Diocese of Auckland

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

Diocese of Auckland

(From our own Correspondent.) January 8. Two Retreats were conducted by the Rev. •Father Walsh, C.SS.R., at St. Mary’s Convent, Ponsonby. The first was for the professed Sisters, and the second (which is proceeding now) was for the novices. The Sisters of Mercy have successfully negotiated for the purchase of a very beautiful property at Howick, consisting of Vl\ acres and a house, for the purpose of establishing a girls’ orphanage in this fine little suburb. The property was owned by Mr. Haliburton Johnston, and is ideally situated, fronting Howick Beach, well, timbered, and within easy, distance of the pier. It is proposed to make extensive alterations to the buildings, and the plans and specifications are already in course of preparation by the architects. The Sisters believe in losing no time, and it will not be very long before the establishment is opened. No better site for an orphanage could have been secured in the. Auckland district, and the Sisters of Mercy are to be congratulated on their enterprise and progressiveness in opening such an institution' in this rising and progressive suburbperhaps one of the m?)st progressive in the Auckland district. The residents of Papatoetoe and the surrounding district are very anxious to have a church in their midst. A working-bee, therefore, Jias been formed, and,,it will not now be long before an edifice is erected as a monument to the industry and energy of the Catholics at Papatoetoe. A full report of the organisation working for the accomplishment of this great work will be sent to the Tablet on the completion of the building. A very pretty wedding took place in the Catholic church at Morrinsville recently. The contracting parties were Mr. J. Verner, sixth son of Mr. and Mrs. Verner, Morrinsville, and Miss' Hilda R. Keogh, daughter of Mr.

and the late Mrs. Keogh, of Morrinsville. •The bride was charmingly attired in brocaded crepe-de-Ohine with veil and a wreath of orange blossoms. Miss Rose Verner, as bridesmaid, wore champagne satin and black hat. Marjorie Greenslade, as a flower girl, was in pale pink georgette and black hat. Mr. P. Keogh, of Auckland, was best map. After the ceremony a reception was held at the home of the bride’s father. , *