Diocesan News

New Zealand Tablet, Volume LII, Issue 23, 24 June 1925, Page 30

Diocesan News

Archdiocese of Wellington > /^:////;;(From ;qur own Correspondent.) *;:;/; v % "' •' ' • "' r June 19.. ' Another of the old generation passed J away / 'in the poison of Mr. James Gibbs. -ThV Gibbs name is well-knmviiii in/the Thorndou parish. Mr. Gibbs was actually born ' x a New {" Zealander. , The , first •-.settlers-came in . 1840. • : " Mr. Gibbs' parents ' came in : 1842 and ,he was U born in 1844. A widow,,- three- sons, > and -. three daughters : mourn'their —R.I.I*. At the on. Sunday night the >y Guilford Terrace School Girls' ,Choir sang . \ ' very sweetly a beautiful' hymn.- /, - /;;: ~ Bitckle Street parish is very active these, days preparing for the Lewisham bazaar. -. St.; Francis's Hall'- is greatly'in ; demand for the big dances. Most of the great or- x ganisations of the city hold their -annual., functions there. .:. "{' .-.- .. '' " . -.■• ... ; ■ .-.-Vy.; . At St. Patrick's College on Sunday, Mon- v «5:-v-: - • -..-mm

signor Power lectured on ''The Spirituality of the Soul" to .the Students' Guild. . His own learning is wide and. deep and he was■■,-'. therefore able to appreciate and 1 explain away many difficulties for the students. It ,• was a wise, kindly/- simple lecture, punctuated by flashes of irony and jest. ;; Many who _ have gone through the mill will -remember the. scorn of certain professors concerning the disputations ; of the Doctors, their finicky,' « foolish subjects , for discussion, - their craze for argument. They always cast up against/ them old:story that they disputed as to how many 1 angels Leonid' dance "on the' point- : of a '; needle?'" All the students of philosophy and education have heard -that;. old sneer. Monsignor Power deftly turned the tables on the mockers. "That was merely ah; after--dinner jest "of the Doctors !/■"■';• But,' to come . down to modern-: times, there , would be no .. laughter if a professor -were to speculate on how many atoms, or to go further, how; many electrons con lid dance on /the point of : a needle." His words ', are borne out- by '.the;, words of Sir Oliver Lodge at a recent; gathering of • savants. ' "The fa torn',; though visible,/ said.Sir Oliver, ''exists, as a- certainty." ;> ; The. angel; too, is invisible, but who can say it does/not* exist? ; Electrons are. the/fashion. ' . Angels are out of date with some people. >; That is all. There /were little ripples/ of mirth right through the lecture. .."The Mon-. signor's grip vof both • audience, and subject:; was clearly seen.. The Guild is .'indeed privileged .-/,,. ' ■*. - '"'■■' ..•; - '"« . r " . /•'■■/• / Rev. Mother Mary : . Joseph :""' Aubert ' cele-._ /■bra'tes'. to-day her ninetieth birthday. She is • still the// same ■ strong:..-powerful '.•'spirit,■ with hei; - faculties unimpaired. ; The canoni- , sation of her; beloved; friend and counsellor, St. John Baptist Vianney, ' has given-; her / great ■ joy. The papers v of the, city are uniting in praise of the • aged, Head of the - Institute of the Order/of Compassion, and -.let--' ters of unstinted ;praise from non-Catholics / 'for, the work of ; the -nuns in blue are numerous: Catholics cannot fail to., be proud .when they read these tributes, for/by them .the : whole Church here.is exalted. // "'•—: .', i.;-- ! 1 t .'■ '■'/'•- , '• -'V - '"'.'■• ■.'■■•' ''.■■"■■'.'. i "•''"■ 1 ;-l : "j-> NEW CATHOLIC SCHOOL. ';,./■/ .The weather* was very bad .for the opening - ; of ; the new school/at Aro Street./ However, th&/ weather did not 'daunt parishioners. There was- a large attendance.;- His Grace ,'. Archbishop lied wood spoke feelingly on the - Catholic aim in/education/ that is the surrounding of the : child with " religious influ■'•;.ences in a godless age. He declared his do- ' light in opening another -school- in the city of Wellington. ' Archbishop O'Shea, in /his. address, dealt with the. question of State grants, and J instanced-. examples of educational grants within the Empire: He hoped New Zealand would soon adopt: this wise and just/method of dealing ' with its" educational problems... 'Rev. Father Malionv/stated that the land' had * cost £6250 and the school '.'building" about. Present als6 were 'Very.Rev. Dean Hegnault, S.M., and. Rev. /. Fathers'Cullen and Murphy. The -new school was to open on Wednesday. , , N »- „._The Evening Post for 'Saturday, June 13, thus describes the new school for girls and small hoys : —The • school has been built on

