DIOCESE OF AUCKLAND.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXVII, Issue 40, 5 October 1899, Page 5

DIOCESE OF AUCKLAND.

(From oar own correspondent.) September 28. The Rev. Father Kehoe, of Parnell, said Mass and preached at Devonport last Sunday morning. The Auckland Catholic Literary Society give an entertainment to-night in St. Benedict's Hall. The Rev. Father Brodie, of Puhoi, lately of St. Benedict's, was, on last Thursday evening, presented by the members of the Altar Society of the latter church (a society of which the Rev. Father was the founder) winh a handsome stole. In making the presentation, the members expressed deep regret at losing Father Brodie, and begged him to accept this token of their high appreciation of his advice and services to them. Father Brodie feelingly returned thanks, and said he should ever treasure this beautiful link as a memento of his connection with St. Benedict's. The stole is the work of the Sisters of St. Joseph, at Surrey Hills Convent, and redounds very much to their artiatio taste and skill.

The annual renewal of baptismal vows of the children of the Cathedral parish is to take place next Sunday afternoon. At St. Mary's Convent, Ponsonby, to-morrow morning, Sister Mary Mercedes and Sister Mary Ligouri are to make their profession in the Order of the Sisters of Mercy. Misses Quinn (2) and Misses Knight (3) left by train last Monday morning for Father Croke's parish in Waikato, throughout which, during this week, a series of concerts for church purposes will be given, the young ladies from the city taking part. At a prohibition meeting held last Sunday afternoon near the Queen street wharf, leaflets, containing a picture of the late Cardinal Manning in one corner and extracts on the drink question from this year's Lenten Pastorals of Cardinal Logue, Bishops O'Doherty and McCormack, and of the Bishop of Down and Connor, were distributed. Temperance orators here profess an ardent desire for co-operation with olir priests. Sunday after Sunday they take great pains to tell their hearers of this. One of these gentlemen, — a reverend at that — overflowing with sympathy for Dreyfus, seized the occasion to hurl insult and calumny from his pulpit at our priests, averring that they (priests), in every country in which they were quartered, had brought national ruin and decay. The eminently Catholic and edifying function of the renewal of baptismal vows of children attending St. Patrick's school, Panmure, took place last Sunday at the termination of the eleven o'clock Mass, which was celebrated by the devoted parish priest, Very Rev. Monsignor McDonald. The vows were admirably read by Miss Jessie Keane, supported by Mipses Katie Kennealy, and Dottie Loomb. The children were prettily attired in becoming white dresses and wreaths. Their whole demeanour reflected credit upon their teachers, Misses McDonald and Hogan. The choir, under the able direction of the organist, Mrs. Fleming, rendered good service. The Very Rev. Morisignor addressed the children, impressing upon them the very great importance of the event just concluded. Next Sunday the renewal of baptismal vows will take place in Howick, another part of the parish. His Lordship the Right Rev. Dr. Lenihan writing from Mallow, County Cork, on August 17th, says : — ' We are on our way to Killarney. So far I have enjoyed a pleasant holiday in Ireland, and the unbounded hospitality of priests, nuns, and people I can never forget. If the present measure of success is proof of the results I hope for in Ireland I shall have no reason to complain, and I hope to secure for our diocese a supply of students that will tide over our wants for many a long year.' Writing later on from Cork City, his Lordship says : ' I have had a busy time of it, but the exceeding kindness I have met with everywhere has made my work light and pleasant. I ordained a priest in Dublin on August 15th, and hope to Bend him out in September. The devotion, piety, and the intense faith of the people simply enchant me. At Wexford I attended on a week night the men's branch of the Holy Family. They did not expect anything out of the ordinary. I had only arrived that day, and yet eight hundred men were there to attend the devotions. God bless Ireland I is my ardent prayer. I wrote to Archbishop Croke, but he is away at Kilkee. I hope to see him on his return at the beginning of September. I have two students) already from Wexford. The work I have done in these twenty days by personal application I could not have done in two years by writing. I hope to lay a good foundation for much useful work in the future. I leave for Mount Melleray to-morrow, and then go on to Thurles.'