DIOCESE OF AUCKLAND

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXII, Issue 46, 17 November 1904, Page 20

DIOCESE OF AUCKLAND

(From our own correspondent.) November 10. A bazaar in connection with the Devonport parish will be opened at the Foresters' Hall, Devonport, on Monday next by his Lordship the Bisihop.

His Lordship the Bishop is expected to arrive here from Australia next Sunday. A good picture of the late revered Brother Mark appears in this week's ' New Zealand Graphic, • accompanied by a short sketch of his life and labors. The Right Rev. Mgr. O'Reilly preached an eloquent sermon at Vespers on Sunday at St. Benedict's. Ihe choir, under Mr. Farlej , rendered the music in a very eiheient manner. Key. Father William Mahoney, alter an absence from his native city of o ver seven years, returned by ihe ' Ventura ' last Monday evening. Rev i< ather Bridge of Parramatta, N.S W , also arrived by the same steamer . Last Friday evening a most successful euchre party was held in St. George's Hall, Newtoji, which was lent gratuitously for the occasiion by MV. Peter Purcell, in aid ot the Little Sisters 1 of the Poor. The hall was packed and everything passed off most successfully. To Ms J. J. O'Brion and Miss L. Casey (hon. secretary) much credit is due for the successful result. The annual service for the dead was held in the Symond's Street Cemetery last Sunday afternoon. There were present the Right Rev. Mgr. O'Reilly, V.F., who came specially from the Thames to conduct the service, Very Rev. Dr. Egan, 0.5.8., Rev. Fathers Patterson Acini., Gillan, and McMilla'n. The altar boys from St. Benedict's headed the procession from the chu-dh to the cemetery. The clergy and laity assembled close by the cros«v, around which are laid the remains of many sterling priests who, in the eai ly days of the Church in this province, suffered many hardships and privations in the discharge of their sacred duties. Monsignor O'Reilly briefly addressed the assemblage and reminded those present t ßat it ' was a holy and a wholesome thought to pray for the dead that they may be loosed from their sins.' Their attendance, he said, proved that they were not unmindful of tlheir dead It was indeed a pleasiure to him to preside there that day, because he so well knew the people ot Auckland, and could therefore sympathise with them and heartily join tihem in their prayers for the departed souls All then joined in procession. St. Benedict's choir, aided by members from the other city choirs, san^, the 'Miserere.' Tihc service wasi of a most impressive character.