New Plymouth

New Zealand Tablet, Volume L, Issue 33, 23 August 1923, Page 31

New Plymouth

(From our own correspondent.) August 17. The beautiful new set of Stations of the Cross, the gift of the children of the parish and Convent High Schools, have been' erected in the church. The Stations aro Gothic in design and are oleographs of the works of great masters. There died here recently, after a short illness, Miss Clarice Fuller, Deceased, who was educated at the local convent school, was only twenty years of age at the time of her death, and was of a quiet and retiring nature. To her bereaved mother and relatives deepest sympathy is extended.—R.l.P. Among donors of valuable gifts to the church are Miss Harding (two stained-glass windows previously noted), Mrs. Hooper (a beautiful new carpet for the sanctuary), Mrs. Tom Cameron (a new set of electric light shades and globes for the sanctuary), Mr. J. Oakes, of St. Gerard's, Wellington, (a valuable collection of choir music), and Mr. E. Whittle (a life-size statue of Our Lady of Lourdes (now in Wellington). The interior and exterior painting of the church has now been completed, and has considerably altered the appearance of the old building. Two beautiful stained-glass windows from Munich, the gift of Miss Harding in memory of her late uncle (Father Tracey, of Stratford), have been placed in the sanctuary. One of the windows is a replica of the famous painting of the Madonna, and is a beautiful work of art. The other window, that of the Sacred Heart, is equally of excellent workmanship, the whole tending to add to the devotional aspect of the sanctuary.