DIOCESE OF AUCKLAND

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXVII, Issue 20, 20 May 1909, Page 15

DIOCESE OF AUCKLAND

(By Telegraph from, our own correspondent.) May 17. A complimentary concert is to be given by the Parnell parish to his Lordship the Bishop this evening. This was the Bishop's parish prior to his elevation to the See of Auckland. A largely-attended meeting was held at St. Benedict's last evening in connection with the bazaar intended to be held in aid of the parish debt. Much interest is manifested in the proposal, and the undertaking is sure to be successful. An estimable young lady, Miss Mary Ford, died last Friday. The remains were interred yesterday. She was a Child of Mary, and for years, though of retiring disposition, she was well known at the Cathedral. Her long and trying illness was borne with great fortitude and resignation. The remains were taken to the Cathedral. Rev. Father Meagher, assisted by Rev. Father Wright, read the burial service. The Children of Mary preceded the hearse to -the Symond Street Cemetery. At the Cathedral yesterday Father Meagher informed the parishioners that the Tablet's representative was now in the city, and he exhorted every head "of family to subscribe to that admirable Catholic paper. He said it ranked foremost amongst the Catholic papers of the colonies, was a terror to slanderers of the Church, never missed an attack, and repelled it with ability and vigor. They should support the Tablet in its constant battle for Church," priests, and people. s