Diocesan News

New Zealand Tablet, 4 November 1909, Page 1733

Diocesan News

ARCHDIOCESE OF WELLINGTON

(From our own correspondent.) October 30. The appeal made in the Parish of Thorndon by the Eev. Father Clancy, S.M., on behalf of the Boys' Orphanage, Stoke, resulted in a contribution of somewhat over £200. His Grace the Archbishop returned from Australia on Wednesday forenoon. His Grace is determined that no stone shall be left unturned to further in every way the proposal to hold the next Congress in Wellington in about five years' time. - The Archbishop of Wellington Empowering Bill passed its second reading during the week/ Briefly, this Bill, "if it becomes law, will, in its main provisions, confer upon the Archbishop power to transfer St. Joseph's Orphanage for Girls from the city to a position already acquired in the country. , The concert and social gathering held at Greytown on Wednesday evening, 20th October, notwithstanding the extremely wet weather, proved a great success. The splendid programme of musical and vocal items contributed by visitors from Carterton, Featherston, and Masterton was highly appreciated. The children to the number of about eighty who recently made their First Communion in the Church of the Sacred Heart, Thorndon, had an outing to Day's Bay on October 18. The Ecv. Fathers Hickson, Bowden, Herbert, and Peoples, S.M. s, spent the day amongst the happy children, and numbers of ladies provided refreshments. A farewell social evening was tendered to Mr. J. J. Oallaghan on October 28th at the New "Commercial Hotel. There was a large attendance. Mr. E. J. Leydon was in the chair. The toast of the departing guest was proposed by the Chairman, and supported by Cr. J. E. Fitzgerald and Messrs. W. Cofl'ey. F. J. Fitzgibbon, W. Hood, J. McGowan, H. McKeowen, and J. O 'Sullivan. Special reference was made to the active interest Mr. Callaghan.. had taken in Catholic Club matters during the past nine years. Musical items and recitations were given by Messrs. F. Crewes, A. Hobman, J. McGowan, P. J. MeGovern, and D. Twohill. Mr. Callaghan was presented with a smoker's companion by Mr. H. McKeowen. Mr. Callaghan left for Sydney, where he intends to reside, on Friday, October 29th. A benefit concert and social gathering in aid of the Eev. Mother Mary Aubert's Home of Compassion, Island Bay, took place in the Town Hall, Levin, on Wednesday evening, 27th October. It was promoted by Mrs. Birss, and the management was in the hands of Messrs. J. C. Burns, P. J. Dunne, P. H. Harper, and J. O'Donohue. The Town Hall was packed, and the programme, which was an excellent one, was received with great appreciation by the audience. Songs were given by Mrs. D'Ath, Misses Beryl and Connie Eemington, May Storey, Messrs. J. Devine, P. J. Dunne, Cook, Caton, and Fowler, and Masters Eupert Christie and McLeavey. Instrumental items were given by Misses Eemington, Maude Eemington, M. Simpson. Mrs. Sutcliffe gave several recitations, and Miss Doris Guise a slftrt dance and Highland Fling. Miss Eemington acted as accompanist. Prior to the opening of the concert the Boys '- Band from the Training Farm at Wereroa played several selections, which were very creditable. As the result of arrangements made by the Eev. Father Herring, S.M., of St. Anne's Parish, Wellington South, Mr. Butler, the chief clerk of the' Defence Department, who was mainly responsible for the formation of the St. Patrick's. College Cadets in 1903, and was the first commanding officer of No. 1 Company, addressed a meeting of the boys of the junior division of St. Anne's Young Men's Catholic Club on the subject of the formation of a cadet corps in connection with the institution. Mr. Butler, in addressing the boys, prefaced his remarks by paying a tribute to the Eev. Father Herring, who had made matters very easy for him. by the enthusiastic manner" in which he had advocated the proposal to form a cadet corps. A motion to form the corps was consequently put before the meeting and carried

