ARCHDIOCESE OF WELLINGTON.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXIX, Issue 7, 14 February 1901, Page 18

ARCHDIOCESE OF WELLINGTON.

(From our own correspondent.) February 9. Rev. Father Goggan, of Te Aro, is at present preaching a retreat to the students of Meanee Seminary. A meeting of the ex-pupils of the convent is called for Monday to make arrangements for their annual picnic. A high school, in which 21 pupila have begun work, haa been opened this year in connection with the Newtown Convent. v « he inmateß of 8t - Joseph's Orphanage were treated to a picnic by Mr. and Mrs. Martin Kennedy at their residence, Gladstone Terrace, on Thursday. By the last mail Rev. Father O'Shea received word that Very Rev. Dr. Pestre, late Provincial of the Marist Order, had been appointed head of the second novitiate at Villa Maria, Sydney Very Key. Father Lewis, Adm., V.G., left on Friday with several of the visiting clergy to be present at the laying of the foundation stone of the new Cathedral, Christchurch. Dr. Mackin writes to Rev. Father O'Shea of the magnifioent ceremony which took place in Bethlehem on Christmas Day. Both he and Mrs. Mackin were present on that occasion. Miss Maginity, organist of the Sacred Heart Church, Thorndon, leaves on a holiday tour through America next week. During her absence Miss Putnam will replace her at the organ. Rev. Father Petty, an invalided military chaplain from the Transvaal, arrived here hut week. It is his intention to remain in New Zealand, and he has taken up his residence at the Lower Hutt with Rev. Father Maple, whom he will assist during Very Rev Father Lanes absence. The visiting prelates, who officiated at the opening of the new church on Sunday, left for the West Coast on Monday last accompanied by Archbishop Redwood. It was their intention to travel overland to Chrutchurch, thus seeing some of the grand scenery for which the route is noted. The Children of Mary of Te Aro parish during the last three days have attended in satisfactory numbers a retreat oonducted by Rev. Father Piquet, of Sydney. The thanks of the members are due to the Rev. Father O'Shea, spiritual director of the society, for his obtaining for them a favor so highly appreciated. The organ at present in the Dannevirke Church has, through the generosity of Mrs. Malcolm Tre Bton, 8 ton, of Auckland, become the property of the church. The Gleeson family during their residence in Dannevirke contributed in a great measure to the excellence of the musical portion of the church services, and their loss there will be keenly felt. Father Cahill and his parishioners feel deeply grateful to Mrs. Treston for this latest proof of her generosity. The balance sheet of the Fabian Dramatic Club in connection with the production of ' Arrah-na-Pogue ' in aid of the furnishing of the Newtown Convent has now been printed. The balance was £32, from which had to be deducted a sum of £17, an outstanding liability on the Club's production of ' Caste ' last year, leaving a net balance of £13. This sum has now been handed to the nuns Very deep sympathy is felt for Mr. and Mrs. Poll, of Thorndon in the untimely death of their son, Mr. Herman Francis Poll. Early this week, while engaged in the construction of a punt at Havelock the dingey in which he and a fellow-workman were travelling' capsized, with the result that Mr. Poll was drowned. The deceased who was an ex-student of St. Patrick's College, was just 23 years of age. — It. l P. There was an immense congregation at St. Joseph's Church on last Saturday afternoon, on the occasion of a memorial service in connection with the death of the Queen. His Grace the Archbishop presided, Deans Kirk and McKenna being the assistants at the throne. During the service Father S. Mahony sang the 'Pater Noster ' and ' Dies Irae,' and the ' Benediotus ' was chanted by the priests present. His Grace delivered a short discourse extolling the many excellent qualities of the Queen. The panegyric was mainly on the lines of that delivered on the previous Sunday and concluded with a prayer for the King. The following are the marks of the pupils of the Palmereton North Convent in the examination in practical music, held last November by Mr. Charles Edwards on behalf of Trinity College :— Senior grade . Singing (honors)— lsabel Oliver 95, Mary Scanlon 85, (pass) Rae Oakeley, 76. Senior grade : Piano (honors)— Frances

Waldegrave 87, (pass) Isabel Oliver 78. Intermediate : Piano (honors)— Annie Jack 80, (pass) Florence O'Connor 78. Junior : Piano (honors)— Eveline Rawlinß 86. Preparatory : Piano (honors) —Annie Follas 100, Misses Oliver and Scanlon were recommended for the higher examination of Diploma of Associate in music by the examiner.