DIOCESE OF DUNEDIN

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXVII, Issue 11, 18 March 1909, Page 423

DIOCESE OF DUNEDIN

The annual concert in connection with St. Patrick's Day takes place this evening in tho Garrison Hall. Some of the. leading vocalists, of the city will contribute "to tho programme. - • ' ■ Miss Barth, the local secretary (says the Otago Daily Times), has • just received word from Trinity College of Music, London, that senior exhibitions of the valuo of £9 9s each have been awarded to Kathleen- Quill (St. Donw inic's College) and Gladys M. Stoneham (pupil of Mr. AT Vallis) 1 of this city. These exhibitions provide for tho further education of the winners for twelve months in the subjects in- which they have already been successfully examined. The Rev. Father Howard, who was recently transferred from South Dunedin to Milton, will be entertained at a farewell gathering in St. Patrick's School, South Dunedin, on Monday evening. An excellent musical programme has • beon arranged, and all friends of the Rev. Father Howard are cordially invited to attend. Advantage will be taken

? v i° occasiou to . make Father Howard a presentation on behalf of the parishioners, and the members of the Young Men s Club intend also to show their- appreciation^ of the great interest which Father Howard had taken in the affairs of the club and his sterling work -on its behalf. - His Lordship 1 the Bishop visited the Mornington bunday school on Sunday, March 7, when there was an attendance of about 70 children. His. Lordship was welcomed on behalf of the teachers and children by the Bey. „ Father Corcoran, who referred- to the increase in the attendance during the year, and the zeal and devotion -of the teachers. His Lordship in reply expressed his pleasure at the progress of the school, complimented the pupils on then* regular attendance, and congratulated the teachers on the results of their work. At the conclusion of his Lordship's address the 'children sang several hymns including ' Faith of our 'Fathers.' The members of the Dunedin branch of the H.A.C.B. Society, to the number of a hundred, attended at St. Patrick'.s Basilica, South Dunedin, on Sunday, 14th inst., and approached the Holy Table in a body at 'the 9 o'clock Mass, in order to suitably celebrate the feast of 'St.Patrick. The sight was a most edifying one, old and young members marching together side by 'side to profess their holy religion and show their unceasing veneration for the patron saint of Ireland. Still' the attendance could' and should be much larger, and it is a matter of regret that all the members who are able cannot understand the importance of all joining together and making a united act .of faith. The Rev. Father O'Malley preached a fine discourse suitable to the occasion, dwelling on the advantage of being members of the Society from <a moral, temporal, and spiritual point of view, and urged parents to persuade their .sons to bcdoine mombcrs of' this excellent organisation.