DIOCESE OF DUNEDIN

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXVII, Issue 6, 11 February 1909, Page 223

DIOCESE OF DUNEDIN

♦ A retreat for the members of the confraternity of Perpetual Succor, which will be conducted by a Redemptorist Father, begins in St. Joseph's Cathedral on Sunday next. On Sunday there was Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament in St. Joseph's Cathedral from the 11 o'clock Mass until Vespers, after which the usual procession took place. The annual retreat of the clergy of the Diocese of Dunedin began at Holy Cioss College, Mosgiel, on Monday evening, and is being conducted by the Rev. Father Bannon, C.SS.R. At a meeting held last week, at which the Rev. Father Coffey, Adm., presided,. 1 it was decided to celebrate St. Patrick's Day by the holding of an Irish national concert. A committee, of which Mr. W. P. Rodgers is secretary, was set up to make the necessary arrangements. On Monday of last week a Solemn Requiem Mass for tho repose of the soul of Mr. Richard S. Cotter, who "died recently in Edinburgh, was celebrated in St. Joseph's Cathedral by Rev. Dr. Cleary, Rev. Father O'Reilly being deacon, Rev. Dr. Capra subdeacon, and Rev. Father Coffey master of ceremonies. A Solemn Requiem Mass for the repose of the soul of the late Mr. J. Liston was celebrated at St. Joseph's Cathedral on Thursday by the Rev. Dr. Cleary, Rev. Father O'Reilly .being deacon, Rev. Father Delany " subdeacon, and Rev. Father Coffey master of ceremonies. There were also present in the sanctuary Rev. Fathers Ryan, Liston, Buckley, Hearn, and D. O'Neill. ' On last Sunday week at Naseby a- presentation of a rug, umbrella, and purse of sovereigns was made to Rev. Father Delany by Mr. Coiighlan on behalf of the ladies of the congregation. On the same day at Ranfurly Mr. P.. Bleach, acting on behalf of the Catholics of the various districts of the parish, presented Father Delany with a purse of sovereigns. Father Delany was also the recipient of a handsome presentation from the choir.