DIOCESE OF AUCKLAND.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXVI, Issue 9, 1 July 1898, Page 6

DIOCESE OF AUCKLAND.

(By telegraph from our own correspondent.) On Sunday night despite the inclement weather a large congregation assembled at the Cathedral when the Bishop recited the Rosary explaining between each decade the solemn mysteries of this devotion. The discourse* was most instructive and highly appreciated Being the month devoted to the Sacred Heart, the° Bishop referred to, and exhorted the faithful to practise this splendid devotion. Rev. Father Dawson is expected to return from Wellington this

The Auckland Catholic Literary Society approached Holy Communion at the Cathedral on Sunday morning, and were subsequently treated to a sumpttious breakfast at the presbytery, by the chaplain of the Society, Rev. Father Croke, who, after Mass, exhorted the young men of the city to join the Society, and so improve their minds and widen their knowledge. The committee of the late Centenary Celebration meet shortly to decide m what direction to devote the surplus accruing therefrom. The three principal centres have commemorated "ninetyeight locally, and it is desired that Christuhurch fall into line and so complete the success of the New Zealand celebrations ' The Bishop visited Hamilton, then Whangerai, thus completing this year s diocesan visitation.

At St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church on Sunday night, Rev Mr. Milne paid high tribute to the memory of the late Father Damien, the martyr of Molokai. The entertainment given at Ponsonby in aid of St. Mary's Convent proved financially successful. The help was much needed as that confraternity were put to heavy expenses draining property in consequence of adjoining reclamation.