DIOCESE OF CHRISTCHURCH

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXV, Issue 47, 21 November 1907, Page 13

DIOCESE OF CHRISTCHURCH

(From our own correspondent.) •November 16. - After a preparatory ■ retreat by the Rev. Father - I eoples and instruction by the Sisters of the Missions the children attending the Sacred Heart Church, Addington, made their First Communion on last Sunday mori i m S, and were afterwards .entertained at breakfast Sh^fo t CS t, Of Vhe congregation in the . adjoining schoolroom There was Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament in the afternoon at which the young first communTcants and older children renewed their baptismal " C XmonS c oF ce t V he F S er P6 ° PleS **«*«* at " th *' arioUS Thomas" atV? *? - Cwx ?' A' T - Q - h - and iss Mabel ciatS nf TH«'Ji; L - <P lanof o rte )> who have become AssoSt '"^y College, London, by passing an examiSJeSed fnr fhi art ° f * ea^in€,' h^ d In July .last, were dT c » a ?° bec «™« Associates of Trinity College lTn? DroSv wftt. -♦* ** la ? al residence on a magnificent ' EM £»Ht#»S3 - » «-«..., .!r,.n ass. ivtsim

shop Julius, Bishop Grimes, the minister of St. Andrew's Ohurch, the minister of the Durham street Methodist .Church, the. senior,, Stipendiary Magistrate- the Mayor of Christchurch, i,he chairman 'of - the 'Selwyn . County 'Council/ the chairman of the North Canterbury HospitaJ Board, the chairman of the Canterbury College Board oF Governors, two of the trustees under the will (Messrs. II; CoUerill and B. N. -Molineaux) and two women -to_ be appointed by the other members of the Board. ifie balance of the estate is left to relatives and frienas. There is a class of people whose chief object in life appears to be in an endeavor to create misunderstanding. Te Oranga Home, a State institution for incorrigible girls, is the abject of considerable public attention at the present time, and from there to Mount Magdala is but a short cry, and of course no opportunity (in some people's minds) should" be lost in'b*ing■mg this institution into the conilict. Such an attempt was matte on Saturday, which brought the following prompt reply to the ' Lytfelton Times ' •— « The authorities of Mount Magdala, referring to a letter which was published in Saturday's ■ issue, state that Mrs. Cunnington has been entirely misinformed as to the • methods of punishment practised at the Home Flogging is not resorted to on any account, corporal . N punishment being opposed to the Sisters' methods of .training and reformation, and hair-cutting as a penal W for misbehaviour of any kind is unheard of in the establishment. .Sometimes it may be desirable, for obvious reasons, to keep the hair of young children cut s-nori, and occasionally. ..older inmates may ask to have their hair Removed as an indication of -their devotion to a better life, but the sacrifice is never made compulsory. Mount Magdala is, always open to visitorsat reasonable hours, and the authorities are glad for the public to make themselves ' acquainted- with its 1 work and methods-. .