CHURCH AND SCHOOL

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 723, 24 January 1910, Page 5

CHURCH AND SCHOOL

SOMAN CATHOLIC EDUCATION AT KILBIRNIE. OPENING CEBEMONT. . The new- Eoman ; Catholic Church and ..pohool r building vat;--iialb)rnio ; wa3.:-form-slly oDened and blessed by his Grace . 4.rchbjshop .Redwood yesterday afternoon.- ;% '• jrher«';was : i .Whose . present ; included.,.i,;tho „ Vioar-General; ~. (Very, Rev. Father t O'Shea), the Provin- .' Jv-'ioial. (Very.: Rev.' Father Regnault), the :v.:' , ---Bw.'«''rfttJi«-.Tnbmaii:.Cr»mttTii) J of - the- Koriian ■ Catholic.; olerg.y;>:; of:. .•. ..Bity,-'and 'several-leading , laymen..' '. . ; History of the Ohurch Tho Ven. Archdcacon Dovoy . traced. the «nr6uimstap6&' r lthat:'- Jed, 1 ; iit> ftq .*': the," bmld-. ; held; : ; ; >/6t Eilbirnie .by iho liedemptorist /Fatheris •iKx'ei^hP'iffontli's/: ago;'ivSMass .had; been, said ?;?*:;everyi.' Sunday: ,' since,'!, that.;> time;;;, at -first' !; 'a^imbli6,?halli:;an;di'sip^?:Christoa9:-in : the new ■ ohuroh;: A; largely-attended Sun- . f o day f school was also being carried on, building; .'.:;-;( as ralready published, in-THBiDoMinion) ■■'•were i also y given . by : Arohdeaoop .- Devoy,. and--- in: conclusion 1 he: lacknowledged the '4-,j£Ta!nable'-seryi6es.,of;the?^ ;: r v ally'mentiqiiiiig'the.'MQSsrs.yßurke),,- ifiQ is l ;'-ladies '^wl^Q7!"iliad" ; = ,, .. - |valpea ! --.i:o:fc#aisei v =fuiidai"<j;.;,?arid- ; nKpaiffeNntipSrts^^ ; of^i ; .thol)omini6n; J cy; The-; Archbishop ;■ said.,:he,; was.grateful. i to'find-such a largd congregation present to. an,interest;jn-.that .building, and' ";:.the> advantages it ,iyonld:be the, means of. fiffi'-i'Beou'riiigfor ithe?parish.'. ;Iti ; was K a wry good thing to have a place in • whioh'to meet- and. assist in the great ■, i Baonfioe of - tho Mass.. He hoped they :."would;i have " Mass, .there :' every-"Sunday, .:V' aiid ;perhaps .before ; long; tho i Benedictioii •JlisGiaoercongratulated, the; krchdeacpri;; :V>.i-who9e,;heart,^;heVsaid,':wy9/ and; who.;must have-, been surprised ,to wv so;short avtime. : aliq jcorapliinejitr; -, .i ied,: the architect' and ..contractors on their worki ' y. The yital.Work of the Roman Catholic: : t School ■■'X\\ cbntiiihed {;'. '.®ut/ i : ' .whils. I: congratulate you .very .niuch. on V' iVha'ringVa-xhurob,; '.j'ou. still:. . ; more :on - having a school. If you; hfive , 5 7 ao t:'gM : church« will bo' empty; Vis^Jso^important,:; so-!;;-;;''-influential,';';prfs6;::neces^ryt'ah.^ wg.-on: of.igoodvCathoho. schools ;fof;the : ;p:ji ; Cath'olic;:people'.',: ; .T6u: : ,,wjll:'have; : : y;lC^ohildreni;^illibevable~tb.:have : : i /'• aid- complete Catholic -i* education, I ' hope';all:-the;Catholio'; , ohiiai'eh.-.;rill:.pome- \ ;.vs! here;: •; ! : lareV out of:, place,* anywhere: ' fin . danger anywhere 'else,., It is ' a eiri : . - Let, , . :them\'.be'i?traijved':;herey;toivbecome''/i:>'joy; io : tho ' >;Church^,a:-;jessing; % to;sqdietyiia'guaran-' - top of •; order, and;.virtue. to the ,Dominion. ■ :,sff»ff^ew-iZealahd, : ;'and . . Almighty, God," ;• ' ..: . . : '. - -Thp archbishop' proceeded to f'xhort the , ;,';S.rPMPlß'jtp ibe.^regular:.jui v.their; attendance : ''v":.V;'®fe;-tt®,JfSerTibes:.of. i ithel"*bhiirdliV'^anii ; -coiL-.' - •r ; eluded by expressing the 'hopo that, that : :v':v.'-:uayi(..wpnld:;:mark : !';th'e --begmiiing . of " a; . : period-of .extraordinary, blessing for the district

■ A-: collection : wa9 ';then ''taken 'up,- and the Beneijiotion • service followed. . Sub. frequently Archdeacon Devoy ; announced :thatvthe realised ,£241. in. •cash and'.£3.lo3. in promises, -.' J ■