DIOCESE OF DUNEDIN.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXIV, Issue 2, 10 January 1901, Page 18

DIOCESE OF DUNEDIN.

All the clergy of the dioceee are requested by his Lordship the Bishop to assemble at Holy Crow College, Mosgiel, on Monday, January 21, in order to take part in the annual retreat, which is to be conducted by the Rev. Father Boyle .Melbourne. The Synod will be held on Tuesday morning, and the Conference on the same day. The Ada et Decreta of the Provincial Synod held in Wellington in the early part of 1899 were formally promulgated on the Ist of January by his Grace the Archbishop of Wellington and are now in foroe throughout the Colony. They are contained in a handsome volume, which has been brought out in exoellent style by the N.Z. Tablet Company, and copies have been forwarded to the various Bishops, and are now available for the nse of the clergy. The members of St. Joseph's Cathedral Choir, to the number of about 30, left for a holiday trip to Christohuroh on Saturday. The Rev. Father O'Reilly, who is on his way to the diocese of Dunedin, has arrived in Australia, and is expected to arrive in Dnnedin shortly. On Wednesday and Thursday, December 26 and 27 (sayi the Argus) a very successful bazaar was held to raise funds for the Cromwell Catholic Church. The articles submitted for sale were of a very fine class, and included a number of exoellent paintings, which brought very good prices. The net result will not be far short of £200. A social was held last night at whioh the young ladies and gentlemen who assisted at the bazaar greatly enjoyed themselves. It is understood Dr. O'Neill, of the Dunedin Hospital, has been appointed medical officer to the sixth contingent, which will leave shortly for South Africa. The many warm friends of Dr. O'Neill in Otago, while heartily congratulating him on the important position to which he has been appointed, will sincerely regret his temporary departure from the Colony, and wish him every suooeee in his new sphere of duties and a speedy return to the land of hia birth. On Monday last a picnic of the Catholic school children of Mosgiel (who were accompanied by the Rev. Father Headen, 8.A.), AUanton, and Milton took place at Waihola. The Very Rev. Father O'Neill acoompanied the Milton contingent. In all there were 170 children and adults present, and a very enjoyable day was Bpent.