DIOCESE OF CHRISTCHURCH

New Zealand Tablet, 18 April 1912, Page 25

DIOCESE OF CHRISTCHURCH

(From our own correspondent.)

April. 15.

A four days' carnival, under the auspices' of the Leeston Catholic congregation, was opened^ on Easter Saturday by Mr. R. Heaton Rhodes, ■ M.P., for the district,, in the presence of a large attendance from all parts v of ■ the parish. Good business was done, in all branches^-MThe stall-holders \ were as follow:—No. I I work stall, /Mesdames T. Hally and M. .Slattery; No. 2 work stall, Mesdames McCloy and J. Halley;^ refreshment % stall, Mesdames T. J. Hally and T. McEvedy:; produce and flower■' stall, Mrs. I. 6'Boyle and Misses Bohan and Stapleton; bran tub] Miss Alice Ryan and

Mr. W. Bohan; fortune-telling stall, Miss. C. Grant; football-kicking board, Mr. D. J. Kelleher. . ;"--'- ; The Rev. Dr. Kennedy, addressing the pupils of the Marist Brothers' School, on the results of* the first term ■of the current year, complimented them on the good work a done under examination, and also on the brilliant cricket displayed. The following are the results:—Senior classes.— Ryan, F. Madden; VI. — J, Goodman, D. Sloan, E. McLaren, E. Rogers; V.— B. Grant, T. Pollard, J. Donahue, F. Perkins; IV.— J* Maine, A. McNamara, R.Jones; 111 Batchelor, L. Neilson, D. McLaren; 11. Dunn, C. Dobbs, F. Shirley; I.— Holland; Preparatory.—G. Daly. Prizes for cricket were awarded to J. Flood (bowling, 26 wickets for 36 runs), E. McLaren (15 for 21), J. McCormack (most runs scored in home matches). The Marist Brothers' School (with an unbroken record this year) are leading for the primary schools cricket supremacy, which extends 1 over several seasons.

, The Catholic schoolrooms, Addington, presented a gay and animated scene on Easter Monday evening, when a fair was formally opened by his Lordship the Bishop in the presence of a large gathering. It was explained that the bazaar was intended to liquidate the debt on the school, which was an object of pride to all the Catholics of Addington. It was also hoped that an addition could be made to the church, which might then be large enough to serve the district for many years. The stall-holders were as follow: Misses Payne, Gudgeon, Erck, Cronin, Kiely, Masters Kiely and Courtney; Addington stall, Miss M. Sloan; Spreydon stall, Mrs. McGloin; Riccarton stall, Mesdames Hyne and McManaway; jumble stall and sweets stall, Mrs. Hanna and Miss K. Cronin; refreshment room, Mrs. O'Leary. Musical items were given by Misses E. Smith and Mayne, Mrs. Joll, and Messrs. Heatley, F. Rowe, and C. Fottrell. . Good business was done during the week, and attractive programmes were presented each evening, mainly provided by the school children. The fair was concluded on Saturday evening, and proved very successful, over £230, it is anticipated, being the net result.

Very Rev. Father Griffiths, C.SS.R., Provincial of the Irish Province of the Redemptorist Order, who is visiting the houses of the Order in Australasia, accompanied by the Very Rev. Father Burke, C.SS.R., of Clapham, London, and Very Rev. Father Murray, C.SS.R., Superior, Wellington, paid-a visit to Christchurch last Tuesday. In the company of his Lordship the Bishop a busy day was spent going the rounds of the Catholic institutions, convents, and schools, with all of which, together with the Cathedral," they expressed their great delight. Very Rev. Father Burke addressed the men's division of the Arch-confraternity of the Blessed Sacrament at the fortnightly meeting in the Cathedral on Tuesday evening. He expressed the great pleasure it afforded him to have again an opportunity of meeting so representative a body of the Catholics of Christchurch, for whom, eighteen years ago, he, with& others of his Order, had conducted one of the most successful missions on record. He cherished, he said, a very warm affection for Christchurch and its people. He spoke of the great Eucharistic Congress, held some time ago in London, and the number v of guilds and confraternities in honor of the Blessed Sacrament now established everywhere in England as lan outcome of that wonderful demonstration of faith. He, too, gave some striking examples of the practical Catholicism of leading personages in the Home- land, where religion was their, first and firmest consideration. Iy\