Diocesan News

New Zealand Tablet, 17 June 1915, Page 24

Diocesan News

ARCHDiOCESE OP WELLINGTON j (From our own correspondent.) June 12. The Rev. Father Hurley, S.M., Adm., acknowledges the receipt of the sum of .£2 from Miss Johnston, of Takapau, llawke's Bay, towards the Trentham Catholic Hall building fund. - Messrs. J. Gosling and J. Stratford, members of the Hibernian Society, who were members of the Advance Samoan Force, arc' again going to the front with the Fifth Reinforcements.

The Rev. Father Thos. Segrief, S.M., of St. Patrick’s College, and late Chaplain-Captain of the Samoan Expeditionary Force, has been appointed Chaplain-Cap-tain in the hospital ship Maheno. A very successful social was held recently in the Island Bay Hall by the congregation of St. Francis’, Island Bay, in aid of the church fund. There was a large attendance, and a most enjoyable evening was spent.

Privates Oscar Lynch and Eric Lynch, cousins of the Rev. Father Hurley, S.M., Adm., who enlisted with the Expeditionary Force, are both reported wounded. Sergeant C. P. McKenzie, late secretary of the Sacred Heart branch of the 11.A.C.8. Society, is also among the wounded.

I regret to record the death of Miss Hickey, a prominent member of the St. Anne’s sodality of the Children of Mary. The deceased was a daughter of Mr. C. Hickey, of Kilbirnie. The interment took place on June 3at Karori. The members of the sodality were present at the funeral.—R.l.P. At St. Mary of the Angels’ Church, Miss Edith Pycroft, youngest daughter of Mrs. R. Pycroft, of this city, was married to Mr. Maurice Finnigaxl, a prominent

member ■of the >, Catholic Club. - The bridesmaids were Miss Nellic.-Finnigau, of Nelson, sister, of the bridegroom, and . Miss Myrtle Jackson, of Brooklyn, niece-of the bride, while Mr. George E. Bradley was best man. The members of St. Aloysius’ branch of i the H.A.C.B. Society met in the Hibernian Hall, Green street, last Monday. The Ven Archdeacon Devoy, S.M. (branch president) presided over a good attendance of members. Nominations of officers for the ensuing half-year were received. At the conclusion of the meeting the members held a social evening. he Rev. Father O’Connor, S.M., of St. Anne’s, preached the closing sermon of the Triduum at St. Joseph’s Church, last Sunday, and the Very Rev. Dean Smyth, S.M. (Provincial) preached at the closing ceremonies of the Triduum at St. Anne’s Church. The .Rev. Father McCarthy, S.M., preached at St. Mary of the Angels’, and the Rev. Father A. Venning, S.M., at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart.

A military wedding was celebrated at Wellington South on Wednesday, when, in St. Anne’s Church, Miss Phenie O’Brien, daughter of Mr. W. Andrews, of Adelaide road, was married to Staff Sergeant-Major R. E. J. Martin. Nuptial Mass was celebrated by the Ven. Archdeacon Devoy, S.M. The beautiful music of the Mass of St. Cecelia was sung by the choir, to which both the bride and bridegroom belonged. The best man was Lieutenant L. . Turner. Miss Gertrude O’Brien, and Miss Madge Nidd (Auckland) were the bridesmaids.

St. Mary’s branch (ladies’) of the H.A.C.B. Society met at St. Patrick’s Hall last Monday, Sister Brennan presiding over a good attendance of members. Bro. P. D. Hoskins, district deputy, was present, and urged members to take up recruiting for members enthusiastically, and as an incentive he had been promised a donation of a gold emblem medal to the lady who introduced the most members during the year. Arrangements ere made for the celebration of the anniversary of the branch by a social, which is to take place at the new Century Hall on July 8. A very large attendance of members of St. Bride’s Club and their friends were present on Thursday, Juno 10, to mark the beginning of the club year in the new quarters hi St. Patrick’s Hall. Cards, games, and music occupied the evening pleasantly, and supper was provided by the committee. It was abundantly evident that the change of residence had not affected the spirit of the club. During the evening the president (Miss Relchell, in a few well-chosen words, presented Miss Gilding-Butcher with a handsome ebony and silver mirror, brush, and comb, and Miss Frances GirlingButcher with a pair of silver vases, as a mark of esteem from the members and their friends, and in recognition of these ladies’ services in bringing the club to its present very successful state. Mrs. Tustain and Miss Rose

Devlin also spoke and testified to the good work don© by the recipients for the chib. Miss Butcher, to whom the function came as a complete surprise, briefly thanked the members on behalf of herself and her sister, for their kind words and valued gifts, and said that both hoped to be long associated with St. Bride’s Club.

Tho X err Zealand Tahir to hand (says the Hibernian Journal, Dublin) contains a very interesting account of the* welcome accorded to the Very Rev. Dean Regnault, S.M., by the Wellington Hibernians on his return from a visit to Europe. Many tributes of appreciation were paid to the splendid work the Dean had done for the cause of Hibernianism. In the course of an address the Dean referred to his interview with the National Secretary while in Dublin, and expressed satisfaction at the proposed international convention of Hibernians, which it was proposed to hold in Dublin in connection with the opening of the Irish Parliament. The Doan also referred to having enlisted the assistance of Hibernians in Ireland in connection with the Catholic Immigration League in New Zealand. As Hibernians and Irishmen we are, of course, opposed to emigration, because we believe there is plenty of opportunity in Ireland for her sons and daughters. At tlx© same time we recognise that emigration to some extent will always take, place. In the event of any of our members or

their friends intending to leave for Australia or New Zealand they .would do well to communicate with the central offices in Dublin, where they will be supplied with information and put in touch with the Catholic Immigration League, so that in landing at their destination they will be met by representatives of the League, who will give their assistance in obtaining employment and otherwise helping the immigrants. It is intended also to extend the work of the league to America.