Timaru

New Zealand Tablet, 31 May 1917, Page 23

Timaru

(From our own correspondent.) May 28. Very Rev. Dean Tubman, S.M., left during the week on a brief visit to Melbourne. The May devotions in honor of our Blessed Lady have been exceptionally well attended this year. The attendance increasing each evening. The devotions are to be brought to a close on Thursday eveningnext. The Feast of Pentecost was celebrated with due solemnity on Sunday last. At the 9 o’clock Mass a number of the boys and girls attending the primary school made their first Holy Communion. Rev. Father Herbert, S.M., who celebrated the Mass, addressed a few appropriate words to the little ones, impressing on them the importance of the great occasion. After Mass the children were entertained to breakfast in the girls’ school by the members of the Altar Society. At the monthly meeting of the Children of Mary, held on the third Sunday of the month, Rev. Father Herbert, S.M. (spiritual director), presided during the annual election of officers. The members elected to office for the ensuing year were:—President, Miss Venning; vice-president, Miss Hartstonge; secretary, Miss Cronin ; treasurer, Miss Collins ; counsellors— L. Knight, K. Sullivan, and H. Eddington; hospital visitors, Misses O’Sullivan and O’Meeghan. It was decided that instead of holding the annual social this year, the money usually expended for'this object be given to some collection in aid :of the Church.