DIOCESE OF CHRISTCHURCH

New Zealand Tablet, 31 August 1911, Page 1686

DIOCESE OF CHRISTCHURCH

(From our own correspondent.) • ; August 28. The Marist Brothers' School football team met and defeated the Waltham School on last Thursday by 8 points to 3. Tries were scored by Burns and J. McCormack, J. Dowd converting the latter's try. The Marist Brothers' School have again won the North Canterbury Primary Schools' Junior Rugby Football Competition, having gone through the season without a defeat. ,

Masters B. McCormack, D. Burns, and- B. Flood, of the Marist Brothers’ School, were selected as representatives in the North Canterbury team which played in the Rugby football contest against South Canterbury at Timaru on last Saturday. The Catholic congregation of Rangiora held their annual social gathering on last Thursday evening in the local Oddfellows’ Hall. There was a large attendance, and an enjoyable evening was spent, the programme consisting of vocal and instrumental selections and other attractions. .

A press message states that his Lordship Bishop Grimes, on arrival at Sydney from Fiji last week, was greatly shocked to hear of the death of Cardinal Moran, In a cable message to the Very Rev. Father Price, Adm., his Lordship notifies his intention of being back in Christchurch on or about September 28.

_ The fortnightly ordinary meeting of the H.A.C.B. Society (St. Patrick’s branch) was held in the Hibernian Hall on last Monday evening, the president (Bro. H. McKeon) presiding over a good attendance. Sick pay was passed to eight brothers. Two new members were initiated and five candidates proposed. Bro. M. Grimes, secretary of the hall committee, reported having handed to the Confraternity of Ladies of Charity oS the Cathedral .£l9, being the net proceeds of the benefit entertainment recently promoted. Members of the Marist Brothers’ Old Boys’ Association are to be entertained by the Christchurch Catholic Club on Tuesday evening next. The mutual good feeling existing between the various associations is a pleasant feature in the Catholic life and social activity of this city. Each pursues its course of welldoing in different spheres of usefulness, but all find time and opportunity for a closer intercourse and helpful interest, which are so conducive to that happy unity which cannot fail to impress the whole community. A series of entertainments extending over the evenings of September 21, 22, and 23, in the girls’ parish schoolrooms is being promoted to liquidate liabilities necessarily incurred in connection with the Cathedral choir. These include the recent installation of an electric organ blower attachment, new music, and other expenditure. As this is the first appeal ever made in the interests of the choir, to the devoted efforts of which the congregation is so much indebted, and as a mark of generous appreciation, it is hoped most sincerely the enterprise will prove the success financially anticipated, and so well deserved.

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(From our own correspondent.) August 27. During the past twelve months our Catholic Sports Clubs have proved victorious in- every line of sport competed in. For years past their superiority in school football was admitted. Then they went in for junior and senior flags, and the same success attended them. This year they have competed in every branch of sport, and have carried off the following: —Football—Senior competition: schools football—senior, and senior B.

seven-a-side; cricketsenior and junior competitions and schools competition; schools swimming shield, and girls’ hockey competition and tournament. ’