Diocesan News

New Zealand Tablet, Volume LII, Issue 37, 30 September 1925, Page 31

Diocesan News

Archdiocese of Wellington tFroin our own correspondent.) September 25. At the Monastery of St. Gerard there was a Retreat for the Women's Sodality last week. It was preached by Rev. Father Campbell. C.SS.R. The members went to Communion in a body at the early Mass on Sunday morning, and the Retreat closed with exercises and a sermon on Sunday afternoon. This week it is the men’s turn. The men like this sodality immensely, and attend in great numbers. The Lewisham bazaar begins on the 3rd of next month. The various parishes are being exhorted in the matter. It is a general affair, this bazaar, not a matter of this parish or that parish. The old owl on the big art union advertisement commends the wisdom of those who try their luck in it. Some people order £5 worth at a time. The auspices are good for a successful session, provided the weather continues good. Dodgers are being distributed showing an illustration of the Sydney section for patients who cannot pay. The statistics given for patients thus gratuitously treated, are illuminating. , , . .. . . At the Masses at the Basilica on Sunday Rev. Father Smythe made feeling reference to the departure of Rev. Father Spillane, assistant priest for Thorndon. Father Spillane has gone to the Mission House. In his place has come Rev. Father Moloney, who needs no introduction to the flock there. He is well, known in Thorndon. Father Smythe referred to the sterling worth of . Father Spillane, and to his work in the parish among-the sick and .the needy. The Altar Society will miss ?his guidance and . helpi Everyone remembers his work in connection with 'St:.- ■Francis’s Hall ■ during the absence of Father Smythe. Thorndon will surely hear him again and receive visits-from him. The Irish Club held its fancy dress dance last night; Prizes were given to Miss Josie Galvan . and to Miss Cornwall for the most beautiful and the. most original dresses respectively. During the evening the - opportunity .was taken of bidding farewell, to Miss

Annie Gould, who, under the change in telephone conditions ' here, is being transferred to ( Dunedin. '•" The president " (Mr; Nolan) stressed the fine qualities of mind and heart that made Miss Gould such; a popular and helpful member of the society. Miss Gould' has been there since the club's inception and her interest has never waned. The club's gift to her took the form of a, handsome suitcase. Everyone wishes her the best ■of

luck in her new sphere of duty.