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New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2, 11 January 1900, Page 31

RETURNING TO THE FOLD.

Count Lonyay has been received into the Catholic Church at Vienna.

The Rev. W. Duthoit, LL.D , some time Anglican Chaplain at GotVui, win received into the Catholic Church about the end of October by the Rev. Father B impton, S J.

Mr. Rowland Hunt, of Boreatton House, Salop, England, was r<o<'nt,iy rcreived into the Churoh by Father Cator of the Oratory. Mr. Rowland Hunt is Master of the Shropshire Hounds.

Thirty-seven converts were the result of a week devoted to nonCatholics during the I'astionist Missions in Harrisburg, United States

Mi-^s Adeline Sergeun*", the novelist, has, says the WcstminM* r (iawttt , after prolonged consideration, joined the Catholic Church. Last week she was received by Father Maturin at Farm street, London, and on Friday made her First Communion, the Sacrament being administered by the Cardinal at his private chapel at Westminster. Miss Sergeant was brought up as a Wesleyan.

Miss Lavina Maude Magdalen West, youngest daughter of the late Mr. William West, of Hwinrion, was received into the Catholic Church on the Feast of All Saints by the Very Rev. Dean Lonergan, at the Church ot the Holy Rood, Swindon.

Several persons who were at their devotions in St. Mary's Cathedral. Portland, Oregan, U.S.A., on a recent Sunday afternoon, were much hnpres«ed by the devout demeanour of a young Chinaman who was baptised by the Rev. Father Hogan. Hoch Wing-, the young neophyte, received a thorough course of instruction in Catholic doctrine, and manifested unusual intelligence. His godfather was Wong Ting, a convert of Father Hughes, who is practising physician in the local Chinese colony.

One of the latest converts to Catholicity in the United States is a Methodist minister who has boen an A.P.A. lecturer. He is Thomas A. Cella, of St. Joseph, Michigan For the last eight years he lectured against the Catholic Church and the priesthood in many leading cities. About eight months ago, while passing through St. Joseph, Mich., to fill engagements in the North-west, he was compelled to stop there one Sunday morning, when he attended services at St. Jos-eph's Chuich. After the conclusion of the Rev. Janies J. Gore's sermon, Mr. Cella called at the priest's residence and said he was conscience-stricken because of having spent so many years attacking the Catholic faith and he wished to be admittul into the Church. Aft-r six months, instruction from Father Gore, th^ lecturer was finally received into the Churoh. Some weeks as:o Mr. Cella. with a class of 40 children, was confirmed by Bishop Foloy, ut Detroit.

Amongst recent notable accessions to the Church in New South Wales is, we (Freeman' 1 s Journal) learn on reliable authority, that of Mr. Walton Lockyer Merewether, the well-known barrister, who within the past few weeks was received by the Very Rev. Father Kenny, Provincial of the Jesuit Order. Those intimately acquainted with Mr. Merewether have known for many years that he had that kindly feeling for all things Oatholio which usually marks ' the stranger at the door,' and the amiable gentleman's entrance will be welcomed The son of the distinguished leader of the F.uliau3cntary Bar at a time when such leadership was a coveted honour, Mr. Merewether was a fellow-student at Eton and Oxford of such bioadiuinJcd men as Lord Rosebery, Lord Jersey, Lord Carrington, and the late Clarke Irving. His career at our Bar hat been distinguished At present he is a Crown Prosecutor for the Metropolitan District, and has acted on several occasions aa a District Court Judge and Chairman of Petty Sessions. He is married to a daughter of the late Joseph Leary, Minister for Justice, and in in his time oue of our finest Catholic laymen.