DIOCESE OF AUCKLAND

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXVII, Issue 26, 1 July 1909, Page 1017

DIOCESE OF AUCKLAND

(By Telegraph from our own correspondent.)

June 28. Very Rev. Father Keogh, late Rector of St. Patrick's College, arrived here on Saturday morning, and is the guest of his Lordship the Bishop. The following changes in the diocesan clergy have been made: Rev. Father Meagher has been transferred from the Cathedral to Parnell, being associated there with Rev. Father Kehoe; Rev. Father Holbrook goes to the Cathedral, and Rev. Father Tigar, 0.P., to Thames. The Old Boys' social gathering on last Friday evening was an undoubted success. The lady's prize 5 ? was won by Miss Maggie Canavan. The committee worked most assiduously to secure the success of the gathering. Very Rev. Dean Grogan, Wanganui, arrived here on Saturday, and celebrated the second Mass at the Cathedral yesterday. He leaves on a trip around the Islands and Sydney to-night. He stated that he had several old college friends whom he wished to meet and renew old acquaintances. Right Rev. Mgr. Gillan, V.G., in the unavoidable absence of the Bishop, left town on Saturday for Cambridge to open a new school there. Rev. Father Holbrook also went up to assist Rev. Father Murphy in the ceremony. There was a large attendance from Cambridge and the immediate vicinity. Rev. Father Paterson celebrated Mass yesterday at Ayondale, and in the course of his sermon expressed surprise and pleasure at the beautiful church, which reflected credit upon Monsignor Gillan and the Avondale parishioners. He exhorted them to work in harmony with their excellent parish priest, of whom he spoke in the highest terms for his piety, zeal, and enthusiasm. Very Rev. Dean Hackett lectured in the Leys Institute, Ponsonby, on last Friday evening on 'Rome Illustrated.' The pictures were minutely described by the Dean, who, because of his eight years' residence there, ■was fully qualified to do so. He spoke eulogistically pf the two last reigning Pontiffs, both of whom had the welfare of the masses at heart. Though Leo XIII. was of the aristocracy, his efforts for labor and his famous encyclical would long be held as a standard for all time. The present Pope was of the people, and was simplicity personified. He was never happier than when he mixed freely with the people. The Coliseum, Forum, and famous churches were among the subjects dealt with. The eloquent and instructive lecture was listened to with the keenest attention "by the crowded audience. The announcement was made that, owing to the numbers who were crowded out and could not gain admission, the Dean would redeliver the lecture in the Hibernian Hall on July 20, in aid of the St. Vincent de Paul Society.