DIOCESE OF AUCKLAND

New Zealand Tablet, 15 November 1906, Page 14

DIOCESE OF AUCKLAND

.;'. our own correspondent.) * J ""''" ' . , „ *~ November "8: ( ' r •'•^ The roof is now being put on the sacristy situated on t'ho northern side of St. Patrick's Cathedral. The' whole work is going rapidly ahead.

;• . ,^-.A /concert aid. bf the' Father ' Walter memorial cliuECli, Elle\ % s;lie"r"was "giVen'by SV-J'olvn's cottoir^ .dßarnelf,' y in Cairns'" Hall," Ellersli'e; last" iWedneg'dayx evening, .and was a pronounced success. . iv^c/i' '■■ ;..;•;" if: ■■-<-," The mortuary . ser.vic'es? " held ' J annually/; on . the / - first • v ;Sunday=. af-teri .All ' Souls ' I'Day ' yexe ' "^el'd lss t - .Sunday , afternoon -in r^the Symond 'street; Cemetery. j th"e >^ap- - pointed - hour a goodly number \of . i p"e ! o'ple v ga'thered^frSm ;the; parishes, .in -and' around "'the^'.ci.ty. ''.The 1 'clergy -' J-'pfe-?-se-nt-.i.wcre -Ve,!^'- -,Rev.. Father^ "\Grilliii', /Rev;' "Fathers ■ Mahoney, Holbrook, ' and JVlcMUran../''Af,Ver' z )$& .ctioir' !1 'of St. Benedicts, urider,,' >( :Mf'.\S.' Jaclison/^Kaii 'sting 'ap;,propriate this ; whole";' body,,lpriesj;s f ana' f p'e6'ple, .i'form'edH'in orocessional , yjofdef, and wailiedHhrdu'gh the 'cemetery, reciting the Rosary./ At" its J cp r nclusi'on' 1 . t .'the assemblage again mustered "around the ~ cross; ; and 1 ' 5 " the Rev. Father. Mahoney, y of Onehunga, addressed* 'those \ present, , and,, reminded 'tltem, 'of. the faithful' . He ,enipJLned upon all to ■'constantly' 'pray 'fot the repoee.of -rthe . souls of the ' dead. . 'rrayets-'fdr'the^d'ead^cwere ,• -thensoffered ,upV % by. all 1 ' present ,."?" The-'p'ricstsv ■'■ ac|6mpanied by the' altar boys; ''then' 1 returned to J-St>-C"^ene-r ..diet's Church. A public meeting was : "altefwa'rds Jheld in S,t^ Benedict's" schodtrpom-;' presided -oy.cr by the Very Rev" ".Father Gillan", wlleh 1 the aiinual^.balance. ,-sheef'vof -, tlie . Auckland Catholic Cemetery Board was -read, t bjr the "f.'hoii.,;S'ecretary; aLndf treasurer, Mr.'-M.r.-J-.'iSHeahan.----.; It showed that after a liberal expenditurcSon- the -=,ceme- ., tery, a qredit balance remained' of '£30. --. Much/. -,needed '\ work had been left undone; but". the commtft tee's ".--resources' were "limited, consequently it~ was , much,,-.- j- iamJ y .pered; A -vote "of thanks was passed to -»Fat 'her Lilian , for his "untiring efforts as chairman voi .'the Board, much of Its success -being due -to -him 1 ; dl Fathejr r .G-jllan briefly returned 'thanks, and the meeting- terminated. The collection taken at the cemetery gates amounted to -- £9-25.~ ." - . \ __ v /