Huntly

New Zealand Tablet, 29 April 1915, Page 25

Huntly

(By telegraph, from our own correspondent.) m April 26. v • A social ,in aid of the convent schools will be held at Taupiri on May 27. ■ :• The sodality of the Children of Mary, held their monthly meeting last Sunday. Rev. Father O’Doherty proceeded to Waerenga and Taniwha last week, where he celebrated Mass. A large number of people attended, and many received Holy Communion. ' - Owing to the steady increase of the congregation, the capacity of the church is being greatly taxed, and the necessity of providing increased accommodation may shortly have to be" considered by the parishioners. The first Hibernian social to be held in the parish will take place in the Miners’ Hall to-night, and.

judging by the amount of work the members are putting into the matter * and the -number of tickets sold, their efforts should be crowned with success. . *■ Miss Ralph was in Huntly last week,'and visited the convent school. She was pleasantly surprised at the number of children ‘attending, and has further' shown her generosity by providing four more.desks for the accommodation of the little ones. A special feature of the ceremonies in connection with the Decree of the Holy Father that Sunday, .March 21, be observed as a day of expiation and intercession for peace, was the large number of young men, members of the Hibernian and St. Vincent de Paul Societies, who took part in the devotions. Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament took place from the 11 o’clock Mass until after the evening devotions. Throughout the day adoration was kept up by the congregation and members of the above-mentioned societies. The devotions concluded with Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament. A word of praise is due to the Catholic young men of Huntly for the admirable way in which they have been working together and carrying out the duties imposed upon them by membership of the different societies. In order to consolidate the good work which is being done, and to promote and foster a strong bond of brotherhood, it is essential that some means should be provided for frequent and closer social intercourse, and wherein an environment would be created suitable to the tastes and welfare of Catholic young men. In this connection an effort is being made to procure a section upon which to build a hall or clubroom. ’ -