DIOCESE OF DUNEDIN

New Zealand Tablet, 7 September 1911, Page 1751

DIOCESE OF DUNEDIN

The annual Peter's Pence collection will be taken up at St. Joseph's Cathedral on next Sunday. The missions which are to held throughout the diocese by the Redemptorist Fathers will be opened at Oamaru and Palmerston South on the first Sunday in October.

During the absence of his Lordship the Bishop from the Dominion all communications in connection with diocesan affairs should be sent to the Right Rev. Mgr. Mackay, V.G., Oamaru.

On Sunday there was Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament at St. Joseph's Cathedral from the last Mass until Vespers. In the evening there was the usual procession, followed by Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament.

His Lordship the Bishop left on Wednesday by the Ulimaroa for Sydney for the purpose of assisting at the Month's Mind of the late Cardinal Moran.' His Lordship will return to New Zealand in time for the opening of the new church at Timaru, on Sunday, October 1. '

The St. Patrick's Young Men's Club, South Dunedin, held their weekly meeting on Monday evening, there being a fair attendance of members. The programme consisted of impromptu speeches, the speakers being Messrs. Carr, McAllen, and Fitzgerald, who delivered excellent addresses.

The Christian Brothers' Old Boys Association held a social on Wednesday evening of last week in the Early Settlers' Hall. It proved a complete success, members being present from various parts of the province. There were over 300 persons present. The are to be devoted to the initiation of a scholarship fund for the Christian Brothers' School.

An Association football club has recently been established at Oamaru, and on Saturday the Christian Brothers' Club sent a mixed team to Oamaru in response to an invitation from the new club. In splendid weather, and in the presence of a large number of interested spectators, who were for the most part witnessing the Association game for the first time, a fast, exciting match was played, the visitors winning by the

narrow margin of 2 goals to 1. The Christian Brothers’ team were royally entertained by the members of the Oamaru Club. There was a very large attendance of the members of St. Joseph’s Men’s Club in St. Joseph’s Hall on Monday evening, when Mr. M. Rossbotham, who is leaving for South America, was entertained at a smoke concert. Mr. E. W. Spain, on behalf of the members of the club, presented Mr. Rossbotham with a gentleman’s companion as a slight mark of the esteem in which he is held and in recognition of his valued services on behalf of the club. During his membership of the club Mr. Rossbotham was unsparing in his efforts to further its interests, and his marked ability as a speaker and writer went far with popularising the institution with the young men of the parish. The lectures which he delivered from time to time gave evidence of his wide and varied learning, and never failed to draw large audiences; while his keen sense of humor added further to his popularity. Apart from his work as a member of the club, Mr. Rossbotham’s genial and unassuming manner won him the sincere affection of his fellow-members, and his departure was keenly felt by those who had the privilege of his friendship. During the evening songs were contributed by Messrs. H. Poppel well, A. Graham, H. Moynihan, G. Hayden, and C. Hannagan. Mr. F. Heley played the accompaniments.