DIOCESE OF AUCKLAND

New Zealand Tablet, 3 August 1911, Page 1463

DIOCESE OF AUCKLAND

(By Telegraph from our own correspondent.)

July 31. Sir Joseph Ward cabled from Aden to Mr. Nerheny condoling with him on the death of Mrs. Nerheny. Rev. Father Finn, of St. Benedict’s, who has for some time been in indifferent health, left last week for Gisborne en route to Queensland. His Lordship the Bishop returned from Australia on Sunday morning, and was met on arrival by several of the local clergy.

The total sum forwarded last week from the Auck-land-district to the Home Rule fund amounted to £2086, £llOO of which was the result of the city meeting. J I regret to have to report that the Rev. Mother of the Sacred Heart Convent, Remuera, is seriously ill. On Saturday night she received the last Sacraments, and on Sunday the prayers of the congregation were asked for her.

Rev. Bro. Clement (Superior of the Sacred Heart College) was taken to the Mater Misericordise Hospital last .Friday night, suffering from pleurisy. Genera, regret was expressed, and all hope that he "will make a speedy recovery. The thirty-eighth anniversary of the local branch of the Hibernian Society was celebrated on Friday night in the Hibernian Hall by a euchre party. The attendance was very large, in fact the largest for many ears. The lady’s prize was won by Mrs. Leonard. A most enjoyable evening was spent. After concluding a mission at Cambridge last Sunday, Rev, Father Hunt, C.SS.R., who has been actively engaged in this diocese for some months, proceeded to Huntly, where he gave a renewal mission. The religious exercises, both in the morning and evening, were well attended. On Friday night Father Hunt, after his eminently successful labors, left for Wellington.

Mail news from Home brings word that Rev Father Furlong had arrived safely in Ireland, after a most delightful trip. On being interviewed by a press representative in Wexford he gave a glowing account of this Dominion’s progress, and referred to the steady increase in its population during the last decade Father Furlong found his mother in the best of health. He learned on arrival of the great success of the Irish envoys at their meeting in Auckland.