Rotorua

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXVII, Issue 7, 18 February 1909, Page 257

Rotorua

(From our own correspondent.)

Elaborate preparations are being made to celebrate St. Patrick's Day. A sub-committee is busily engaged in drawing up the programme, which will be filled in by a general picnic across Lake Rotorua, where sports will be held, and by a social gathering in the evening.

I am pleased to record again the success that is attending the Sisters of St. Joseph and their school. From the complete returns to hand I find that at the recent examination 90 pupils were presented, all of whom passed. There were but three in the sixth class, two of whom obtained certificates of proficiency and one that of competency. These are decidedly encouraging signs, which' go to show the high standard of work done at the school.

Rev. Father Ainsworth, of Hokitika, and Father Tiger, 0.P., have favored us with visits during the past fortnight. The former preached two impressive sermons during his stay. Father Tiger gave an instructive discourse on the Holy Rosary last Sunday night to a crowded congregation. The Very Rev. Dean Lightheart leaves for a visit of inspection to the missions in the north of Auckland on Thursday noxt. He expects to be absent about a month. Father Vandyk, of Tauranga, will assist Father Wientjes during the Dean's absence, in the work of this parish.