Intercolonial

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXVI, Issue 2, 9 January 1908, Page 35

Intercolonial

A new convent was opened at Mount Morgan recently by the Right Rev. Bishop Duhig. Bjshop Duhig said that nigh on thirteen years the Sisters of Mercy had labored in Mount Morgan. The death is reported of Sister Mary Evangelist, of St. Brigid's Convent, West Perth, W.A. She was a daughter of Mr. Byrne, of Perth, who with his family arrived from Dublin about ten .yoars ago. The movement to introduce the Christian Brothers to Warwick (Q.), has been taken up enthusiastically. The late parish priest of Warwick, the Rev. J. J. Horan, left all hisi property for establishing the Brothers in the town. Already the ißev. Father Potter, in charge of the parish, has in hand over £500, including the amount realised from the sale of Father . Horan's property. St. Michael's new Church, corner of Dryburgh and Brooighaim streets, North Melbourne, was solemnly blessed and opened by his Grace the Archbishop of Melbourne, the dedicatory discourse being delivered by the < Very Rev. J. T. Colgan, S.J. The Very Rev. Dean ■, Phelan preached in the evlening. The" total • cost was about £7000. There arrived recently in Adelaide for the; Port Augusta diocese the Rev. Fathers O'pH&lloran and Kett. They are both natives of Ireland, who originally studied at Mount Melleray Seminary, in -their native .country, and then entered the famous college of Brignole Sale, at Genoa, where they were ordained last May by the Archbishop of Genoa. The Bishop of Port Augusta has appointed Father O'Halloran to be assistant priest at Port Augusta, and Father Kett as ■ assistant priest at Pekina. ' Miss Lilla Reidy, a niece of Thomas Francis Meagher, of '48 fame, who won the highest money prize in the oil-painting section of the Women's Exhibition,, Melbourne, is a Hobart native, and studied in Melbourne, where she won scholarships and -prizes offered by a group of well-known artists, which included Messrs. McCubbin and Longstaff. She became assistant instructor of the art school founded by those artists. For. several years her pictures have won favorabie notices in the annual shows of Victorian artists. - " " - On Sunday, December j||2, his -Grace the Archbishop of .Melbourne administered^the Sacrament ./of Confirmation to over 250 candidates of ,both sexes," at the • Cathedral. A large proportion of. those confirmed were-ad-ults. During the year his Grace the Archbishop administered the Sacrament of Confirmation tor some" 6000 candidates, exclusive of those confirmed in ,the -Cathedral parish. At the Cathedral this -is the second large Confirmation in 12 months, the other being that at Easter, when there were over ,400 candidates. Besides - this, there have been 27 Confirmations held in the Archbishop's private chapel during the same period. v ' His Grace Archbishop Dunne,' of Brisbane, was. presented, on 'December 18, on behalf of the laity cf Brisbane, with a Victoria, in commemoration of -his silver jubilee. The presentation was ' made by _Mr. ,A. -JC Thynne, M.L.C., who said that the Archbishop Js looked upon by all in Queensland as the one man who had led the way in all matters connected with the best interests of the State. Archbishop Dunne said that the" gift would always remind him cf the many kindnesses of his people, for whom he had always tried to do the best he could. He had been fourty-four years amongst the people in Queensland, having arrived in that , State in 1861, Separation Day. During the whole of that time he had never had a quarrel with anyone, but had receiv- . Ed the greatest kindness from all denominations. The ceremony of blessing, and opening, "the new wing of St. Joseph's Home for Destitute Children at Surrey -Hills, Melbourne, was performed by his Grace the Archbishop^ of Melbourne, assisted by the R.ev. Dean Phelan, the Rev. Father Robinson, pastor of the Camberwell district, and the Rev. Fathers D. McKillop, S.J., James Garroll, and P. O'Donoghue. The Home at Surrey H'ilis at present houses 120 children and 80 nuns. The new wing cost about £800. Of this sum about half has ben raised by public subscription, Jeaving the* debt on the building at £400. His Grace delivered an address in which he stated that with their usual zeal the Sisters of St. Joseph worked hard, adding biiildina; after building, until the splendid institution as it now stands was established. It was a wonderful institution, housing, clothing, feeding _ai>d instructing such a large number of helpless, little children, supported as it was without a penny of Government aid by the voluntary contributions of the people..