St. Mary's Convent, Ponsonby

New Zealand Tablet, 25 April 1912, Page 43

St. Mary's Convent, Ponsonby

(From an .occasional correspondent.) On Wednesday, April 10, a ceremony of profession took place at St. Mary's Convent, Fonsonby, when ten young ladies were admitted to the Order of Mercy. The names of the candidates . were: Sister M. Felix Dwyer, Toowoomba; Sister M. Ita Myell, Maitland, N.S.W.; Sister M. Aquin Cole, Lahinch, Ireland; Sister M. Paul O’Hara, N.S.W.; Sister M. Austin Le Lievre, Akaroa; Sister M. Patricia Neylon, Dunedin; Sister M. Dorothea Ware, Queensland; Sister M. Cordelia Walsh, Queensland; Sister M. Magdalen Ryan, Queensland; Sister M. Veronica Kane, N.S.W. His Lordship Bishop Cleary celebrated Mass, and was assisted by the Yen. Archdeacon Brodie, of Waihi, and in the choir were also present the Rev. Father McGuinness (Te Aroha) and Rev. Father Skinner (Auckland). After the ceremony the clergy and guests were entertained by the community. Among the visitors were the Rev. Father Furlong, who had just returned from Ireland, Rev. Father Edge (Ponsonby), Rev. Father Holbrook (Auckland), Rev. Fathers Ormond, O’Farrell, O’Doherty, Finn, Mrs and Miss Le Lievre (Akaroa), Misses Leahy (Blenheim), Misses Casey, Jones, Nicholas, O’Donnell, Ryder, and Miss Bell, Cambridge Education Diplomec, at present .organising schools in Auckland. The convent chapel was most artistically decorated for the occasion, and the music, incidental to the ceremony, was very capably rendered by the convent choir. The occasion was marked by the arrival of four young ladies from Ireland/' who volunteered their services for the furtherance of the good works of the Sisters of Mercy in Auckland,, At the examination held in January last, the following candidates presented from St. Mary’s Convent, Ponsonby, were successful: —Katherine Kenny, C certificate; Mary Cecilia Gullen, D and partial C; Maud-Towers, completed D and C (two subjects); Julia Dowling, completed D and C (one subject); May Cole, completed D; Bridget Rist, partial D ; M. Fortune, partial D; B. Marnell, partial D; G. Price, partial D; J. Whelan, partial D; F. McCahe, passed in drawing C; B. Toohey, passed in drawing D; N. Shine, passed in drawing D.