Palmerston North

New Zealand Tablet, 16 March 1911, Page 479

Palmerston North

——— f (From our own correspondent.) On Sunday last the women's branch of the Sacred Heart Society approached the Holy Table in unusually large numbers at the 7.30 o'clock Mass . There was Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament from the 11 o'clock Mass until the evening devotions, after which there was the usual procession. At the usual weekly' meeting of the St. Vincent de Paul Society on Thursday last, a letter was read from the late president (Bro. J. O'Donovan), now at Invercargill, nominating, according to custom, Bro. F. Oakley as the president of the Conference. I need hardly add that the selection was.a most suitable one and met with the hearty and unanimous approval of the Conference. t At a meeting of the combined committee who have in hand the national concert and the parish picnic, which met after Benediction to-day, everything was reported to be in a most forward state. The concert will be held in the Opera House on St. Patrick's night, and the picnic will be bed on the following Wednesday, and will take place at the seaside resort of Paekakariki. Each child attending the parish school will be taken free on the train and adults at a considerably reduced fare. The Rev' Bathers Costello, Quealey, and Dore will be present, and with the existing weather conditions a red-letter day is assured. J Napier jFrom our own correspondent.) A welcome that took the form of a smoke concert was extended by the Hibernian Society to Rev. Father McDonnell, who has been appointed to the charge of the Napier parish last Tuesday evening, when St. Patrick's Hall was crowded by members and their friends. The following was the toast list of the evening :—' The Pope and the Kin« by the chairman (Bro. .13. J. Dolan); 'Our Guest,' proposed by Bro. B. J. Dolan and responded to by Rev. Father McDonnell; H.A.C.B. Society,' proposed by Bro • T Cunningham, and responded to by the chairman; 'The Clergy proposed by Bro. J. Higgins and Dr. Leahy,, and responded to by Rev. Fathers McDonnell and O'Connor Songs were contributed by Bros. M. Treston, F. O'Sliannessy A. Scott, J. P. Kenny, T. G. Liddle, F. O'Connor and J. Flanagan. . Miss Scott played the accompaniments', the tables were nicely arranged and tastefully decorated; An enjoyable evening was brought to a close by the sinemg of 'God Save Ireland.' b