Diocesan News

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XLVIII, Issue 45, 15 November 1923, Page 27

Diocesan News

ARCHDIOCESE OF WELLINGTON (From' our own correspondent.) X ' November 9. The Kilbirnie bazaar is opened now and flourishing. Full details next week. Kilbirnie and Hataitai are sympathising greatly with 'Mr. and Mrs. Lennon for the loss of their popular young son, who died this week.R.l.P. Not only his own beloved Thorndon, but all Wellington is hoping that Father Smythe will return greatly benefited by his holiday in the South. Mr. Charles Hickmott delighted the Cumann na nGaedheal with a programme of fine Irish songs last Sunday. I understand that the audience was large and highly appreciative. Mr. Hickmott is to be thanked for the unselfishness which gives his services so often to the city. ” All the schools are preparing breathlessly for the “breaking-up” ceremonies. There are plays and concerts preparing all over the city. We are sure that this year, like other years, will bear witness to the versatility and painstaking preparation on the part of the various Orders. The Sisters of Compassion, Island Bay, are giving their annual gift tea on the afternoon of November 24. It is needless, perhaps, to state the work of these Sisters. Wherever there is poverty, sorrow, or sin, they come to the afflicted and bring the grace of God. And in their hands are countless little children, the unwanted, and the father—all to be clothed and fed! "it is to be trusted that the good people of Wellington will remember on November 24 the cripple and the orphan. There are folk in this city who would shudder at the mere sight of some of the sufferers in this Home. It is hoped they will listen to the voice of pity and give as they would give to the young Christ-Child if He came begging to their door. The churches of the city continue to have their Forty Hours. Last Sunday it was Newtown and Island Bay, and the decorations in both instances were very beautiful. Wellington is the city of lilies. Anyone passing along the Hutt roads may see these slender chalices springing wild in the grass. They bloom each year in time to grace the altars for the Forty Hours. At Newtown there was a great procession, and Father Fallon preached the first night and Father Moran, of Lower Hutt, the next. At Island Bay the Forty Hours’ commenced with the half-past nine Mass. Father Mark Devoy was celebrant, with Father Gondringer as deacon, and Father Ryan as subdeacon. The sermon on the Real Presence was preached by Father Ryan, and on the next night Father Spillane, of the Basilica, came up to preach. The Mass, Pro Pace, that beautiful Mass, was greatly attended. In fact the attendances in both parishes were very fine. The choirs, too, must not be forgotten. Their performance was very creditable.

DIOCESE OF AUCKLAND (By . telegraph from our own correspondent.) x November 12. The foundation stone of a new Catholic school on Talford Avenue, in connection with the Good Shepherd parish, was laid yesterday (Sunday) afternoon by his Lordship Dr, Cleary.- The Coadjutor-Bishop, Dr. Liston, was also present, and there was a large gathering of the public. Rev. Father Murphy, pastor of the district, in welcoming the prelates and others assembled,-empliasised the necessity of extending the school accommodation of the parish. The estimated cost of the new building, which is of modern design, would be £3OOO, and it is hoped to have it completed by April of next year. In the course of his occasional address Bishop Cleary touched upon present day conditions. The results (he said) could be noted of deifying the theory of brute force during war-time. The community now needed spiritual energy to uproot this tendency and- to give good law-abiding citizens to the nation. Very Rev. Chancellor Holbrook paid an eloquen tribute to the educational efficiency of the Sisters of St. Joseph, who would have charge of the new school. He also referred to their great work during the influenza epidemic^Mr.

G. Foster, who spoke as a non-Catholic, expressed himself appreciatively of the Sisters. ’■ Rev. Father Murphy moved a vote of thanks to the Bishops for their participation in a function of such interest to the. Sisters and parishioners generally. . ; iV ■ ■ His Lordship Bishop Brodie, who was a recent visitor., to Auckland, left last Friday southward. : ~ The courts of the newly formed tennis club ,in connection with All Souls’ parish, Devpnport, which now has a large membership, were formally opened by Rev. Father Furlong on last Saturday. A successful dance was held in the schoolroom, Rerhuera, on last Saturday evening to promote the candidature of Miss Kenealy in the popular girl competition in connection with the Remuera parish. The final dance of the season, arranged by the Children of, Mary, will be held in the Newmarket Hall on next Saturday evening. : The bazaar in connection with the Devonport parish is to open on Wednesday, the 21st inst., and to close on the Saturday following. The success of the many preliminary functions should ensure a large financial return

DIOCESE OF CHRISTCHURCH (From our own correspondent.) November 12. The devotion of the Forty Hours’ Adoration will begin on Friday, November 23, at St, Mary’s Church, Manchester Street, and end on Sunday, November 25. ' Rev. Father Brown, late of All Hallows’ College, Dublin, has just arrived, and will take Up duties iii the Oath* edral parish. ~ ‘ ■ The St. Mary’s Carnival, which was held ill tbg Kilmore Street Hall, came to a successful conclusion on Wed* nesday evening last. Dr. P. A. Ardagh, D. 5.0., has been appointed to the War Pensions Appeal Board in Christchurch. A similar appointment of Dr. K. McCormick, D. 5.0., has been made to the Auckland Board. Recently a library under the auspices of the Children of Mary of the Cathedral parish was established. ' An appeal was made to parishioners for books and papers/ which was liberally responded to. On Sunday, November 18, an outdoor procession of the Blessed Sacrament will take place in the grounds of the Cathedral and the convent. All the societies, sodalities, and the children of the parish will take part. Two altars will be -erected in the grounds, where Benediction will be given. A large congregation is expected to do honor to the Real Presence in the Most Blessed Sacrament. ’ ' A reunion of ex-pupils and lady friends of the Sisters of the Missions was held at the convent, Lower High Street, on last Sunday afternoon. His Lordship the Bishop presided; others present were Rev. Fathers Hanrahan, Adm., Cooney, Joyce, Lordan, O’Meeghan, and Brown. Excellent papers were read by Misses Turner and Farrow. His Lordship the Bishop complimented the writers of the papers, and expressed a ’wish that they be published in full in the Tablet. After afternoon tea Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament was given in the convent chapel. A musical programme concluded the proceedings. ’" -

Starving—ln Mind and Body You who live in plenty, please read the following': Owing to the great necessity that the Mission s are in we are forced to appeal to our friends for help. There are over 350,000,000 people in India, Burma, and Ceylon and they are nearly all outside the fold of Christian civilisation. Vast number of poverty-stricken people appeal to us for help and education, and we are able to help only a small percentage, owing to our limited means. We therefore appeal to the people of this Dominionin the name of Christ—to do their best to assist us with their alms. You will share in thousands of Masses annually and our poor little angels then will make a novena for you. four times a year before the feast of St. Joseph, the Sacred Heart, St. Francis Xavier, -and the Immaculate Conception. If you send in your requests, they will be laid on the altar during the no vena. • •*r. ‘ Please give what you can and mention this to your friends. ■ ,> Sincerely yours in Christ, - ; , d . Rev, Henry Westropp, S.J., Chuhari, India. All subscriptions for above and any further particulars please send to— ~ r,' -*';y