Archdiocese of Wellington

New Zealand Tablet, Volume LII, Issue 2, 14 January 1925, Page 30

Archdiocese of Wellington

(From our own Correspondent.) January 9. His Grace Archbishop Redwood has visited Master ton, and is now visiting Wanganui. The Retreat for ladies, held annually at the Convent of the Sacred Heart, Island Bay, was this year preached by the Rev. Father Loughnan, S.J., and was a great success. All the retreatants expressed themselves as delighted with the result of the Retreat. Spiritually they profited by the exercises, and physically by the clear pure air of Island Bay. - The Retreat for men is to be held, as before, at St. Patrick’s College, and will commence on the 23rd of this month. The men always enjoy these Retreats greatly. The old college is always crowded, and after the Retreat many reunions take place of friends who have little time for social intercourse in everyday business life. The spiritual value of the Retreat need scarcely be emphasised. It will be preached by a Marist Missioner. There ate many favorable notices of Miss Eileen Driscoll’s recital in the Wigmore Hall, London, in conjunction with the pianiste, Miss Valeria Corliss. Miss Driscoll is known here as - a. singer with a pretty and sympathetic voice. Wigmore Hall is a hall much loved of musical debutantes. Miss Driscoll sang two Maori songs, the music of which is •the work of Miss Doreen Walshe. The singer was greatly applauded for them. London is taken with such works 'at present. Folk songs of all countries are in great demand. Negro spirituelles, Maori songs, Serbian ballads, and the wonderful old Irish ballads, resurrected (by the Celtic Renascence, are the favorites there. Infantile paralysis is causing much anxiety here at present. Beyond observing the ordinary health rules, it would appear that parents can do little to protect their children. It seems such a sporadic thing that its place of infection cannot often be detected. Children that have never been to the sea-shore or been playing with affected children catch it. ■ As in the great epidemic panic does almost as much harm as the disease.. Fear is useless in any case. The Kilbirnie school is well under way. The brick work portion has now been reached, and the school will soon show , its outlines. This growing parish is not going to let the demand get ahead of the supply of room, ■and it is wise. "y-*v"v’-v’ < v~o~y~v' -