DIOCESE OF DUNEDIN

New Zealand Tablet, 6 May 1915, Page 35

DIOCESE OF DUNEDIN

Mass will be celebrated on Sunday at the Five Rivers, where the Seventh and Eighth Southland Regiments are in camp. ° There was Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament at St. Joseph’s Cathedral on Sunday from the last Mass until after Vespers, when the usual procession, followed by Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament, took place. , The new school for the Christian Brothers is rapidly approaching completion, and persons who have promised subscriptions to the building fund are earnestly requested to pay them as soon as possible, as money is gently required to meet payments in connection with the work. In a recent issue we directed attention- to the regularity with which Mrs. Jackson attended to her duties as a member of the Hospital and Charitable Aid Board. The public apparently appreciated her good work, for at the election last week she was placed second in the list of successful candidates, boating all the old members of the board. On Monday, May 3, the nineteenth anniversary of the consecration of his Lordship Bishop Verdon, and also the fifteenth anniversary of the opening of Holy Cross College, Solemn High Mass was celebrated at the College, at which his Lordship presided. In honor of the occasion the students gave" an entertainment in the afternoon for which his Lordship thanked them, and referred to the good work done bv the College in the short time of its existence, and hoped it would do still better work in the future for the Church in the diocese. In the evening, his Lordship was entertained by the • pupils of St. Dominic’s College, when a fine musical programme was presented. Corporal C. J. Spain, a son of Air. S. T. Spain, Earnscleugh, Clyde, who joined the Fourth Reinforcements as a member of the 4th Otago Mounted Regiment, distinguished himself recently in the shooting competitions held at Trentham. Not only did Corporal Spain succeed in winning the Imperial sharp-shooter’s badge, but was, also, the winner in other competitions. Shooting at 700 yards he gained 13 out of a possible 15 : in firing at rapidly moving figures he secured 13 out. of a possible 15; and, in firing at the bull's-eye, lie was equally successful. Corporal Spain’s brother, Sergeant Eric Spain, who has also enlisted, is now in camp, and, like his brother, is a crack shot. Both boys were members of the Christian Brothers’ Cadet Corps, Dunedin, and it speaks well for the organising ability of, and excellent training, given by Major Hussey, who raised and commanded the corps, that over 60 of its members have joined the various Expeditionary Forces, and have been highly commended by their officers for their knowledge of their duties and efficiency in carrying them out. CATHOLIC SEWING GUILD. The Catholic Sewing Guild for Belgian relief met on Wednesday and donations were received from the following:Mrs. P. Brown, Mrs. Banks, Miss Bunbury, Mrs. Hogg, * A friend,’ Mrs. Sweeney.