PALMERSTON NORTH

New Zealand Tablet, 20 December 1906, Page 17

PALMERSTON NORTH

(From our. owia correspondent.) , December 9. A retreat was g£ven during the past week to the Children of Mary by the Very Rev. Father O'Parrell, C.SS:R. His Grace Archbishop- Redwood, ,.wiho^g;r6n v ,a.M;si.jtalion to St. Pakick : s parish, • celebrated- eight o'clock Mass this morning, and it must have been very gratifying %g him to 'fintL ""almost the entire congregation* approaching the Holy Table. Both the men's and ladies' branches of the Sacred Heart Society, • Hib'erc mans, and. .Children of Mary, in regalia made an. im- ', posing . appearance. At the" , nine o'clock -M»ss a number of children ." received / their , First Communion. After Mass' the children adjourned to the- Zealandia Hall,j where breakfast was waiting for them,' under the tender care of. the ' good _ Sisters, • assisted .by Mrs. • Blxs. Higgins. After the. eleven o'clock Mass' his Grace v he, ld a, r.ec^ptiou in the J ' Zealaudia "Hall, where he re''ceiVed'deputations from the various -parish "committees, • ' Hibernians, and Young Men's Societies. His G.race administered the Sacrament of Confirmation 'to - a large n'uinber of 'children ~and adults in the .'afternoon, when the church /was- again crowded.., A.t Vespers an impriissive sermon was preached "-" by tlie "Very Rev. Father O'Farrell, after 1 which ther,e was-a reception of the "Children of Mary-- by "his Grace" the Archbishop. The second -aiuiual - concert given -toy. the senior pupils of "St. Mary's.. Convent was held in the Opera House on-,,, Thursday' last, when there; was- a very large - audience. Judging by the hearty applause and the frequent recalls,... it was evident " ;bhose-~ present- were Jiighly' pleased with the - entertainment. :-T'he .stage was converted ittto a veritable garden of palms and arum liiies. It is impossible to pass --the-'singing of Miss Gertruds Perrin in Meyerbeer's ' Shadow song, 1 the voice and rendition demanding, an imperative double encore. Miss O;Brien quite too? the audience by - surprise, , and .well earned her encore. The • following is the programme ;— Duet on two Pianos, /' Valse' in Ab ' | (MoszkowsikiJ, '7Miss.es. Meachen, -Pegden, Holben and Sol- \ litt ; Shakesperian -.chorus ■ (a).' '.Blow . "tiliou winter winds,' (b). * Hark -th'e". lark,' (Stokes)./ soloist, ,Miss Tucker: song, /The" worker,* "(Gounod;)," Miss Porter, part sons, ' Lullaby,'-' Misses^ K;,. Abraham/ Perrin, Clifford,, Porter, w and Simpson'"'"; 'song-, _ •;.-Birds of balmy woodlands ' (W^kerlin),. ' Miss E. ABridham (encore) ; part song, ' Evening ' (Smart), Misses Clifford, Graham, Gaustad, Cameron, Q 1 Connor, .and -Simpson ; song, 'Out on the rocks £t(Saiuton. -Dolby), Miss O'Brien (encore) ; song, ' Shj^owv'song ' (Meyerbeer),, Miss Perrin ; duet, 'Die Fispkerifinen von Proeifla' ' (Raff), Misses Rawlins and chorus, ' Spinmiogx soiYg ' (.Wagner), soloist, Miss . Cameron :';■ '? trio, 'The flower greeting' (Curchmann)/ Misses -Abraham, CXffovd and ' Gaustad ; song, 'The beatin© • 'o£ my own heart '' (M-acfarrenj, .Miss- Clifford, ■ (encore) ; pjano solo, (a.) ' Polonez On.. 0 " No. «,'. (Paderewski)., .Jfe) ' Etude V.' (Liszt), Miss O'Connor,- (encore) ;E(; E( r s6ng, ' Home sons;' (Liddle), Miss Cameron (encore) ;, . chorus, -'You stole mv love' (Macfarre'n),-Mrs. Ihne's,- 'MTsses, "Abra- - ham, Clifford, Perrin, Gaustad, Graham.^iGrarrity^-.'.^lar-lin. -Tucker,. Dum'c, ' -Patbn, Cox, Cameron,' T Porter, O'Bripn, Simp'soh, O'Connor, Park, B.- Perrin, O'Reilly p»kV Hodgins. Accompanists; Misses O'Connor and RawKns. ' - - " - ■ "- •