Diocesan News

New Zealand Tablet, 24 September 1908, Page 13

Diocesan News

ARCHDIOCESE OF WELLINGTON -{From an- Occasional Correspondent.) September iS.A sociaPgathering in 'aid of St. Anne's Catholic "Club," Xewtown, will be held at the opening of Hie new club rooms next month. , " _ , The Very Rev. .Father Renault, Provincial, has' been visiting Blenheim, and, Nelson, .and is at present in Westland, where he expects to be about a month. ' *lt is expected .that the new church at JNr.ou.nt St. Gerard, "Oriental Bay, of the Redemptoris't Fathers, will be opened, on the third Sunday in -November by his Grace the Archbishop. . The following the .results .of- the Trinity College theory of music examinations held in Jime .last in St. Bride's Convent, M aster to,n : — First-grade, intermediate — May Bousted, 75. Junior honors— Henrietta King, 99 ; Margaret. Byrne, 97 ; Kaore Te Whaitu, 92; Madeline Kelliher, gx ; Mary O'Neill, 90. Junior pass, Irene Taylor, 69. Preparatory, Sybil Cameron, 90. ' That excessive wealth, is jmore harmful than excessive poverty,' was the subject for debate at the. Catholic Club Junior Debating Society last Tuesday, when Mr. James McCusker took the affirmative side and Mr. J. O'Leary the -negative.' The speeches were very creditable and promising." At the conclusion of the debate the president (Mr. S. J. Moran) "awarded the honors to the affirmative, side. Mr. James McCusker. was elected vice-president of. the Society. The members of the Petone Catholic Club were greatly -pleased at their representative (Mr. Brice)* defeating Mr. Grimstone, of the Civil Service Club, at billiards for the Chrystallatc Cup. The match wa> played at Petone on Thursday. The latter was the holder of the cup. Mr. Brice won by 57 points." The best break was 30, made by Mr. Grimstone. In the next round, which look place last Monday at the .Petone Catholic Club rooms, -Mr. Brice defeated Mr. Frost, oF the Wellington Catholic Club, by 175 points in a game of 300 up. The best break was 30, secured by Mr. Brice. There .passed away recently at Carterton, at the early age of twenty-four years, a fervent and practical Catholic, Mrs. Greathcad, wife of Mr. George Greathcad. The deceased lady was a daughter of Mr. P. Shutkowrki, of South Carterton. Her remains were laid to rest in the Clareville Cemetery on Sunday afternoon in the presence "of a large and sympathetic gathering of friends. A Requiem Mass was celebrated in St. Mary's Catholic Church for the repose of the soul of the deceased "by Rev. Father Bowe, who also officiated at the grave. Ske g leaves two young children. — R.I. P. .The monthly meeting of "Ihc" men's branch of the Sacred Heart Association was held at "St. Joseph's Church on Sunday, when there was a large attendance W members. The Rev. Father S. Mahony, S.M., ga*ve an instructive discourse on the Blessed Eucharist, and urged his hearers to receive Holy Communioivmore frequently, for it 'was the wish of the Holy Father that Catholics should approach the Holy Table monthly, wecklj , or even daily. After .Vespers 'two new members were received into (he Association. Roy. Father Mahony succeeds Rev. Father Yenning as spiritual director of the Association. , News was received by cable '.on September 14 of the death at Enmore, Sydney, of Mr. James Joseph Callaghan, at the ag* of, .sixty years. -The deceased had ,a" long and honorable career as a school teacher, under the N.S.W. Government. He was for twenty-two .years master of the Hamilton school, arid was then transferred to Sydney. .He was in all thirty years in the .'service,, and in J905 was President of the . School 'Teachers 1 Association at the annual, conference held in S\dney. Owing to failing, health lie retired from the service in 1906. Ttie t deceased was the father of Messrs. J. J. and J. W. .Callaghan, of Wellington, both prominent members of the Wellington Catholic , Club. They have/^the' sincere sympathy of many friends in their bereavement. '..On Thursday morning, (says the__Domi«»o»i) a, very interesting and impressive cetemony took place at the Home of Com--at- Island Bay, when, in the* presence of many of their friends, fou/ of the novices took~the veil and-two made-,profes-sion. The Order of .the .Sisters of Compassion was. founded by Mother Mary Aubert herself.^and is purely a "New Zealand Order. ■ • Those to .enter Jt serve first of all as assist-

ants. They wear the habit, but not the hood of the Order After serving a probation they are permitted to take the white veil, and they lake their vows for one year, at the end of which tim« they may renew them if they wish. ' At the end of two years they take another tow, and -receive the dark veil of the Order, and for the next six j'ears their vows are renewed annually. After that, that is to say more than eight years after they hava first entered the home, they may take the vows for the rest of their lives. During those eight years, especially during the first two years, circumstances may arise which make " it necessary for the Sister to return to the world. The claims of her family might enforce her return, or she might prove unfitted for the work, which demands skilled workers, but it is felt that the novices who take the veil look-forward to a life spent in the Order. Sometimes from this Order they drift into others with a different rule. Mother Mary's work has been to : a great extent among the Maoris, and the vow taken pledges the Sisters to tend" the. sick and afflicted 'of both races'. During the .service a Maori hymn, ' How good is the .'Lord, how sweet is His name,' was sung by the choir. This hymn was firstheard by Mother Mary fifty years ago, and she herself transposed the music for use at Thursday morning's service. His Graco Archbishop Redwood conducted the service, and delivered the address to the novices. The Sisters who professed were : Miss McManaway (Sister Mary Francis) and Miss Cregan (Sister Mary Francis Xavier). The four novices who took the veil wore : Miss Kerrigan (Sister Mary Aloysius), Miss Forbes (Sister Mary Stanislaus), Miss Ellor (Sister Mary Augustine), and Miss Vernon (Sister Mary Paula). (From an occasional correspondent.) Among recent arrivals in Wellington is Miss Ruby McDonald, a young Sydney violinist of distinct ability. Miss McDonald has come to settle in New Zealand for health reasons, and has already appeared in public on a few occasions, when her playing created a decidedly favorable impression. She made a concert tour on the West Coast a few weeks ago with very considerable success. Her public performances in Wellington were on the occasion of the concert in the Town Hall .in connection with the jubilee of the Very Rev. Father Keogh, the concert in aid of the Home of Compassion, and at a recital given by herself, in all of which her contributions . were received with much appreciation by the audience and highly praised by the press. Regarding Miss McDonald's performance at her own recital, the Dominion said : — ' Miss McDonald . . . proved, herself to be an executant of exceptional ability. Her selections — Godard's difficult " Romanlique " Concerto, Schubert's " Aye Maria" and "Am Meer," Wieniawski's " Kuyawiak," "Romance " (concerto in D Minor), and " Legende," and a " Morris Dance " of German's — were ambitious efforts, but they were capably played. Miss McDonald . . . plays without affectation of any sort. Her bowing is clean and full of verve f she. produces a full rich tone from the instrument ; her .fingering, harmonies, and octaves are admirable, and her playing is animated with passionate feeling.'