THAMES.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume I, Issue 14, 2 August 1873, Page 9

THAMES.

(From uur own correspondent.) The Eev. J. A. Norris, our newly appointed pastor, on last Sunday, 13th July, at 1 1 o'clock, sang High Mass iv the Grahamstown Church, and preached a very instructive sermon on the epistle and gospel of the day. After Mass had been concluded, a number of ladies came forward to present him with an address of welcome to the parish, and Father Norris thanked them, and expressed a hope that he would obtain the same amount of good-will and respect that his esteemed predecessor (Father N. Jourdan) had. In the Shortland Church, Rev. J. Golden celebrated Mass at 11 o'clock, and explained the epistle and gospel of the day to those present. His Lordship the Bishop is expected to be down here in the course of next week, as his last visit to us was just a flying one, having remained only a couple of days, including one Sunday. Father Norris called a meeting of the parishioners on Sunday afternoon last, for the purpose of electing a Church Committee and devising a method of managing the affairs of the Church. There was a good attendance at tha meeting, and twentyone gentlemen were elected as a .Committee to act for the ensuing twelve months.