-. " -- " " , , - September 8. • The annual social for the schools is to be f held in • the Town Hall next Wednesday. The function • will bo arranged iby the members of the Sacred Heart Society. - - - - - Mr. L. Reichel, Government Electrician, who has. •been absent in England- for -some months, returned "' to the Colony on Wednesday. Mr. -Reiohel , has been" Home for the puq)ose of acquiring experience at the best electrical works in the Old Country. As the result -of his observations the Colony will no -doubt reap considerable advantages. f A Catholic Young Men's Club is to be formed in Pe- . tone. On Wednesday evening an inaugural meeting was - held, at, which the Federation executive was present. It was' resolved to proceed with the erection of dub premises, and in this connection the Rev. Father Maples has given the site, while .Mr. A. Coles has donated the handsome sum of £50. It is intended that the club rooms shall be erected fyy the. memjbiers themselves, among whom there are many skilled trades- - men. The~ Petone district is a large one, and the club should prove a successful one. On Sunday afternoon the new church "at Island Bay was Messed .by, his Grace the Archbishop, assisted toy the Yen. Archdeacon Devoy, S.M. (Provincial), Very Rev Father Lewis, V.G.,- and Rev. Fathers Ains worth, O Shea, Moloney, and Herring. The weather was most inclement, and. prevented the attendance of large num- " bers from other parishes. At the conclusion of a short service, his Grace said that he rejoiced to see signs so evident of the progress of .the Catholic Church- in the Island Bay district, and instanced such buildings as the - Convent of the Sacred Heart, and the Home for Incurables that is nowin course of erection. The ohurch, ~ which he had just blessed, would soon be found " too / small for their requirements,- but it was so erected ' that additions could easily be made. -He congratulated the clergy and all who had been associated in" the completion of a work which supplied a want longfelt by the Catholics ,at the Bay. : The Rev. Father Amsworth, S.M., pastor of the parish, referred to the rapid growth of the district, and to the fact that at Newtown the congregation had increased in a remarkable degree. The new church, which occupies a very fine site, is capable of seating 200 people. The length of the building is CO feet, the height 20 feet, and the width 26 feet There is a choir gallery at the western end, and an organ has been installed. In about a- month's time 1 there will be a solemn, dedication service and . opening, ceremony.- The new church, is to be dedicated to' • God under the patronage of St. Francis de Safes:-' ;