Diocesan News

New Zealand Tablet, Volume LII, Issue 6, 11 February 1925, Page 31

Diocesan News

Archdiocese of Wellington (From our own Correspondent.) February 6. Tile many friends of Rev. Father Fay are grieving with him over the death of his sister, Mrs. Gainey, which occurred last Saturday. The light of heaven to her soul! The Fay family has had its share of sorrow and much sympathy is theirs. Rev. Father Clancy, S.M., Napier, spent a. few days here after the Retreat. He was a guest at the Archbishop’s House, Guilford Terrace, and his friends wore delighted to see him again. He preached an eloquent and convincing sermon at the nine o’clock Mass. Rev. Father Kane has joined the mission staff. He is already in residence on Holder's Hill. St. Pat’s has been hard hit lately in losing so many of its old teachers. But of course changes must come, and there can be no doubt that Father Kane’s knowledge of men, and his widely known love of sport will he special qualities in the mission field. His words in Rugby Union councils, though few, are always broadminded and pithy. , Success to him in his new career! Rev. Father Edwards has been transferred from Buckle Street to Takapau. All the ; parishioners are very sorry, for he has been ;

a great worker among them. They bid him God speed and a return some time. News in Wellington this week from Waikiwi’s well-known soggarth, Father James O’Neill. According to the Pennsylvania Itcyistcr, Father O’Neill, “with the solemnity that marks the perfect storyteller,” has been enlightening the ignorant on the subject of his adopted country. He did it in his own way. May he be forgiven! He probably w ill bo, for the Yankees tell them tall. But he told them serious tales, too of the progress of New Zealand. The industrial laws, pension laws, scenic beauties, etc. And evidently they enjoyed even more the story of how the natives were cured of cannibalism by the taste of a missionary’s cork leg. Speaking of humorous anecdotes —one of the recent visiting preachers left this story behind him. An old man in Ireland was overwhelmed by troubles. Endeavoring to comfort him the priest said soothingly, “Ah, well, God is good!” “Well,” said the old man doubtfully but politely, “He has that character anyway in this part of the country, Father.” Rev. Father P. P. Murray, C.SS.K., has left this city for Auckland. An enjoyable afternoon was spent at Lower Hntt on Sunday, when St. Joseph’s Tennis Club journeyed out to play the local Catholic team. It was a glorious day and the outing was voted a great success. -Hiss Kathleen Jansen, who recently returned to New Zealand after her studies in Winchester and Sydney, has now taken up her profession in Wellington. Before leaving Sydney, Miss Jansen gave a very successful recital, which gained her most favorable notices from the press, and from the leading musical magazines. She intends giving a similar recital in the Town Hall Concert Chamber, Wellington, on Wednesday, March ■I, when she will be assisted in an extensive and varied programme by Mr. Leon do Manny (violinist) and Mr. Harold Whittle (accompanist).