DIOCESE OF AUCKLAND.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXX, Issue 19, 8 May 1902, Page 6

DIOCESE OF AUCKLAND.

(Frjui our own correspondent.") April 2L The Very 11. 'V. Dr. Kg in i«, I rojrot to siy. unwell, b^ing confined to his room f;r some days, and last Sunday was u.iuble to fulfil his spiritual duti-s. His mmy friend a earnestly de-iire hi.s speedy restoration to heal'h. The Rev. Father Vh^rn. of New Sou^ W tie*. ceUbrated first Mass at St. Patrick's last Sunday morning, and at 1 1 o'clock Mass preached a very tractive discourse on the alarming lack of parental control in the preneiit dny. The local branch of the J['a C.l>. Society inaugurated )a«t evening in the Hibernian Hall the lir-t of a series ot winter social-,. It was in every way a pronoui cod s-u'-i e-s, and augurs well for the season. This is a step in the right dirtction and must tend to popularipe the brunch, Miss Flossie Quinn. for forne time a member of St. Patricks choir, took her departure la-t Tuesday for Hendigo, where she is to undergo special training m voice cultivation at the bands of Miss Amy Castles's fim teachers Miss Q unn his at all times given her services gratuitously fur church an 1 charitable purposes, and her many friends wi.sh her a tull measure ot success. In addition to her musical talents .she po-^c-se- a genial and kindly bearing, due to the pood work of the Sisters of Meicy and hoi good parents. In the Baloon of the Miraroa a nice preseniation was made her by the members of St. Patrick's choir, and Mi^s Donovan read an address. Hir brother, Mr J. Quinn, replied, and thank-d the generous donors! Q dte a large number saw Misa Q unn off and wished her success in her new sphere. An Anglican clfupyman in the city recently essayed the task of enlightening readers ot a local paper on a cabhgram from London with reference to the attitude of the Anglican Church towards Confession. The rev. gentleman took pains to say that the censure

after Confession, pronounced upon the sinner, was the censure of the Uhuroh (Anglican), not that of God, for Whom it did not prolesu to »ot Tne Very Rev. Father Benedict, 0.P., splendidly answered the Anglican clergyman in St. Patrick's last Sunday evening The eloquent Dominican went to the very root of the matter. and treated of Confession from its institution by our Divine Lord and its constant and » ffioacious use by the Church from that day to this, laying particular stress upon the fact that our Lord in instituting Confession purposely made it an act of humiliation for the transgressor. He also exposed the often-repeated fiction that Confession was invented by the monk 3of the middle age*. Throughout the discourse was eagerly listened to by the large congregation, and its effect upon those outsi le of the faith who heard it must assuredly dispel many illusions and prejudice* which they had previously entertained. * F [This letter arrived too late for insertion in our last issue.]

(From our own correspondent.) The Very Rev. Dr. Egan was still too unwell to offioiateat the Sacred Heart Church last Sunday. The Rev. Father Purton aoted tor him. It is to be hoped Dr. Egan will soon be himself again vl 18 Grace Archbishop Redwood, accompanied by the Yen Archdeacon Oevoy, returned last MoDday afternoon from the Lakes District, where they were for the benefit of their health They are the guests of his Lor iship Bishop Lenihan, and expect to go South to-day. , Rev - Father Kehoe. of Parnell, returned from Sydney by the Ehngaimte last Monday evening. He has benefited greatly by his stay in Australia, where he underwent a surgical operation Father Kehoe is rapidly regaining health, and his many friends here are delighted beyond measure. He is at present staying with his Lordship the Bishop at the palace. The Marist Brothers' College, about to be erected in the I onbonby suburb, will soou be an accomplished fact. The plans which were sent to the Superior of the Order in France have been returned and approved, and are now in the hands of Messrs. E. Mahoney and Son, who will immediately call tenders for the erection of the college. The portion which will be first erected is expected to cost 8> veral thousand pounds. Its erection will be a cause of joy m the whole Catholic body of the province, and a long felt want will have been supplied. At the ordinary meeting of the Education Board yesterday Mr. Lante thought the Catnolic schools should be inspected, but not by the Boaru'd inspectors The chairman, Mr. Bagnall, improved upon this by saying ' the expense was too great, and that the Catholic authorities had been asked to contribute towards the expensed but had refused ' These frugal gentlemen know very well the amount saved annually to the State by Catholics in the maintenance of their bchools, but with them this counts for nothing.