ARCHDIOCESE OF WELLINGTON

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXVI, Issue 20, 21 May 1908, Page 19

ARCHDIOCESE OF WELLINGTON

(From an occasional correspondent.) i May 17. The handsome high altar for the Church of St. Gerard (Redemptorist Fathers), Hawicer street, will be erected by Messrs. liiiciunoU and Son, and is estimated to cost £.170. At the annual meeting of the delegates to the nellingiton Debating Union, iviessrs. A. 11. Casey, A. C. JBretiiertcwi, and E. P. O'Donnell, of the Catholic Club, were elected vice-president, general secretary, and treasurer respectively. At the n.\onthly meeting of the men's branch of the Sacred Heart Association, which was heid in St. Joseph's Church, Buckle street, last Sunday, there were present about 120 members. One new member was elected. Very Rev. Father O'Shea preached an impressive sermon, ,taJdng for his text, ' Ihou shalt not talce the name of the .Lord thy God in vain.' After the instructions the executive o* the Catholic Club intervuewed the members of the congregation with reference to, becoming members of the club, the result being that the membership has been greatly added to. It was mentioned that the new club rooms would be ready in about Ihe rronths. ' i