Feilding
(From an occasional correspondent.)
uui co-religionists in the progressive town of Feilding are about to s,upply a want long-felt in the district, especially in regard to Catholic education. Although possessing a convenient and substantial little churoh (St. Bridget's} and a new and up-to-date presbytery, the need of a school and community of teaching Sisters has been for some time occupying the attention of the genial pa-s'tor, the Rev. Father O'Meara, and his devoted parishioners. With reference to the particular Order of religious who should be selectethfor the mew foundation, the choice has been accorded in fay/or of the Sisters of St. Joseph, and tbe community at FeUding will .be a branch of the Wanganui convent. Plans have been prepared and tenders invited for the erection of the Feeding coment, which when completed will be well worthy to rank among similar institutions in the country towns of the Colony, and an imposing •addition to the architecture of this particular centre. The building will occupy a site on the parish property, and in close proximity to the church aaid presbytery ; it will be of two storeys, containing under the one roof with the convent itself, a spacious class-room and music-room of adequate extent. Already a number of prospective pupils are anxiously awaiting the Sisters' advent, q.uite a numfoer of non-Catholics among others. The generosity of the Catholics of this district in the interests of Church' progress has in the past been amply proved. The "venture, therefore, in which their pastor justly feels called upon to embark, will undoubtedly appeal strongly to the same marked spirit of cooperation and self-sacrifice so often previously displayed. The Feilding parish is very wide and extensive and has a resident pastor. Besides the • one in the town, there are churcjhes also a.l Halcomtbe and Rongjotea, with stations at A'piti, Rangiwahia, and Kimbolton, each of which are \isited at regular intervals.
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New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXIII, Issue 30, 27 July 1905, Page 4
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314Feilding New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXIII, Issue 30, 27 July 1905, Page 4
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