DIOCESE OF DUNEDIN

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXIII, Issue 50, 14 December 1905, Page 18

DIOCESE OF DUNEDIN

The retreat for the clergy of the diocese opens on Monday, January 22. It, will be conducted by the Very Rev. Father dune, CSS R. The annual synod takes place on Friday, January 2(>. The midsummer holidays began on Wednesday in the Provincial Seminary, Holy' Cross College, Mosgiel. His Lordship the Bishop was mesent at the departure of the .students to wish them a pleasant \acation. We regiet to lecoid the death of Mr Edward AlcManus, \vlu< h occurred at, his lesidenee, Clyde, on Decoinbei I The deceased gentleman armed m "\ icloii.i in IS").") In the ea. ly siMies he lett that colony tor New Zealand, being amongst the first oi the arrivals at, the memorable rush to the Dunstan m 1862. He had been a member of the Dunstan District Hospital Tiusf ever since- the c o'ist ltut ion of the Hospital and dial it able Aid Boards. He was also a liberal supporter of St. Dunsi an's Church, Clyde, contributing largely, to its building fund. A Requiem Mass lor the repose of the soul of the deceased was celebrated in St. Dunstan's Church on December (>, and the remains were in1 erred in the afternoon ot the same day in the Clyde Cemetery.— R.l P.

Tenders have been received for the erection of a new church at Naseby. His Lordship Bishop Verdon, assisted by the Rev. Father Coffey, Adm., and the Rev. Fathers O'Malley and D. O'Neill, administered the Sacrament of Confirmation in St. Joseph's Cathedral on Sunday afternoon to 19!) candidates — .85 boys and 114 girls. At the conclusion of the ceremony his Lordship explained to the newly-confirmed the nature of the graces they had just received, and counselled them to avoid bad company, the occasions of sin, and not to read bad literature, after which he administered the pledge of the League of the Cross — total abstinence pledge — lo all the childien. His Lordship confirmed five more candidates on Tuesday morning.