PRESENTATION TO BISHOP LUCK.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXIII, Issue 7627, 3 May 1886, Page 6

PRESENTATION TO BISHOP LUCK.

At St. Patrick's Cathedral yesterday morning hie Lordehip Bishop Luck celebrated half-past seven o'clock mass, when he was presented with the following address, on behalf of the League of the Cross, by Mr. George Leahy, president of that body :— Address from the officers and member of St. Patrick's League of the Cross to the Moat Her. John Edmund Lu.-k. DD, 0.5.8., Bishop of Auckland. My Lord,—St. Patrick's League of the Cross take advantage of ynur Lnrtitthip's ciilc ■ration <,t the monthly mass of the association, to tender their heartfelt thanks for the unremitting zeal anil interest you hare displayed towards the Cathode population of Auckland in establishing the League of the Cross in their mldit. By nieins of the aesociation you have promoted iu a most fffeoluiil manner the grest cause of U'tnperance —a cause which hag been to tarno3tly taken up and advocated throughout the length and breadth of the British colonie«. The words of sympathy and marked interest expressed by your Lordship on Easter Monday last, at the Inaugural festival of the loague, are to us a renowed pie-due of that encouragement and patronage which you have no»er failed to manifest towards overy work hiving for itsolj»ct the spiritual welfare ol the faithful of your diocese. The sympathy which you have ever evinced In the past will always bo a guarantee of your continued favour and patronage to this laudable'work in the future. Amongst othor work* undertaken during your episcopal career in Auckland wo may acltiiowlodge with grateful feelings the bdnelitt of ft great Catholic school to protoct and foster the faith of our fathers amongst our children. This work iilouo would entitle jour Lordship to our filial love and gratitude. The foundation of St. Vincent de Paul's Society, the Confraternities of tho Sajred Heart and tho Living Koaary, the propagation of the faith, and last, though not least, [he opening of a new cathedral, speak more for the blesiinge which Almighty tJod his vouchsafed to your rule iu this diocese than all our fetiblo expressions of admiration and gratitude. Those, and so many other undertakings for the promotion and greater glory of God, will, we aril assured, form tho bright , gems in your eternal crown. Wo pray Almighty God that he may continue to blesi your Lordship's ppiscop\cy by granting you m*ny lon* and happy years to oontiuuo and perfect tin many great and good works no auspiciou-ly begun.—U. Leahy, lay president; M Co.nt). vico president: J. Qu inn. treasurer ;J. J. OnofXii, so-* rotary. Auckland, May I,IBSB. Hia Lordship briefly replied, expressing his satisfaction at witnessing the assembling of so many of the mombere for the express purpose of receiving into their souls the bread of life. He also referred to the lose they were about to suffer in the departure from amongst them of the Rev. Father Tuokwell, to whose energy and zeal alone was due the institution ot the League of the Cross. At the conclusion of the day's gospel, Bishop Luck again addreesed the league, counselling them to remain faithful to the obligations they had contracted in becoming members, and to the principles which bound tho society together under the glorious standard of the Crose ; and exhorted them to do their utmost to spread the influence of their association, and thus in some measure check the prevalence of the vice of intemperance—a vice whioh gave such oflence to God, and was fraught with such disastrous results to society. The Bishop also again spoke of the approaching departure of Father Tuckwell, and congratulated the league on tho pationt spirit with which they viewed their loss. Separations were always painful, but how much more so when the person they were losing was loved and respected by all ; and though it was wrong that they should entwine their hearts around any person or anything on earth so closely as to lose sight of the allwise Providence, they were all sorry at losing Father Tuckwell. They had, however, in Father Kehoe, his successor, a worthy priest, who wonld take a lively interest in the affairs of the league-