Intercolonial

New Zealand Tablet, 9 June 1910, Page 915

Intercolonial

The Provincial of the Vincentian Fathers, the Very Rev. , Joseph Walshe, CM., has been visiting the houses of his Order in Australia. Bather Walshe returns to Ireland about June 15. . y : ~ • • His Lordship 5 Bishop O'Connor visited Tamworth recently, and in response to an appeal for subscriptions to the new Cathedral building fund received contributions amounting to £530. *• At ' Dara ' recently his Grace Archbishop Dunne officiated at the reception of fifteen young girls into the confraternity of Children of Mary (writes the Brisbane correspondent of the Freeman's Journal). As an evidence of how the career of his Grace is bound up with the history of Catholicity in Queensland, I learned that in 1869, when parish priest, he married the grandparents of one of these children, subsequently christened her father, who afterwards served him as an altar boy, and also received two of her aunts into the Order of the good Sisters of Mercy. A military memorial office for the late King was held in St. Patrick's Cathedral, Melbourne, on the afternoon of Sunday, May 22. The cadets marched to the church, accompanied by the St. Augustine and St. Vincent Bands playing the Dead March. Members of the military forces, who wore their uniforms, assembled at the Cathedral, where the nave was reserved for them. The Archbishop delivered the memorial address, and special music was rendered by the choir. Two Sisters of the Order of St. Joseph passed awayrecently at Sydney. Sister M. Charles, who died at St. Martha's Home, Leichhardt, on May 18, spent 20 years of her most useful life there. Though suffering from a long illness, she continued to work with the needle for the service of the Church. Of" the 52 years of her life 29 were passed in St. Joseph's Convent. Sister M. Alexis died at St. Joseph's Convent, Mount street, North Sydney, on May 21. Deceased had spent over 40 years in the convent, being one of the early members. The memorial ceremonies for the late King Edward VII. on Friday morning last (says the Catholic Press of May 26) attracted an immense number of people. Long before the hour at which the proceedings were to commence, the road- . way in front of the western door was literally packed. 'Thousands also assembled in Hyde Park immediately opposite the Cathedral. From the tower of the Cathedral the bells tolled a muffled peal, while in the Cathedral, the i Kyrie ' from Cherubini's Requiem Mass was played on the organ by Mr. Harry Dawkins. This was rendered as the military filed into the sacred edifice, and the ecclesiastical procession emerged from the presbytery and entered the western door. A panegyric on the late King was delivered by his Eminence Cardinal Moran. On May 22 the Bishop Murray Memorial Orphanage at Maitland was dedicated and blessed (says the -Freeman's Journal). It was fitting that his monument should be a living work and one of education and charity. It was fitting, too, that the site selected should be the hill crowned for so many years by the old Sacred Heart College and commanding a view of the last resting-place of the dear old Bishop. The idea of a memorial orphanage was suggested by the Right Rev. Dr. Dwyer, who received loyal support from the priests of the diocese and a generous response to his appeal from his people. The buildings formerly used as the Sacred Heart College were in bad repair, and the property was involved to the extent of about £2OOO. The repairs and renovations meant an additioial amount of £9OO, so that the Bishop's appeal to the diocese meant a sum of about £3OOO. In his address at the opening ceremony Dr. Dwyer feelingly expressed his appreciation of the response to his appeal—a response worthy of the people and of their pioneer Bishop. Up to the date of the opening ceremony a sum of close on £2OOO had been received. The news of the sudden death of Mr. George Washington Power, M.A., LL.M., the well-known barrister, which occurred on May 19, came as a shock to the community (says the Brisbane correspondent of the Freeman's Journal). For some weeks past he had been ill from the effects of influenza. In the early part of the month, although in indifferent health, he responded to the call of duty, and Sroceeded to Longreach to act as Deputy-District Court udge. On his return to Brisbane he was ordered into the Mater Misericordiae Hospital, but his indisposition was not until near the sad end regarded as serious. The late Mr. Power was admittedly one of the most erudite and learned of Australian scholars. He took a prominent part in Catholic matters, and was ever ready to give assistance to members of the Catholic Literary Societies. He was one of - the founders of the oldest established Catholic debating societies in Brisbane (the Holy Cross Guild, Wooloowin), in which he was associated in the early days with Mr. E. J. Sydes, now Father. Sydes,S.J., of Sydney. When Father Sydes returned to Queensland some months ago, after being ordained, one of the first to welcome him back was his dear old friend, the late Mr. Power, and he was also one of the last to see him off when he left Queensland for Sydney.