DIOCESE OF CHRISTCHURCH

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXVII, Issue 3, 21 January 1909, Page 94

DIOCESE OF CHRISTCHURCH

(From our own correspondent.) January 18. The many friends of the Rev. Father McManus, of Rangiora, will learn with regret that he is dangerously ill. In view of the continued inclement weather and the great loss threatened should it continue, his Lordship the Bishop has ordered that special prayers shall be offered throughout the diocese for fine weather. To-day (Monday) a Solemn Pontifical Requiem Mass will be celebrated by his Lordship the Bishop for the repose of the soul of the late Rev. Mother-General of the Sisters of Nazareth, who died at the Mother House of the Order, Hammersmith, London, on Christmas eve, and was buried on the eve of the new year. The annual retreat of the clergy was concluded on Sunday, and was followed by the usual synodal meeting. In the evening at the Cathedral there was Solemn Pontifical Vespers, at which his Lordship the Bishop officiated. The Yen. Archpriest Le Menant des Chesnais, S.M. (Temuka), and Very Rev. Dean Bowers (Geraldine) were deacons of honor at the throne, the Very Rev. Dean Ginaty, S.M., V.G., assistant priest, and Very Rev. Father Price, Adm., "master of ceremonies. The Rev. Father Lowham, C.SS.R., preached an eloquent sermon from the text, * First seek ye the Kingdom of God,' to a large congregation, after which there was Solemn Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament. .With sincere regret I have to record the death of Miss Edith Adelaide Young, daughter of Mrs. M. Young, and sister of Miss Katie Young, late organist of the Cathedral, which occurred quite unexpectedly last week. The de-

ceased young lady, who was only twenty-four at the time of her death, was born at Wanganui. She took up the nursing profession, and went through her training with very great credit at Strathmore Hospital and Mrs. Pope's Nursing Home. Her death was quite unexpected. The deepest sympathy is felt with the family under the sad circumstances. Requiem Mass for the repose of her soul was celebrated in the Cathedral on Friday last by the Very Rev. Father Price, Adm., who afterwards officiated at the interment in the Linwood Cemetery. The Dead March from 'Saul' was played. by Mrs. W. Cronin on the Cathedral organ at the conclusion of Mass. R.I. P.