ARCHDIOCESE OF WELLINGTON

New Zealand Tablet, Issue 3, 6 August 1908, Page 13

ARCHDIOCESE OF WELLINGTON

(From Our Own Correspondent.)

August 1. I am pleased to say that pupils from our schools will be talcing part in the Shakespeare reading competition.

The Rev. Father Moloney, S.M., leaves o^n Monday for Chcistchurch, where he is to assist in the parish of Christchurch North. The Rev. Father has acted in all the city parishes here, and will be greatly missed.

His Grace Archbishop Redwood, in a letter written just before his departure for the Islands, states that he was greatly benefited in health by his stay -in Queensland. His Grace ;•; due in Auckland on the 13th inst., on his return home.

In view of the splendid results achieved, by pupils of St. Patrick's College in recent years, and of tlie 'approaching silver jubilee of the Rector, Very Rev. Father Keogh, it has been decided to celebrate the occasion by making a suitable gift to the college. As the college is a New Zealand institution, it is proposed to make the appeal a general one. The movement is a worthy one, and should receive general support.

One of the most pleasant and successful social gatherings of its kind was held at the Sydney Street Schoolroom on Thursday evening, under the auspices of the Catholic Club and Catholic Tennis Club. The room was crowded for the occasion, and the stage, with its fine array of palms and other plants, presented a pleasing spectacle. The success of the gathering was in no small measure due to an energetic committee of ladies and to the able and zealous services of- Messrs. B. J. Devine and J P McGowan as joint secretaries. On Monday last the members of St. Anne's Catholic Club met- to .adopt rules. The chair was occupied by the president (Mr.Monarty). The Yen. Archdeacon Devoy and Rev Father .Herrmg. were also present. The Yen. Archdeacon announced fn *h « T? v ereCti ° n ° f the Club rooms wa * already .on.,the..ground, and a beginning was to be made at once. Ti o * annual .subscription was fixed at the sum of ?s 6d. A motion' to.devote the-sum of as from each subscription to the ' cThoH c and allow each member a cop/ was negatived as 't ,was, censored , that the club in its- infancy .cou£ not afford .such attribution. The motion was suggested by » 1 , to. , like.ffect submitted to the last oonhSETS £ Federal delegates. The club has decided to join- the Federation

A meeting of parishioners of Muratai was held at the Bay on Sunday last/ The, Rector, of the parish (Very Rev. Father Keogh, S.M., 8.A.) presided. It was announced that the sum ° f was, realised by the recent social. The Rector, in referring to the splendid result achieved, spoke in eulogistic terms of the services of the good ladies of the parish 'and of the kindness of friends in the city. ■ He expressed to one and all his sincere thanks. As a mark of appreciation of his services, the secretary to the social (Mr. B. Kelly) was presented by the Rectqr with a pair of gold sleeve-links. . the close of -the meeting" the Rector entertained his friends and visitors at afternoon tea. It has been decided to hold another gathering some time in October.

(From an Occasional Correspondent.) ' July 27. / The members of the St. Vincent de Paul Society ar* doing a great amount of good among Catholics in Wellington. They visit the poor and sick in their homes, and also those in the hospitals; they give words of comfort to Catholic prisoners in gaol, and they distribute literature to the seamen when in port and entertain them in various ways.

Next' month (says the ' Evening Post') the silver jubilee of the Very Rev. Father Keogh, S.M., 8.A., Rector of St. Patrick's College (that is, the 25th year of his ordination to the priesthood) will take place. In view of the splendid results achieved during the past four or five years by pupils of* the college, under the guidance of the Very Reverend Father and his able staff, it is proposed by ex-pupils of the institution and the general body of the laity throughout the Dominion to celebrate the occasion b.y making some suitable- gift through the Rector to the college itself. A particularly pleasing, feature of the success of the college is the fine work done by ex-pupils at the' local University College. Perhaps the most notable success is that achieved by one of the college staff, the Rev. Father Bartley, who was this year winner of the New Zealand University Scholarship for mental science. Other members of the staff' were also successful in obtaining their degrees from the New Zealand University. In the field of sport the college athletic teams .were also successful; the football team having returned from its tour in the north with three successes out of four contests.