INTERCOLONIAL.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXX, Issue 7, 13 February 1902, Page 7

INTERCOLONIAL.

The Very Rev. M. Slattery, of Was;gß, has been appointed by Dr. Gallagher, V.G. of the diocese of Goulburn. Mr. Patrick Foley, a resident of Milthorpe, New South Wales, for over 50 years, has just died in lus 101 st year. A cable message received on Friday states that his Eminence Cardinal Moran, accompanied by the Very Rev. Dean O'Haran, will leave for Europe at the end of the current month. k His Eminence Cardinal Moran, on Sunday, January 26, laid the Hfoundation-stone of a new church at Katoomba. Accommodation will be provided for a congregation of about 500. and the cost will be £1200. It is stated that the Rev. Father O'Farrell, 0.P., a brother of the well-known preacher, Father O'Farrell. C.S.S.R., will take the Rev. Father Headley's place at the Dominican Priory, North Adelaide. Father O'Farrell is said to be one of the most eloquent preachers belonging to the Order, which has a traditional reputation for pulpit oratory. The late Mr James Coghlan, J.P., mining investor, of Ballarat) in his will bequeathed £200 to Nazareth House, Wendouree, conducted by the nuns of the Order of Nazareth ; £200 to Bishop Moore for church purposes ; and £100 each to the Ballarat Hospital, Ballarat Benevolent Asylum, and Ballarat Orphan Asylum. Among the passengers by the Warrimoo (says the Catholic Press) was Miss Mary Kennedy, of Greta, who booked for New Zealand, where she intends joining the Sisters of Mercy at Gisborne. Prior to her departure the local Children of Mary presented her with a handsome souvenir. The young lady was a pupil of the Sisters of Mercy High School, Branxton. The following clerical changes have taken place in the Goulburn diocese : — Rev. M. O'Sullivan, curate of Albury, becomes Administrator of the Goulburn Cathedral ; Rev. J. M. Ryan, Administrator of Goulburn, takes charge of the district of Wyalong ; Rev. M. Vaughan, of Wyalong, has been transferred to the new district of Jerilderie, which was hitherto part of the Berrigan mission ; Rev. Daniel Leahy, curate of Gundagai, takes charge of a new mission with its centre at Koorawatha, and the Rev. James O'Reilly, of Cootamundra, goes to Gundagai as curate ; Rev. William Slattery, lately arrived from Ireland, takes Father O'Reilly's place at Cootamundra; Rev. P. McAlroy, of Crookwell, goes as curate to Albury ; his place has been filled by the Rev. T. Mullins, of Yaas ; Rev. M. Crowe, on a visit to Australia for health, will do temporary duty at Yaas; the Very Rev. M. Buckley, of Junee, will shortly return from his home trip to resume his old position as pastor of Junee.