Intercolonial

New Zealand Tablet, 22 September 1910, Page 1551

Intercolonial

T i le j ¥ OI V *^ ln Meaglier is still in Ireland, and is not expected back in Australia till some time next year. , A cable message received last week announced the death of the Yen. Archpriest Sheehy, 0.5.8., V.G., Sydney, who passed away at the age of 83 years. _ A select garden party at the Sacred’ Heart Convent, Kincoppal, which was opened by his Eminence Cardinal Moran, resulted in a sum of £IOO being raised for the completion of St. Mary’s Cathedral. Revs. R. Murphy S.J., T. O’Mara, S.J., E. Murray, S.J., B. Loughnan, S.J., 8.A., arrived the other day in Sydney from Home. Father Murphy has been appointed to St. Aloysius College, North Sydney; Rev. Mr. Murray to Xavier College, Melbourne; and Rev. Messrs. O’Mara and Loughnan to St. Ignatius’ College, Riverview, of which both are ex-pupils. . Right Key. Mgr. O’Reilly (diocese of Auckland), who is spending his health vacation in New South Wales, has lately passed through a severe illness (says the Freeman’s Journal). He has now quite recovered, and says he ‘never felt better,’ but will assist nature by a holiday on the Mountains. The Monsignor’s idea of ‘a holiday’ is to celebrate Mass in the early morning, assist at a ceremony later on, and preach a sermon in the evening. Rev, Joseph Capra, a resident of Italy, who visited Australia and New Zealand in 1908 to investigate and report on the trade relations of Australia with Italy, has embodied the result of his observation in a book, a copy of which he has forwarded to the Premier of Victoria. The newspapers of Italy, he says, in the course of an accompanying letter, have expressed' high appreciation of the publication, which, he states, has tended to make Australia better known to his countrymen. Monsignor Brophy, of Dnbbo, who has been absent during the past six months tonring his native Ireland Great Britain, Canada, and the United States, passed through Sydney recently on his way home. He was given a great reception at Dnbbo. The reception took the form of a conversazione. In the course of a chat (says the Catholic Press) the Monsignor said the condition of the Irish people had much improved since the Land Act of 1908. ‘ If other parishes follow the example of Forest Lodge we may look upon the work of completing St. Mary’s with equanimity, though I never had any doubt at all, since the inception of the movement, that our people would see the Cathedral complete in a few years/ said his Eminence Cardinal Moran when announcing the result of the collection —£loo2 on behalf of the building fund of St. Mary’s at Forest Lodge on Sunday, September 4. At the annual meeting of the Brisbane District of the Hibernian Society it was reported that the capital value of the funds held by the district and branches had increased by £3947 5s lid during the year, and now stands at £40,889 8s 9d. The disbursements for benefits were as follow:—Funeralage, £425; mortality allowance, £1120; sick pay, £2540 13s; medical attendance and medicine, £4115 4s Id; total, £BllO 17s Id, as compared with £8099 Is 2d disbursed the previous year. His Lordship Bishop Duhig in a letter to the editor of the Brisbane Courier denounces the assertion of those who spread about that there is an understanding between the Labor Party and the Catholics of Queensland concerning the Bible question. At the same time he points out the great asset Catholic schools are to the State; but in-return Catholics are very badly treated by the Department of Public Instruction. Free passes are not granted on the railways; medical officers refuse to treat the eyes of the children attending Catholic schools; and Catholics cannot benefit by the 50 scholarships granted a few weeks ago. The inaugural meeting of the recently established Newman Society in connection with the University of Melbourne took place in the Cathedral Hall oh Friday evening, September 2, in the presence of a large and representative gathering, including his Grace the Archbishop of Melbourne. Among others present were: The Bishop of Ballarat (Right Rev. Dr. Higgins), Very Rev. Dean Phelan, V.G., Very Rev. Dean Hegarty, V.F., Sir John Madden (Chancellor of the University), Dr. Mclnerney (Warden of the University), Mr. Justice O’Connor, Mr. Justice Cussen, Dr. MacFarland (Ormond College), "Professor Nansen, and Mr. Frank Duffy, K.C. A select musical programme was contributed by Miss Amy Castles, Mr. Walter Kirby, and Herr Louis Hattenbach." His Grace the Archbishop, "in the course of his inaugural address, said that the objects of the society were: —(1) To labor for the erection of a Catholic University College. (2) To bring undergraduates of different standing and of different faculties into close communication with one another, so as to provide them, in this union, with opportunities of enjoyment and improvement; and (3) to promote an interchange of the great charities of life between graduates and undergraduates. The means proposed to attain these objects are social reunions during the academic year., lectures, discussions, and such other means as may contribute to the spiritual, intellectual, and social interests of the members.