Golden Jubilee of a Sister of Mercy

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXV, Issue 49, 5 December 1907, Page 14

Golden Jubilee of a Sister of Mercy

s. (From our Auckland correspondent.)

The celebration of the golden jubilee- of Sister M. Camillus Heffernan took place at St. Mary's • Convent Ponsonby, on Friday, the feast ol St. Cecilia. High Mass was celebrated by the Right Rev. Mgr. O'Reilly in presence of his Lordship Bishop Lenihan. Rev. Father Dufiy was deacon, Rev. Father Farthing subdeacon, and Rev. Father Holbrook master of ceremonies. There were also present Rev. Fathers Buckley, Patterson, Tormey, Murphy, .Williams, and Furlong. The Sacred- ■ Heart choir conducted by Mr. T. Adams, rendered the Mass of St. Louis in an admirable - manner. During " the singing of the Offertory piece the venerable juMlariaii was led to the altar by the Mother Superior, where she was crowned with a wreath of white roses, and amedal was also presented to her. - A number of little maidens, .clad in white, wearing wfaite wreaths and carrying flowers, were in attendance. • The celebrant Monsignor O'Reilly, preached an eloquent panegyric on the virtues af the iubilarian, and on the work achieved Dy her and the Sisters in the early days of the Do~ manion. After Mass the solo and chorus, 'In aeternum jubalantes,' were sung by Miss Kelly and the choir. At the conclusion, of the Mass his Lordship the Bishop the clergy and ' others -were hospitably entertained at the convent. ' •• « - •

In the afternoon a concert '-was held in the schoolroom His Loxdship the Bishop was present, and the school was crowded with the friends of the .Sisters 'who miXr \l n ? T "t he jubilee of " one who had" been formerly their, teacher.- The programme- was short but oriuiant,' and consisted of the following items •»—'Wedding march 'concerted duo <by Mendelssohn, and executed by the.Misses Amodeo, Kelly, Amodeo,' and Montaf- i"t An x address followed', which was read by Miss Kelly, after, which a jubilee ode was sung by the piipils* Miss Sara sang .• Aye Iffaria • and 'When the n£S-xr«s° n ° r t h /^ am ' and was Warmly applauded. Deservedly applawded were also the two songs rendered ™- M^ ?lly ' + M - ISS Wood recited in a charming jnan?V«i J^•i¥ ve t t0 f S Wlfe ' and ' The old sta S e ? uee °-' wlftf v 2 llant - e ; was played by the Misses Amodeo, White, Kelly and Montague. The concert ended with the concerted duo ' Marche triomphale,' Misses Amodeo SiJIS, executa^ s - . M«« Jooe. played the

rpterrS + f f ip - the IT B^ s^°P' ln a few well chosen words, leferied to- the excellence of the 'concert given by the pupils and congratulated again Sister M. Camillus on her golden jubilee as a Sister of.- Mercy, and wished her every happiness. Afternoon tea was then served after which the ex-pupils and.friends presented a purse UTSB& M Re &a^ s ! r " Bradi?y responded «? toi whpt? O^ C i 0 ? *£? C ™V^J returned to the Church, ni it 5 Lo^ d f 1 P the ? lsh °P presided at' Benediction at 7?ft n^wt^ ol^"*- >• shoVt COncert was given a L 7>3 2 oclo I ck by the mmates: of St. Mary's Orphanr SSmtW*^ SQ ? gS - a u, d action son S s wefe sung by the mise, V^n7? n ladmira1 aadmir able.; ble . T nner - Mrs - Ral P h ™* c Misses Ralph also contributed some choice items Sister M. Camillus Heffernan was born in ' Dublin fow in m f^7° A \ c - klan d from St. Leo's Convent? C^ IS. o* \ t * ?m? mc ~ theu she has labored in the yarnZ s J c 5° ols . of the p rd er, fa the diocese, and she was one of the pioneer Sisters of "Wellington Convent Returning some years afterwards to the scene of her early ih e - 01^n? iSte ,? *?• Catfillus devoted herself the care of ch?ft? PTI f^ n l Sl< J' and to + the instr uction of adults and cmidien for the Sacraments. «/ °. ne of T * h^ sisters of the Sister M Stanislaus Heffernan, and' her coAsin, Mother MAlov3l 8 «% ylef l6ft + Ir6land mder the ca " of Mother FranTuriSlf? a rv ' toS Z VG th t sic]^ wounded, soldiers llS^th ; nn»an War. The former predeceased the latter who received from her late Majesty Queen Yicof the iJki^T^ Cr ° S^ Of Honor - blither ' mJbe^ BerSrrt T^fvSn ° mmunlty ' now dec eased, Mother M. ters lt d t^ewar * xes ™K™^ the former • Sis-

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