DIOCESE OF DUNEDIN

New Zealand Tablet, 31 March 1910, Page 503

DIOCESE OF DUNEDIN

_ , His Lordship the Bishop . left. for the north by the Victoria on Tuesday afternoon. On Wednesday his Lord,ship attended a meeting of. the Bishops of the Province in Christchurch, after which he was to leave for Auckland to assist at the Month’s Mind of the late Bishop Lenihan. From Auckland he goes to Rotorua, where he will spend a couple of weeks. . ' ■ .. The following pupils of the Sisters of Mercy, South Dunedin and Mosgiel, were successful at the theoretical examination held in December last in connection, with Trinity College, London:—Senior pass—-Maggie Lynch, 75 (Convent of Mercy, South Dunedin). Intermediate honors —Josephine • Kavanagh, 80 (Convent of Mercy, South Dunedin). Junior honors Violet Jones, 96 Alice Hendry, 88 (Convent of Mercy, Mosgiel). Junior pass—Hugh O’Neill, 77 (Convent of Mercy, Mosgiel). Preparatory pass—Kitty Inglis, 94 (Convent of Mercy, Mosgiel). In addition to the early Masses in St. Joseph’s Cathedral on Easter Sunday, at which large numbers approached the Holy Table, there was Pontifical High Mass at eleven o’clock, his Lordship the Bishop being celebrant, Rev. Father Coffey, Adm., assistant priest, Rev. Father Corcoran deacon, and Rev. Father Scanlan subdeacon. The occasional sermon was preached by the Rev. Father Coffey. The music, Gounod’s No. 3 Mass, was rendered in a finished manner by the choir, under the conductorship of Mr. Hussey, Mr.-Vallis presiding at the organ. In the evening the preacher was the Rev. Father Corcoran. After Vespers the members of the choir were entertained by his Lordship the Bishop. Rev. Father Coffey, who presided, complimented them on the efficient manner in which they had rendered the music at the day’s ceremonies. There were large congregations at the Masses and devotions in St. Joseph’s Cathedral during Holy Week. His Lordship the Bishop was celebrant of the Mass on Holy Thursday, Right Rev. Mgr. Mackay being assistant priest, Rev. Father Lynch (Palmerston) and Rev. Father Delany (Gore) deacons at the throne, Rev. Father Woods (Oamaru) deacon of the Mass, Rev. Father Collins (Lawrence) subdeacon, and Rev. Father Coffey, Adm., master of ceremonies. The music was rendered by the Dominican Nuns’ choir. His Lordship the Bishop was celebrant of the Mass of the Presanctified on Good Friday, Rev. Father Lynch (Palmerston) being assistant priest, Rev. Father Hearn (Port Chalmers) and Rev. Father O’Malley (South Dunedin) deacons at the throne, Rev. Father Woods deacon of the Mass, Rev. Father D. O’Neill subdeacon, and Rev. Father Coffey, Adm., master of ceremonies. The Passion was sung by the Rev. Fathers O’Reilly, Liston, and Collins. The music was rendered by the students of Holy Cross College. - Rev. Father O’Reilly was celebrant of the Mass on Holy Saturday, Rev. Fathers Corcoran and Collins (Lawrence) being deacons, and Rev. Father Scanlan subdeacon. The music of the Mass was sung by the Dominican Nuns’ choir. The sermon on the Blessed Eucharist on Holy Thursday evening was preached by the Rev. P. J. O’Neill (Wrey’s Bush), on the Passion on Good -Friday morning by the Rev. Father Buckley (Holy Cross College), and on the Seven Dolors of the Blessed Virgin Mary, on Good Friday evening by the Rev. • Father Morkane. His Lordship the Bishop presided at Tenebrae on the evenings of Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, and in addition to the Cathedral clergy the following were present in the sanctuary during the Holy Week ceremonies Right Rev. Mgr. Mackay and Rev. Father Woods (Oamaru), Rev. Father Hunt (Cromwell), Rev. Father Lynch (Palmerston), Rev. Father Delany (Gore), Rev. Father Hearn (Port Chalmers), Rev. Father O’Malley and Rev. Father D. O’Neill (South Dunedin), Rev. Father P. O’Neill (Wrey’s Bush), Rev. Fathers Liston, Buckley, Morkane, and Scanlan (Holy Cross College), Rev. Father . Collins (Lawrence). A pleasing feature of the Holy Week ceref monies was the beautiful singing of the sacred psalmody by the students of Holy Cross College.