DIOCESE OF AUCKLAND

New Zealand Tablet, 29 April 1915, Page 25

DIOCESE OF AUCKLAND

(By telegraph, from our own correspondent.) .' ‘ April 26. Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament took place at the Sacred Heart Church on Sunday from the last Mass until after Vespers. On viewing the grounds of the Sacred Heart College on Saturday afternoon, I was gratified to see the large number of youths who were engaged in football practice, and, above all, to see the Brothers taking such a keen interest in the proceedings.

r The half-yearly general \ meeting •of St.- Benedict’s ’ Catholic Club was held on Sunday afternoon, v when . there was a large attendance of members. Reports were ; received from the delegates, who attended the : annual conference of the ; Federated Clubs at Timaru at Easter. Several f new members were elected. The " election, of / officers for the .new term resulted as follows-—Patron, : Right Rev. Mgr. Gillan, V.G. ; president, Mr. • I/:. O’Malley;: vice-president, Mr. F. G. J. Temm; secretary, Mr. L. Hodgson; assistant-secretary, Mr- .W. Heighten; 'treasurer, Mr. R." H. Owens; librarian/ Mr. F. . Foreman; ’■ custodian, Mr. D. Slade; deputy-fiusto-dian, Mr. R. Early'; -- “■ ; WV r / /yThe mission at the Cathedral is now in its third . and last week. The attendances every morning and evening have kept up marvellously. On Sunday morning four hundred men received Holy Communion. These consisted of the members of the Hibernian Society, the Confraternity of the Holy Family, and men- of the. parish, who sang appropriate hymns during Mass, which was celebrated by the Rev; Father Kelly, C.SS.R. It was a most edifying sight to see so many men approach the Holy Table, and also the large contingent of juve- ■ nile Hibernians who attended the children’s mission, which was brought to a close in the afternoon. In the ’ evening the church was crowded, when Very Rev. r Father Roche, C.SS.R., preached a fine sermon on the sin of scandal and its evil and far-reaching effects. The success of the mission is largely due to the wofk of the ; - missioners in visiting all parts of the parish and inducing negligent Catholics to attend the exercises of' the mission. On next Sunday a general Communion of the parishioners takes‘place. :