Wanganui

New Zealand Tablet, 19 May 1910, Page 777

Wanganui

After the 10.30 o’clock Mass on Sunday, May 1 (says the Wanganui Chronicle) the Very Rev. Father O’Shea, V.G., addressed the parishioners of St. Mary’s concerning the new ecclesiastical buildings which it" is proposed to erect soon in Wanganui. A xiew church, presbytery, and convent would bo required, • but the convent was the most needed. Speaking of the Sisters of St. Joseph, Father O’Shea said that they were amongst the most successful teachers in this diocese, a statement which will be endorsed by all parents who have sent children to their schools. In St. Mary’s Hall in the afternoon a meeting of the members of the congregation was held to elect a building committee. The Very Rev. Father , O’Shea presided. The folloAA'ing gentlemen were elected: —Messrs. E. Wilson, D. Cullinaxxe, T. Lloyd, D. Gellatly, F. Neylon, Jas. Dempsey, W. McTubbs, ,T. O’Leary, F. D. Gaffaney, and J. M. Murphy. Mr. T. Lloyd was elected secretary, and the committee resolved to meet next evening, when the plans for the new convent, which have been prepared by Mr. J. S. Swan, of Wellington, will be considered.