Intercolonial

New Zealand Tablet, 23 August 1906, Page 35

Intercolonial

The Rev . I Colgan, S.J., Hawthorn (Vie), has just celebrated his golden jubilee in the priesthood. A stained-glass window in the church of the Immaculate Conception will commemorate the event. On Wednesday evening, August 8, the Rev M F M Keiina was presented with a. beautifully illuminawick a S m lUS former Parishioners at Elstemt? v Tll n P aiisl J'j oner f 1 ° r and district presented Rev. Lather kennelly on August 5 with a purse containing over 100 sovereigns. Sir Alexander PeacoS, ML. A., bore testimony to the worth of Father KenBalfarat representatives of Talbot, Smeaton, and One of the kindliest recollections of their mission m p Austr * n whlch lhe lrish envoys-Messrs. Devlin, J!;L'.ht a prt1 v nn ° Van ~~ W fi l iake away with them will be undoubted y the magnificent meeting at the Centenary , a .' , .Sydney, whcie over one thousand pupils of the \^ ai \ BrotheiV schools in the various suburbs assembled to greet the distinguished visitors. In acknowledging a testimonial on the occasion oE his departure from Wodonga, Rev. J. Kyan referred to the opposition which was shown in certain quarters to bazaars. 'From long experience he could say with truth that theie was no pleasanter or more effective means of unostentatiously contributing to church or charitable purposes. The very fact that so many hitli-mindu! and conscientious ladies had assisted in these movements foi so many years was a complete answer to lhe calumnies that., were sometimes heaped on the Church for countenancing bazaars. In the course of his address at the laying of the foundation stone of a new school at Surry Hills a few Sundays ago, his Eminence Cardinal Moran said that in 1870 when the public school system was in-tro-cliicod in. New South Wales there were 140 priests in the diocese 03 religious Brothers, 164 nuns, and 4 (ISO Catholic children in their religious schools. Well that day they had not only 110 priests, but 200 of ,?.'» an ?. . they weie cr y in X out f or more; instead °i iL rellgl °"? Brolheis, they had - 200 ; ami instead of 3M nuns they had 1200, and instead of 4680 chilli en they had 23,000, and SO orphanages sustained by Ihii chanty of the faithful. y 4i * S . P r ea . k l nS r at lhe annual Communion Breakfast of the H.A.C.B. Society in Sydney, the district president said :— Since this society was lust founded in '72 it nas steadily progiesscd. To-day we have 128 branches, with a membership of over 7000, ami a capital beating interest of £.56,000. The Federal officers whom we are pleased to have with us this morning,' will no doubt at a later sta^e inform you of the strength and position of the Society throughout Australasia. I have a duly to perfoim which gives me the gieatest possible pleasure, hi the cause of Catholic education the sociely has deputed mo to hand to your Eminence a cheque for £50, to be competed for as a prize for liish histoiy. i, ., The Central Catholic Training College, Albert ParkMcl bourne, conducted by the nuns of Loreto Convent was inaugurated on Sunday, August 5. The day was beautifully fine, and the invitations of the nuns were readily complied with, a very large and representative gathering assembling at the college. His Grace the Archbishop of Melbourne presided, and amongst those also present were his Lordship the Bishop of Sand\Z at < I J lght F°£ , Dr -«. Revili °' OS " A -) 5 his Lordship Lordship the- Bishop of Ballarat (Right Dr Higgins) Addresses were delivered by his Grace the Archbishop, Sir .lohn Forrest, Hon. N. Fitzgerald, X S.G., Rev. J. B. Ronald, M.H.R., Hon. J. G Duffy Sir Rupert Clarke, and others. J ' In the course of a speech at the Communion Bie-akfast of the ILA.C.B. Society in Sydney Mr. John loohey said that at the late annual meeting in Adelaide a resolution was unanimously passed that every effort should be made to collect £1000 amongst the Hibernians of Australasia to hand over towards the great national fight which tliey hoped would soon end by the establishment of a Parliament in College Green Of the £600 already handed over the Victorian Disl tnct has sent #200, New South Wales £180, Queensland £105, Tasmania £30, Adelaide £30, Western Australia £20, and New Zealand £10 (but they have a lot more in hand), whilst a good non-Catholic friend in Sydney, Dr. Johnson, has handed me a cheque for £20