unanimously. Arrangements were subsequently made for the offer of the services of the corps to "the Eight Hon. the Minister of Defence by the manager •of the Club, Mr. Peters, on behalf of the boys. Mr. Peters states that the corps will commence with a membership of over sixty members. The Women's Mission, which- is being conducted by the Eev. Fathers O'Connell,Kimbell, and McCarthy, S.M.s, in St. Joseph's Church, Buckle Street, is a great success, during the past week 700 to 800 women attending nightly. The children's mission was concluded last Sunday afternoon. The tender of Mr. Maurice O'Connor for the new Miramar wharf has been accepted by the Wellington Harbour Board, at a -cost of about £14,000. A feature of the St. John Ambulance Fair will be the 'hidden treasure/ which is being engineered by a couple of St. Patrick's College boys. The boys are sanguine of meeting with much success, and already many tickets have been bespoken. The ladies' confraternity of .Our Lady of Perpetual Succour, which has been 1 organised by the Eev. Fathers at Mount St. Gerard Church, Oriental " Bay, is a very live •association. At ' present there are over 250 lady" members who attend the monthly meetings on Sunday afternoons. The Eev. Father Creagh, O.S S.E., is the spiritual director. Miss C. Sullivan acts as secretary. The. fortnightly meeting of the St. Patrick's Branch of the Hibernian Society was held in St. Patrick's Hall last evening, Bro. E. F. Eeichel presiding over a large attendance of members. To make the meetings attractive, the following members were appointed as a Social Committee to arrange a programme for each month after the meetings, when members and their friends could meet socially: — Bros. Eeichel, MeCusker, Carrigan, Miller, Schmidt, and McPhee. The secretary presented the balance sheet for the September quarter. The sick pay for the quarter totalled £58, whilst £40 was paid for medical attendance. Three candidates were proposed and two members initiated during the evening. His Grace Archbishop Eedwood, who attended the Catholic, Congress in Sydney, returned by the Moeraki on Wednesday., His Grace, in talking to a 'Post' reporter, said he could not add to the full accounts of the Congress that had appeared in the Wellington papers. It was, he added, a memorable gathering, and would, he had no doubt, be productive of much good, and that not for members of the Catholic communities alone. He was rejoiced when it was resolved to hold the next Congress in New" Zealand, and at Wellington, too. It was, as he said, ' sprung on' him. ' He did not know it was going to be proposed; and when he found that that idea was unanimously adopted, he could not restrain expressing his pleasure at the result, promising those who should come here a right hearty welcome. 'Personally,' he concluded, 'I think it will be a very good thing for New Zealand. The P. and O. boats will no doubt be then fully running to Auckland, and we may have the Orient boats calling here. In five years ! Why, we cannot tell how greatly improved will-be the communications between Australia and New Zealand. Well," the Congress will assist us in knowing our neighbours better and their knowing more of us.' In the annual report of the Minister of Education, it is stated that the total expenditure by the Government in connection* with all the Industrial Schools for the year was £33,655. The sum of £2,516 was expended on account of private schools. The net" cost of the various private (Catholic) schools was as follows: — St. Mary's (Auckland), £1,418 18s 8d; St. Mary's (Nelson), £843 Is 2d; St. Joseph's (Wellington), £153 75 .7 d; St. Vincent de Paul's (Dunedin), £101 0s Bd. In the course of his annual report on St. Joseph's Orphanage (Wellington), the medical officer (Dr. Mackin) says: — 'The present school building, has been in use now for many years, and has become gradually hemmed in by the expansion of the city; but I understand that the Sisters are contemplating the erection, at no" distant date, of a new school in more modern style, and with more up-to-date equipment, in the subiirbs of the city. I need hardly say that this scheme receives my heartiest consent- and support, as from a medical pfcint of view a new institution in the country, with all the "benefits accruing from increased accommodation, fresh air, and ' greater facilities for outdoor recreation, would be incomparably better than the present school, both for the children themselves and for the Sisters who carry on the work of this school with such thoroughness and devotion.'" The annual practical examinations held by the Associated Board of the E.A.M. and E.C.M. (London) have taken place in Wellington during the past fortnight. The examiner was Mr. Fredrick ClifCe, of London. The passes are for pianoforte unless otherwise stated. The following is a list of the successful Convent pupils in the Wellington district: Licentiate Examinations (full marks 200, pass 150), Performers' Certificate (L.A.B. Diploma), May Storey, singing (St. Mary's Convent), 160; Agnes Segrief, singing (St. Mary's Convent), 159. Local Centre Examinations (full marks 150, pass 103, honours 130) — Advanced Grade, Honours, Eose Segrief, singing (St. Mary's Convent, 140; Teresa

