Church of Our . Lady of Lourdes ALEXANDRA

New Zealand Tablet, 1 April 1920, Page 29

Church of Our . Lady of Lourdes ALEXANDRA

Catholics are respectfully invited to assist'in erecting the first church' and shrine in New Zealand to be dedicated to Our Lady of Lourdes as a memorial' to our fallen ' soldiers. • . " ' •; Remember : ' ■ , The best way to combat the deadly ’serpent of . f unbelief is by word and work publicly to proclaim . the glory of Our Lady of Lourdes. Lourdes conquers the pride and arrogance of atheists'' and ' unbelievers. There God has wrought before multitudes miracles and wonders in thousands. Through Mary the haughty head of the serpent that “bites in silence’ will be crushed. Could; any public work be more honorable or more glorious ? No one could lose through what they do for God and His most glorious Mother'.

* '/ v The following additional sub-scrip tions have been received : —~ ' ?”>s Previously acknowledged, £715; Mr. and Mrs. McElligott, Kawarau Gorge, £s;' Mr. P. K. Rahill, Bald Hill Mat, £lO 10s; Mr. and Mrs. McDonnell, * Bald Hill Flat, £2; Mr. Dari. Tohill, sen;, £5; Mr. T. Hurley, Hampstead, £l'ss;—tqtaP to March 28, 1920, £738 15s. ; Most -heartily thanking all who have so generously subscribed. • •• G. M. Hunt, Alexandra. ■ ' In ‘previous 11 acknowledgments the subscription of Mr. and Mrs. John O’Neill, £lO, was credited to Mr. and Mrs. M. O’Neill; and that of Mr. J. McElligott, £lO, to Mr. F. McElligott. .. -

Don t gossip. Of all the mean, contemptible ways of squandering time, gossip holds first place. It is such a lazy, idle occupation that men, women, and children, drift into it without effort, and they rarely have character enough left .to save themselves from its baneful influence.