HIBERNIAN AUSTRALASIAN CATHOLIC BENEFIT SOCIETY — DUNEDIN.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume I, Issue 35, 27 December 1873, Page 8

HIBERNIAN AUSTRALASIAN CATHOLIC BENEFIT SOCIETY — DUNEDIN.

LAST Sunday morning the members of St. Joseph's Branch, No. 73, attended first Mass at St. Joseph's Church, and received Holy Communion in a body 5 every member, with the exception of three or four who were unavoidably absent, was present. They met in the schoolroom at 7.45, and from thence marched in order to the church, the front rows of the middle seats having been kindly reserved for them by his Lordship. The officers wore their regalia, and the members had a ■mall green rosette pinned on their left breasts in lieu of sashes, which have not as yet been received from Melbourne. It was gratifying and pleasing to see the members approaching the altar in union, and offering up their communion for the intentions of the Society. We shall be glad to hear of the other branches in New Zealand following the good example Bhewn by St. Joseph's Branch, No. 73.