CATHOLIC FEDERATION

New Zealand Tablet, 6 May 1915, Page 31

CATHOLIC FEDERATION

GREYMOUTH. (From our own correspondent.) New life has been put into the local branch of the Catholic Federation since the visit of Mr.' GirlingButcher, who also succeeded in forming ten new branches in the district. The following representative committee has been appointed for the ensuing year :—Children of —Misses M. Kennedy and A, Heffernan; Ladies of Charity— C. Fogarty and M. Heffernan ; St. Cecelia Club—Misses Crowley; Sacred Heart Confraternity, Mrs. J. Kennedy; Hibernian Society— Messrs, J. Collogan and M. Keating; St. Columba Club —Messrs. H. F. Doogan and P. J. Smythe; parish— Messrs. M. McGilligan, M. Quinlan, J. Bellamy, P. Blanchfield, J. Higgins, and W. Sullivan. The following are the office-bearers:—President, Very Rev. Dean Carew; secretary, Mr. M. McGilligan; treasurer, Mr. P. Blanchfield. A canvass of the town for membership has resulted to date in an increase of 400, which is very creditable indeed. A special word of praise is due to the ladies, who entered into the work with great enthusiasm. The branch has the right man in the right place, in the person of the secretary (Mr. McGilligan), who is sparing neither time nor labor, in endeavoring to establish, what will eventually be, the strongest branch in proportion to population in New Zealand.