DIOCESE OF CHRISTCHURCH

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

DIOCESE OF CHRISTCHURCH

(From our own correspondent.) February 10. Ihcre was a large assemblage of the people of Ak-' aroa in the Borough Council Chambers on last Thursday afternoon at a farewell ga-lfoering, when the Rev. Dr. Kennedy, who is relinquishing pastoral charge of Akaroa and Little River Districts, ,was presented with' an illuminated address. The Rev.' Father McManus, of New Plymouth, is - at present a \isitor to Christohurch,. and on Sunday assisted at the Cathedral. The Rev. Father McDonnell, parish priest of Meanee, has taken the plaoe of Rev. Father Hoare at St. Mary's, Manchester- street, the latter being away on a brief holiday. The devastating ifire of Thursday night, which ruined the finest 'business centre of the city, and gutted twothirds of the frontage of a block .occupied by splendid mercantile premises, wias a sight of awe-inspiring grandeur. The city for miles, around, with a vast extent of the s'.-y overhead, was illuminated. 'Great drifting, clouds, which assumed the prevailing fearsome tints, afforded a spectacle not easily effaced from > the' minds of beholders. Three" pupils of the Sacred Heart '.Convent, Highi feohooli-rßvanigeJine Seymour, Catherine Duggan and Gertrude Loughlin— educated) b,y the Sisters of the Missions passed the recent Matriculation examination. I'toese were- the only candidates for~ the examination from the school. Three others— Elizabeth ' Elsie Baker, Catherine Hammill, and Emily Alice Moyna (with credit)—were successful in the Civil Service examination.]

The St. Patrick's Day Celebration Committee .are < m/eettag regularly, whilst the various sulv-committees are 'biusily woriting up details ' connected with each separate - department. The ticket's are now widely distributed, and no effort will be spared to insure complete success. The Yen. Archpriest Le Menant .des Chesnais, S.M., of Leeston is appointed parish "pifiest of Temuka, replacing Rev. Father 4 James Goggan, S.M., who is appointed' pastor of Napier. Ihe Rer. Father S. Mahony, also of Lee^ton, goes to Wellington. Rev. Father Hills, S.M., late Vice-Hector of St. Patrick's College, is appointed parish priest of Leeston. Rev. Father Ainsworth, from Wellington South, is appointed parish priest of Hokitika. Rev. Father 0 Dwyer, now at Ho»:itilca, replaces Rev. Father Lepretre at Wairoa ,(Hawke's--Bay), the latter going to Europe on holiday leave. Rev. Father Finnerty goes to Wellington from Timaru, and is replaced by Father A. McDonald, of Wellington. The Rev. Father O'Connell, S.M., of the Cathedoral, Christchurch, is appointed Superior of a missionary section of the Manst Order, with whom will be associated the Rev. .Father Kimhell, S.M., of Wellington.