DIOCESE OF DUNEDIN

New Zealand Tablet, 11 February 1915, Page 34

DIOCESE OF DUNEDIN

St. Dominic’s College re-opened after the holidays

on Monday.

Miss Maggie Walsh, pupil of St. Philomena’s College, South Dunedin, was successful at the Public Service entrance examination, obtaining senior free place.

His Lordship Bishop Carroll, of Lismore, N.S.W., returned to Dunedin from Queenstown on Monday evening, and whilst here was the guest of his Lordship Bishop Verdon. Bishop Carroll, who is returning to his diocese after a visit to Europe, left for the north on Tuesday, and is expected to reach Lismore on February 24, when he will be tendered a public reception by the clergy and laity of his diocese. ’ ' .

On Wednesday morning Very Rev. Father Coffey, Adm., received a cable message, conveying the sad news of the death of his sister, Sister Mary Aloysius Coffey, who passed away at the Presentation Convent, Clonmel, on February 9, in the 46th year of her age, and the 20th of her religious profession. The deceased was sister of Sister Margaret Mary of the Dominican Convent, Invercargill, and of Sister Austin, of the Dominican Convent, North-East Valley.—l.P.

The annual picnic of the pupils of tire Catholic schools of Dunedin and suburbs took place at Evansdale on Tuesday. The day proved most suitable for such an outing, the weather conditions being all that could be desired. The train left Dunedin shortly after 9 o’clock and arrived at its destination about 10.30 o’clock. His Lordship Bishop Verdon was present during the afternoon, and among the clergy who attended were Very Rev. Father Coffey, Adm., Rev. Fathers Delany, Buckley, Lynch (Palmerston), Corcoran, Kavanagh, Tobin, and Falconer. Mesdames Jackson and Stone assisted in entertaining and in distributing toys to the younger children. For the older ones there were games and sports, which were greatly enjoyed. Among those who assisted in carrying out the programme were Messrs. Cantwell and J. Fogarty (joint secretaries), and J. Salmon. The train, on the return journey, arrived in Dunedin shortly after 7 o’clock.