DIOCESE OF AUCKLAND.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXVII, Issue 10, 8 March 1900, Page 6

DIOCESE OF AUCKLAND.

(By telegraph from our own correspondent.)

March 5.

A collection Mas taken up at the ch'ir^hpi throughout the diocese on last Sunday. The amount received will be handed to his Lordship Bishop Lenihan on his arrival from Europe. The Hon. J. G. Ward attended early Mass at St Patrick's on last Sunday, and subsequently called on the Very Rev. Dean O'Reilly at the presbytery. The erection of a wall and iron railing around St. Benedict's is completed — an improvement much needed. It will considerably enhance the appearance of the church and grounds. The Lenten devotions, inaugurated on A9h Wednesday, and continued every evening since, have been largely attended. The Rev. Father Kehoe, of Parnell, also commenced a serieß of Lanten discourses last Wednesday evening. Misses May McGuire and Ivy Ansley, of St. Mary's Convent High School, and M>»ntera John Mahoney and Wm. Dervan, of the Marists Brothers' Iliph School, passed the Junior Civil Service examination. The indefatigable Sisters and Brothers are to be congratulated on the success of their pupils. At the Hibernian Society's annual district meeting last Wednesday evening the president, Bro. Patterson, occupied the chair. The funds showed the sociel.y to be iv a prosperous condition. The following officers were elected for the ensuing term • — President, Bro. Daniel O'Sullivan ; vice-president, Bro. Michael O'Sullivan ; secretary. Bro. William Kane ; treasurer, Bro. M. J. Sheahan. The business was expeditiously got through.