Redemptorist Fathers' New Church Wellington

New Zealand Tablet, 22 October 1908, Page 24

Redemptorist Fathers' New Church Wellington

On Sunda}', November 22, the solemn ceremony of blessing and opening of the new church of the Redemptorist Fathers a«Mount St. Gerard, Oriental Bay, Wellington, takes place. The ceremony will be performed by his Grace the Archbishop of Wellington, assisted by his Lordship the Bishop of Christchurch, who will pontificate at the High Mass. The occasional sermon will be preached by his Grace the Archbishop, who will also preside at the- evening devotions, when his Lordship the Bishop of Christchurch will preach. The new church promises to be one of the architectural features of Wellington. Its erection reflects great credit on the Redemptorist Fathers, who are making an appeal to the generosity of the Catholics of the Dominion toassist them in their undertaking. They have /no parish and no private resources, and therefore have to depend solely on thegencrous assistance of the many "friends throughout New Zealand to whom they have endeared themselves by their strenuous and_ unselfish labor for souls. We have no doubt that this help will be forthcoming, as the self-sacrificing work of the Fathers is now fully recognised throughout New Zealand. They do not spare' themselves in their missionary labors,^,and their work has brought untold blessings to thousands of Catholic homes. We trust that by the time the opening ceremony has taken place the heavy burden of debt will be considerably and that the Redemptorist Fathers will be able to pursue their~<work freed from the anxiety inseparable from a heavy financial responsibility.