DIOCESE OF CHRISTCHURCH

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXV, Issue 42, 17 October 1907, Page 23

DIOCESE OF CHRISTCHURCH

(From our own correspondent.) October 14. At St. Mary's Church, Manchester .street, on Sunday,- Gounod's ' Messe- Solehnelle ' was very capably rendered .by the. choir, ably assisted by that talented vocalist, Mrs. Irvine (nee Miss Rose Blaney). His Lordship the Bishop at- the Cathedral on v Sunday evening gave the fifth of his learned and impressive, discourses on the ' Relations of the - Creator to the creature. 1 . 11 is pleating to observe that not a few non-Catholics listen- 'with much- interest' to. these ' enlightening discourses -of his Lordship. , _i - \ After twenty-one years continuously as Superior of the Sisters of the Good Shepherd at Mount Magdala the Rev. Mother St. Euphrasia left for MeJjbourne last week, Having been recalled to A-bbotsford, and is replaced at Mount Mag'dala by her late assistant, the Rev< Mother St. Aidan, who-is to be installed to-day (Monday) by his Lordship the Bishop. The departing Rev. Mother has,, during this long course 'of years, seen the institution Tn this* city's vicinity rise "from the smallest of be 7 ginnings \o its present magnificent proportions, and aided effectively its marvellous development. Visitors to Mopnt Magdala were., always assured of , the kindliest greeting and warmest welcome at the hasids of the departing Rev. Mother, whose personality will be greatly missed. It is always pleasing to note any display of exceptional ability on The part of our young Catholic girls, especially when such progress is traceable to efficient tuition and diligent studj r . In this connection I observe in a local weekly the following : ' There is 'a good deal of unsuspected talent -among us, it. seems, and I hear that Rima Young, a youthful sister of Miss Kafte Young, the well-known pianist, promises to even surpass her sister as a piano player.' Little Rima Young hacl- the distinction by special invitation of playing before her Excellency Lady Plunket last .week in -company- with the child violinist, Florence Scapens, and shared in the sincerely expressed congratulations of her Ladyshin. Similarly at a performance of the child violinist before musical critics and others, the following complimentary notice was earned : ' An interesting feature in connection with the trial yesterday was that the accompaniments were played — and played most artistically — by another clever and promising young musician, Rima Young.'