DIOCESE OF CHRISTCHURCH
(From our own correspondent;.) .; ._ - :. • , , ' -_,jtohuary 14. On one oF the recent holidays, the members of the Cat/hodral Christian Doctrine Society -and friends ar- , ranged a picnic at Governor's' Bay 1 .' s "The event ' - was greatly enjoyed. ' • "- ■ , Mr. P. F. McEyedy, of Lecston, now. studying for the medical profession at Guy's llospital.London, has passed the M.B. and B.S. examination of the LondonUniversity. ~ ' ~ " "'^ The Rev. B'ath-er O'Connell intends to re-commence his mission and collecting tour In aid- of <- the Cathedral debt liquidation fund immediately after the clergy .retreat. His 'attention will be"" directed to the Westland -portion' of the di'q'ecse.', s _ '•" A" mission by the' Redemptoiist, Fathers was commenced on Sunday morning . at, St. "Mary's, Manchester street, hy~ the. Rev\ Faiher. Bannin, C.SS.R., The Rev. Father Lowham, "CISSIR., Joined' him m the evening. . .".-.'. The Very. Rev. Father. Ginan, V,.,G., of .St. Benedicts, Auckland, was a visitor to .'-Chiistchurch last week, ami' "a guest' at the episcopal .residence. "He spent much of his lime a.l the ' Exhibition,' and " is greatly impressed with v it. " , '. / "" Miss Lottie Barker, who played' so excellently the harp passages, in the ' Dahse Jos 'Sylph es ' in the Exhibition Orchestral concert, on -last" Tuesday afternoon, is an A.T.C.L. on the j ianb. . She,.' gained the highest marks in the' Colony last year," and'^vas "a pupil of, the Sisters of the Missions' High' School in this" city. Owing to- the numerous engagements of his Grace .Archbishop Redwood, it has been -found necessary to postpone the opening of the new convent at Raneiora - uniil the first Sunday in March. . The Rev. Father Hyland hopes to clear off, by subscriptions between now and. on . the opening day, the liabilities on the buMding, Which represent a' considerable amount. -- As *a i result (says the 'Press') of Miss Gertie " Campion's stay in the Cambridge Sanatorium, she is quite recovered in health, though it will be impossible for her to take to "the stage- again. A concert is being promoted 1o tajke place in • Auckland, _ the proceeds of which are to be applied to placing Miss Campion and her sister in a little business -in _ that - city. " - The chief attraction at the Exhibition this work was the arrival and first performance of. the renowned Bosses o- the Barn Band. There was an enormous attendance within the sports eround, j»hd -.exhibition , enclosures to hear and see the band eiye its openincc programme. The music rendered by the. band is a revelation, and as a combination for the production of swept artistic sounds Ihe members seem to have pract ically attained perfection. , ,„. ■ - . I
The- mission at the Sacred Heart Church,' Adding 1 -, ton, conducted during ,the.~ week,..-by the' Rev. Father — Lowham, G.SS.R., was 'brought to ■ a close on_: Sunday . last> arid was most .successful? ' In a letter to ' the Very- Rev. -Vicar-General- . from " his Lordship Dr. Grimes r dated -at^Roine, the Bishop . states his intention of embarking on German-Lloyd steamer 'Bremen' at; Port Said on Monday^' January 14. It is due at Colombo eleven 'days later, and arrives in Australia towards the end of February. . : ,i lie also announces that the -Rev. Father A^ O'Hare, -a_: priest for 'the diocese-,' may be expected to arrive in ChAstchureh during the next few days.^ The following appreciation , of Mindness received appeared in the local papers :— l Will you kindly allow me, through the medium- of your valuable paper, to thank the benefactors of. every .denomination in Christchurch for the kind way they received the Siste~s of Nazareth, and %for their generosity and help towards their, work for God's p00.r~.. The accounts we have received from the Sisters of thdr charity have touchedus deeply. We cannot write, individually, as we have not their addresses. Words cannot express our} deep appreciation of their goodness, which we trust will bereturned to them a hundredfold. We pray God 1 to bless and reward them. — Believe me, yours, etc.,"Mary, A , of the Nativity, Superior-General, Nazareth House,T Hammersmith, London, November 21, 1906.' After Vesoers iv the Cathedral on last Sunday evening; the Very Rev. Father Gillan, V.G., Auckland, preached an impressive discourse on the love of God for mankind in the prcsenre of a large congregation. The striking inscription on the facade of the Cathedral also furnished a theme for - some of the Veryj Rev. preacher's remarks. 'In a- city of beautiful; buildings ' (said Father Gillan, during his discourse) ' Hie most beautiful of. all in this magnificent temple 1 , — the Cathedral dedicated to the most adorable Sacrament, erected through your generosity, by your be-^ loved Bishop, who 'is . now soon to rejoin you.' . \ The annual retrca b of the diocesan clergy is to"' commence at the Cathedral on Wednesday evening, January 23. •
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New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXV, Issue 3, 17 January 1907, Page 23
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