Diocesan News

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXII, Issue 32, 11 August 1904, Page 6

Diocesan News

ARCHDSOCtSL- OF WELLINGTON

(From our own correspondent.)

August' 6

A Solemn Requiem Mass for the repose of the soul of the late Father Le Rcnnetci, ,S M , was celebrated in St Mary of the Angels' on Wednesday

The St \lovsius' blanch of the 11 AC B. Society met on Thursday evening It was decided to e.^tabh^li a social club m the parish under their own management and the direction of the parish priest The club room is to be opwred several nights during the week for the entertainment of membeis. A sullicient sum to furnish the rboai is m hand The opening night has been lixcd tor Thursday next.

The members of the Catholic Young Men's Literary Socrety spent part of Monday evening in discussing a new syllabus lor the iemainder of the seasoai. The members of the executive of the Club have arranged for the following programme — On Thursday, August 11, a short lecture on an interesting subject will be delivered by Mr J J. Devme. A concert will follow the lecture On August 25, the annual supper will be held in the Club rooms, Bouleott street. On August .ill, the half-yearly meeting of the Club will be held.

A handsome oak chair, beautifully carved, has just beon presented to the Rev Father Ainsworth for use in the sanctuary. From an ornamental point of view the addition is a \ery line one, and cost close on £.:S5 The inscription on the chair states the gift to be one ' In honorem SS. Cordis Jesu ' The donor is Mr Henry North, a recent convert to the Church. On Sunday Father Ainsworth .spoke to the congregation concerning the various gifts" he had received tor the church, and asked his people to remember in their prayers those whose generosity had been .so much in evidence.

Theodore Dtiuois' oratorio, 'The Seven Last Word-,,' was given in aid ot the organ fund by the members of St. Joseph's Choir on Sunday last The church was filled in every part by a \ery appreciative congregation, which included the Right lion the Premier and Mrs. Seddon From a musical standpoint the work is exceedingly line and devotional and at the same time descriptive and dramatic, while the theme is one of the grandest ever chosen by a composer The soloists wet c Miss Viaid Daniel (soiprano), and Me<-sis Jame-s Seaile (tenor), D V Lihcrap and Rev ..Father Moloney (bantones) The rendering of the solos was marked in v\u h case by fine expression The thorns work, by a choius of over fifty voices, was a feature of the perfoiniatu c The Rev Father Ainsvvoith pi cached aw eloquent discourse on the Seven Last Words, and thereby matenally assisted in the conception of the woik The petfoimance has been voted one of the most successful held here, and the members of the choir arc* to be congratulated on tne success that attended 'then eflort.s \ special word of praise is due to the conductor, Mr McLaughlm, to whose srreat /cal and ability a huge measuie of the success must be attributed Owing to a general request the oiatorm is to be repeated m a few weeks 1 time The sum of about £10 was realised by the collection.