DIOCESE OF DUNEDIN

New Zealand Tablet, 29 October 1908, Page 23

DIOCESE OF DUNEDIN

The annual social evening of the St.- Joseph's Harrier Club was held at the residence of Mrs. Jackson. The Rev. Father Corcoran w,as present, and there was a large attendance of members and others- interested in amateur athletics." After a programme of songs and recitations was gone through an adjournment was made to the supper room. During the evening the prizes for the.. five-mile cross-country championship were presented by Mrs. Jackson, who congratulated- the various recipients on their successful performances. The following was the vprize list : — Championship, J. V. Ouelch (Mr. M. Coughlan's trophy), Jas. Swanson (club's trophy), Sealed handicap, J. Cowan (Dr. O'NeiH's trophy), P. Gorman '(trophy). Cheers for the hostess brought a very enjoyable evening to a close. "It has been decided for various reasons not to hold the usual concert this year in aid of the Sr. Vincent de Paul Orphanage, South Dunedin: Instead, it has been arranged that "the~ members of the St. Vincent de Paul Society will take up a collection in aid of the institution in the city and suburbs. The Rev. Father Coffey, Adm., speaking at St. Joseph's Cathedral on Sunday, brought before the congregation the • claims of the Orphanage lo the generous support of the people. There is in the institution a. large number of children for whose support the self-sacrificing Sisters of Mercy- receive no assistance from the Government, and have therefore 10 depend wholly on the generosity of the" public. ' When entertainments were held in aid of . the Orphanage a large percentage of the receipts went in expenses, but contributors to- the collection- now" about to be made will have the satis faction of knowing that every shilling given will go direct to the object for which it is intended. An appeal appears elsewhere in this issue. The Rev. Father Lynch, of Palnierston (writes the London correspondent of the Otago Daily Times), who left Dunedin early in March and sailed from Auckland 'for Suva, Honolulu, and Vancouver, visited cities~of Canada on his way here. He then entered the United States, visiting Niagara Falls, Buffalo, and was present at' the New York Catholic Cathedral Centenary. He landed at Queenstown, Ireland, about the middle of May, and __ has since travelled "through li eland and England. Coming to London, he attended the great Eucharistic Congress. From London he- is going to Rome, and will spend a month travelling on the Continent, visiting" Amiens, Paris, Lyons, Turing Genoa, Florence, Venice, 'Milan, Italian lakes, Switzerland, the Rhine, Germany, and Belgium. He will sail from Gibraltar for New Zealand about December 30.,