DIOCESE OF DUNEDIN.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXI, Issue 5, 29 January 1903, Page 19

DIOCESE OF DUNEDIN.

There will be Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament at St. Joseph's Cathedral on Sunday from last Mass until Vespers. In* the evening the usual procession will take place. Cable advice has been received in town to the effect that Dr. Eugene J. O'Neill, formerly house surgeon at the Dunedin Hospital, and more recently surgeon-captain of the Sixth New Zealand Contingent, has obtained the qualification of M.R.C.S., England, and L.R.C.P., London.

The following pupils of the Dominican Nuns were successful at the recent university examinations : — Passed Matriculation and solicitors' general knowledge : Miss H. McKay (Dunedin), Miss N. Shepherd (Invercargill), Miss E. M. Burgess (Queenstown). Passed Matriculation : Miss T. Kilmartin (Dunedin), Miss J.-McKenzie (Invercargill). The Rev. Father Hogan, St. Patrick's Ecclesiastical Seminary, Sydney, celebrated the 11 o'clock Mass- at St. Joseph's Cathedral on Sunday, and the Rev. Father Ganly, St. Kilda West, Melbourne, preached a very instructive sermon on the nature and necessity of Faith. In the evening the Very Rev. Father Le Menant des Chesnais, V.G., Christchurch, was the preacher, the subject of his able sermon being Charity. The arrangements for the Catholic schools' picnic, to be held on next Wednesday, February 4, at Outram, are nearly complete. Nothing is being left undone by the energetic secretary, Mr. C. Foley, and his committee to render the event a complete success. The splendid grounds of the Caledonian Society of Outram have boon secured for the sports. The ladies' committee have mado sure that the prizes will be worth winning. The sports' and ladies' committees meet in St. Joseph's Hall on Friday evening. The A Christian Brothers' school re-opened on Monday last with a very fair attendance. The pupils of the school were, as usual, highly successful at the N. Z. University examinations. All the pupils presented for these examinations passed. The list of successful candidates just published contained the names of six of the pupila of the Christian Brothers' school, Dunedin. M. Rossbotham and J. W. Hannan qualified for matriculation on scholarship papers. T. Ppund, F. W. Bevin, F. H. Bourke, and James Collins passed both the solicitors' general knowledge and the matriculation examinations. It may be mentioned that Mr. T. Pound, having won a place in the Civil Service competitive examination of 1902, has been appointed to the Land and Survey Department in Auckland. Our Milton correspondent writes : A new departure was made here during the recent holiday season, in the shape of a Catholic picnic by the combined parishes of Milton and Lawrence, and the experiment proved a very decided success. The gathering was held at Mount Stuart, about half-way between the two centres and an ideal place for such an outing. Special trains were arranged from Milton and Lawrence ; large numbers of both young and old mustered from all parts of the two counties ; everyone entered into the games and sports with the greatest 7est and spirit ; and when train-tune came the unanimous verdict was that a thoroughly enjoyable day had been spent. The Very Rev. Monsignor O'Leary and Rev. Father Geary from Lawrence, and Ihe Very Rev. Father O'Neill f i om Milton were present throughout the day. There is every likelihood that the combination picnic will be repeated on an even larger scale when the next Christmas holidays come round — The celebration of the Feast of the Holy Family on Sunday last was marked here by the erection in the church of a life-si7e oil painting of the Holy Family, which Father O'Neill, with his customary trenerositv, has presented to the congregation. The painting, which, both from the artistic and from the devotional point of view, is a very fine one. represents the proup as depicted in a famous picture in the Church of St. Alphon->us, Limerick, where a Confraternity of men, 6000 strong assembles weekly. The picture was painted by the same artist who executed the series of Ways of the Cross so renerally and justly admired by visitors to Milton oiid which wore presented to the congregation some years ago by Father O'Neill in memory of his sister, the beloved and lamented Sister Hyacinth