DIOCESE OF DUNEDIN

New Zealand Tablet, 5 December 1912, Page 35

DIOCESE OF DUNEDIN

Rev. Father McDermott, C.SS.R., is engaged this week m giving a retreat to the Little Sisters of the Poor, Anderson s Bay. , The annual collection on behalf of the Hospital fund takes place on Saturday, when it is hoped the ladies will meet with a generous response. A band of over seventy Catholic ladies are taking part in the collection ; and the Catholic stand, which is one of the

largest in the city, takes in the block of land bounded by Dowling street, York place, Queen’s drive, Serpentine avenue, Maclaggan street, Rattray street, and the section of Princes street from the Government Life Assurance Building to the Excelsior Hotel. The mission in the Riverton parish, which is being conducted by the Rev. Father Lynch, C.SS.R., will be brought to a close this week. J Misses May Johnson and Dorothy Milnes, pupils of St. Joseph’s Convent, Port Chalmers, have received from London first-class certificates for proficiency in Pitman’s shorthand. By the last mail Miss Mackie received notice from Trinity College of Music, London, that she had passed in the art of teaching. The following are the results of the practical examination recently conducted by Mr. Charles Schilsky at the Convent, Port Chalmers: Senior May Johnson, Eileen Mackie; intermediate Alma Woltersdorf; preparatory Ida Johnson, Louisa Smith. The ceremony of the blessing and opening of the new Catholic Church, Kaifcorai Valley, takes place at 3 p.m, on Sunday, when the occasional discourse will be preached by the Rev. Father Creagh, C.SS.R. The church, which has been erected to serve the Catholics of the Kaikorai Valley, will also be found suitable for an infant school. The site has an area of one acre and a quarter, and cost £360. This amount, owing to the zeal and earnestness of the people, is now all paid off. The cost of the church and furnishing comes to £IOOO. The subscriptions already received amount to £3OO, so that a debt of £7OO remains, which it is hoped will be considerably reduced at the opening ceremony. Unmistakable evidence of the successful results of the mission for the women of the Cathedral parish by the Redemptorist Fathers was given on Sunday at the early Masses, especially at 7.30 o’clock, when over 700 approached the Holy Table. Not only was the whole of the seating accommodation taken up, but numbers occupied the passages and wherever standing room was available. There were also large numbers of communicants at the 6.30 and 9 o’clock Masses, the majority of whom were women. The women’s mission was brought to a close on Sunday afternoon, when the Cathedral was packed in every part. The closing discourse was delivered by the Rev. Father McDermott, C.SS.R., after which there was Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament. The crowded congregation was an edifying manifestation of the piety and religious fervor of the women of the parish, and such evidence of the result of their work during the week must have been a source of great consolation to the devoted missioners. The mission for the men was opened on Sunday evening, when there was a large congregation. Rev. Father Creagh, who preached the occasional discourse, complimented the men on attending in such large numbers, and impressed on them the necessity of attending regularly and punctually the various exercises during the week. On Monday evening Father Creagh, who on the occasion of the renewal exercises is departing largely from the beaten track of mission sermons, preached from the text, But we preach Christ Crucified, unto the Jews, indeed a stumbling block, and unto the Gentiles foolishness’ (i. Cor. i., 23). In the course of a very instructive and timely discourse the rev. preacher dealt with the evidence of the existence of God and the divinity of our Saviour. Notwithstanding the inclemency of the weather there was a large congregation of men present at the Cathedral on Tuesday evening, when Father Creagh, C.SS.R., preached on ‘ Why I am a Catholic?’ basing a very able discourse on the text of the previous evening. ST. DOMINIC’S COLLEGE. The following are the results of the examinations held at St. Dominic’s College on November 25 by Mr. Victor Booth, examiner for the Associated Board of the Royal Academy and Royal College of Music, London;— Licentiate Examinations' L.A.B. Diploma. Performers’ Certificate —Margaret Dennehy, Violet Fraser (singing). Teachers’ Certificate—Winifred Hawcridge, Vera Barker (sat for the examination in Oamaru). Local Centre Examinations.

Advanced Grade—Florence O’Driscoll, 125 ; Cecilia Jeffrey (harmony), 111. \ - Intermediate Grade—Mary Collins (honors), harmony, 146; Eenetta Rings (honors), pianoforte, 140; Mary Martin (honors), harmony, 136; Vera Hannan (violin), 125. School Examinations.

Higher Division Constance Millar (distinction), violin, 130; Madge Mulholland, 127. Lower Division McMahon • (distinction), 130; Beebon McDonald (distinction), 130; Doris Ross, 127; Isabel Levido, 113; Veronica Gawhe (violin), 115. Elementary —Annie McKeefry (distinction), 140; Esme Smith, 126. Primary Division— Airey (distinction), 137; Annie Paget (distinction), Convent, Lawrence, 133; Florence Hart (Convent, Lawrence), 128; Katie O’Reilly, 128; Gonza Shiel, 120; Cecilia Clarke, 118. Trinity College. Higher Examination Madge Collins, A.T.C.L, (passed in the art of teaching) ; Elsie Paton, A.T.C.L.; Annie Lynch, A.T.C.L.; Beryl Callaghan, A.T.C.L. ; Kathleen Sullivan, A.T.C.L.; Annie L. McGuire, A.T.C.L. (passed in the art of teaching). Senior Division—Renetta Rings (honors), 91; Zita Venning (honors), violin, 84; Agnes Scott (honors), singing, 83; Leith Bagley (honors), singing, 80; Jessie Sontagg, 74 ; Agnes Caldwell, 70. Intermediate Division—Rosalia Chiaroni (honors), 96; Dorothy Sweeney (honors), 90; Alma Woodhouse (honors), 88; Maggie Burke (honors), singing, 83 Teresa Nieper, 72 (Convent, Lawrence); Alice Paton, 71; Annie Dunbar (singing), 71. Junior Division—Elvino Millow (honors), 94; Vera Hannan (honors), singing, 93; Bessie Millar (honors), 86; Eileen Gustafson (honors), 85; Vera Dwyer, 77; Isabella Burrell (singing), 74. Preparatory Division Gerald Shiel (violin), 76. First Steps —Josephine O’Neill, 69. All the candidates presented for the examinations of both colleges were successful. ST. PHILOMENA’S COLLEGE, SOUTH DUNEDIN. The following candidates from St. Philomena’s College were successful at the examinations of the Royal Academy of Music, held in Dunedin by Mr. Victor Booth last week : Lower division Priscilla Hargreaves, 116; May O’Kane, 107; Kathleen McDevitt, 103; Ruby Gray (violin), 102. Elementary division May Curton, 117; Ruby Gray, 112; Amy Dyer, 102 ; Annie English, 101. Primary —Brigie Meade, 124; Cissie Noonan, 121; Vida McDonald (violin), 100.