ARCHDIOCESE OF WELLINGTON

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXVII, Issue 2, 14 January 1909, Page 53

ARCHDIOCESE OF WELLINGTON

(From our own correspondent.) January 9. Mr. J. J. Burke returned to Wellington on Wednesday from Ireland, via the United States. The annual Communion of the Wellington Hibernian Society will be held on Sunday, March 14, at St. Mary of the Angels'. The Very Rev. Dean Regnault, S.M. (Provincial), left for Christchurch on Friday to take part in the annual retreat of the diocesan clergy. Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament took place at .St. Mary of the Angels' on last Sunday from last Mass until' Vespers. The altar was beautifully decorated. A concert to seamen will be given in the Sailors' Rest on Monday, 18th insb., under the auspices of/ the Wellington Catholic Seamen's Conference. A good programme ' has been arranged: . n" Their many friends congratulate Mr. and Mrs. Bernard *' F. Whitaker on their reaching the twenty-fifth anniversary of their wedding, vhich took place on January 8, 1884, at , St. Mary's Cathedral, Wellington. The Rev. Father Keenan, Newcastle, New South Wales, arrived in Wellington during the \yeek, and was the guest of the Redemptorist Fathers during his. stay here. In spite of the inclemency of the weather, there was a large attendance at -the euchre party held in St. Anne's Catholic Club rooms, Newtown, on Wednesday, under the auspices of the Christian Doctrine Society. The success of the function was largely attributed to the energy of the members of the society and the secretary, Miss R. Segrief . At the Basilica on Friday evening" the men's branch of the oacred Heart Association held their monthly meeting. The spiritual director, Rev."" Father Hickson, delivered a very interesting lecture on Catholic Belgium, and the progress it is making under the present Government, which has been in. power for twenty-five years. - It is intended at the association's monthly meetings to deliver short lectures instead of the usual sermons. The members of the Wellington Catholic Club cricket team journeyed to Kilbirnie on Saturday afternoon to try conclusions with the local fire brigade team. They made 45 and seven wickets for 48, against the -Kilbirnie's score of IQI. Those who performed well with the bat were J. R. Hunt 17 and 14 not out, and A. Hickmott 10; McGrath, Roseingrave, F. Hickmott, and Watson bowled well. After the game the visitors were entertained by the Kilbirnie team. - It is very pleasant for the members of the Wellington Catholic Club to receive visitors to their rooms. Mr.- F. Begg, a recent arrival from Falkirk, Scotland, and who was for a number of years secretary of the Catholic Young Men's Society, and also connected with other associations belonging to the Church there, called at the club rooms last week and informed the members that he intended to settle in Wellington, and has signified "his intention of joining Catholic Club. He should prove a valuable acquisition, on account of his varied knowledge and useful experience. . :j . - / At the Basilica of the Sacred Heart, Hill street, on Christmas morning, a special feature of the Pontifical High Mass was the beautiful rendering by the choir of Schubert's Mass in F, and Haydn's 16th Mass — the' ' Kyrie ' ' Gloria,' and « Credo ' of the former, and the ' Sanctus' 5 " > ' Benedictus,' and ' Agnus Dei 'of the latter. Mr. M.

Guthrie conducted. At the offertory the Christmas hymn 'Noel, Noel' was sung. After -Mass. the.. members of the choir were the guests of Father Hickson at the 'presbytery. His grace Archbishop Redwood complimented the choir and , conductor, remarking . that their performance that day was the finest he had yet heard them give.. [ The half-yearly meeting of the Wellington Hibernian Society took place at St. Patrick's Hall on Monday evening, January 4. Bro. J. W. Callaghan was in the chair. The recommendation' of the St. Patrick's Day Celebration Committee to hold a monster picnic on March 17 and a concert on the evening of March 19 was received and adopted unanimously. . The election of officers for the ensuing half-year resulted as follows: — President, Bro. E. Reichel; vice-president, Bro. E. J. Donoghue; secretary, Bro. P. D. Hoskins (re-elected) ;' treasurer, Bro. T. O'Brien (re-elected) ; assistant secretary, Bro. B. Nolan (re-elected) ; warden, Bro. J. Feeney; guardian, Bro. M. Condon; sick Bros. Condon and O'Callaghan; delegate to the United Friendly Societies' .Council, Bro. J. W. Callaghan; delegate to the United Friendly Societies' Dispensary, Bro. P. D. Hoskins. . .. At the Wellington Lawn Tennis Association's annual tournament, which was held this year at Day's Bay, there were large numbers of competitors, and the affair was a great success, thanks to the efforts of the managing committee, of which Mr. J. F. O'Leary (of the Catholic Club lawn tennis "branch) was an energetic member. Although not successful, the following ladies (members of the same branch) performed well in their different games: — Misses E. Crombie, Davis, M. Hayes, and C. Sullivan. Miss Davis took part in the final for the Ladies' Doubles Handicap. Masters A. Quinnell, E. Reeves, and L. G. Butcher were chosen as representatives of the Marist Brothers' School. It is the intention of the lawn tennis branch of the * Catholic Club to make early application for a new ground, as their present court will be utilised for the new club rooms which will be erected shortly.

A feature of the second provincial championship meeting,, under the auspices of the Wellington Centre of the New Zealand Amateur Athletic Association, which took place on the Basin Reserve on New Year's Day, was .the success of M. Mulcahy (a member of the Wellington Catholic Club's athletic branch), who gained first place in the half-mile, mile, and three-mile running" races. He will be sent to Auckland to compete in the Marathon race. In other events F. Strickland won the 120 yds handicap, and was second in the 75yds handicap; and P. J. Fitzgerald obtained second 'place to M. Mulcahy^ fin "tlfe three-mile race ; A. C. Murray ran a dead heat -for first place in the 600 yds handicap. The following members of the club acted in an official capacity at the meeting : — Messrs. J. J. Callaghan, J. W. Callaghan., J. E. Fitzgerald (judge), and H. McKeowen.