what was-formerly known as "Seed's . Acre,"V... an acre of. land/ well planted interns, magnolias, oaks,-and native shrubs, which extends /.' from the western enid;of Abel Smith Street to Aro Street. The site taps a thickly-popu-lated part of the city, Aro Street, Brooklyn, Taitville, and the western side of Te Aro : Flat, and is sheltered from all winds. | On this site has been erected a substantial brick . school, on. a reinforced concrete .foundation, '•. which is caa-ried up high enough to* provide a shelter shed, gymnasium, .playroom/(for -- inclement weather), /70ft by 30ft—a space that is unbroken by pillar or wall,for its full ,■■ length. The school itself, 'which has been . built 'strong enough to take another story , in the future, consists of three class-rooms (25ft x 21ft) j each large /enough to /accony ' mo'date between 40 and 50 pupils; •an Bft -. corridor approach, and' a retiring room/for .. the Sisters of Mercy are to control .the V ■ school: The targe windows provided ensure .; a splendid natural light, while attention has been paid -to the 'cross-ventilation of ..each . class-room. The school- opens ' out on the St. John Street, the cross street which connects Abel Smith Street and Aro Street, and.■■,:■ the children:;will Approach' and leave the school by .that street.- The new school^which:;-.; ; .is to bo known as St.. Mary of the Angels': , School, and is;attached to the s.e Aro parish■. ; (the/Rev. Father Mahony) will be under the charge of Sister Mary ; Evangelist (a sister of the Rev. Father Herri ': The school was designed by Mr. F. de J. Clere, and was built by Mr. T. Moynihan. -\ RE-ORGANISATION. OF ARCHDIOCESE OF WELLINGTON: IMPORTANT /-' ;: .-,; :■.,.;:-.\ APPOINTMENTS. In accordance, with the new/Code ; of Canon Law the archdiocese of Wellington, which embraces the districts of •-Taranaki/HaAvke's.'. Bay, Manawatu, Wairarapa, and the West ' ' Coast- as far as Reefton, has : been divided > 'into six. districts ;: or/Deaneries,;; and each district or Deanery will be under the control-;/ -of a . Vicar Forane'. The Vicar Forane will;/ visit each parish within his district and; .•'make a report of such visitations to the Archbishop. He has certain other administrative powers within his district.'.: ;;' / ; His Grace Archbishop Redwood has made . the; following members'- of the clergy Vicars .■'-fn-'- : '"~■' > -'■ ■:: '' r ; - '; .::-'.,'^■'■ ; ;j..^'ii- v - ■■'ir'.'.. : v , -.' , -.;-- , .' i " : i'^?;■;.-;:":.::; :-Forane: — - ' 1 - ~ - l -.: : i.-. ; ';-..".,■. -. ./■-,•-.•'-'.:;.V'::;,:-:i:';:,-v,;.;-'N.v.7-~-:-";'.'■:','■': ;- : ::-\-:a: --; Very Rev. Father Thomas Connolly, Kilbirhie, A who will control the ten parishes of ;< the - metropolitan area (Kilbirnie, Wellington /. . East, Wellington: South, Wellington Central, \ Wellington North, Island Bay, Peroneal Johiisonville, and Upper Hiitt).. ;' /.-,.-; The Right Rev. Mgr. w McKenna, Vicar--General,; who will control* the Wairarapa, Deanery, consisting of the parishes of Mas- • tertoh/ Carterton, Eketahuha, and Pahiatua.- I VC Very Rev. Father James McManuS, Mana- / > Wat«: and W 7 angariui Deanery—- , North; Wangamti, Mart on. faihape, Oha- " Feilding, Foxton, Levin, and Otaki. '. Right Rev. Mgr. Power--Taranaki DeanHaAvera, Patea, t Manaia, Eltham, l Opu-. nake, Stratford, Inglewood, and New Ply-. mouth. ' • i • : ' : Very Rev. Father P. Lr; W. Tymons, ........... . - . .■

