ARCHDIOCESE OF WELLINGTON

New Zealand Tablet, 24 December 1908, Page 14

ARCHDIOCESE OF WELLINGTON

(From our own correspondent.) a /-< .r v t December 19. A Catholic bazaar was opened at Masterton on Monday, December 14, and was well patronised. _ The art union in aid of St. Anne's Catholic Club Newtown, was drawn on Thursday night. Eight prizeswere donated. - fo l" l '^** There will be Mass on Christmas Day for the first time at Brooklyn in Fulford's Hall, and also at Wadestown, at the residence of Mr. Blake, at 8 o'clock, i J* j B ,^ 1 sincere regret that I have to record the death of Mrs. A. G. Glastonbvry, Newtown. The deceased lady passed away on the 14th inst. The bite Mrs Glastonbury had by her kindness and sympathy towards 'others m their troubles endeared herself to many acquaintances. The Rev. Father Herring officiated at St. Anne's Church Newtown, and at Karori Cemetery. Much sympathy is expressed for the relatives in, their -bereavement. R.I.P. A. % pleasant social evening was held at the Drill. Hall' Potone, (in December 17, under the auspices of the Petono Catholic Club, m aid of the furnishing of the new convent shortly to be erected'in Petone for the Sisters of the Notre Dame des Missions. The following contributed items • Mrs Rowell, Misses Gladding and Rowell, Mr. -J. Carson, and Masters Gladding and Rowell. An excellent supper was provided.; Much credit is due to Messrs. F. Jackson J May, and M. Ryan, who helped to make the function such an enjoyable success. Tho Executive of the Federated Catholic Clubs of:- NewZealand hats decided to award diplomas of honor to Mr. J. G. Venning , of Timaru, and Mr. Gr J. Fania (an old Wellington boy), of Waverley-, for distinguished services rendored towards the work of the Federation. The former has proved himself a staunch supporter of the movement, and his early efforts in Timaru have riot .been forgotten. Mr. Fama has been instrumental in organising clubs in various centres of New Zealand. ° The Very Rev. Father Power, of Hawera, arrived in Wellington by the Moeraki on Wednesday, from a visit to Europe. - In . company with his sister, Miss Power, he went through Germany, Switzerland, Italy, and' France, and also made a trip down the Nile. He was received in private audience by his Holiness the Pope in April, arid was again received by the . Holy Father in November. Father Power says that he noticed a great improvement, in the state of affairs in Ireland. The people, lie remarked, are rapidly- becoming the owners of the : -land, and consequently the future is a~ hopeful one, for oven now a majority of the occupiers of land own their holdings.

At the first important amateur sports gathering of the .season, which was held on Saturday, 12th inst.,- at Athletic Park, under the auspices, of the Wellington Amateur Athletic Club, the following members of the Wellington Catholic Club acquitted themselves' creditably :—M. Mulcahy was first in the Mile Handicap, :: P. J. Fitzgerald first in the One-mile and Three-mile Walk Handicaps, D. Casey, first in the 440yds Handicap; P. McGrath, second in the 220yds Hurdle Race and third in tlie Half-mile Handicap. The 100yds St. Patrick's College Handicap was won by M. Malier, J. Ryan 2, and Coakley 3. Mutually's time in the three-mile race was only four-fifths of a second outside the club's standard time, and there is evory prospect of his representing the Wellington Amateur Union at tho next Championship meeting. Theje passed away on December 16, at the Victoria Hospital, Mr. Maurice Ready, at the age of seventy-two years. The deceased was a native of Ireland, and before coming to New Zealand he was a member of the Royal Irish Constabulary, but he left that force to join the Papal forces against Garibaldi fn Italy. During the campaign he received a decoration for conspicuous bravery., Ho came to New Zealand in the sixties, and joined the police force. He retired from the police force in 1893, and took up his residence on the West Coast, where he had lived up to a short time before his death. The deceased was a much esteemed and popular officer in the force. He leaves a son (Air. Henry Ready, in theR.N.Z.A.) and three married daughters (Mesdames Dovey, of Palmerston, and

Grey and Fordyce, of Wellington). The funeral took place on December 18 at the Mount Street .Catholic Cemetery, and was attended by a large number of friends. The Rev. Father" S, Mahony, S.M., officiated at. St. Joseph's Church, and the Rev. Father Schaefer, S.M., at the graveside. R.I.P. The membership of the newly-organised Confraternity of the Sacred'.. Heart in- the- Sacred Heart Basilica has/ become so large- that the Rev. Administrator has had to establish special confraternity Masses for both the men's branch and the. women's branch. On Sunday, December 6. the members of the latter branch approached the Holy Table guild by guild, the guilds, or circles, occupying the Whole of the nave of the church. Last Sunday the men liad their first confraternity Mass, and it was most edifying to see all present without exception receiving Holy Communion. At 10.30 Mass in the same church last Sunday the St. Patrick's College Cadets held a church parade. In their march through the city the lads, by their carriage and. military bearing, excited- favorable comment. -Tlie outsiders present at the Mass had the pleasure of witnessing the Unusual sight of a military salute given to the'Most Blessed Sacrament at the Elevation. A guard of honor; of eight, under. Captain Mark Devoy, stationed within the sanctuary, carried out this --portion of the function. The Very Rev. Father Keogh, S.M., Rector of St. Patrick's College, was the special preacher on this occasion.