INTERCOLONIAL.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXX, Issue 10, 6 March 1902, Page 7

INTERCOLONIAL.

The Rev. Father Coleran, R.J., the eloquent missioner, has been appointed pariah priest of Hawthorne, near Melbourne. The foundation stone of a new church at Inverell will be laid in the spring:. The church will cost £2000, of which sum about J6llOO is expected to result from the sale of land, bizaar, etc. The Very Rev. Father O'Connell, the popular pnstor of Hay, received a purse of sovereigns and an illuminated address from the citizens on the eve of his departure for a well-deserved holiday in Ireland and the United States. The Christmas Fair in aid of St. Francis' Presbytery, Paddington, yielded £780. This amount, together with the sum of £450, placed on the foundation-stone, brings the total to £1230 The contract for the building was £1275, ho that except in the matter of furnishing, the good Fathers will enter a new presbytery free of debt. The Rev. John Brophy, LL.B., pastor in charge at Dubbo, where he succeeded the present Bishop of Bathurst, haß been appointed Inspector of Schools for the diocese of Bathurßt. Academically, Father Brophy is in a position to be called to the Bar tomorrow, did he wish. Personally, he presents all the credentials of a Bchool inspector of the first grade. At the earnest request of the committee appointed in connection with the testimonial to Cardinal Moran, his Eminence arranged to postpone his departure, which was to take place on Wednesday, 26th ult., to last Monday, when he was to travel overland by the evening's express and catch the Ophir in Melbourne. His Eminence was to preside at Vespers on the first Runday of the month as usual, and the presentation of the testimonial and the accompanying addresses were to be made immediately after the service. His Grace the Archbishop of Melbourne ha 3 made the following clerical changes : Rev. P. Parker, from Kyneton to the pastorate of the new mission of Powlett River, which includes San Remo and Phillip Island ; Rev. P. Vaughan transferred to Kyneton ; Rev. J. Kenny from St. Francis' to St. Monica's, Essendon ; Rev. J. H. O'Grady to St. Francis' ; Rev. W. Mangan to St. Joseph's, Collingwood ; Rev. P. O'Connell to St. Ambrose's, Biunswick. The Anglican Bishop of Bathurst (Dr. Camidge) in addressing the local Anglican Synod, said : ' The consecration of Bishop Dunne as the Roman Catholic Bishop of Bathurst is a matter for hearty congratulation. We feel thankful that the choice of our fellowsubjects of that communion has fallen upon so excellent and hardworking a prelate who is valued and esteemed far beyond the limits of his own Church. I feel confident that cur mutual relations will be of as cordial and friendly a character as those which existed between his lamented predecessor and rryi-elf.' At a recent meeting of the Peace and Humanity Society of Melbourne the Bey. Dr. Rentone moved that a letter of condolence be forwarded to the relatives of the late Mr. MCormrck, who had ably filled the position of minute secretary to the Fociety. Dr. Rentoul paid a high tribute to the sterling woith of a man from whom he differed in religion — a man in whose veins thrilled the pulse of humanity, and whose energy and ability had contributed in a large measure to the euccefs of the society. 'If,' eaid the rev. gentleman, ' Mr. M'Cormack may be taken as a type of the citizen whom the Catholic schools turn out, I shall be glad to subscribe to them myfelf.' The Rev R. H. Lambley teccndtd the resolution, and also bore graceful testimony to the character of the deceased. Apropos of the departure rf Cardinal Moran for Rome the Sydney correspondent of the Southern ('vox* writes: — You well remember that while in Roma the Cardinal devoted himself to the Btudy of Irish historical records, both religuus and pontifical, stored away in the archives of the Vatican and in the houses of the Franciscans, the Carmelites, and other religious orders. As the result of his loving labors in this direction Irish literature has been enriched by no fewer than 20 works from his pen, all of which prove how unwearied must have been his researches, and how extensive his discoveries among the hidden and almost forgotten treasures of Irish history. When he was leaving his native country in 1884 he was the honored recipient of an address, unique in character from the Hierarchy of Ireland, in which warm words of congratulation were mingled with the sentiments of regret inspired by his departure. It is estimated that 100,000 people, including delegates from all the Dioceses of New South Wales, took part in the memorable reception in Sydney on September 8, 1884. In the following year the new Archbishop was summoned to Rome to receive from the hands of the Sovereign Pontiff, Leo XIII., the red hat of the Sacred College. The series of welcomes — beginning at Adelaide and ending in Sydney — given to Australia's first Cardinal on his return from Rome in the month of November, 1885, forma one of the most picturesque and impressive chapters in the ecclesiastical history of Australia. In obedience to the wish of the Holy Father the Cardinal Archbishop again visited Rome in 1888, and advantage was taken of his brief sojourn in Ireland to preeent him, in the month of October, with the Freedom of the City of Dublin. At intervals since his appointment as Apostolic Delegate His Eminence has frequently visited all the States of Australia, and also New Zealand and Tasmania. It is not generally known that the Cardinal speaks Gaelic. The other day an incident occurred which caused great amusement. An old gentleman was boasting that he had learnt his Catechism in the Irish language, whereupon the Cardinal put some questions to him, and the old gentleman was dumb, He couldn't answer a word.