Intercolonial

New Zealand Tablet, 3 July 1913, Page 47

Intercolonial

The Very Rev. Father Griffin, of Gin-main* has been appointed by the Right Rev. Dr. Gallagher, Bishop of Goulburn, pastor of the important parish ofTumut, vacant through the death of the Very Rev. Dean Butler. s ’ . ;i. ;

The Very Rev. Father J. E. Colgan, S.J., who, owing to an injury to his hip, has not been able to do parochial duty for some time past, intends returning to Ireland about three months hence,.' The Rev. Father E. Cofish, S.J., who has been in charge of St. Xavier’s, Lavender Bay, for the past two years, takes charge of St. Mary’s, Ridge street, in place of Father Colgan. The dedication and opening ceremony of St. Mary’s Church, Binalong, which has . just been completed and furnished at a cost of £3OOO, was performed by Bishop Gallagher on Sunday, June 15, ; There was a large gathering present, visitors being in attendance from Sydney, Yass, Young, Gundagai, and Burrowa. Bishop Gallagher, in a brief address; complimented the residents of the town and district in building such a beautiful edifice in their midst. -

Great interest was centred in the golden - jubilee of the Ven. Archdeacon Beechinor, of Latrobe, Tasmania, which was enthusiastically celebrated on Saturday, June 14. On the following Sunday the foundationstone of a new church was laid by his Grace Archbishop Delany in commemoration of the jubilee. The popular interest- was enhanced-"by the fact that his brother, Monsignor Beechinor, lately celebrated his i golden jubilee at Launceston. Archdeacon Beechinor was born near Kinsale, Cork, and obtained the elementary portion of the education necessary to fit him for the office of priesthood at St. Patrick’s College, Carlow. He was ordained in 1863, and for two and a-half years served Cardinal Cullen at Wicklow. He then came to Tasmania, accompanied by the late Archbishop Murphy, who was his uncle. : : ’

The new Church of St. Francis Xavier at Mbree was blessed by his Lordship Bishop O’Connor, of Armidale, on Sunday, June 15, in the presence of a large assemblage. The new church is a most imposing and handsome one, and is built of steel, bricks, wood, and cement. After Mass a financial statement was -made by Father Lloyd. It was shown that the new church was built at a cost of £4800; £2700 of that amount has already been paid, leaving a debt of £2IOO. An appeal to liquidate the remaining debt was made by his Lordship, who expressed his pleasure at seeing:, so .many nonCatholics present. It gave him a proof of the amicable relationship existing between the priests and the people of all denominations. He had come prepared to contribute £25 to the church fund, -but so- struck was he by the work performed that he would double the offermg. As a result of his Lordship’s appeal a large sum was subscribed, the total reaching £I4OO. , . It is becoming cheerfully monotonous (writes the Brisbane correspondent of the Catholic Press), but we must perforce chronicle another itinerary of his .Grace the Coadjutor-Archbishop. Dr. Duhig has not allowed the grass to grow under his feet since his return to 1 Queensland. In Ipswich he was just what might be" called industrious and übiquitous; in Brisbane he slaved; in Rockhampton the people of Rockhampton cannot forget his Grace, and back in Brisbane, as Coadjutor, he has managed to go everywhere and find out everything for himself. When one remembers the calls upon a dignitary of the Church it is difficult to realise how so much has been accomplished. His Grace, for instance, believes in Catholics having representation at every ceremony worthy of the occasion t recollect seeing him at the Governor-General’s reception one day. On reading the evening paper of the day after I noticed that be had time to rush, into the country and lay the foundation stone of a convent or church' On the day following he was 200 miles away administering Confirmation. Just at present he -is touring the western districts— big back spaces—and: the morning journals inform us of the good work that is done at each centre. ■ - ' ' ■*■ ' 1 ■ v t-... ■•■