WAIHI NOTES.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXX, Issue 18, 1 May 1902, Page 6

WAIHI NOTES.

(From our own correspondent.) April 21. Yesterday inoiuinfi- at 11 o'clock the row Catholic ch-.r-h at Waihi was solemnly dedicated )>y his Lordship l'i-,'mp Lenr*h,n. assisted by the Right 11 v Mgr. O'Renly and 'he R >v. lvith-r Bro'lio. Long before tbo hour appointed for the v r.'inonv the building was taxed to its utmost holding rapacity. T.ie Waiiu Bra^R Band was present under Ran<lma«i. r Me' ton. and rendortd the'Kyiie' and 'Gloria' from M. z irtV 'T.vdt a .Ua. *; i; f,m> c mmciiclng the ceremony of dedication his L> id-hi;. exphuud it-j object and meaning. A number of c .ndr n took pirc i<i tl.c pro-eew-i.m outside the church, the b'>y-> wcaiing red s ,,vln».. ;1 (j( j t n , girls white dree<-es with w-iea'hs and veil-. Jli^h J\la^\>.->. celebratul, the Rev. lather Bmditj bci<ig celeb-ant, hi- Loid f hip Uishop Lenihun and the Right Rpv. Algr. O'Reilly b n,g pre-. nr in the sanctuary. A special choir of 12 \o^h*ts and thre- msuuinentalists rendered Weber's • Mass iuG.'and thesolui-ts were Mis..jn Aiune Clara aud C'lleta Lorrigan, Miss Jenkins >n, and Me-nrs Be teh and Darby, and f<r the off. rtory piece Miri-> Annio Lurngau cang Gounod's • Aye Mana.' with violin ob.igdto by Mr W Ifavuii. At the Gospel h s Lordship ad<ire-.s"d the large congregation, < x'p'aitiirjff why it was that Catholics aHayn liked toertot Sue buildim/a in honor of, and for the worship of Go l , a- d also on in.- bvm fi s» of religion on the life of mnn He o >ngr,,tul.ite>l the worthy p:uMi priest on ihe amount of good work he h. id done m the .sho'turne he had be. n in charge ot the parirh, and hoped he hue the luarty co-operation of the people in quickly fioeing the chun h of debt. As Father Brodie wa< the fir,t prieet he Lad "ordained ;itur being consecrated Bishop, it was very pleasing for him to bo present there that day. In the evening the church was ag in crowded, when, for the first time iv Waihi, there were Vipers. Miss Annie Lorng.in sang the ' li.flmimatus' from Rohmui'h 'Stabat Mater' h. r rich and powerful soprano voice ringing out above ihe chorus pirts wiih wonderful iel.i er effect. Miad Ciara Lorrigun's singing of 'Too Late' was a mu.-ical treat. Her rich eontrnlio voice and the devotional feeling with which she eang was very marked. The. 'O Salutnri-V by Miss C->leta Lorrigan was al->o well sung. Messrs Beach and Darby sang Rossi's 'Tantu-n Er<r o .' M,.<-s Maud Anderson ably preside! at the organ. Mons;gnor O'Reilly and Dean Hackett were prefect with Fa'her Bro.lin. The Right; Rev. Jlgr O'ReilJy pn ached the sermon. He added his contriatuktions to those of his L )rdship to the Rev. Father Brodie. Whe.i he (Monfignor O'Reilly) had first taken charge of the parish of C romandel he was summoned in haste to bap'i.io an infant not expected to live That infant was now the Rev. Father Brodie, and ho i ow looked very much alive and was doing good work. Monsignor O'Reilly then explained the manner of worbhip of Almighty God by Catholics, and the scriptural authority for the tacnlice of the Mass and the Sacrament of the Blessed Eucharist. At the conclusion of the

discourse the Rev. Father Brodie returned thanks to all who had assiated him in the good work of the parish, especially to the visiting priests, the visiting choir, and also the members of other denominations for their 00-operation and presence there that evening ihe church was beautifully decorated.