DIOCESE OF DUNEDIN

New Zealand Tablet, 15 December 1910, Page 2065

DIOCESE OF DUNEDIN

The Rev. John Tobin was ordained to the priesthood on Sunday at Holy Cross College, Mosgiel, by his Lordship Bishop Verdon. The Rev. James Hanrahan, of Holy Cross College, Mosgiel, will be ordained to the priesthood on Sunday in the Christchurch Cathedral by his Lordship Bishop Grimes. Rev. Father Cock, S.J., of Adelaide, arrived in Dunedin on Tuesday for the purpose of conducting the retreat for the Dominican Nuns, which commences on Friday. ■ Rev. J. O’Connell, S.M., was in Dunedin on Sunday on his way to Hobart. Father O’Connell will be engaged during the next six months in giving missions and retreats in the archdiocese of Hobart. The members of St. Joseph’s branch of the H.A.C.B. , Society will approach the Holy Table in a body at the nine o’clock SI ass on Sunday at St. Joseph’s Cathedral. After Mass the annual breakfast will be held in St. Joseph’s Hall. Mr. F. Bourke, who acted as secretary for the Lily of KBlarney stall at the recent Operatic Festival, was made the recipient of a presentation by his fellow-workers. The presentation, which was made by Mrs. A. Breese, took the form of a gold Maltese cross, suitably inscribed. His Lordship Bishop Cleary, writing from Paris on his way to Rome on October 31. to Rev. Father Coffey, Adm., intimates that he will come, to Dunedin from Melbourne via the Bluff, and then proceed to Auckland. His Lordship has secured the services of one young priest for his diocese, and also some postulants. Prior to the meeting in connection with the Operatic Festival on Monday night Miss Staunton, the head of the Geisha, stall, was the recipient of a heavily-chased silvermounted purse at the hands of her assistants as a slight token of their regard and a memento of an effort which resulted in £440 being handed over to the Domincan nuns. The Rev. Father Coffey made the presentation, and Mr. J. Hally expressed Miss Staunton’s thanks and appreciation. A new branch of the H.A.C.B. Society was opened 5 on Monday night at Port Chalmers by the ' District Deputy (Bro. J. J. Marlow), who was accompanied bv the Raw. Father Coffey, Adm., Rev. Father O’Connell. S>\l. Qlarist missionary), and the Dunedin branch president (Bro. J. Doehan), and about 30 members of the St. Joseph’s branch. After the District Deputy had explained the benefits—spiritual and temporal—arising from membership of the society nearly twenty members wore duly initiated. The following officers were appointed : President, Bro. O’Halleran; vice-president, Bro. McKinney; secretary, Bro. Wood; assistant secretary, Bro. Hart: treasurer, Bro! Laloli; _ warden. Bro. Waltcrsdorf; guardian, Bro. McEntec; sick visitors, Bros. Edwards and Waltcrsdorf; auditors., Bros. McDermott and McEiitee; trustees, Bros. O’llaiien an, Waltersdorf, and McKinney. The officers wore duly installed by the District Deputy, and St. Mary's was decided on as the name of the new branch. Rev. Fathers Coffey, Connell, and the. Dunedin branch president congratulated the, members of the new branch, and Rev. Father Hearn and the branch president replied. Mr. and Mrs. W. Conghlan, of the Shamrock Hotel Dunedin, have the heartfelt sympathy of the whole community in their very sad bereavement owing to the death of their daughter, who fell off the first express on Tuesday near Kartigi. It appears that Miss Catherine Conghlan who is about sixteen years of ago, was returning borne to Dunedin for her Christmas holidays from the Oamaru Convent School. Her elder sister and several other girls wore with her, but after passing Kartigi she was missed bv them. At Shag I oint her sister informed the guard of her fears, and on reaching Palmerston the guard advised the station master that a girl had fallen from the train A Party was sent hack along the lino, and they were met by a cyclist a farm laborer named Ross— told them where the girl was lying, and that she was dead. Ross was the i fust to find the body, and lie reported the matter to the porter in charge at Kartigi. A telegram was also sent to Kartigi from Palmerston. No one actually saw the accident happen, but the unfortunate girl must have fallen stand Big. —R i p’* "° Xt tL ® dining car ’ where she had been , aI , A few nights ago the assistants at the Lily of Killaniev stall at the recent Operatic Festival made a presentation of a solid silver cake basket and an illuminated address to

Mrs. Jackson. The presentation, which was made on behalf of the assistants by Mrs. Stone, took place at the residence of Mrs. Jackson, Leith street. Air. Jackson, replying on behalf of Mrs. Jackson, thanked the donors for their valuable gift and Mrs. Stone for the kind and very complimentary remarks with which it was accompanied. The ladies who made the presentation were afterwards hospitably entertained by Mr. and Mrs. Jackson, and a very pleasant evening was spent. The following is the text .of the address: ' Dear Mrs. Jackson,We, the assistants of the St. Vincent de Paul's Stall, sensible of the deep interest and self-sacrificing spirit with which you have labored, with so much success, to make the bazaar just concluded a Dominion record, beg you to accept this small token as an evident sign of our appreciation and gratitude for thus upholding the honor of the Society, which is ever to the front where works of charity are concerned.Wo are, etc., .Signed on behalf of the Assistants.'