DIOCESE OF DUNEDIN

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXII, Issue 24, 16 June 1904, Page 18

DIOCESE OF DUNEDIN

Bishop Verdon arrived in Dutiedin on Satutday evening by the express from the North Our leaders will be pleased to learn that his Lordship has greatly benefited by his stay at Te Aroha and Rotorua Partieulais as to pension, etc . lor students entering Holy Cross College, Mosgicl, appear in this issue Donations are invited towards the establishment of iVursanes lor the iht education 01 ecclesiastical students The Devotion oi the Foily I loins' Adoration, which was begun in the Sacred Heart Chinch, Nortih Kast Valley, on Friday, was brought to a close on Sunday morning, when the Mass of Exposition was celebrated by the Rev. Father Murphy. Adm The various services during the time of the devotion were well attended, and large numbers approached the altar rails on Sunday morning. There was a \cry good attendance at the Foresters' Hall, Pott Phalmers, on Friday night, when the St Joseph's Dramatic Club produced the Irish drama, ' Shaun Arooti,' and ,u\ 'Irish Engagement' m aid of the building fund oi the local Catholic church Both pieces went with a. swing from start to finish, and the audience snowed their appreciation of the excellent acting by ireunent applause. On Sunday last there was Exposition of the blessed Sacrament in St Patrick's Basilica. South Dunedm. and in the evening the members of the Sacred Heart

Confraternity, Children or Mary, and school children took part in the procession. The basilica was largely attended by members of the congregation throughout the day, and in the evening the sacred edi/ice was crowded The Rev Father Coffey ofheiated, and was assisted by the Ke\ Father Corcoran, who preached on the occasion At the usual weekly meeting of the St Patrick's Social Club. South Dtmedin, on Monday e\ening, theie was a laige attendance, the Key. Father CofTey presiding The piogianime consisted 01 a debate on the question, Should Uie elct-tiic (.rain* be taken thiough the gardens ? ' The affirmative was taken by Messrs. T. O'Connell, T lloare, and P Fit/geiald, and the negative by Messrs D and J. !MeCurdy and W C'arr. After an interesting and .animated debate a vote was taken, with the result that the question was decided in the affirmative. The Rev. Father Coffey, in putting the question to the vote, complimented the debaters on both sides on the excellence of their speeches and on the way on which they had placed their opinions beiore the meeting In the course of the evening Miss E Fit/patiick contributed a song, which was much appreciated The public of t/lns city have very little conception of the great amount of charitable work performed by the active members of the St. Vincent de Paul Society who, it might be truly said, do good by stealth' They clothe the orphan, visit the sick, advise, encourage, and assist, the eiring, and provide the necessaries 01 life for the indigent Then resources are very slender, nevertheless they bring a ray of sunshine and comfort into many a po\erty-stncken home, whilst their benevolence is not circumscribed by creed or nationality, and is cmly hunted by want of the necessary means At tins season of the year the demands on their lesources are more urgent than at any other time, but they aie unfortunately not in a position to help many deseivmg cases, and consequently appeal to the general public to come to their assistance. To augment the lunds ot the Society it is intended to hold a conceit in His Majesty's Theatre on Wednesday evening. June 22 A splendid programme has been prepared and will be conti ibutcd t 0 by leading \ocalists and instrumentalists Among those who ha\e promised to assist are Misses N Hall, II Sweeney, E Leech, V. Fraser, Sandilands, Cooke, Drumm, Maior. Mrs Monkman, Messrs T Hussey, T J Anthony, W W Brunsden, J McGrath, Tily, Cooke, Vallis, Stokes, St. Dominic's College orchestra, the Christian Brothers' pupils, and the pupils of the Sisters of Mercy (South Dunedin). Apart altogether from the admirable obiect lor which it is given, the conceit in itself should attract a crowded house At the meeting of St. Joseph's Men's Club on Fi iday evening the programme consisted of reading the first issue tor the season of the Club's journal, ' The Spectator,' wh.ch is edited by Mr. T J Ilussey In the leading article the editor dealt with the world's armaments, and showed how the resources of the nations are being taxed to the utmost to keep pace with t he improvements in death-dealing inventions, and with the st niggle ior supremacy on sea and land Aimvng the other subiects dealt with from the editorial standpoint were public w r orks in Dunedin and suburbs, the Lhnstian Brothers' School and the benefits ot having a cadet corps established in connection therewith In Ins interesting article on ' Church Music ' the editor points out some of the difficulties which stand in the way 01 dispensing with the services of female voices m our choirs and replacing them by boy choristers lie is a great admirer of Mozart's Twelfth Mass, especially the ' Gloria ' He does not believe in the use of brass instruments in choirs, and strongly advocated their disuse The sudden and unexpected demise of a whale on the beach between St Clair and St Kilda gave him an opportunity to draw r attention to the multiplicity of local governing bodies, and how difficult it is to determine where their authority begins and ends Current events were also disoussed, and • contributors dealt respectively with the rules governing football, and a holiday at the seaside. To make t*he journal as up-to-date as possible a couple of anonymous correspondents took the opportunity of ventilating certain grievances On the whole the iournal was a highly-interesting and well-written production, reflecting much credit on ihe contributors, and especially on Mr Ilussey, who was responsible for by far the largest portion of the work. The ' Southland Daily News ' says that the Catholics of the Bluff are now busily engaged making preparations for the fern fete, which they propose holding in the first week in July A large number of novelties are to be introduced.