DIOCESE OF DUNEDIN

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXIV, Issue 5, 1 February 1906, Page 19

DIOCESE OF DUNEDIN

The following pupils of the Dominican Nuns were successful at the recent University examinations :— lda McKcnzve passed the Medical Preliminary ; Rachel Dey and Iris Reid, Matriculation and Civil Service ;B. Wright (Rosary Convent, Oamaru), Matriculation. In our report last week of the outing given by his Lordship the Bishop to the children of St. Vincent de Paul Orphanage, it was inadvertently stated that the children were accompanied by the Sisters, which was not the case.

Studies will be resumed at St. Dominic's College (Oxford Local Centre) on Tuesday next. The new Catholic church at Centre Bush, in the Winton parish, now in course of erection, will be opened shortly. The Rev. Father McGrath, C.SS.R., is conducting,' the, retreat for the inmates of the Home of the Little Sisters of the Poor, Anderson's Bay. The annual schools' picnic takes place at Wingatui on Wednesday. The arrangements are now almost completed, and provided the weather is fine the outing should prove very enjoyable. The special train will start for Wingatui at 9.45 a.m., leaving on the return journey at 7 p.m. Three students of the Provincial Seminary, Holy Cross College, Mosgiel, have passed the Matriculation and Solicitors' General Knowledge examinations. The successful students are Mr. M. Scanlan (diocese of Dunedin), Mr. T. Connolly (archdiocese of Wellington), and Mr. J. Hanrahan (diocese of Christchurch). The midsummer 'holidays end on Saturday, February 17, and all students are required to present themselves at the College on that day. The following clerical changes were announced at the Synod of the clergy of the diocese of Dunedin on last Friday :— Rev. Father Geary from Lawrence to South Dunedin ; Rev. Father Corcoran from South Dunedin to St. Joseph's Cathedral ; Rev. J. O'Reilly from Oamaru to St. Joseph's Cathedral ; Rev. P. O'Neill from Gore to Oamaru ; Rev. D. O'Neill from St. Joseph's Cathedral to Gore ; Rev. J. O'Malley from St Joseph's Cathedral to Invercargill ; Rev. John Lynch from Invercargill to Lawrence. The Rev. Father McDonald, of St. Mary's, Manchester street, Christchurch, reached Dunedin on Monday evening, and was present at the marriage of his cousin, Mr. Back 1 , to Miss Kraser on Wednesday. Rev. Father Graham, St. Patrick's College, Wellington, passed through Dunedin this week on his return from Australia. One of the pupils of the Dominican Convent, Oamaru, matriculated at the recent examinations, and also passed the Solicitors' General Knowledge examination. A very successful bazaar, for the purpose of raising funds to purchase statues for the local Catholic church, was held at Kurow on the evenings of January 2(5 and 27. The 'bazaar was mainly promoted by J\lrs. and Miss Delargey and Mr. Crannitch, who were ably assisted by Mesdamos Patterson, Downey, Prentice, Miss Cissie O'Brien, and several other young ladies. The Very Rev. Father O'Hare, V.F., of Ararat, Victoria (an old friend of the editor of the 'N.Z. Tablet'), who had .been on a \isit to Rolorua, etc , ani\ed in Dunedin towards the end of last week, and after a few days in the city proceeded to Central Otaco. He returns to Australia by the ' Warrimoo,' le f i\ ing for Melbourne on Februaiy 11.