ARCHDIOCESE OF WELLINGTON

New Zealand Tablet, 19 November 1908, Page 13

ARCHDIOCESE OF WELLINGTON

(From Our Own Correspondent.)

His Grace Archbishop • Redwood paid a visit on Friday last to the Sacred Heart Convent at Island Bay, and administered the Sacrament of Confirmation to a number of candidates. His Grace also gave First Communion to a number of pupils at the institution.

The very fine representation of St. Gerard in ecstasy, an account of which appeared in this column last week, has now been placed in position in the Church of St. Gerard, Hawker street. The painting has already been the object of considerable attention and general admiration.

St. Anne's Catholic Club, South Wellington, bids fair to become a live organisation. The members have decided to hold a social evening on Wednesday, the 25th inst. The small billiard table, originally the property of the Hibernians, has been removed —to the new rooms.

The devotion of the Forty Hours' Adoration at the Sacred Heart Basilica, Thorndon, will begin to-morrow, and conclude on Tuesday morning. The special sermon for to-morrow'evemng will be preached by the Very Rev. Dean". Regnault, S.M. (Provincial). The sermon on Monday evening will be preached by Rev. Father Mahony, S.M. ~ ' *

On the 9 th inst., at the Church of St. Mary of the Assumption, Meanee, Miss Minnie Lawton, of Taradale, was married to Mr. W. H. Burgess, of the Post and Telegraph Department Napier. The Rev. Father McDonnell celebrated the Nuptial Mass. The wedding march was played by Rev. Father Kimbell. Misses Kate and Teresa Lawton acted as bridesmaids, Mr. w!

Johnston as'best man, and Mr. R. Cassidy as groomsman. The wedding breakfast was laid at the residence of the bride's parents, where the usual toasts were proposed, by Rev. Father McDonnell and others. 'During the afternoon the happy couple "left for Wellington, where the honeymoon is being spent.

The first mission given at Wadestown has been most successful. The large marquee, in which the services were held, " was always well filled. The Rev. Father Creagh, C.SS.R., who conducted the mission, is well pleased with results. The mission at South Wellington, which the Rev. Father Lowham, C.SS.R., conducted, was splendidly attended at every service. On Tuesday and Friday evenings the Very Rev. Father Clune, C.SS.R., preached. His Tuesday evening's discourse was on ' Confession, ■ and his" Friday's discourse on ' The Real Presence.' Both discourses were so treated as to assist the non-Catholic to a proper understanding of the doctrines concerned. The Rev. Father Lowham preached at all the other services, and also gave the usual morning instructions. - On Friday at South Wellington' the ceremony of the Forty Hours' Adoration was begun. Tomorrow (Sunday) the parishioners will approach the Holy Table in a body, and after the last Mass there will be a solemn procession of the^ Blessed Sacrament around the church grounds. There will be "First Communion at the early Mass, and in the afternoon his Grace the Archbishop will administer the Sacrament of Confirmation.

(From an occasional correspondent.) November 13. The Wellington Catholic Club held a smoke concert in their roorns, Boulcott street, on Thursday evening, when there was a fair number present. The bazaar was opened at Otaki on Saturday, November 7. The entertainments provided were very good, splendid business was done, and it is expected that over will be netted. At the Lower Hutt Catholic Church on Tuesday Miss K. T. Haggerty was married to Mr. W. J. Hayes, eldest son of Mr. Edmund Hayes. The ceremony was performed by Very Rev. Father Lane, assisted by Rev. Father Walshe. Rev. Father Lepretre, of Hawke's Bay, arrived in Wellington on Wednesday, after a trip to Italy and France. Dr. Cahill also returned from Australia on Wednesday, much benefited by his trip. The new branches of the confraternity of the Sacred Heart Association, Thorndon parish, will hold their initial meetings at the Basilica on November 25 and 27. As a great number have given in their names it is expected that there will be in all— about 100 guilds. On Sunday, November 8, the children of the Te Aro parish made their First Communion at St. Mary's Church at the 8 ' o'clock Mass, and in the evening renewed their baptismal vows. At the 10.30 o'clock Mass at St. Joseph's his Grace Archbishop Redwood' administered the Sacrament of Confirmation to about 100 candidates. On Monday last a cricket match was played on the Basin Reserve between teams from the Wellington and Newtown (St. Anne's) Catholic Clubs, the latter winning by 46 runs. The scores were — Wellington, 49 and 61 ; St. Anne's, 82 and 74. Those who performed creditably were Mahoney -27, Guthrie 15, E. Foote 13, and Butler 13 for the winners, and J. McGrath 14, J. R. Hunt 12, and P. McGrath 10 for the 'losers. For St. Anne's .McCardle took seven wickets for 4 runs, and for the Wellington Club Casey four for 8 and P. McGrath eight for 31 funs. Everything passed' off successfully at the first annual picnic of the Petone Catholic Club at Upper Hutt on Monday. Some sports events were got off during the day, and resulted as follows : — President's Handicap — W. Ryan, scr, 1 ; T. Fitzgerald, 4cr, 2; F. Jackson, 2yds, 3. Club Handicap,. 100yds — P. Phelan, • syds, 1; T. Fitzgerald and W. Ryan, scr (dead heat), 2. Ryan won the run-off. Single Ladies' Race, 75yds — Miss Cummings, 1 ; Miss Scrimshaw^ 2. Ladies' Race, long skirts, 75yds — Miss Stemper, 1 ; Miss Simpson, 2. Married Women's Race, 50yds — Mrs. D. Jones, 1 ; Mrs. J. Martin, 2 ; Mrs. A. Skinner, 3. Executive Dash, 75yds — T. Fitzgerald, 1; D. Jones, 2. Three-legged Race, 75yds — Miss Stunell and W. Ryan, 1 ; Miss Scrimshaw and T. Fitzgerald, 2. Open Race, 100yds — K. Ryan, 1 ; Organ, 2; C. Sullivan, 3. Guessing Competition — Mrs. D. Hyde. Mr. L. Gaynor acted as starter, Mr. J. Martin as judge', and Mr. T. Fitzgerald as secretary.