DIOCESE OF DUNEDIN

New Zealand Tablet, Volume 13, Issue 7, 13 February 1908, Page 15

DIOCESE OF DUNEDIN

Cecily Rowlands, a pupil of the Dominican Convent, Oamaru, passed the Junior Civil Service examination with credit.. . His Lordship the Bishop administered -the Sacrament of Confirmation to 32 candidates at Mosgiel on Thursday last, and at 101 Oamaru on Sunday. The Provincial Seminary, Holy Cross College, Mosgiel, opens on next Saturday. The students arc-to be in the College on that day. The Marist Brothers, Invercargill, prepared and. Pass--ed a 'boy, John. Hickey, for the recent Junior Civil Service Examination. As he was under age at ' that time, he could not be a' candidate for any' Government employment. The following pupils of the Christian Brothers'' School have been successful at the recent Junior Civil Service examinations .-—Passed with credit— George W.: Albertson, Eric Fabian Spain, Christopher D. Marlow, Humphrey E. Moynihan, Patrick John Collins'; passJohn Marston Le Fevre. The Rev. Fathers Creagh 'and McDernuott, C.S'S.R., are giving missions in the Milton parochial district this week, and the Rev. Fathers Hunt" and Campbell, C.SS.R'., are comducting missions, in the parochial district of Lawrence. The missions in both places will be continued during the next fortnight. The Rev. Father Delany is doing duty in the Ranfurly parish) during the absence of the Rev. Father MacMullan, who is now on his way to Europe. The Rev. D. O'Neill has been "transferred from Gore to South Dunedin, and the Rev. T. Kavanagh from South Dunedin to Gore. The Rev. Cecil Mofkane is on temporary duty in Invercargill, pending the arrival of the Very Rev. Dean Burke, who was io have sailed from England on January- 18, and expects to reach Invercargill early in March. The annual picnic of- the pupils" of the Catholic schools in' Dunedin and suburbs was held at Waitati on Wednesdiay week, when nearly 1600 children and

adults availed themselves of the opiportunity of an oiut-. ing. The weather was all that could be desired. The committee had made very complete arrangements lor the comfort ,of all. The various athletic events were keenly contested, the adoption of a schools' championship proving a great success. An abundance- of, toys were provided and distributed to the younger children. Among -those who contributed to the success of the gathering and worked on the grounds were the Rev." Fathers Cofley and Howard, " Rev. Brother Brady, Messrs.- J. Hill and T. Sontag, and the secretaries (Messrs. Salmon and Rogan). The thanks of the com>mittee are due to Mrs. Colehan for the use .of • the grounds 1 ., to the donors of prizes, and to a number of gentlemen for assistance at the railway station prior to the departure of the train for Waitati. • From a financial point of view the outing • was also a success, and it is expected that a fair balance "will remain over towards next year's picnic.