Masterton

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXV, Issue 7, 14 February 1907, Page 14

Masterton

(From our own correspondent.) February 8. It, is proposed to form a glee class in connection with St. Bride's Convent. The convent has an excellent reputation for iis musical tuition, and, doubtless the new class will prove a popular one. The Mother Superior requests that intending pupils make immediate application. " , The \ery Rev. Dean McKenna, who is attending the" annual retreat of the clergy in Wellington will return to Masterton to-morrow in time • for the opening of" the mission by" the Redemptorist " Fathers. Itcv. Father Kelly is -going to take" charge of the Pahiatua parish, in the absence of the- Rev. Father McKenna, who is -to have a well earned holiday. A recent addition' to the grounds of - St. Bride's Convent js a very compact and Well finished kiosk, which has been ere.- ted ' right, in^front of .the- convent on the "hank of the creek „runningj through '" tiho grounds. It- is octagonal in shape, and. is an ornament to the already beautiful surroundings. The labor for the buildings was" gratuitously supplied by the following :— Messes. F." i-laughey, P. Wi'litins, G. .^Rpss, J. J. Powell, Green, J." and E. Bockmanh, R. " E. Jones, and S. O ' Regan. , The kiosk was completed on Sacurday — the centenary of the Brigidine • Order,— and the nuns propose to have a scroll affixed over the entrance, inscribed 1807-1907, To commemorate the occasion a pleasant little function was held on Friday evening at the convent, when ' the Sisters entertained at dinner persons who so generously assisted in the erection of the kiosk, the Mother Superior and" Sisters being very grateful for what had -been done on their behalf.