GIRLS' HOME (ST. JOHN'S), KAPUNDA.

A very successful retreat for the inmates of St. John's Home has just been concluded by the Rev. Father Mclnerney, S J. (says the " Southern Cross").

The holy and zealous priest did not spare himself in teaching these poor children to love and serve God, and in helping them to raise themselves to better things. The girls attended well during the whole time, and the good spirit which now prevails proves the advantage gained by this much-needed retreat—the first that has been given since the home has been established.

Father Mclnerney has sown the good seed, and there is every hope of a fruitful harvest in the future. In concluding, the good priest advised the girls to keep a spiritual flag flying bearing the following mottoes: -

"All to the greater glory of God," and beneath, in respect to sin and evil, "No surrender!" These two watchwords have been readily taken up by the children of the home, and their prayers will often ascend to heaven for the kind father, who was the means of bringing to their young hearts grace and peace and consolation.

Citation:

'GIRLS' HOME (ST. JOHN'S), KAPUNDA.', Kapunda Herald, (27 February 1903), p. 3., http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110275217.

(This article is from the Kapunda Herald, and recreated here for research purposes.)