Archdiocese of Wellington

New Zealand Tablet, Volume LII, Issue 7, 25 February 1925, Page 29

Archdiocese of Wellington

(From our own Correspondent.) February 20. Rev. Father Joyce joined the Mission staff. Another to join up is Rev. Father Hefferuan, of Napier. Rev. Father O’Shaughnessy, an arrival from Ireland, will replace Father Heffernan at Napier. Rev. Father Vincent is already at Hastings, where he and Rev. Father McCarthy, S.M., are to conduct a mission. Rev. Father McGrath preached at Northlands last Sunday morning. The great Lewisham “drive” is being set in progress. His Grace Archbishop O’Shea spoke on this subject at all the Masses at Buckle Street last Sunday. He will speak at all the Masses at the Basilica on Sunday next. After his morning visits to the various churches of the city the parishioners will meet on the afternoon of the day in question. No canvassing will take place until a general meeting of these committees has been called. Wellington has longed for the coming of these devoted nursing Sisters for so long that little , comment is necessary. Christchurch can vouch for the boon they have been lo her, and Wellingtonians who journeyed thither for treatment can vouch lor it too. Their great skill, their perfect equipment, have been praised so often by competent critics that, as I said before, comment is needless. Virgil Philpott and Frank McGee have lelt for the Marist Brothers’ Novitiate at Mittagong, Australia. HUTT JOTTINGS Rev. bather Daly preached a strong sermon on Matrimony last Sunday, emphasising the evils arising out of mixed marriages. Deep sympathy is felt with the relatives of Airs. Slade who died this week at Lower Hutt. May she rest in peace 1 Lover Hutt affairs are flourishing. The tennis courts are a very popular meetingplace for the young people. At present the tennis ladder is headed by William Donnelly and Miss Maureen Mahony (ladies). The Marist Brothers’ Juniorate will reopen at Tuakau on the 2nd of March if the epidemic abates.