DIOCESE OF CHRISTCHURCH

New Zealand Tablet, 5 September 1912, Page 25

DIOCESE OF CHRISTCHURCH

(From our own correspondent.)

September 2. . There was Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament in the Cathedral on Sunday from the 11 o’clock Mass until after Vespers. After the sermon, preached by the Very Rev. Father Price. D.C., Adm., to a large congregation, there was the usual procession, followed by Benediction. St. Gerard’s (men’s section) of the arch-confraternity of the Blessed Sacrament participated in the procession. . . Arrangements are very complete for the fancy fair in aid of the Cathedral parish school improvement fund, which opens in St. Joseph’s (girls’) schoolroom. Lower High street, on Thursday evening, September 5, and is to be continued over the following week. Many willing helpers are already at work, including the Marist Brothers’ Old Boys’ Association, and it is confidently anticipated that the primary object, the liquidating of existing liabilities, will be attained, and the way cleared for other necessary undertakings. On last Wednesday evening the literary and debating section of the Christchurch Catholic Club debated the question—As to whether the ‘ Yellow peril ’ constituted a real peril. The subject was handled in an exhaustive and interesting manner. Messrs. W. Jones, F. Rowe, and W. Dobbs spoke in the affirmative, and Messrs. C. Lafferty, J. J. Sullivan and J. Bridgeman m the negative. The judge decided the debate in favor or the affirmative side. On the motion of Mr. Sullivan a vote of thanks was accorded Mr. A. J. Mallev, for adjudicating. % J