DIOCESE OF AUCKLAND.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXVIII, Issue 37, 13 September 1900, Page 4

DIOCESE OF AUCKLAND.

(From our own correspondent.)

September C>. A sum of £.">of) was recently bequeathed by a Protestant gentleman to the Catholic orphanages of this city. His Lordsuip the Bishop is to administer the Sacrament of Confirmation next Sunday at Sc Benedict's, and in the evening he will preach there. Rev. Father Gillan has been most assiduous for some time preparing the children of the parisa for the reception of the Sacrament.

During the absence of the Very 1W Dr. F.gan the Sarred Heart parish. Ponwmby, will be attended to by one of the Muon mwomiaries. probably tin- Very Rev. Dean Lightheart. V valuable piece of property adjoining St. Patrick h I resbytery. upon which stands a two-storey dwelling, has been purchased, and will soon become parochial property. „,.,, „„ r . t, The construction of the new fence around St. Benedict s Church has been delayed owing to the architect, Mr. T. Mahoney, refusing to pass the iron portion of it, which will have to be re-cast. St Benedicts parish has now been finally handed over by the iicneoicune Cade! l» lil.-, Lcrd.hip the Bi-hor «f the Pio^*- and shall henceforth be reckoned a secular parish. His LonMiip lLc Diehop iiiUndb during the Right Rev. Mprr O'Reilly's absence at the Catholic Congress to assist the Rev. Fathers Corcoran and O'Carroll in tbeir work at the Cathedral. The Right Rev. Mgr. O'Reilly and the Very Rev. Dr. Egan, OS B left in the Elingamite last Monday to attend the Australasian Catholic Congrees, at which they are to represent the Auckland Diocese, in the absence of the Right Rev. Dr. Lenihan who was unable to go in consequence of pressure of business. Rev Father Purton, 0.5.8., has been transferred from St. Patricks to the spiritual charge of the Little Sisters of the Poor, and St. Mary's Convent. Ponsonby. Father Purton has taken up his residence in the western suburb to be near his duties. Railway communication between Auckland and Wellington agitates the public mind very much just now. Not satisfied with the Premier's proposals concerning the North Tsland Trunk Railway, it has been decided to hold an indignation meeting for the purpose of backing up our members. At a meeting held last evening of the local branch of the HA C B Society it was unanimously decided to instruct the trustees of the branch to come to terms with the mortgagor, and, if possible, to secure the Catholic Institute ior the branch Ihe branch has invested in the property a sum of £600 which by way of interest has nearly been repaid, besides which it meets there fortnightly free of cost, saving in rental nearly £180.