Diocesan News

New Zealand Tablet, 4 August 1921, Page 21

Diocesan News

ARCHDIOCESE OF WELLINGTON (From our own correspondent.) July 29. His Grace Archbishop Redwood left yesterday for Sydney to attend the Conference of Bishops. His Grace will he absent for about three months. A very successful afternoon was given last Saturday at the convent school, Newtown, to raise funds for the bazaar which is to be held in September. A queen competition caused considerable excitement and rivalry in the Newtown 'parish, and was the means of substantially augmenting the convent bazaar fund. Miss Gladys Smyth, representing St. Joseph’s Convent, won the crown, the other candidate being Miss Joyce Kirk, representing St. Anne’s Convent School. The coronation took place on Saturday evening at St. Anne’s Hall, and was a brilliant affair. The following Catholic schools and institutions participated in the annual distribution of interest allocated by the trustees of the T. ,G. MacCarthy estate;Home for Incurables, Buckle Street, Wellington, £100; Horae of Compassion, Island Bay, Wellington, £100; Convent of Mercy, Hill Street, Wellington, £SO; St. Mary’s College, Hill Street, Wellington, £250; Marist Brothers’ School, Hawkestone Street, Wellington, £80; Marist Brothers’ School, Newtown, Wellington, £75; Convent of Mercy, Newtown, Wellington, £SO; St. Anne’s School, Newtown, Wellington, £SO; St. Patrick’s Parochial School, Kilbirnie,,, £6O; St. Catherine’s Convent, Kilbirnie, £SO; St. Francis’s School, 1 Island Bay, Wellington, £SO; Preparatory College, Seatoun, Wellington, £75; St. Mary’s Convent School, Carterton, £SO; Brigidine Convent, Carterton, £SO; St. Vincent’s School, Castlecliff, £SO; Convent School, Feilding, £80; the Convent, Feilding, £80; St. Mary’s School, Foxton, £SO; Brigidine Convent, Foxton, £SO; St. Joseph’s Convent, Jerusalem, £2O; St. Joseph’s Convent, Levin, £SO; Parochial Convent School, Levin, £100; Sacred Heart Convent, Lower Hutt, £100; Convent Parochial School,

Lower Hutt, £75; St. Matthew’s School, Marton, £SO; Convent of Mercy, Marton, £SO; St, Patrick’s School, Masterton, £75; St. Bride’s Convent, Masterton, £100; Boys’ 1 School, Nai Nai, £250; St. Patrick’s Convent, Ohakune, £SO; St. Joseph’s School, Ohakune, £4O; St. Joseph’s Convent, Otaki, £6O; Brigidine Convent, Pahiatua, £100; St. Anthony’s School, Pahiatua, £4O; St. Patrick’s Parochial School, Palmerston North, £80; Convent of Mercy, Palmerston North, £100; Convent School, Petone, £9O; Sacred Heart School, Ranana, £2O; St. Joseph’s Convent School, Taihape, £4O; St. Joseph’s Orphanage, Upper Hutt, £250; St. Mary’s Convent, Wanganui, £SO; St. Patrick’s College., Wellington, £3OO. Mr. Tom O’Brien recently gave an “evening” at his residence for the benefit of St. Mary of the Angels’ Building Fund Bazaar, and as a result over £SO was realised. The need for a hostel to accommodate Catholic boys is becoming more and more apparent. Numbers of boys are coming to this city to take up positions, and it is a most difficult task to find accommodation for them. They are forced to seek shelter in the establishments of non-Catholic denominations, thereby jeopardising their faith.. The establishment of a hostel would prove a great boon for these Catholic boys, and the parents of the lads would feel more at ease were they safely housed in a good Catholic institution. The question of establishing a boys’ hostel is now being discussed, but the greatest obstacle is that of finance. Wellington people consider that such an institution would not be for the benefit of Wellington boys but rather for the boys of parents who reside elsewhere, and thus maintain that the greater portion of the finance should come from outside. It is to be hoped that something tangible will be the result of the present movement. The Catholic women’s hostel has proved a great success, and there is no reason why a Catholic boys’ hostel should not be equally successful. Members .of St. Joseph’s concert party visited the Upper Hutt recently, and gave an enjoyable entertainment to the children of St. Joseph’s Orphanage. The concert hall was tastefully decorated by some of the children. Rev. Mother Ambrose expressed the community’s appreciation of the thoughtful action of the performers in planning and carrying out the pleasing function.