Rangiora

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXIII, Issue 36, 7 September 1905, Page 19

Rangiora

(From our Christchurch correspondent.) On Tuesday at Rangiora the pupils of the Catholic schools conducted hy the Sisters of Our Lady of Mis?i Srt T f V^ 1 m- a charmin S entertainment arrange^ rit .he V'lSltV ' ISlt of the Bisho P- A s P«ial feature ?L X^? 7^ tlws P rcsent a«on to his Lordship by Xftu'nti* 1 a PUrSe ° f S ° ld ' ° n behalf Of the Cath " In continuance of his episcopal visitation of the diocese his LopdaMp the Bishop arrived at Raneiora on last Saturday week. He celebrated first Mass next morning at 8.30 a.m. in the Church of St. Mary and St Francis tie Sales, and at the eleven o'clock Mass the Bishop conducted the ceremonies of the visitation m the church and visited the adjoining Catholic cemetcoy. After .Mass he a'dminisitered theSacrtment ©T Confirmation. In the evening his Lortishin preached on the Bless^l Sacrament to a eroded congr^xt'ion On Monday he visited Oxford Where on arrival he was presented with an address of welfw' A° ? hi5 \ Lordshi 'P replied in suitable -terms. Here the Bishop administered the Sacrament of Confirmation and on the fallowing day at St. Braid's Church LoW On Wednesday his Lordship visited t?« v^ ' c^ ul ; oh - K( a«-apo.i, Weing attended ity the Roy .Fathers Hylaind and McDonnell. Foity persons in all were confirmed during the visitation of the northern parish, whilst among those at Ra^giora the Bishop was, very pleased to confirm eleven aSu-lt converts, seven of whom were men and four women