INTERCOLONIAL.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXVIII, Issue 41, 11 October 1900, Page 20

INTERCOLONIAL.

A design has been selected for a monument, costing 1 £85, for erection over the grave of the late Very Rev. Fatht r Ryan in the West Tamworth cemetery. His Grace Archbishop Kedwood accompanied the Right Rev Dr. Higgins to Townsville a few days after the close of tl.e Catholic Congresß. His Grace waß to asbist at the laying of the foundationstone of a new chuich at Townsville. After Pontifical High Mass at St. Mary's Cathedral, Sydney, on September 16, the musical conductor, Mr. Delany, was presented by his Eminence Cardinal Moran with a handsome gold watch in recognition of his services in connection with the cathedral festival. Mr. Delany, it is interesting to note, also conducted the music at the opening of the cathedral in 1882. The death of the Rev. P. Mulligan, of Townsville, if reportedHe was accidentally drowned while bathing. The funeral, which took place on September 22, was very largely attended, including a body of the Permanent Military Force under Major Hooper 'I he burial Bervice was read by the Very Rev. Father Walnh. Father Mulligan was attached to the diocese of Bathurbt before he went to Queensland. Since the Sisters of Mercy have taken charge of St. Mary's Catholic School, Seymour (says the Sc ijmour L'xprtst), the parents of the scholars have been so pleased with their methods of ttaching that the attendance has nearly quadrupled. When the Si -ters entered upon their charge the attendance was about 40, and it is now over 100. Naturally the school is therefore overcrowded. The pressure ha 9 been so great upon the accommodation, mdte.l, that some 30 infants are now being instructed in the sacristy of the church. Archbishop Carr. in the course of a sermon at St. Pati iuk'n Cathedral on Sunday last, opposed the recon,inendntion of the Religious Commission on Bible reading m school*. Ileionlduot now hope that suitable lessons could be drawn up by a heterogeneous commission for Catholic and von Catholic children. Ihe lessons proposed wt re as Protestant as po-Mble, and Hiigire-ted for proselytising purposee. therefore the Archbi-hnp urged that Catholics should not bo subjected to new and grievous oppression. The announcement of the departure of Father O'Ueilly for Bathurst (says the Melbourne Trihuiu ) was i*ceiv<d wuh extreme regret by his many friend*. Durinir hrn r< sidenee in M. lboun.e the rev. gentleman has endeared himself to all with whom he ban come in contact by his kindly and crenial manner. As a priest and pre»cher, Father O'Reilly is in the foremost rank, but it i* not alone in his priestly functions that the rev. gentleman has earned euch a deservedly hirh reputation. Ah a writ* r hi* abilities are of a very high order. ll is work in connection with Catholic journalism in this colony will not soon be forgotten. To him the A u<tral Light is deeply indebted for the great success that it has achieved. Father O'Reilly haH suffered of late from bronchial attack.-, and his superiors have removed him to Bathurst. The Right Rev. Dr. Murray. Bi&hop of I^sus and Yiror Apostolic of Cooktown, North Queensland, occupied the pu pit, of the AugUHtinian Church, Thomas Ktreet, Dublin, recently. His Lordship, who has the written permission of his Imminence Cardinal Ledochowski. Prefect of the Propaganda, to appeal to the charitable public on behalf of hit* Vicaiiate. gave a touching description of the state of affoirs in that distant territory, wlmh, he f-aul, is larger than England, Scotland, and Ireland combined. When poverty set in it was impossible to collect in the Vicanate sufficient funds to pay even the interest on the lartre debt or £MIUU that had been contracted. He had collect* d £10<iO from scat it red lntnds, and hoped to make an appeal for fundo in America la»ron. His Lordship's appeal was generously responded to by the large congregation that filled the spacious church. On Sunday, September 16, the Cardinal Archbishop of Sydney received many congratulations on having reached hia 70th year. After the ceremonies in St. Mary's Cathedral, his Eminence entertained a large company at dinner in St. Patrick's College, Manly. The party went to Manly by a special steamer. On arrival at the college the btudents and professors presented the Cardinal with a beautiful address. At the dinner brief speeches were made by hia Eminence and the visiting prelates and clerg3*. Judpe Real, of Queensland, was one of the speakers on behalf of the laity and Mr.

