WANGANUI

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXVI, Issue 3, 30 January 1908, Page 19

WANGANUI

(From our own correspondent.) -,-->- '- - January 25. At St. Mary's Church on UsUSunday the Rev. Fa- , ther McCarthy, of fet. Patrick's- College, celebrated the 10.30 ocLcdviass, and. -the Rev. -Father yuinn, of Hast ngs, pre rt ch.d. in the evening the' Rev. Father Oreafch, i. .ttS.Kw, who has been, conducting the annual retreat qi - the Nuns, preached. At St. Joseph's Churcih, Aramoho. Rev. father McCarthy pr. ached at Vespers. The sculling, match for the channpionchip of ths world between Webb and Tresidder will te rowed on -Tuesday, February 25, and will sLarfc about 4 o'clock: in the afternoon. The course is on the Wanganui River ending about seven and a half miles a v ,ove Wan,Q"anaii. Speaking of the course Tresidder says that it is far superior to that en the Parramatta River, Sydney. The producing capabilities of the Wanganui district are shown by ihe exporb trade for the past twel\e months. Notwithstanding' the fact that the Butter, and cheese produced in this d. strict go to- New" Plymouth, Patea, or Wellington for cool storage and grading, and. are, consequen'ly, not included in tin; returns, the value of the exports from Wanganui for the year was assessed £468.307. The wool out-put w*s valued at £335194, and the frozen meat at £77,048. The tallow export, was £23,224. and sheepsl ins £22,782! The timber export was valued at £1645. These figures chow a 3narke<l expansion. Last evening in St. Mary's Church -two of the .Sis- - ters of St. Joseph made their profession. They were teiiter Felix (ML>s M. Skinner) and Sister Cecilia (Mi.->s L. bhanly). 'ihe ceremony was conducted by Rev. Father Uieagh, who deli/ered a most impiessive discoureo appropriate to the occasion. Taking for "his text iliObe - words cf St. Matthews gospel, x,x, 21 : 'If thou wilt l.c perfect, c,o, sell what thou hast, and give to the ! oor, and thou shall, have treasuie in heavtn ; and come follow Me,' he pointed 0-it how the workl was unaLlj to understand why women devoted themselves to a religious l.fe, how ths world wo L ld say that these women were throwing their lhes away. Without the light of. f dth it was impossible to understand the life of t'-e re- - iigious, but their lif o was like the life of Christ. Without faith men could not understand why our Lord shoul 1 have spent tha greater part of his life in obscurity. His life was in the eyes of the woild a failure, to the Jews it was a r §t.imi' ling bloc> and to the Gentiles it was folly. As our Lord won His \\ tory over sin and d^ath by the crrss, by poverty ?nd sufferings, so were ths Sisters of SI. Jossph calbd upon to conquer by practising in th ir lives ro erty, chastity r*i'l- ol^edieri-'e and by em'bra'ing crises and sufferings for His saVp. They were also cl'ed upen to do a'io'hcr great wor'c for Christ's sa y e. Nowadays all over 1h». world wickM men had- bonded to- ether to banish God from thschools. Th"S" men were til-ing the crucifix from brfore - the eves of th^ lUtlp children in ordrr that the chilly i>n, by not *eri""- the imare of Christ, miehfc forret ' His name. The listers of St. Joscrh woi'ld be callcl - upon to devote themselves to the work -of teaching in

order that the little- children might learn to know and to love our Lord. And after they hud spent themselves in leading li. es. li c that of Christ,, and in instructing "ciiildron in His doctrine and r in. His love, these Sisters would zceeiue their everlasting, fewjard. The music * ap- "' . • ro. riate- to the occasion was rendered -by.' the ' Nuns' 1 Choir. , /- .- ~ ■ j - January 27. Sister M. Columba lias" been appointed "Rev. Mother of the Sacred Heart Consent. Sister Columba has been for r the : past eight years Superioress -of --the Hastings convent. - -•.---■ _ - - < - I have to express my sincere ' sympathy with Mr. F. D. Gaffaney, the secretary of St. Maryfs Club, in the sad bereavement "which -he -has just sustained by the death of his sister. On Thursday -_ week the- dramatic branch of "St. Mary's Catholic* Club ga%e. an entertainment at Turakina. The' house was crowded. The- first- part of. th© performance consisted of vocal items, whilst in j the second the -j>hree r act comedy, ' Ja.ne,' was staged. All , the parts-, were "capitally- taJ-en,' and frejq\uent bursts of applause greeted the -efforts of the splayers. -All were loud in their praises of the kdndness and hosv pitality of - the ladies of -Turaldna, who providedi the suipper: .... Yesterday— a mission .was commenced at St. Joseph's Church, -Aramoho. A- Missa Cantata' was celebrated at. 9 o'clock by the Very -Rev.- ;; Dean Gro'gan., S.M., ' anid the opening sermon, was preached __by " 'the Rev. .Father Creagh, C.SS.R.- There was a.^good congregation. The music; 'of the- .Mass was devotijonally -rendered by the choir under the baton of Mrs. Luxford, and both the missionary and Dean Grogan compliment d the members upon the excellent , manner in which they had acquitted --themseLes.' - In the* evening Rev. Father Creagh preached again. The mission will be continued for a week by Very -Rev.' Father Chine-, C.SS.R., who will' arrive to-day. , . . "' -;-":