DIOCESE OF AUCKLAND.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXVII, Issue 2, 12 January 1899, Page 4

DIOCESE OF AUCKLAND.

(Fro 7\ oar own corre.spon lent.) Thursday, January .">. The Christmas fes ti% ities wore carried out this year in our city and suburban churches vs ith much devotion and splendour. At the Cathedral his Lordship Dr. Leiiihan occupied his throne at 11 o^'cli ck Mass, which \\a& admirably sung by Hey. Father Hills of Si Patrick's College, Wellington ; otacou, Father Croke ; sub-deucon' tathor Buckley. The Bishop delivered a touoning sermon upon the

SSSJ^ftf o i atlvlt y- The caoir rendered admirably Gatowd 8 Mm Solennelle,' under the baton of Mr. P. F. Hiscocks ; £5 t™ *£* l reald £ *** or^ an - At Pontifical Vespers in SUXT 1 * the ReV ' . Path6r lßaac Moore > S.J., of Melbourne, preached a very appropriate sermon. In the sanctuary was another member of the Society of Jesus, Father McKillop, of South Australia. At all the Masses and Vespers the Cathedral was over- ! crowded. «. w* St i ßen £ dio £ 8 > Father Darby celebrated 11 o'clock Mass, the Very Rev. Dr. Bgan, O 5.8., preached. The choir, with orchestral accompaniment, performed in accurate style Mount's 12th Mass. At the Sacred Heart Church, Ponsonby, on Christmas morning, Masses were celebrated by the Rev. Fa- her Gil lan. U the early Masses large numbers of the parishioner* approached Holy Com- £ U *u lOn A-J he W OOI ? 1 * Ma9S was specially well actended, the Rev. Father Gillan addressing the people upon the K reat festival. The choir under Miss Rita Tole, rendered Haydn's 'Imperial M,m' Miss Ruthven presiding at the organ. The altars woro beautifully decorated. J In Parnell Father Kehoe addressed his V w V h> at the Masses on the great festival of the Nativity. Mi Hard's Mass was well given by the choir, which was conducted on this occasion by Mis* Annie Lorngan. Large congregations were piesent morning and evening. # The retreat for the priests of the diocese opens on Monday, <>th mst at the Bishop's palace. It is to be conducted by the Rev. rather Isaac Moore, S.J. a he ,^f? hfc Rev - Bishop Mooro. of Ballarat, passed through Auckland by the last iuw..rd Frisco mail bo it, and while here paid a visit to Dr. Lenihan. r The Very Rev. Father G-inaty. S.M , of Christchurch, has completed his missionary labours after sixteen hard months' constant preaching and travelling. His Lordship, Dr. Lenihan, has specially directed me to state that he has been thoroughly edified and pleased with the noble work performed in the Auckland dicce.se by the Very Rev. manager of Mount Magdala, and that he (Dr. Lenihan) parted from him with very sincere regret. 'Sister Kenneth, 1 a la Jy who takea an active part in the Helping Hand Mission,' principally Wesley an, told an interviewing pressman that ' a great many Roman Catholics apply to the Mission for help, and some of the more necessitous are relieved ' Of all the 'sects 1 and 'isms' (and they are legion) who worry bister Kenneth for the needful, she exulted only in the parade of the poor 'benighted' Catholics. In that very sphere of Sister Kenneths labours the poor Catholics have ever been and are now well cared for both in spiritual and temporal matters Miss Sarah McVeigh, of this city, who. a few years back, left for France to join the Little Sisters of the Poor (in which Order her elder sister had already taken her vow), has taken her vow and has just arrived in Melbourne, where she is to labour m her noble work. Her parents and tnen.K here were highly djli-'hted at the good news. J ,v. !r! r " W 7 , thas reft ' rs tn our B iahop in connection with the Auckland !H celebration : There is hardly an Irish family on the globe that hu- nor .ome Utter memory of it« own, inherited from the tune that the tjii.h.i and t, t . ra.;k ftils , the penalty in Ireland ot Irish rat-n .tism. \\V lind an i uero^ting illu.srrat.on in an account ot a OS cenrenny cclfbi.iti«),i m f llr . o ft Now Zealand lit whiih an eloquent id-lr^* vva- by tile iiight Rev. Dr. Lenihan C.ttnoLc Bishop ot .Wkl.md. lii,hop L nihan commenced his speech at tJu muK,,. by an announcement which naturally, excited the enthusiasm vl that Irish audience a-vav from Ireland on the other side of la « «l o l)-. -With prid^." said the iiishop, ; I stand here to-night, a grandson of one who tell in glono U3 ;h Then, after quotmr at length tne H.shop's speech, Patrick Ford s Irihh paper co.k lu<l,s :• i t ttO uld be hard to believe otherwise than that those who del.bora c y persist in so oppressing a nation are not t.o severely dealt wit'i in the lan«u.ij 8 employed by Bishop Len'han. 1 J All the available civil and militiry foive in nl was mustered on Qaay street wharf last Tuesday to prevent the landlnrroin the Waihora ot uno,h»r U.-e batca ot Anstnans Alter the great preparations it uas found that the U.nou boat ha.l on board only two inottensive Dalmatians! Tins exclusion poll -y is „ernicious and mercenary, paruoularly in a country uhere ii.mulati.rn is needed. l r

From a Gisborne correspondent we (N T .Z. Tablet) learn that on Christmas Day High Mass was celebrated here at 11 o cluck by tlio Rev. Father Mulv.hill. The Rev. Father preached a most appropriate h, rmoo to a crowded congregation. The ciuiul reudomnr of eb.r'«J[j.- S inUwaj due to the assist mcc rendered by Mr and Mrs. RiLurel and Mr. Lideb<,tui,iu, the latter takm- the 01 omus poaiiio-j ot organist and tenor. Mrs IM.urel as contrail . i.u.i Mr Palauel as bass miw be ooim.limentrd lor their v iluabl,- as.isianc •' Mrs. D M. Orr, as leading soprano, sustained her part with ftelin^ and expression. The decoration of the ehui\h was very muofi admired. J