DIOCESE OF AUCKLAND

New Zealand Tablet, 28 July 1910, Page 1177

DIOCESE OF AUCKLAND

(By Telegraph from our own correspondent.) With reference to the formation of the Hbrarv^men ld so b cie t r dite<i not to the Hiber -: the city and suburban parishes with hofes _ A successful concert was held on last Tfrifi-nr • 1,1 ■ 2tto b d£“va ft i d vely 1 I“™,°.* Tbs from town assisted focal talent 8 with th^resulTthfbmt " 611 were amply rewarded for their attendance PatlnS the Cathedral the”Q^o’cLcfc 6 Mass ®f Ciety »%»3ed a body, and receivedHoly S?£ M, Vi‘ Esso* Catholic clubs and confraternities "S” TVT,! ber u ian ’ tbe bers marched to the Hibernfan Tr Q ll i M l ass , tbe mem " prepared by the members o the i' tS* Sr were delivered by District-president JlUXnd fedf/ Bros ff™'. dent , Grllen y > Branch-president Wright and S,” USte: A v„ a te tn of?f a 5 tbe D “ edi " braiSh oTafteriy Sr -‘for i Jr. thanks was passed to Father &f brook for his enconraging remarks ftoS ?he pulpif by EevX„tlfer W M. P r'; rC ? Me, l Ia f t . Tuesda J’ Mount Eden +1 • Mary Joseph Aubert as the ..initial sten towards the inauguration of a foundling home and residence ■of the 1 late Mr. j. C. Firth P is Situated WaS fb 9 eastern slopes of Mount Eden. It comprises a house* nf 27 rooms and three acres and a-half of ground and was Mother Albert • U ? ° f + £ s°P' he - present intention of Mother Aubert is to establish a hospital for poor children and a foundling home for destitute children. The institnt on is inaugurated entirely for the poor, and children of mothers who are sick at home or in hospital will be looked after temporarily. Mother Aubert hopes to enlaree the scope of her work in the future by the establishment of lome in connection with this one for poor children suffering from incurable diseases. A home in Wellington embraces a ll the departments mentioned has ’erected tin ough the* agency of Mother Aubert at a cost of £2O 000 A°Lr buil( ? lr igs alone. In this connection a prominent Anglican minister waited upon Father Holbrook and stated he represented several persons, and begged the tM project e of lS fl m f flUe? Wlh Mother Aubert to abandon 0J + C t of a , foundling home on the ground that it AfSr o ot be conducive to the moral well-being of the city! After an explanation of the objects and care bestowed in making inquiries into every case seeking admission the rev gentleman left fully assured that a mistake had been *? atnb “ tin S. *0 Mother Aubert’s institution anySiiiStoJW'&X ,a ed Fatber Holbrook for

Rotorua (By Telegraph from our own correspondent.) ■ i Ihe approaches to the church and convent have been asphalted, this very much needed improvement fc g F C aS d „ t,> i t,le V ° ry BCT ' “““ -d x- • P u Pp s . °f St. Joseph’s School are assiduously practising for their annual concert. This event is eaeerlv coked forward to in the town the good work being done by the Sisters in this respect } being universally recognised A very pleasant * at home ’ and euchre tournament wire held at _ the Assembly Hall on Wednesday evening last in aid of the church funds. A committee of ladies had tb« function in hand, the result of their labors being that it was equal to the most successful of its kind held in thn of"over 111 P lS? eedS Wm be " efit * he funds t 0 S StS? . During the past month we have had a series of impres sive discourses every Sunday morning and evening the preacher being the Rev. Father Meagher, of Auckland Father .Meagher s sermons have had a stimulating effect on the congregation, and his departure from the narkb fa much regretted. 1 18