DIOCESE OF CHRISTCHURCH

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXV, Issue 36, 5 September 1907, Page 15

DIOCESE OF CHRISTCHURCH

(From our own correspondent.) ■September 2. There was Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament in the Cathedral on Sunday from the eleven o'clock Mass until after Vespers, followed by the usual procession , and Benediction. The Catholic Club has resumed operations, which were temporarily suspended during $he season of the Spanish-Columbian Festival, in connection with which the greater portion of the members were occupied. His Lordship the Bishop presided and preached at a ceremony of reception and profession of Sister's of Mercy during the week in the chapel of St. Mary's Convent, Colombo street. , A number of the clergy were present, and also Sisters from the various convents of the Order in the district. Through the kindness- of a -friend I was shown a letter which informed the president of the Marist College in Ireland of the intention of a generous donor to establish a burse for the education of a secular priest for the diocese of Christchurch. The name of the generous donor is not divulged. At the Cathedral on Sunday evening his Lordship the Bishop commenced a course of lectures on the subject of the ' Relation of the Creator to the Creature.' ' The necessity of religion for man as an individual ' formed the basis of the opening discourse, the subject being treated in a singularly manner by his Lordship. There was quite a large congregation.