DIOCESE OF AUCKLAND

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXIX, Issue 37, 12 September 1901, Page 6

DIOCESE OF AUCKLAND

(From our own correspondent.)

September 5. Rev. Father Malone, of Greymouth. arrived here yesterday, He purposes visiting Rotorua for the benefit of his health..

The Jubilee is to be commenced at St. Patrick's next Sunday, when a general procession of the congregation will take place.

A successful concert in aid of the convent funds wa« held recently in Otahuhu. The energetic secretary, Mr. Gillies, renders constant and invaluable assistance to these regular entertainments.

Rev. Father O'Carroll, of Kihikihi, is in town in quest of local amateur talent wherewith to entertain his parishoners in Waikato, and to augment the parochial funds.

«•«•* The ' first rail ' of our electric tram line was laid last Monday. The contractors are sanguine of completing the work in the specified time, viz. June 1902.

Government has purchased a 500 acre lot a short distance from Auckland city, which is to be subdivided into sections suitable for workmen's homes. This will relieve congestion in the city, and give families pure air and ample room in theoountry.

I regret to state that an old and highly respected Catholic citizen, Mr Wm. Mahoney, of this city, lies dai gerously ill. Mr Mahoney was formerly well known on the We^ Coas-t in its palmy days, and subsequently at the Thames

It is expected that the plans of the new Marist College to be erected at Cox's Creek, Ponsonby, and now in the hands of Messrs. Mahony, architects, will be ready for transmission to the head house of the Order in France by the outgoing ban Francisco mail next Saturday.

The bogus 'Jesuit Oath,' has again been resurrected by or c of our local papers to which it was sent by 'our own' in London. Its genuineness was immediately questioned, and its falsity exposed by a correspondent. The Auckland Catholic Literary Society at its lortaightly meeting on Tuesday evening passed the folliw<ng resolution: 'The Auckland Catholic Literary Society expresses surprise and indignation at the public a ion of the old, stale, nnd oft-exploded calumny of the ' Jesuit Oath ' whioh had been p iblished by the Auckland Star, without apologies for such biatements.'

The annual social tendered by the ladies of St. Patrick's Cathedral parish in aid of the presbytery debt fund was held last Thurs-

day evening in the Hibernian Hall. In every respeot the gathering was an unqualified suooess. It is computed that 400 perrons were present. To a committee of ladies— consisting of Mesdamee Lennardo (hon. seoretary), Lonergan, Selvia, Kearns, Thorne, Rist, and Misses Gough, Harkint, Thorne (2), Regan, Oorley, Molloy, M'Enroy. Lonergan (2), Kavaaagh, M'Dermott. and Hobbs— is to be in a great measure attributed the suooess achieved. In the ante-room a nioe supper was laid out. The hall was tastefully adorned. The Rev. Fathers Patterson, Moore, and Buckley attended in the early part of the evening, and were most heartily weloomed by the company.

The Rev. Father Benediot, 0.P., concluded a very successful mission in the Parnell parish last Sunday. The earnest and zealous Dominican labored very assiduously daring the fortnight in our eastern suburban parish. His Lordship the Bishop attended on Sunday at St. John the Baptist's Church, and in the afternoon administered the Sacrament of Confirmation on a large number of ohildren. The Bishop briefly addressed the children and explained ths nature and effects of the sacrament. In the evening the mission was closed, before whioh a renewal of baptismal vows took place, followed by the bestowal of the Papal Blessing and Bendiotion of the Blessed Sacrament. The Rev. Father Benediot heartily thanked the people of the Parnell parish for their constant attendance throughout the mission, whioh, he said, with God's blessing, would result in great good and continued happiness for them. He thanked the two choirs for their assiduous attendance and in valuable assistance. The altar decorations on Sunday were exceedingly beautiful.