DIOCESE OF CHRISTCHURCH

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXVI, Issue 13, 2 April 1908, Page 14

DIOCESE OF CHRISTCHURCH

(From our own Reporter.-) . ! i' March '3o. I regret exceedingly to learn tha*t the Very Rev. FatJier Marnune, . S7SL, pastor of St. Mary's,- Manchester Street, is again, very" seriously ill. The recent Papal decree on . Catholic marriages was read at the 11 o'clock Mass in the Cathedral on Sunday. In the evening his Lordship the Bishop continued tuis series of discourses an the decree. A course of Lenten sermons is being preached by the Rev. Father Hoare, S.M., at St.. Mary's, Manchester street, on each Sunday evening after Vespers.^There has been a great demand far copies of' the ' Tablet ' at St. Mary s, Manchester street, for the last few weeks, the supply being quite inadequate. A good •number has also decided to subscribe regularly. As an example of consistent generoslity towards the Cathedral, well worthy of imitation, his Lordship the Bishop reports that the late Miss Catherine Gla,zer, a ►con-vert to the Church in early life, and for forty years a f^i.'hful servant in the household of ""Mrs. A. ' J. White, be^uGatihed the sum of £300, representing her savilngs, to the reduction of the capital on the liabilities of the Cathedral. During the recent years of her life, which only lately terminated, the same devoted parishioner contributed generously towards the same fund, t "■ The manifest claims of that excellent journal, the ' N.Z. TaUlet,' to the wide support of our Catholic people, whose religious, social and moral interests it bo affectionately advocates and defends, was again forcibly emphasised' in the Cathedr J. on Sunday "by * his.. ' Lordship tibia Bishop and officiating clergy at the various Masses and at Vespers. A representative of the ' Tab* let,' it was pointed out, was present at the door of the Cathedral, thus affording a good opportunity for a dasplay of practical support and appreciation. The result is, I am pleased to learn, a substantial addition to the list of subscribers. With regard to the side chapels in ~the Cathedral and the various contributors to their equipment, and referred to in bis recent pastoral, his Lordship the Bishop desires to correct an error which inadvertently crept in. ' The Children) of Mary offered to furnish the . Lady Chapel, etc,' it -was stated, whereas it should read, to donate the altar of the Lady Chapel.' They have already redeemed part of their spontaneous promase, hut the complete furnishing of the chapel, which has been so effectively done, is due to the generosity of Mass Kearney, a devoted member of the Altar So%TJ'a + ° l2 x twentyione years has with assiduity attended to the duties of this excellent organisation. The quarterly meeting of St. Patrick's Branch of s the H.A.C.B. Society was held oa -Monday evening. Bro. R .P. O'Sihaughnessey (presddent) was in the chair. The attendance of members was large. The Rev. Father O'Hare, who has been appointed chaplain, was welcomed by the president and P.P Bros J McCormick and' W. Rodigers. Mr. M. Nolan was elected * , life honorary member, and- initiated toy thie president." ' Ihree candidates were proposed for membership. It. was resolved that it be a Recommendation to the managed ment committee to have a circular issued' setting: forth the aims and objects of the Society, and the benefits denved from membership,, copies to be distribSed am ong the young men of the Cathedral?- St. a£n?s an" d other parishes. Dr. Arthur O'Brien was elected medic al attendant The president and secretary (Bio F J Doolan) spoke m appreciative terms of Bros O 'Mr Oow-h and T. Ruddy, who shortly leave on a holidTv vasat ta Ireland, and wished tfcen/a sale aud^nJoySe