OAMARU.
( From our own Correspondent.)
It ia with Bincere pleasure that we learn the safe arrival of our beloved Bishop, and that he received a royal reception on his arrival in Dunedin, which proves the high esteem in which he is held by all classes.
The Rev. F. Donnelly, at each of the services on last Sunday, announced that their worthy parish priest, the Yen. Archdeacon Coleman, had been raised by his Holiness the Pope to the dignity of a Roman prelate, and in future he would be known as the Bight Rev. Monsignor Coleman. This was not only an honour conferred upon Monsignor Coleman himself, but also upon the Catholics of this parish, who would, he was sure, be grateful to the Sovereign Pontiff and to bis Lordship the Bishop for obtaining such honours for their esteemed pastor, and the Catholics of Odintra would give Monsignor Coleman on his return their sincere congratulations.
The Rev. F.Donnelly celebrated nine and eleven o'clock Masses on last Sunday. At eleven o'clock he preached a sermon on the epistle of the day — the true faith, without which, he said, it was impossible to please Go lor be saved, according to St. Paul. la the evening, it being the Feast of the Holy Rosary, the rev. gentleman preached an instructive sermon on that subject. Father Donnelly called it the scriptural Kosary, giving chapter and verse for each mystery, beginning with the first and eading with tha fifteenth, and quoting ths words of Holy Writ, with an explanation of each mystery as he went along.
The Catholic schools are well attended, and are in a most flourishing condition. The children are all anxiously looking out for a visit from our beloved Bishop, and we are all glad to learn that his Lordship has brought out more lush priests and nuns to carry on the good work so well established eveiywhere in this diocese. We are sure there will be a great harvest in the near future.
Mr. T. L. Buick gave the last of his splendid lectures on Irish affairs, Home Rule, etc., on Wednesday night to a full house. Every one who has heard him says be is by far the best lecturer ever beard in Oamaru. Mr. Buick is a born oraior, who has a thorough knowledge of Irish history and of the misrule of that noble but ill-fated country. Those who have heard tbe Irish members at Home In the House of Commons say that Mr. Buick is not one whit inferior to even the best speaker among them. He was freely and deservedly applauded throughout his lectures, and his peroration on Wednesday evening was really a grand piece of eloquence, and made an extra* ordinary impression upon his hearers, who applauded him again and again. The papers here all speak highly of him, and there is no doubt, to judge by the mental grasp and gilt of speech which he has displayed in delivering his lectures in Oamaru, that a noteworthy future lies before him. We sincerely wish him God-speed and every success, spiritual and temporal. It is satisfactory to see the miners at Maerewhenua have formed an association to look after local interests on that essentially important but neglected goldfield. The old adage Bays that •• Heaven helps those who help themselves." We hope tuat this association will be encouraged and that the miners will not be left to act alone, for they are entitled to and require not only the sympathy but the assistance of the Oamaru people. Let us hope that they as colonists have too much public spirit to be guilty of neglecting their best interests by failing to co-operate with the Maerewhenua miners.
The weather here for the past fortnight has been delightful, and tbe corn and grass fields look charming, clothed in their beautiful green.
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New Zealand Tablet, Volume XVII, Issue 27, 25 October 1889, Page 20
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639OAMARU. New Zealand Tablet, Volume XVII, Issue 27, 25 October 1889, Page 20
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