Diocesan News

New Zealand Tablet, 17 April 1924, Page 25

Diocesan News

ARCHDIOCESE OF WELLINGTON (From our own correspondent.) - . April 11, ' The Easter days are near. One wonders will this lovely weather last. We seem ,to have escaped the storm that struck the North, but by the Law- of Compensation' some- ?' thing else will probably befall us and they in, turn will go free. So many students are going home to cat the Easter eggs that it has" been decided to abandon the idea of participation in , the Jubilee Celebrations of Victoria (A)llege.-^’v; Official participation that is. Any student is free, to join i7 the becappcd, begowned process ion- through' the streets. Father Moran, of % Lower Hutt advises.that' the Month’s Mind ‘.for Dean will take place at Lower Hutt on Nr - Wednesday, April 30, at 11 a.m. r It is expected that 'there will be a large attendance of clergy and laity. --•’.>•-'■•'(l -jHis Grace Archbishop Redwood was the recipient of many congratulations last peek on his;eighty-fifth birthday It is dm:st impossible .to believe f that he. Ins travelled through so many years. /We ho are used to him find it V - difficult do; credit, and the Australians find it harder still. - ~ ; A well-known resident;of. the Newtown parish: celebrated - her eighty-fifth birthday last week. ; This was Mrs. Campbell, whose slender. upright . figure ■is familiar to' all the -worshippers at: St. Anne’s. ; A saintly nun said once that old people by r their mere, presence bring"# blessing,“^and-' St. Anne’s Teels that ; way.. about : Mrs. Campbell, who in spite of; ; ‘ her great age is always to bo seen praying before its altar. ; She will pray there' for a long while yet. if the , congrega- .. tion’s wish .is ’ granted, ;' ' t.T :T-w ". V; - : ~ A J-’erfluKi lecture on the Divinity of Christ was veil by RCV, Father ;at the Students’rGuild • oik'Sunday, ' it was' Suited >to the season for. it dealt : inevitably With ! the ~ trial a ifl Pilate’s ttetf lijl with the v dying r : of = : Christ on the --

little, hill' of Calvary and the rising from the .dead. The

; speakeri dealt 'with the subject from the point of-view of V ‘ : the.rationalists and refuted their assertions. He ended by -r ;! stating that Christianity in every crisis that had heretofore - threatened had been saved by the youth of . the flock, and .appealed to the students present to defend it in these days . with all the valor of their youth. : ,

~., The weekly dances at St. Francis’sHall, commence after Easter. . A large, attendance is anticipated, for these assemblies have proved very popular, ,/ ;

•The Quarterly meeting of the St. Vincent de Paul ■ Society . was held last week. " Satisfactory progress is reported. ' v St Joseph’s \ had a great report ‘to give. St. - Joseph’s is, becoming noted for sodality work, Father O’Donnell’s Sodality for men deserving a .special notice. Its numbers are a triumph, and it is good to hear the enthusiastic way in which the members speak of it. St.. Patrick’s College, too, has a fine Vincent de Paul ' record . , \ Father Moloney is at present at St. Mary’s of the Angels’. , , N ’

The , Musgrove ; Vaudeville Company gave'-ah entertainment this week for the Homes of the city. Among the Homes . represented -.was /the Home of Compassion. The little .children enjoyed greatly the entertainment and the sweets donated by-the Sunshine League.

-r,The quarterly meeting of St, Aloysious’s branch of the H.A.C.B. Society was held last Monday evening, Bro. H. J. Muiholla.nd presiding over a good attendance of members. On the conclusion of business the branch held a very enjoyable social evening, the object of which was the presentation of . a past president’s collar to Bro. J. Redican. The president in a few happy words spoke of the'good work performed for the, branch by the guest of the evening, and was supported in his remarks by the secretary, who recalled that; Bro. Redican had filled most of the offices in the branch..with credit during the past, twelve years. Bro. J. MeEmrney P.P., in handing the collar to the . recipient added his congratulations. Bro. Redican, in reply, thanked the members for their gift, and assured them that lie would do all in his power towards the interests of the branch. Various toasts were honored, and these were proposed and replied to by Bros. Muiholla.nd, McEnirney, Giles, Best, Boake, Duggan, Brown and Sheehan.

Palmerston North , , (From our own correspondent.) ~ April 11. Mrs. Annie McAvinue, a , one-time resident of this parish, died at Napier on March 30. The sympathy of all is offered to the family.—R.l.P. ' ',, Very Rev. Archdeacon Smythe and Rev. Father Reidy from the Land of the Wattle spent a brief holiday in Palmerston recently. They are on their way to Ireland, and came across to New Zealand cn route. The rev. travellers did not actually “Lose -their hearts in Maoriland” ; but they wore very much impressed with all they saw. , The St. Patrick’s. Day Social Committee paid all the expenses in connection with . the. euchre and dance, add then 1 sat down to count the change. When the counting was finished, £3l .was-the answer, which exceeded all expectations. If a concert had been held in the Opera House ’■ (impossible, because Long Tack Sam was in possession) we would not have made such a big profit. , Congratulations on your success, social committee!. .. , v ... Very soon the Empire Hotel will cease to be “Devine’s Hotel” ; and in anticipation of Mr. W. Devine’s retirement .from the management of this popular hotel, the bar-room staff, at the Manawatu races made him a small presentation on the. last day of the races. . Mr, J. Fahey did the speechmaking, and presented^ 1 Mr. Devine with a gold-mounted fountain pen. Mrs; Galpjiv was wot left out either, '-and T pleasing references ' were made to her. Mr. Devine has taken a keen interest in the Ma n a wattt Caledonian Society, y and. has shown that interest in. a'very practical way for the long spall of thirty years'’, i In appreciation of his assistance tor tile society it was decided at the last' meeting ’to elect him a life member; -V - Motorists have been having a had time up here of late. ■ Ohe is said to have deliberately driven his car across - the law« on the side of Broad Streei fhe Borough Council ’ \. • LA r. •> >7'X '.•■•'.-tv. ° 'V. , .

is going to make things “hot” for him. Another driver—-a', stranger to the townturned his car in Broadway one very , dark-night and crushed into one of the trees on the road- : . side. : The crash-made things “hot” there and then and the unlucky man is now in the hospital. Incident No. 3 was the worst: a car collided with a cow in Scandia Street late one night, this week;' The occupants escaped uninjured but. the car was . badly damaged; a wheel, door and mudguard were smashed; The vehicle skidded about 56 yards; and had to be abandoned in the centre of the road. What, about Mrs. Cow?, Well, she coolly sauntered away after the impact; didn’t even wait to say; “Beg pardon!” or “ xcuse me.” 'Unmannerly old creature! she deserves to be impounded for the term of her natural life.