ARCHDIOCESE OF WELLINGTON

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXII, Issue 44, 3 November 1904, Page 3

ARCHDIOCESE OF WELLINGTON

(Frtom our oWn correspondent.) October 29. The picnic, which the Catholic Young Men's Society intended to hold on the 9th of November, has had (o be abandoned, as no concessions could be obtained from the Railway Department. Among the students successful at the recent Vicdona Cnllcge terms examinations are the following Catoolic young men : Messrs. J. Eccleton, F. P.Kelly, J. llannan, and 11. O'Leary. A oocial was held on Wednesday evening in the Victoria Hall for the purpose of providing funds for the purchase of a piano for the school in the parish of Wellington South. A most enjoyable evening was spent. The secretarial duties were ably carried out by Miss M. Murray and Mr. S. Parkinson. A solemn Requiem Mass for the repose of the soul oi the late Brother Mark was celebrated in the Sacred Heart i-iasihca on. Tuesday morning by the Very Rev. Father Keogh, with Very Rev. Father Lewis as deacon, and Rev. Father Soulas as suhdeacon. The Rev. Father Lewis said a few words concerning the great loss sustained through the death of Brother Mark. The Catholic Jf oung Men's tennis court was opened on Saturday last. There was a good attendance of players, and the court was in fine order. Unfortunately during the week, owing to the heavy rains, a large slip occurred in the hill above the court. As a result about thirty tons of earth were deposited. Men are at present engaged in removing the debris, and the court sfriould hf ready foi play ac;ain next week. The members of the Catholic Young Men's Literary Society devoted Monday evening to recitations and readings from English and Australasian authors. The following members contributed : — Mr. L. Reichel, ' Death of Paul Dombey ' (Dickens) ; Mr. J. Fitzgerald, ' Not I nderstood ' (Bracken) ; Mr. J. McGowan ; ' Paradise and the Peri ' (Moore) ; Mr. Harrington, ' Dr. Samuel Johnson ' ; Mr. Cronin, * How we beat the favorite' The season is to be concluded on November 7, when a

mock parliamentary election will take place The period is supposed to be AD. 1 !).")(), and the candidate-/ addresses aie to be tiamed accoidmgly A meeting, called by the executive of the Catholic. oung Men's Club, was held in St Patuck's Hall o,i Tuesday evening to consider what steps should betaken to peipet u.ite the mcinoiy ot tne late Rev. BiotluT Maik 1 lie chaii was taken by Mr J J Callaghan Alter several suggestions weie considered, it was decided on the motion o! Mr P. J . Nolan, seconded by Mr D Rvan, that subscriptions be canvassed for tluoughout the Colony, and that, it possible, a scholarship be lO'indtti 1 iic incentive oi the Catholic oung Men's Club were appointed a committee, with power to add to then nunibei, loi tin. (impure of making the initial airangcniont^. V repoit is to be furnished to a genei al meeting o! lnonds, etc , about a montft hence About £20 weie collected m the room It is expected that there will be a libeial response to the appeal throughout the Colony.