ST. PATRICK'S CHURCH

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10521, 9 January 1912, Page 6

ST. PATRICK'S CHURCH

ANNUAL MEETING

The annual meeting of the congregation of Sl'. 'Patiiicli's Church was die-ild in the schoolroom on Sunday evening,, there being a large attendance. The Very Rev. Dean McKenaia read the balance sheet for the year, u Siicli showed tihtut the expenditure \ on the Church and school bad been £250. The position disclosed w'as most satisfactory, the Girarch being i:o,v free of debt. Tiie Dean, in mentioning the work p:„posed to b<& earned out during the coming year, said that he would Mhortly have four stained giaiss windows placed in tiie sanctuary. The windows, which would cost £BO, were the gifts of individual parishioners.. It was stated, in regard' to the annual picnic, to ibo hold at Newman on the 18th inist., that tlie committee Iliad the arrangements wel in hand, and it was. anticipated that the outing, would be a great success. 'I lie follbwiiig members of the cong.egation were* elected a Church Committee for the coming year:— SVtesisrs H. J. O'Leary, J. Bradbury, H. J. .OaS'Sin, J. Savage, J. O. Cooper, J. O'Dowd, and: ~W. Redmond. Oia tlie- motion of Mir O'Leary, sec- 1 . uncled by Mr A_. Steiriipa., a vote of thanks was passed to the Dean for itlhe manner in which he had conducted .the affairs of the Church darning ; the past year, and for his foresight an securing the' fishponds property. ! . |The 'Dean thanked the outgoing committee and the secretary (Mr J. A. McEwen) for their services during the year.