WANGANUI.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXX, Issue 25, 19 June 1902, Page 5

WANGANUI.

(From our own correspondent.)

June 13.

Although, of course, the Catholics of Wanganui joined heartily in the local peace celebrations, which were organised as soon as the long-expected news came to hand, yet Sunday, the Bth inst , was the the ('ay set apart for the formal thanksgiving at St. Mary's Church At the conclusion of the Mass the Very Rev. Dean Kirk addressed the large congregation. In most touching language he exhorted them to join in the great • Te Deum ' of thanksgiving to Almighty God for the inestimable favor of peace. The late war, extending as it did over nearly three years, had been a terrible wai.and ignoring altogether the material cost, there had been a great losa of life both by sickness and on the field. He hoped that peace would be lasting and a prelude to an everlasting peace in the world to come. The 'Te Deum' was then beautifully rendered by the choir, At 8 o'clock on Tuesday morning a Solemn Requiem Mass was celebrated by the Very Rer. Dean Kirk for the repose of the souls of all those who have died (Briton and Boer alike) in the late South African war. Rev. father O'Sullivan was also preeent in the sanctuary. In spite of the inconvenient hour there was a good congregation and a full attendance of the choir to render the music appropriate to the solemn occasion. There will be Mass at 9 o'clock on Coronation Day, 20th June when the 'To Deum' of thanksgiving, as directed by the Archbishop, will be sung. It is expected that all the Catholic volunteers will attend.