DIOCESE OF AUCKLAND

New Zealand Tablet, Volume 13, Issue 7, 13 February 1908, Page 14

DIOCESE OF AUCKLAND

(From our own correspondent.) February 7. Next Monday evening the municipal electric light in Auckland is .to .be switched on by the Mayoress. Rev. Father Tormey* has been transferred to the charge of Otahuhu, Howiok, Panmure from Ponsonby. . His Eminence Cardinal Moran will be accorded a grjeat reception, and given a fine Sunday afternoon it will be an event to be remembered in this city. Two acres- of land have ibeen purchased in Vermont street, Pomsioaiby, 'by the Bishop for the use of the Ponsonby parish. The present church, in addition to being entirely, too small, is on the main road, and suffers from the noise and dust of the tram cars and other "traffic. a Last Sunday his Lordchip the Bishop preached -at the second Mass at the Cathedral, ,and took occasioniio reply to Sir Robert Stout's letter to the press, in wjhich the latter condemned the University Senate " for accepting the behest of the late -Mr. D. O' Sullivan, of Timaru. « During the week ' (said his Lordship) 'we were informed that a bequest 'had been made by Mr. O'Sullivan, of Timaru, to enable Catholic students' to win renown at the New Zealand University. This news was "most gratifying to us, and if any such bequests are made to any other denomination they will also be interesting as an assistance to the cause of education. Subsequently, however, Sir Robert Stout took it upon himself to adversely criticise the wisdom of the Senate when it accepted the bequest, and in so doing posed as the adviser of Catholics. If Sir Robert .Stout would, or could), leave -every such matter relating to Catholics severely alone it would be better for us, and .better for the general goodwill and peace of this Dominion, wjiich we_ali so earnestly desire.' At the 11 o'clock Mass on Sunday at the Cathedral the Bishop tlessed the three new stained-glass windows. The two behind the high altar represent the Ascension of our Lord, and the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The other presented by Rev. Father Mahony and his sister and brother, I represent St. Margaret and St. Edward. In a few brief remarks the Bishop extolled the great work done in the past for the diocese generally by Mr. and Mrs. Mahony. . In the evening his Lordship gave a most inter esfcing account of the steps he hard taken for the decoration of the Cathedral - Windows had now been presented by Mr. M. H Walsh Mesdames Hackett and 'Payne, and by the Dignari and Mah'oriy families. The two behind the high altar would no doubt be donated to the church before long The total value of the windows amounted to £1000 'The small stained-glass window in the baptistery was given by the Lundon family. The Bishop then told of the origin of stained-glass windows, when they were first -used, and how they were so universally adopted as a m^ s ,o, of * enco ,?raging the. devotion and' reverence of the faithful for all things sacred. After the sermon" a pipcession of the Blessed Sacrament" took place There Was Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament from the 11 o'clock Mass until Vespers, an* was largely attended by the fai|thfu'l. r