DIOCESE OF AUCKLAND

New Zealand Tablet, 4 March 1915, Page 36

DIOCESE OF AUCKLAND

hh (By telegraph, from our own correspondent.) • i': - , ; March 1 1 Rev. Father Farragher addressed the last meeting of the Holy Family Confraternity on the ‘ Irish Educational System.’ , A The next Mayoral and City Council elections in Auckland will probably, owing to recent additions to the city, be the biggest municipal contest yet held in this Dominion. His Lordship the .Bishop leaves this week on an extended visitation of the southern portion of the diocese. He commences at Thames, and then goes tq, Paeroa, Waihi, Matata, Opotiki, returning to Auckland in time for Holy Week. Rev. Father Golden is to enjoy a' well-earned holiday at the conclusion of which he will take up chaplaincy work. Rev. Father O’Malley, assistant priest at Ponsonby, takes charge of the Ormond parish. He leaves at the end of this week for his new sphere of duties. On Sunday his• Lordship the Bishop blessed and opened a new church at Kumcu. Right Rev. Mgr. Gillan, Y.G., who has charge of this district, was present at the ceremony. Rev. Father Kelly said Mass, and his Lordship preached an impressive sermon. Among the congregation was a large number of Dalmatians. The following changes have taken place among the diocesan clergy: —Right Rev. Mgr. Brodie, V.G., has been transferred from the Cathedral to the charge of the Parnell parish, which the Rev. Father Patterson relinquishes owing to ill health. Rev. Father Cahill goes from Ponsonbv to the charge of the Cathedral parish. Rev. Father Murphy, of Cambridge, takes over the charge of Ponsonby, and Rev. Father Carran, of Ormond, fills Father Murphy’s position at Cambridge. Rev. Father O’Sullivan, C.SS.R., has just concluded missions at Tauranga and Tepuke, and is now engaged giving a retreat to the students of the Sacred Heart College, Richmond road. Father O’Sullivan was greatly impressed with the prospects of Tauranga and the surrounding district, which came to him as a surprise. He preached a Lenten sermon at the Cathedral on Sunday evening. Sincere regret was felt here on receipt of the sad news of the death of Mr. B. O’Brien, which occurred at his parents’ residence, Waverley, whither he went on a holiday visit. As a member of the Marist Old Roys’ Club, and a prominent member of the Marist Brothers’ Football Club he was well known and deservedly popular for his kindly and gentlemanly demeanour at all times. Tie was an operator at the Auckland Telegraph Office. Rev. Father Cahill at the Masses in the Ponsonby parish, to which Mr. O’Brien belonged, spoke feelingly of the deceased, who was a fervent Catholic. He asked the congregation to pray for the repose of his soul. Right Rev. Mgr. Brodie spoke in similar terms at the Cathedral. R.I.P.'