JfWke's'- Bay Deanery—Napier, Wairoa,, VVfleahee, Hastings, Waipawa'/ Takapau, and Dannevirke. Very Rev. Dean Holley,; S.M., South Island Deanery—Blenheim, Kaikoura, Nelson, West-port,, and Reef ton. , , ' - ,- .■■ : Very Rev. I). Kennedy, S.M., DVD'., of vlligiiidehV.has/lieen, appointed Defensor Vinculi Matrimonii, and the Very Rev. P. F. Cullen, 8.A., has been appointed Chancellor of the Archdiocese. Mission at Levin

. ' (Contributed.) u : Our long-promised and eagerly-awaited f mission, came at Vast" and : alasi went : all- top ' quickly, but it has left behind it deep and 'sacred memories that for many of -us will /, scarce be obliterated by the erasing hand ;of time. From the outset, the Very Rev. ? Father McCarthy gripped the attention of his hearers by his simple yet earnest explanah tion of the special graces of which the ■ mission was to be the vehicle; whilst his vigorous ; denunciation of vice, his vivid.descriptions of death and ' hell, ■ the irresistible logic :' of ,; , his arguments in"support of the doctrines of Holy Church, delivered with eloquence and , telling power of. appeal— tended to produce ; the ■ desired ' effect—the informing of our minds and the reinforcing of our wills in the knowledge ' and the practice' of ; our ' holy . ■religion. ' : The missioner's insistence on daily l Communion brought most of the' congregation to confession in the first few days of the mission; ; and ; thence on the ' number• of com- v municants daily increased till on . Sunday . sinorning. almost , the possible was S reached close ; on, 300. For the children, the mission proved a vertitable feast. Every day/ at noon they had an ■•. instruction 'all for "themselves,' and here Father McCarthy's rare talent : for holding the attention of the young showed out and 'the children were soon_.fil.led with •MYail; enthusiasm that was a ; delight to behold. ■■, - For ~' the special ceremonies in ./.. connection. with the Blessed Sacrament the Rev. FatherMelu, O'Ferrall/and Vibaud journeyed from Otaki, and Rev. Father, McDermott from . Foxton, and. for the first time in the history .< of the 'parish we. were privileged to have >'Solemn Benediction of the Blessed Sacra- / ment. Every . morning the Holy -Mass was explained by the missioner as it Avas celebrated by ~ the "pastor (Rev. Father Fitzgib-, bon), ■ and the' sermon. on the "Dignity of the; Mass" ; was thought, by most of us the most 'thrilling of the ; series. After : the renewal ■'of :' v our ; v Baptismal Vows, . . which ', the Mis--sioner '•- explained r was . an ; oath of allegiance to Jesus Christ? and His Holy Church. 'Father McCarthy . cohgratulated us , on/the, spirit, manifested during the' mission. He disclaimed /credit for the work he. had done •Vnrid i attributed the : success .of : the mission to jthe grace Jof God and to the zeal of Father Mtzgibbon. .He pleaded for a great spirit of loyalty on the part of the- people' to their pastor than whom there was none more interested in the spiritual welfare of his flock. -He- urged .the setting about the erection of a new church more ; in keeping with .'the: " 'rapid .development of the town' and more %&*£-. v ' • : . " N . . ■"' ,

Worthy - of our Faith and the Real Presence. The missioner thanked the devoted Sisters and the choir for' their co-operation, and the local press for "its daily report of the mission, and pleaded t with ; the; non-Catholics present to study the claims of the Catholic Church and to pray to God-for light to know and grace to do His Holy Will. * In touching words the Missioner''then bade us farewell, promising to remember us in his Holy Mass.; Our thanks : and good wishes go with him - ; and may/he be - as'/ successful in - subsequent - missions •fas/he; was in- Levin will be for many /a- long day to come our daily prayer...'- .-", - ' . j i •