DIOCESE OF DUNEDIN

New Zealand Tablet, 1 December 1910, Page 1977

DIOCESE OF DUNEDIN

The Rev. Father Creagh, C. 55.11., began a retreat for the students of St. Dominic’s College on Monday. it will conclude on Friday evening. A retreat for the members of the Sodality of the Children of Mary was preached last week in the chapel of the Convent of Mercy, South Dunedin, by Rev. Father Creagh, C.SS.R. The morning and evening exercises were well attended. Within the past few years the sodality has steadily grown, until at present there are 117 members attending the weekly meetings. On Sunday morning ,the sodalists received Holy Communion in a body in the Basilica, and in the evening an edifying and impressive ceremony was witnessed, when six members made their solemn act of consecration and twenty-five aspirants joined the sodality. Rev. Father Creagh, C.SS.R., who preached an eloquent sermon on the Blessed Virgin Mary, congratulated the. Children of Mary on the fervent spirit they had shown, and urged them to he true children of their Immaculate Mother and faithful to the precepts of the sodality. His Lordship the Bishop on Sunday afternoon administered the Sacrament of Confirmation in St. Patrick’s Basilica, South Dunedin. His Lordship was assisted by the Rev. Fathers O’Malley, D. O’Neill, and Creagh, C.SS.R., the Rev. Fathers Coffey, Adm., and Scanlan being also present. Of the 145 candidates presented 19 were adults, and four of these were natives of China. His Lordship addressed the candidates before Confirmation, and explained to them the nature of the Sacrament, the disposition with which they should receive it, and the graces which its worthy reception conferred on them. After confirmation Dr. Verdon again addressed those confirmed, and administered the usual temperance pledge to the children. His Lordship in the course of his address congratulated the children on the intelligent manner in which they had answered the questions on Christian doctrine, and complimented their teachers, the Sisters of Mercy, cm their- devoted ness and zeal.