Martin Kennedy another Alderman Thomas nughep, Mr. J. W. Street (the Sydney lay secretaries.), and Dr. Kenny, of Melbourne, spoke on behalf of the officials of the Australasian Catholic Congress. The Carmelite Fathers have issued an appeal for subscriptions to enahle them to p >y off the debt on their beautiful Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, South Melbourne. Through no fault of their own. nor for want of strenuous exertions on their p trt and on that of their friends, the Fathers find themnelv. s burdened wi h a di bt of £VM2 which, how< ver, the National Bank ha" igr^ed to reduce to £ti()()0 on condition of £20(10 beinir piiid off within a fixed ] "■'"'.. In add. lnn t . tl.i l.b. r^i ouii^« .-^i>>. i, it un .-iuii of iiitticsL has hi en promts d for three years to encourage subscribers, ho that ('.try p i,nj c.ilic'cd .i <v> bi, deputed .uitdu. liuii of the pi.ucpul. In writing t > the Veiy Prior K-dlv some time ago bin Crace the Anhbithop of Melb"U'ne said : — 'Your mission at Port Melbourne, without the leist fault or ne lect on your part, is burthened with a very heavy debt. You are about to appeal to the clergy and people of the Archdiocese to htlp yon to discharge the d< bt, at least in part, and to pnser\e untarnished both personal and corporate honor. I wish you every success in your appeal and I recommend it to the generosity of the faithiul.' In the course of a sermon delivered at St. Patrick's Cathedral, Melbourne, his Grace the Archbishop, speaking of the Catholic Congress, said that one of the things th.it particularly struck him was the contra-t between the youth of the Church in Australia and the antiquity of the ceremonial in connection with the dedication. Tbn wan the fir-t gathering of the kind that had been held in Australasia, but the Euchanstic Congress held annually on the Continent and those of the different great cities of America afforded a parallel. About CO papers were read, including contributions from England, Ireland, and the Continent, and he believed that nothing was more remarked upon by visitors from other denominations than the variety of the subjects dealt with. One of the most important results of the Congress was a determination to found in Australia a Catholic Truth Society on the linea of that which had already been ble^ed with the happiest results in England, and which inspired only last year the foundation of a similar t-outety in Ireland. On« of its main objects would be to provide suitable literature for members of the Church, aud particularly for the education of the young. It was al-o desirable to foster a higher conception of pictorial art, and to take decisive steps for the improvement of the various religious confraternities. The Archbishop concluded by Baying that the manner in which Victoria had contributed to the sucoess of the Congress was a matter of general favorable comment, and had stimulated New South Wales to a degree of interest that would not otherwise have been felt. General regret was felt in Catholic circles in Sydney when it became known that Lieutenant H II McMahon, of Willoughby, had met his death by a fall from a railway biidge. The deceased, ■v ho was in his 2tith year, held a lieutenant's commission in the Irish Rifles, and was in charge ot the guard of honor supplied to leceive the vice-rtgal party at the recent dedication of St. Mary's. It appears that Mr. McMahon, who 4\ad attended the Randwick ufle range on Saturday lor practice, was overcarned on his return trip from Sydney to Willoughby, and whilst endeavouring to cross the ne* railway bridge on his way back fell between the sleepert on to the roai beneath His skull was fractured, and death must have bt en instantaneous The late Mr. McMahon was a p ipular figure w herever he went, aud besides being \v< 11 known in social and military circles, had a high reputation a* an athlete, both at St. Ignatius' College, Riverview, and later as wicket-keeper for the University and North S\dnty Criv. ket Clubs A military funeral \\ as accorded the d< ct a:-ed. his Eminence the Cardinal and the Right Rev Dr. Dwyer, Coidjutor-Isi-hop of Maitland, being present at the lit quit m Mass at St. Mary's. The coffin, was borne from the Cathedral to the carriage by the o!licer-» of the Irish Rifles. There was a large attendance of mihtaiy and civilians at the funeral. '1 he Very lit v. Dr. O ILiran celebratt-d the last rites of the Church, and at the co> cljjs-ion of the obsequies three volleyi were fired over the grave by the comrades of the deceased.