DIOCESE OF DUNEDIN

New Zealand Tablet, 10 December 1908, Page 23

DIOCESE OF DUNEDIN

The annual entertainment by, and distribution of prizes to, the pupils of the Christian Brothers' School will be held in the Garrison Hall on Monday evening, December 21.

There was Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament at St. Joseph's Cathedral on Sunday from the last Mass until Vespers. In the evening there was* the usual procession in which the children of the parish schools and confraternities took part.

The Rev. Father Lynch, of Palmerston, and the Rev. Father McMullan, of Ranfurly, were present at the Hoiy Father's Jubilee celebrations in Borne on November 16. Afterwards Father Lynch was to return to his native place for a short stay before returning to New Zealand. Father McMullan, it is understood, was to leave Naples for New Zealand about December 20.

At the Sacred Heart Schools North-East Valley, a musical social afternoon was given by the pupils to their parents and friends on .Tuesday. At the conclusion o.f the entertainment the first of the series of prizes in the Dainty Art Union — a • beautifully carved hexagonal occasional table — was draAvn in the presence of the audience and the following gentlemen: — Messrs.' O'Neill, Lynch, Bunbury, Cowen, and Hanly.

In a letter, just received from the Right Rev. Dr. Verdon his Lordship states that his health has been greatly improved by his stay in the Home countries. His Lordship intended to leave Naples on his return journey ou December 6, and was to be accompanied by tlie Right Rev. Dr. Higgins, Bishop of Ballarat. The Most Rev. Dr. Delany, Archbishop of Hobart, ha<l made ax-rangements to como out by the same steamer.