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New Zealand Tablet, 27 April 1911, Page 760

ARCHDIOCESE OF WELLINGTON (From our own correspondent.) April 22. . The Rev. Father Taylor conducted a retreat for the students of St. Patrick’s College during the week. Mass was celebrated for the first time in the new Church Schoolroom at Brooklyn on Easter Sunday by the Rev. Father Yenning, S.M. At St. Mary of the Angels’, on Easter Sunday, Very Rev. Dean Regnault, S.M. (Provincial), celebrated High Mass, Rev. Father Venning being deacon, and Rev. Father J- Coggan sub-deacon. Dean Regnault also preached. The Masterton people are endeavouring to induce Mr. R. Hazleton, one of the Irish delegates who arrives at Wellington on May 1, to visit Masterton. The Redemptorist lathers will commence a mission at St. Anne s, Wellington South, on next Tuesday. The first week is to be devoted to the children. The mission for the adults commences on Sunday, April 30, and will be continued until May 14. The death occurred on Thursday of Mr. D. J. Collins at the age of 34 years. The late , Mr. Collins, who was formerly in the railway service, was at one time a wellknown, figure in Association football circles in this city The funeral takes place to-morrow, leaving the Basilica of the Sacred Heart. —R.I.P. High Mass was celebrated at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart on Easter Sunday by the Right Rev. Mgr. Fowler who also preached an impressive sermon. In the evening ms Grace Archbishop Redwood, assisted by Rev. Fathers Hickson and Peoples, officiated at Solemn Vespers and festival^' His Grace so preached on the day’s festival. ' J At St. Anne’s, Wellington South, on Easter Sunday, the Yen. Archdeacon Devoy celebrated High Mass, with Kev. bathers Herring and Mahony as deacon and subdeacon respectively. In the evening Right Rev. Mgr. .howler preached an impressive sermon on the Resurrection.

r, a At a St. Josephs, Buckle street, on Easter Sunday, his Grace Archbishop Redwood pontificated, Very Rev. Father u bhea, V.G., being assistant priest, Rev. Father Schaefer deacon and Rev. Father Taylor as sub-deacon. His Grace preached an impressive sermon on the Resurrection. In the evening the Rev. Father Gondringer, of St. Patrick's College, preached on ' The Triumph of the Catholic Church.' 0 - + Th6 uX- Arclldea con Devoy, S.M., celebrated the sixty-eighth anniversary of his birthday on April 16 The Archdeacon was the recipient of many congratulatory' messages, as the occasion was one of more than passing importance, inasmuch as the anniversary this year happened on Easter Sunday, the day on which he wai born in 1843.

There was quite a number of marriages this week. Miss Annie Stella Kay, second daughtef of Mr. and Mrs. George Kay, of Karori, was married to Mr. Robert McClune, of ‘ Grand View,’ Bombay, Auckland, at the Sacred Heart Basilica. The Rev. Father Peoples officiated. The Rev. Father Hickson officiated at the marriage of Miss Beatrice Noon, youngest daughter of Mrs. Noon, of Grant road, to Mr. James Maher, of Westport, at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart. Miss May Driscoll, well known in musical circles, was married by the Rev. Father Ainsworth, S.M., at St. Joseph’s Church, Buckle street, to Mr. W. S. Pearce, youngest son of Colonel Pearce. The King’s Festival is the title given to the bazaar now in full swing at the Town Hall, and organised by the parishioners of Thorndon with the object of extinguishing the debt on the St. Vincent’s school-chapel. Northlands. The function was opened on Saturday, April 15, by Mr. R. Fletcher (Chairman of the Wellington Harbor Board). There was a large attendance of the public, and his Grace Archbishop Redwood was present. The hall is tastefully decorated, and the various stalls temptingly arrayed with many useful and valuable articles ranging from a piano to the useful bazaar cushion. The stall-holders and their assistants are working hard to dispose of these, with the result that there is every indication that the worthy object of the bazaar will be attained. During the week tugs-of-war have been arranged, teams representing the Tramways, Staples’ brewery, Building trades, and Druids have tried conclusions. A Marathon race from the Town Hall to Island Bay and back drew eight entrants, and proved a novel and interesting item, as each competitor arrived in the hall and finished his run on the track provided. The honors for this race fell to Mr. P. J. Fitzgerald, who was the first to arrive. The leading feature without a doubt is the spectacular and fancy dancing by some 200 young ladies, who nave proved very apt pupils, under the direction of Signor Borzoni. _ The dancing alone is well worth seeing, and the Signor is to be complimented on the excellent results of his tuition. On Wednesday night a squad from the Wellington City Rifles, under Col.-Sergt. T. Davis, gave an exhibition of drill, which drew forth from the spectators well-merited applause. • The Marist Brothers’ Cadets on Friday evening marched through the Town to the hall, and, in conjunction with the St. Anne’s Cadets, gave exhibitions of drill which were very much appreciated. This afternoon a matinee for the children is being held, and the bazaar will be continued next week, concluding on Saturday evening. The bazaar is under the able management of Rev. Father Peoples, with Mr. George McNamara as general secretary. The stalls and stallholders are as follow;—The King’s Stall: Mrs Mackin, Miss Halse, Miss A. Kennedy, and Miss Devine. Refreshment Stall: Mrs. Keefe and Miss Saunders, with a great many assistants Prince of Wales’s Stall: Miss O’Malley and Mrs. Steward. Queen’s Stall; Mrs. Gibbs. The Princess Mary Stall: Mrs. Putnam and the Misses Putnam. Fortune-telling (in connection with the King’s Stall): Miss Butler. Art Gallery: The Misses Burke (2). The Alexandra Stall (supplied and entirely in the charge of several Northland ladies): Mrs, Nacnamara, Miss Whittaker, and Mrs. Ross. A small army of assistants is attached to each stall. Feilding (From an occasional correspondent.) The first day’s rain, practically, since November, was experienced last week, thus brightening somewhat the prospects for the approaching winter. The long continued drought was certainly having a disastrous effect on the northern districts. Our new pastor, Rev. Father O’Dwyer, and his assistant priest, Rev. Father Kincaid, both of whom are eloquent preachers, have already become very popular in the community. Their devoted attention in matters pertaining to the spiritual well-being of the Catholic population and interest in the material progress of their flock are much appreciated. The devotions during Lent were very well attended. On Holy Thursday there was a crowed congregation at Mass, which was followed by a procession of the Blessed Sacrament to the Altar of Repose, in which the sodality of Children of Mary and school children participated. At the Mass of the Presanctified on Good Friday the church was again crowded. On Easter Sunday at St. Bridget’s Church there were large congregations at all the Masses, and great numbers approached the Holy Table at the Mass celebrated at 8 o’clock. At Vespers the Rev. Father Kincaid preached an impressive discourse on the Resurrection. Mass was also celebrated on Easter Sunday at the outlying stations of the parochial district. A complimentary social gathering was tendered to the Rev. Father Daly, late assistant priest and some time acting-pastor of Feilding, in the Parish Hall on last Tuesday evening. After a varied programme of popular items, the Rev. Father O’Dwyer, who presided, said it gave him very much pleasure to be present at such a large gathering to do honor to the guest of the evening, and to see his people recognise in a practical manner the good work done y Father Daly. Being himself a comparative stranger among them, he was unable to speak from experience in this