THE SISTERS OF THE SACRED HEART

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXVI, Issue 21, 28 May 1908, Page 19

THE SISTERS OF THE SACRED HEART

(Concluded from page 15.) WELLINGTON. The foundation stone of a new convent for the OrMnv fi JSi?*, ißafci Ba fc Wellin Stori, was laid on Sunday, SS Tl4 T 14 ' 11005,1 1005, by his Grace the Archbishop of Wellington • f? g * lG - StOne his Grace « addressing Siose SSf 5' r( ? ferr + c . d ln appreciative terms to the good work done in the cause of religion and education by the Sisters of the Sacred Heart, whose institutions he +1 , S f n ,m, m - vanous I)arls of tlle world, and whose methods of imparting knowledge were marked bythoroughness and solidity. He congratulated the people iLmulinf°A o ?h ha Y nS / n their midst such a splendid institution for the education of young girls. The con;J,V7 ° f F hicfl appears °* page 15 ' is * **> Vii nnn £° Y ° ° f architec^re, and cost about in Pebruas? C l0 CC 0O?0 O ? ™ COmpleted and °P en^ early Celebrations at Timaru. The celebrations in honor of the recently beatified foundress of the Sacred Heart Order took place on Tuesday at limaru their mother house in New Zealand. Pontifical High Mass was celebrated in the handsome new convent chapel, the celebrant being the Right Key. Bishop Grimes, who began by blessing and inaugurating a statue of the beatilied religious The chapel was crowded at each of the religious services by a congregation consisting of present and past pupils. There were also present in the chapel during the day the following clergy :— The Ilight Rev. Mgr. Mackay (Oamaru), Very Rev. Father O'Shea, V.G-. (Wellington) Very Rev. Father Regnault, S.M. (Provincial), Very Rev' Dean Ginaty, V.G-. (Christchurch), Yen. Archpriest Le Menant des Chesnais (Tcmuka), Very Rev. Dean O'Donnell (Ashburton), Very Rev. Dean Bowers (Geraldine), Rev. Fathers Coffey and Cleary (Dunedin), Rev. Fathers Aubry (Waimale), Tubman (Timaru), Price (Christchurch), Le Petit (Faiihe), and Le Floch (Timaru). At Benediction in the afternoon his Lordship the Bishop preached on the life, virtues, and labors of the Blessed Madeleine Sophie Barat, and the vast services which have been rendered and are being rendered to education and religion by the great Order which she established. The social side of the celebration consisted of two very taking entertainments— one in the afternoon, the other in the evening. The- afternoon performance consisted of a fine scries of vocal ami instrumental numbers, choruses and hymns, dialogues on the life and virtues and miracles of the beatified nun, and two exquisitely set tableaux—' Christ the example of virtues ' and ' Christ the healer.' The evening performance consisted of the cantata, ' David the shepherd boy,' with various piano and violin selections in the intervals. The hall, chapel, and the entire building, inside and outside, were handsomely decorated, as befitted an occasion of such momentous and joyous interest for the Sisters of the Sacred Heart.