Hunterville

New Zealand Tablet, Volume 13, Issue 7, 13 February 1908, Page 13

Hunterville

(From an occasional correspondent.) For some time past the <Jath,olics of Hunter * i/lle had le.n iLiudicappi d by the inadequacy of the churca accomHiutiaUon. After considerable efforts on. the part of ihose LOuceinudi, ehorts which were largely due to the enthusiasm and perse\erance of the Rey. Father Molloy, the enlargement has been successfully accomplished. The biulcjiug is a handsome structure of double- the o*.i_inj.l size, and the accommodation will in all respuc'us meot the re-quirements of the people for 'some time to come. On Sunday, .January 26, his Grace Aruubisnop Redwood, who had journeyed' from Wellington for" the purpose, performed the ceremony of blessing the buildin^, which, as ne stated, had been dedicated' to 'he most Sacred Heart of Jesus. His Grace, in a mOat im l i\Soi i e sermon, pointed out that it was in the I hurch that I ;he faithful sought solace in all thtir trials, troupes and aillictions, and that more especially it was through the Sacraments of the Church they received the inestimaole gift of sanctifying Grace. After detailing ihe 1 istory of the church at Hunterville, he concluded by stxting that he felt proud to be able to congratulate the residents on the result of their labors," which was an ornament to the township, a credit to the citizens, and a worthy j)lace in which to offer the Holy bacrifice of the Mass. Finally, his Grace the Archbishop thanked those present for the handsome manner in which they had resi onded, to the call/ made upon them and more particularly those who were not members of the Catholic Church, but whose genrarosity had helped to swell the collection toletween a t6ran hh d hh J7J 77 OWaS0 WaS^ ladtO """""" am ° Unted ira+w t A c ii CIOSB + of , Arcih)M . sh °P Redwood's sermon Rev. r?nrisLri^ %? o< ll occasion to thank- those who had rendered possible the accomplishment of his desire. He church SSntft"^ *& architect, the contractor, the onurcn committee, and the visitors, many of whom journeyed from Marten, Bulls, and the sunouSing dS-

trl'cts, for whose presence he felt grateful. He 1 also thanked the members of St.. Mary's Choir, of .Wanganui, who, under the able eonduclorship of Miss Lily White, sang Turner's Mass. ' '