ARCHDIOCESE OF WELLINGTON

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXV, Issue 16, 18 April 1907, Page 13

ARCHDIOCESE OF WELLINGTON

(From our own correspondent.) ■'- ■ - -: April 13. The Rev. Father Cahdll, of Carterton,- intends holding a bazaar in "aid of the. church funds, it will open on April 24, s and 'will continue- for four days. Some lady work-ers of Wellington are to assist in the" undertaking. "During the" week Andrew Mack and his talented company have been"" delighting -large audiences with ' The Way to Kenmare,' in which,'as Dan Maguirer "he sings and'- acts in a-, manner , that fairly enraptures his hearers. - : At the Ch.u"ch of St. Joseph, Buckle street, on Tuesday, Mass Mary Clifford Ward, second daughter ol Mr. Thomas L. Ward, of the Tax Department, was married to Mr. W. R. S. Hickson. The--ceremony was performed • by the Rev; Father Venuing, assisted <by the Rev. Father Herring. The honeymoon is being spent in the south. It is pleasing to note the increase an the number of Catholic, studentji attending lectures at the local -University -Gfollege, many ol them -being; ex-pupi:s of St. Patrick's College. At Uie annual meeting of the University Debating Society,, held on Thursday evening,. Mr. E. J.. Fitzgibbon, LL.B., and Mr. F. p; • Kelly were elected unopposed .to the positions of chairman'and vice-chairman respectively. Another of our young nien, Mr. H. O'Leary, was elected as a member of the committee. . The initial meeting of the Catholic Young Men's Literary and Debating- Society was held on Monday' evening. The Rev. Father Kimbell will again preside' over the-meetings of the society, and in- this members are fortunate. Mr. J. McG-oWan has been re-elected secretary, and Mtessrs. A. H. Casey and P. J. Moran Nare members of the committee. The society did splendidly last season, and should do "so ' again. The meetings are held weekly, and the public are always welcome. At the eighth annual championship and handicap tournament of the Wellington Provincial Lawn Tennis Association, held- here during Easter week, ' representatives of tine Cat-holic-Club were very successful 'in the second grade handicap events, Mr. P. Clarke winning the men's handicap singles., Mr. F. Eller reaching, the semi-final. 'Mr. Clarke s-.howed great dash and proved quite, suoerior to his ooponents. In the ladies' handicap doubles Misses A. Williams and M. Davis were successful after some exciting gamesr In the combined handicap doubles, for which there were thirty entries, the" club's representalh es, Miss A. Williams, and Mr. P. Clarke, succeeded, in reaching the semi-final. These successes are higjhly gratifying, and should prove a stimulus to further effort on the part of members next season.

The bazaar in aid of the Muritai Catholic church was brought to a close on Wednesday evening, when there ■was a record- attendance. The drawing of the art union was 'supervised biy his Worship the Mayor. It is estimated that there should be realised- the sum of over four hundred pounds as a- result of the bazaar.' This •is highly creditable to the ladies and gentlemen concerned. . ' There was a good attendance of young men" at Holy Communion in the Church of. St. Mary of the Angels' last Sunday, mornkfg. - Mass was celebrated by the Rev. Father Kimbell, S.M;, who delivered an earnest and forceful address. Catholic young men (said Father- Kimbell) had a noble mission in the world, and couM exercise on non-Calholic opinion a healthy and elevating influence. He pleaded with them to be men of prayer. - Prayer and the Sacraments were the aids they needed. By means of the confessional "they learned in what they were weak, and~this knowledge was half the right. After Mass breakfast was partaken of at Searle's, -where" the president of -the club, the Rev. Father O'Shea, S.M., presided. The Rev. Father delivered a brief but telling address in which he urged the young men to continue doing the good work in which they were engaged. They should- feel the dignity of being members of a Church that had so many' centuries of glory behind -it. It was the proud boast of the Raman of .old to say, ' Civ is Romamis sum ' (I am a Roman ditizen)," and so to-day our proud boast should be ' I am a Catholic.' Mr. J. J. Devine also spo*e a few words cif congratulation and exhortation to the young men. Pie hoped they would always be ready to help forward any undert&kinc which the Church promoted. Short speeches were made" by Bros Nolan and O'Brien, representing the city and Hutt Hibernians, and by Mr. D. Jones, representing the' Petone Catholic Young Men's Club. Mr. McGowan, the city clubs secretary, briefly acknowledged the several refer- s ences to his society. - «