Waipawa

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXVI, Issue 22, 4 June 1908, Page 14

Waipawa

The week's mission, which lias been conducted in St. Patrick's Church by the "Very Rev. Father Clune, C.SS.R. (says the ' Waipawa Mail '), was brought to a close on Sunday evening, May 17, when the preacher delivered an impressive sermon. At the close of the service Father Clune thanked the Rev. Father Johnston, the Sisters, and the Waipawa people for their hospitality during his short stay among them. He also congratulated the parish upon having so zealous a •priest, and alluded to the hearty congregational singing, which he had not heard surpassed in any part of New Zealand. Congregational singing met with the approbation of his Holiness the Pope, and personally he liked to hear the congregation- taking part in the service. In a choir, sometimes its members sang for the glory of man, not for the glory of God. It was ' delightful to hear the fresh young voices praising their Maker, and it was evident that the Sisters- had devoted considerable pains to teach the children. Father Clune also thanked those who were not members of the congregation for financial assistance.