DIOCESE OF AUCKLAND

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXIII, Issue 12, 23 March 1905, Page 5

DIOCESE OF AUCKLAND

(From our own eorrestpondetnt.) March 16. Rev. Fatner Heath, of Sydney, is at present here, ha\ ing arrived, last Sunday. The local branches of the H.A.C.B. Society are to approach the Holy Table at St. Patrick's on Sunday, 2fith inst. A Mass for the repose of the souls of deceased members will be offered on the occasion. The organisation termed the Protestant Defence Association nas been holding high revel during the last fortnight, but confined to themselves. Copious advertising in the papers and on the tram cars, notifying the presence of the ' Great Protes-tant chamnion,' ended, in theatrical parlance, in a ' frost.' To find in the papers the reports of the proceedings you would require a microscope and search-warrant. At St. Benedict's last Sunday evening the Rev.. Father Gillan delivered one of a series oE sermons, entitled, ' The Necessity of Penance.' In language the most earnest and convincing the Rev. Father showed the great necessity which existed of practising penance in order to subjugate our passions and control ourselves against the w-aywardness of the flesh. The choir was augmented by Mrs. Orr, of Gisborne, who sang very; nicely an ' 0 Salutaris. The members of the Young Men's Club to the number of sixty approached the Holy Table in a body at the 0 o'clock Mass at the Cathedral last Sunday. His Lordship the Bishop came down specially for the occasion. After Mass the members sat down to breakfast in St. Patrick's Hall, Rev. Brother George presiding. The Bishop addressed those present, and said it gave him much pleasure to see such a fine gathering of young men turning out to show to all the faith that was in them. It was a good augury for the future. The club was fulfilling the aims and objects for which it was founded Let them see to it that its mission would be continued. Up to the present he had not called upon the members for any special work, but later on ho would ask them to rally round him and assist in completing their Cathedral. He wished the club every blessing and sjucedss. A hearty vote of thaftks to the Bishop for his attendance and kind remarks was oarried by acclamation. Short addresses were gi\en by Brother George and Messrs. W. Tole and D. Flynn. Rev. Father Holbrook (spiritual director) was alsio present.