Diocesan News

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XLIV, Issue 1, 4 January 1917, Page 30

Diocesan News

T ARCHDIOCESE OF WELLINGTON (From our own correspondent.) ; ;> 7. r ' - -December 30. • ' The Rev. Father Mangan, C.SS.R., is conducting //'■-: a retreat for the Sisters of Mercy at-Wellington South. "/' " A grant of £SO has been made out of the Catholic Field Service Fund to Chaplain-Captain Connolly,' who is to sail in the hospital, ship Maheno. '*' ; :-.. '•;"" - - The : Sisters of Compassion desire to convey their r *-• warmest thanks and the best wishes of the season to all those who have assisted them during the year. % - After last Mass at the Sacred \ Heart Church, Hill - street, on Christmas Day, the members of the choir :-;. presented Miss Jansen, the chief lady soloist for several years past, with a farewell mark of esteem. Miss Jansen is leaving the - 'parish. , .} .The St. Mary's annual parish festival will commence on January 30, and in connection therewith a queen carnival will be a feature of the function. Each stall has nominated a candidate, and the stall producing the highest takings will determine the successful candidate. The progress of the Catholic Federation in the archdiocese of Wellington can be gauged by the financial barometer. A further .sum -of .£55 8s Id has been -"; forwarded to the Dominion. Executive lor the half-year ending to-day, making a total of-"£166-7s for tho halfyear. . This-by no means represents the total, as many of the committees have not as yet forwarded their dues to the diocesan executive, : The annual Catholic picnic, known as- Father Lane's_ picnic, was one of the chief attractions in the : Hutt Valley on Boxing Day. Sports and games were . * - provided for old and young. - The children were specially catered for, and thoroughly enjoyed the outing '. The V _ sports and games were controlled by the Sports Com- : mittee, composed of Messrs. Mitten, O'Connell, Pearce, O'Brien, Gleeson, L. O'Sullivan,/ Neazor (2)/ Evans, Messrs. R. G. McKay, and D. • Ilickey were secretary /■ / and treasurer respectively..; The judges were Messrs. _ C. ; A. ; Seymour,;' W. Hiekey, W. Dennehy, and r the ; starter, Mr. W. M. Welch. The refreshment stalls L_ . were in charge of •' Mesdames Patton, Cookson, and Lynch, and ; the afternoon tea stall was presided over - ..by Mesdames Neazorand Connelly// : ; '/'.' :-'.' The- animal picnic for the children of the Catholic schools of the city was held .at Karori Park on Boxing .Day. The weather ' was j ideal, and an excellent, outing was enjoyed. The committee ; arranged for everything that picnickers could desire, and tl{e* ladies-made ex- ': cellent provision; for those r who attend the gathering, ■ ■• ■■:. -'. .■■.■';" - ■.- - v -\-- .'"-:■■• •-:■-■■.'■. ;"■■'. "'■...'•■;■■ ■■■:.y, ; .\' : . r .

Throughout, the day competitions;; (chiefly -races) .for.^^J; • children and others /were/ held. The 100yds schools' championship was won by T. Colomb, of the Tasman '•'/'- -' / Street School, with Plimmer, of the Hawkestone Street School, second. The attendance of adults was large,.and included his Grace Archbishop Redwood, his Grace ;> Archbishop O'Shea, the Ven. Archdeacon Devo'y, arid / / ■..■; a large number of the clergy. Special car arrangements r were made by the Tramway Department to convey the''•''./ }/; children to the Park in the morning and return them . to the city in ; the evening. The loading of the return- . / ing cars was expedited through the committee lining the children up ?hi - order and despatching , separate / "\- '-.';7 .; schools at a time. As a result of the day's outing a. - ,/ substantial amount will be handed to the Education 7 ; • Fund. The following were the : officials:—Sports ■:'■'■ (adults) : Director, Mr. Tom O'Brien; judges—Messrs. H. McKeowen, L. Carroll, and J. P. McKeowen; handi- .':;-' capper arid ; starter, Mr. J; D. McPhee. Children's sports Director, Mr. Jas. Stratford. Sideshows—7s Director, Mr. W. F. Johnson. Tea kiosk Misses Mary McKeowen" and 'Breeii. . Children's refreshments and sweets stall Miss B. Craig and Mrs. E. Dunne.: Com- -.';"--' J mittee luncheon—Mrs. -H. McKeowen. Chairman.and ; : treasurer,- Mr. J:-J. L. Burke: vice-chairman, : Mr.- : /W. F. Johnson sec;/ Mr. : P. D. Hoskins: : ' \r'\ v• " N The following students were ordained- priests by ./ Archbishop Redwood at Greenmeadows on Thursday, 1» ; December 28: —Cornelius Outtrim (Wellington), Dal- > ton Campbell (Wellington), James Roche (Greymouth), Kevin McGrath (Napier), John Dowling (Wang'anui), In.addition to these Paul Kane (Timaru) was ordained to the diaconate.and William Buckley (Wellington) to - sub-diaconatc! " , * ' ' ' ~~- \.^ The Misses Segrief -and,-party entertained the men '■■':.'■{ at FeatherstonCamp at a/very enjoyable concert in the "; Catholic Institute on Thursday evening, December 21. The hall was well filled, and -the: various items were;: warmly applauded.' Solos were : contributed by Misses Teresa McEnroe, Violet Lamacroft, and R. and E. / Segrief. Duets were given, by Miss R. Segrief and '■'.'•; '■;') Miss McEnroe, Miss JaniePetrie gave 'most delightful - ■ elocutionary items, and instrumental music was given , bv -Major Connors. The accompaniments were played by Lieutenant: Sutton. Thanks were given to the party by Chaplain-Captain F. S. Bartley, and the , ladies were entertained afterwards at- supper. On the following day the party gave concerts at" the Feather- " stou, Military and the Greytown Hospitals/after which the** returned to Wellington. : / ; > s The - Dominion treasurer of the Catholic Federa- > tion acknowledges the following donation for the Cath- /: olic Field Service Fund:— / / " Amount previously acknowledged ... ...£6Ol 7 5 = Stratford Hibernian branch, pel- Rev. -^ Father Maples ... ... .... '..'/ • ; 9 2 0 - - / £603 9 5 \*' -Less amount remitted to chap- . .; lains, etc.../ .... ...£235 0 0 •. - ' Grant to Chaplain-Captain - - % Connolly (Maheno) ... 50 0 0 " ; 285 0 0 Balance ....... ... ../,. ...£3lB 9 5.\ [Just as we go to press we have received our Wel- i lington correspondent's letter, : dated December ; 22,--;/:' . which gives the: account of the meeting addressed by Very Rev./.Father'. Lockington, S.J./in Wellington. *-;/: In the circumstances we had to take our report of that ~- r meeting from the -Dominion' newspaper. This letter, rightly addressed,, was posted, in Wellington, as the post-mark shows, on December 22, and reached; Dun-" / r edih on- the afternoon of January 3. The Postal «f , officials must all have gone to the war.—Eb N.Z.T.I '■''.'■ .'///'/