DIOCESE OF AUCKLAND

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXIV, Issue 7, 15 February 1906, Page 18

DIOCESE OF AUCKLAND

(From our own correspondent.) February 9. His Lordship the Bishop is at present in Dargaville, Northern Wairoa. Very, v ßev. Father Clune and Rev. Father McDcrmott will commence a mission at Waihi on February 25, terminating on Marchijll. Rev. Father Hills, S.M., of St. Patrick's College, Wellington, who has been spending his holidays as the guest of the Bishop, left for Wellington last Monday. Right Rev. Dr. Oher, S.M., left for Sydney last Monday evening by the ' Mokoia 'en route to Rome. The Very Rev. Father Kelly, S.J., was also a passenger to Sydney. A meeting in connection with St. Patrick's Day celebration takes place to-night. Meanwhile St. Benedict's parish intends to celebrate the day by >a picnic to Mototapu.. A mission was opened at Devonport last Sunday by the Rev. Father Lynch, C.SS.R., and during the weekit has been attended with great success. At Puhoi a similar .mission was begun by Rc\ . Father McGrath, C.SS.R. The Rev. Father O'Hara, Otahuhu, has successfully undergone an operation at the Mater Miscricordiae Hospital, and is expected to be about in a few days. Rev. Father Edge is in temporary charge of Otahuhu. Rev. Father O'Uonnor, of Parnell, will shortly leave on a twelve-months' holiday. He has been ailing for some time. The Right Rev. Mgr. O'Brien, Rector of St. John's College, Sydney, and Very Rev. Dean Slattery arrived early last Sunday morning from Sydney. They were met at the wharf by the Rev. Father Holbrook, 4 Adm., and driven to the Palace, Ponsonby. His Lordship Dr. Lenihan was away at Whangarei. In the evening Pontifical Vespers and Benediction were given by his Lordship the Right Rev. Dr. Olier, Bishop of Tonga, at St. Patrick's. Monsignor O'Brien preached a splendid sermon upon Our Blessed Lady. He showed that Catholics in -honoring Mary simply followed in the footsteps of Him who showered all honors upon her.