Wanganui

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXIV, Issue 1, 4 January 1906, Page 4

Wanganui

A very large congregation (says the ' Wanganui Herald ') assisted at Midnight Mass at St. Mary's Church on Christmas Eve, when the Very Rev Dean Grogan was the celebrant. The ' Kyrie,' the ' Gloria,' and the ' Benedictus ' were taken from Mozart's ' First Mass,' while the -i Credo ' and the ' Agnus Dei ' were taken from Mozart's ' Twelfth Mass.' Mrs. Lloyd presided at the organ, and Mr. W. Holden conducted. At the conclusion of the Mass the choir and orchestra were entertained at the Presbytery. In acknowledging the receipt of Christmas gifts :Sister Bridget, in charge of the Jerusalem Home, writes as follows to Mrs. R. W. Comyns :-' Your welcome letter came to hand this evening, so with my heart full of gratitude I hasten to thank you for all the trouble and time you have taken and good things you have procured and given for our poor little foundlings. What a lovely Christmas they will have with so many beautiful toys. We have no children here over 11 years or under 5. When we ask' them how they will thank the kind friends who have sent them so many nice things they will answer that they will, pray every day for all who are kind to them.'