DIOCESE OF CHRISTCHURCH

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XLIV, Issue 1, 4 January 1917, Page 31

DIOCESE OF CHRISTCHURCH

'_ ,/■>'' ' .1'"- (From our : own correspondent.) j"7 £-*^?> > -£ I January 1. - The Marist Brothers' School. Cadets (senior and junior corps), Under Lieutenant '-Amos; went; into camp •at Halswell last week. ' ' \ - - •, it-■av.^l? 1 Masses were celebrated in the;; Cathedral on 'New gear's Day (Feast of the ; Circumcision) at 6/ 7,;, and ■ 9 o'clock, at each of which very large numbers approached the Holy Table. } 'At the last Mass his -Lordship the: Bishop; in a brief and appropriate address, extended most cordial wishes for . every blessing - and happiness to his priests, religious, and people for the year just open- : ing, and exhorted all to pray fervently that the 7 world's peace may be restored. - ;■ - --> - A lengthy summary of Catholic diocesan -activities/for the past year was given .in last Saturday's issue of the LyHelton Times. Among prospective undertakings in the near future mention is made of the in-tended-erection of a new Sacred Heart Girls' College, for which I complete plans have been obtained by - the Sisters of .-". Notre - Dame des ' Missions denoting an elaborate structure to be raised in their extensive grounds facing Lower High street and adjacent to their, Convent of the Sacred Heart. . " ~" ""'"". '- „, At Vespers in the Cathedral on last Sunday evening a forceful and deeply impressive discourse on the ■*: Value of -Life was preached by the Rev. Father Egan, S.J. Commenting on the :millions of human lives sacrificed on the blood-stained altar of the present devastating war, he alluded -to-'the causes, and in eloquent terms pointed out the'lesson to be learned from the past, and exhorted his" hearers to make the best possible use of the years that may yet be their portion.