DIOCESE OF DUNEDIN

New Zealand Tablet, 3 April 1913, Page 34

DIOCESE OF DUNEDIN

The Christian Brothers’ School reopened after the Easter vacation on Monday. The foundation stone of the new Catholic church at Gore will be laid on Sunday by his Lordship Bishop Verdon. The occasional discourse will be preached by the Very Rev. Dean Burke, V.E. Trinity College of Music announces that Miss Rosalia Chiaroni, a pupil of St. Dominic’s College, has been awarded an exhibition for the practical examination (intermediate grade). His Lordship the Bishop is to make a visitation of the southern portion of the diocese during the present month. On Sunday, April 13, his Lordship will visit Invercargill and administer the Sacrament of Confirmation, and on Sunday, April 20, he will administer Confirmation in Riverton. Other districts will be visited in due course. The following delegates to the triennial meeting of the Hibernian Society at Napier have been appointed by the various branches of the society in Otago and

Southland:—Dunedin, Rev. Father Coffey, Adm., Bros. J. J. Marlow and J. Hally; Invercargill, Bro. T. Pound Oamaru, Bros. Cooney and Corcoran; Milton, Bro. F. Calve} 7 ; Gore, Bro, M. Francis; Port Chalmers, Bro. F. Doolan. The ladies of the St. Vincent de Paul Society are considerably hampered in the carrying on of their work, owing to the want of a sewing-machine, and, as the funds on hand are not sufficient to permit of the purchase of one, they would feel very grateful to any generous benefactor who would make them a present of such a useful and necessary aid in their meritorious work.