DIOCESE OF AUCKLAND

New Zealand Tablet, 19 May 1910, Page 783

DIOCESE OF AUCKLAND

(By Telegraph from our own correspondent.)

May 16. Right Rev. Mgr. Gillan is still absent in Gisborne. , The Newman Society (Auckland branch) held its usual meeting yesterday afternoon in St. Patrick's Hall. The devotion of the Forty Hours'. Adoration will commence at the Cathedral on the last Sunday in May. The Children of Mary held a social last Friday evening in the Hibernian Hall, when there was a large attendance, all of whom enjoyed themselves thoroughly. - Miss Duffin (honorary secretary) worked energetically to make the function a success. -

v An angry correspondence an the Accession Oath is pro•7ceeding in the Herald. Bigots revel in l reproducing alleged oaths.from the days of Titus Oates, and entirely.ignoring ■- the r point at issue. ; _■ * . ' T .Last evening, after Vespers, a meeting of ladies' was ' held in Ailsa House, presided over by Rev. Father Holbrook. to consider the advisability of holding a social in aid or the parish funds.