DIOCESE OF AUCKLAND.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXX, Issue 28, 10 July 1902, Page 5

DIOCESE OF AUCKLAND.

CFrom'our own correspondent.)

July 3. i.v Rov> £ ather Mclnfcosh h a» been transferred from Otahuhu to the ParnelJ parish. Rev. Father Gillan is improving in health after bis long illness, and was able to say Mass at St. Benedict's last Sunday hr J, he twenty-nintb anniversary of the establishment of the local branch of the H.A.C.B. Soc.ety is to be celebrated by a ball in the Hibernian Hall on Wednesday evening, 23rd July The Pastoral Letter of the Archbishop and' Bishops of New Zealand was read at St. Patrick's last Sunday. It had reference to schools Cathohc P arentß t0 *»d their children to Catholic The Anglican Primate, the Most Rev. Dr. Cowie (to whom I referred in my last letter), died at his residence, Parnell, £st Thursday morning Bishop Lenihan in the morning, and r" Father Patterson, Adm., in the evening, at St. Patrick's, made kindly reference to the many good qualities of the late Primate The collection of Peter's Pence was taken up throughout the diocese last Sunday. Referring to the matter at St. Patrick's, the Bishop said that, as Catholics, we could not pay too much attention to this important offering. It was for the propagation of our holy Faith, and without the material aid which Peter's Pence afforded the Holy Father would be greatly hampered. It behoved Catholios to do their utmost to enable his Holiness to spread the Faith throughout the wide world. His Lordship Dr. Lenihan had a busy time of it last Saturday and Sunday. He was at St. Patrick's early on Saturday mornin/ thence he proceeded to the Convent of the Sisters of St. Joseph Newmarket where he offered up Mass for the speedy recovery or happy death of Mother Mary. During the evening he heard confessions at St. Patrick's, and said the 7.30 Mass there on Sunday morning. Later on he went to Parnell, where he addressed the congregation concerning parochial needs, at the conclusion of which 11 o'c°lock OMO Ma tBBt 88 lck ' Pf arrivin S iUßti UBt in to preaoh there at the The boys at Takapuna, under the care of the Sisters of Mercy spent a very happy day on Saturday, June 28. The postponement of the King b Coronation did not prevent them from enjoying the good things provided for the occasion by some generoua friends it was intended that the boys should be entertained at St Patrick's Convent on Coronation Day, but as the festivities were cancelled it was thought best to forward the viands to the orphanage where some friends assembled in the afternoon, who took great delieht in watching the little fellows at their various games. The Sisters return thanks to the kind friends who were so thoughtful of the little ones amongst whom were Messrs. Earle, Rew, Gibbons Corley, O'Hare, Arthur and Co, Hall and Perkins, Tooman? Camp! bell. Priestly, Clarke.F orbes, Swarm and Lewis, Mesdames Diao, Kane Duffin, Rist, Thome, Tobin, Molloy, Williams, McHugh, and Miss His Lordship the Bishop at St. Patrick's last Sunday morninjr spoke feelingly of the illness of the King, and in the course of his remarks said :— ' Irish Catholics were spoken of as disloyal subjects If disloyalty were to be judged by the adverse criticism which they bestowed upon the bad government of their dear country they were certainly disloyal. But condemnation of the government was not disloyalty. Surely they would not call those who denounced the Seddon Government disloyal to New Zealand. When the late lamented Mr. Gladstone introduced his Home Rule Bill it was commonly known that he lost the friendship of the late Queen, while at the same time he found an ardent admirer in the Prince of Wales, now Edward VII Irish Catholics, therefore, always grateful, and essentially generouß hearted, for a kindly action sympathised with the Kinjr in his present illness. Though the King was forced by a Protestant nation to call them idolators, and to say that the Holy Sacrifice at which they were at present assisting, was blasphemous, yet they fully believed that the declaration was moat objectionable to the King.' After Mass the congregation offered up prayers for the