THE ANGLICAN CHURCH.
A RELIGIOUS OKDEIt FOIt WOMEN. THE FIRST IN THE COLONY. I'BH I'HKSS ASSOCIATION'. Acckiasd, December 22. At the Church of the Epiphany this morning three ladies were initiated by the Anglican Bishop of Auckland (Dr. Neligan) into the order of "The Good Shepherd," which has for its object the cultivation iud deepening of devotional life amongst women associated together for the purp >.«e of church work. During a short address, I,he Bishop gave brief history of the mission, which he believed was i\o\y laid up»u thoroughly wise lines. They had had financial diiliculjics to mwt, lml an unknown benefactor had given fclni), which would free the Order from debt.
This is the llrst religious Order for women established in New Zealand in connection with the Anglican Church, though such communities arc numerous in. England.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8011, 23 December 1905, Page 2
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137THE ANGLICAN CHURCH. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8011, 23 December 1905, Page 2
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