McEnroe, singing (St. Mary's? Convent), 130. Advanced Grade, Pass— Dorothy M. Norton (St. Mary's Con vent), "108: Hilda M. Flanagan (St. Mary's Convent)," 107. . School Examinations (full marks 150, pass 100, distinction 130): Higher Division, Pass— Dorothy Bowie (St. Mary's Convent), 115; Katie Madden (Convent, Sussex Square), 310. liower Division, Distinction — Winifred Eyan (St. Mary ' 3 Convent), 131; Bessie Gard (St. Mary's Convent), 130." Lower Division, 7 > of SS ™ Lily ', ■ Deal y < St - daisy's Convent), 124; IdaWaddel (St. Mar-yJs Convent), 123; Eileen Nesbitt (St. -Mary's ConTo nt^r 104 ' Elementary Division, Distinction— Hilda Martin (St. Mary's Convent), 130; Nora Devlin (Convent, Sussex -Square), 130. Elementary Division, Pass— Bessie ' Martin , (St. Mary's Convent), 125; Marie Dohert'y( Convent; "Sussex -Square), 123; Winnie Sullivan (Convent, Sussex ' Square), 12] j Eileen Black (St. Mary's Convent), 111; Linda Eiddell (St. Mary's Convent), 111; T. Haywbod (St. Mary's Con- . vent), 107; Frances Gasquoine (St. Mary's Convent), 105. - : Primary Division, Pass— Beatrice Dqrgan (Convent/ Sussex Square), 115; M. Burke (Convent, Sussex Square), 105. Miss T. Eedmond, a member of St. Joseph's Choir, and well known in Catholic circles, will be leaving for Masterton next week,, where she intends to reside. A number of her friends assembled at the residence of Mr. and Mrs O 'Flaherty on Wednesday last to bid her farewell; A "most enjoyable programme of musical "items, cards, and games was -gone, through, at the conclusion of which Mr. G. F. Hill, on behalf of those present, -presented Miss Eedmond - with a handsome purse as a "token of the esteem in which she is held, and -wished her every success in her new sphere. Miss Eedmond feelingly responded. The month's mind of the late Mrs. Daniel Lynch (mother of Eev. Father P. M. Lynch, C.SS.E.) was celebrated on Saturday, October 23, in the Church of the Sacred Heart, Thorndon, Wellington. The celebrant of the Mass of Eequiem was the Eev. Father Herbert, S.M., Eev. Fathers Peoples, S.M., and Bowden, S.M., being deacon and subdeaeon respectively, and Eev. Father Hickson, S.M., master of ceremonies. - There were also present in the sanctuary the Yen. Archdeacon Devoy, S.M., Eev. Father Whelan, C.SS.E., Eev. Father McDonald, S.M., and Eev. Father Gilbert, S.M. The Eequiem music was admirably sung in Sol esmes. plain-song by a /body of students from St. Patrick 's College, under the baton of the Very Eev. Dr. Kennedy, S.M., Eector of the 'College. The Eev. Father Schaefer, S.M., of the College, presided at the organ.