DIOCESE OF AUCKLAND

New Zealand Tablet, 30 November 1911, Page 2423

DIOCESE OF AUCKLAND

(By telegraph, from our own correspondent.)

November 27. On December 5. in St. Benedict’s Hall, the presentation of prizes will be made to the successful pupils | of the Sacred Heart College. v ' His Lordship the Bishop arrived from his tour of the country districts last Friday evening, and was well •pleased with the receptions accorded him on these his first visitations in most of the places visited. To each candidate standing for Parliamentary honors in the city and province the question will be asked, ‘ Are you in favor of a monetary grant to private schools which come up to the Government standard on the Education Board’s inspection?’- Several have answered bluntly ‘No.’ The members of the Marist Brothers’ Old Boys’ Club attended in a body at the Parnell church yesterday morning, and received Holy Communion. There was a very large muster. Fathers Patterson, priest in charge, and Holbrook (the club’s chaplain) were present, and also the president of the club (Rev. Brother Phelan). The entertainment held last Thursday evening in St. Benedict’s Hall in aid of.the Sacred Heart College ground improvement fund, was eminently successful, and the large numbers who attended were rewarded by an excellent performance. The performers were Mrs. McCallum, Misses Arnold (Wellington), Bartley, and Purdom, Messrs. Bourke, Borradale, Manning, Forking, Wood, Lonergan, Poor, Ralph, Harris, Montague, and McElwain. The programme comprised vocal and instrumental music dramatic and humorous scenes, recitations, and musical monologues, and concluded with a one-act comedy, entitled ‘ A Busy Day. ’ Two hundred members of the Holy Family Confraternity attended the usual weekly meeting in the Cathedral last Tuesday evening, and after devotions gathered at the convent school, where a series of splendid pictures were exhibited of the great Catholic institutions in Rome, and also of the Holy Father, and the high Church dignitaries. Rev. Father Ormond described each picture, dwelling upon its historical side, and paid a tribute to the eminent qualities and virtues of the great rulers of the Church. The lecturer spoke from intimate knowledge of personages and places, having resided many years in Rome. The lamp and slides were manipulated by Rev. Brother Phelan, Superior of the Marist Brothers’ School, and Mr. Thomas Holbrook. , A hearty vote of thanks to the lecturer and those assisting him was moved by Rev. Father Holbrook, who stated that the pictures were but recently taken in Rome, and this was the first time they were shown here. They were certainly both educational and entertaining.