Intercolonial

New Zealand Tablet, 29 May 1913, Page 49

Intercolonial

On Sunday, May 11, the Right Rev. Dr, Gallagher (Bishop of Goulburn) laid and blessed the foundationstone of the new monastery to be erected for the Christian Brothers, who will take over the control of the boys’ schools in Wagga from the beginning of next year. The Very Rev. Father A. J. Marion, for some years Provincial of the Society of Mary in Australasia, and now Vicar-General to Bishop Vidal, of Fiji, arrived in Sydney recently to be operated upon for cataract of the eyes. Father Marion is in charge of Levuka. - The Adelaide press paid glowing tributes to the work of his Grace Archbishop O’Reily, who celebrated his episcopal jubilee the other day. The Advertiser concluded its leading article as follows‘Dr. O’Reily is a many-sided man. _ He is a capable musician, a skilled engineer, a mathematician of distinction, a learned classical scholar, an - experienced journalist, a master of English literature, a keen man of business, and a born administrator.’

At the invitation of the Mother Rectress and her community, a large number of visitors assembled at St. Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, on Sunday afternoon, May 11, to bid his Grace Dr. Mannix, the CoadjutorArchbishop of Melbourne, welcome, and to assist at the laying of the foundation stone of the Druids' wing of the hospital. The ceremony was presided over by Mr. J. G. Duffy. The new wing is to be carried out in renaissance style. The estimated cost when completed will be about £13,000.

The will of the late Judge Casey, of Victoria, who died on April 5, has been lodged for probate by the National Trustees Company. Testator left estate valued at £3418, being realty £1250 and personalty £2168. Under the will the sum of £IOOO is bequathed to the Archbishop of Melbourne to form the nucleus, of a fund towards building a Catholic college in connection with the University of Melbourne; and the residue of the estate is bequeathed to relatives and friends.

Rev. Father E. Englert, of the Society of Mary, died at St. Vincent's Hospital, Darlinghurst, on Saturday morning, May 10. He came to Sydney in broken health about twelve months ago. The late Rev. Father Englert was a native of the diocese of Frieberg, Germany, lie was ordained at Montbel, in the South of France, in 1896, at the age of 24. He was sent to the missions in Samoa, and afterwards spent three years in the missionary stations in the German portions of the Solomon Islands.

Replying to an address presented to him by the people of Mansfield, Most Rev. Dr. Mannix (CoadjutorArchbishop of Melbourne) said: ' Great as was his love for Ireland, he already felt that his love was little less for Australia. As soon as he put his foot on Australian soil he felt that he was among friends and kinsmen. They had a saying in Ireland—he did not know if it had reached Australia yet — "blood was thicker than water." That was no doubt true, but what made him feel most perfectly at home among Australians was that he was not only cordially welcomed by the members of his own flock, but by those who did not worship at the same altar.'

On the second Sunday in June, the first practical step will be taken in the work that has been before the minds of the Catholic body in the Archdiocese of Sydney for many years, the foundation-stone will be laid of the completion of St. Mary’s Cathedral. His Grace the Archbishop, in a Pastoral Letter says:‘The total amount of all actual donations and bequests up to date is precisely £39,429 13s 9d. The cost per contract for the foundations and crypt is £18,500. Our balance stands at £21,000 for the superstructure of nave, aisles, font and towers. Therefore, we must not relax in anything if the work of completion is to be carried on to the end. For this co-operation we appeal with confidence; and in return we invoke upon all who aid us in any respect the blessings of heaven in all abundance, relying upon the special patronage of Mary Immaculate, Help of Christians, patron of Australia, to whom, under God, our cathedral is dedicated.’