DIOCESE OF DUNEDIN

New Zealand Tablet, 19 June 1919, Page 27

DIOCESE OF DUNEDIN

A successful euchre social was held in Sf. Joseph’s Hall one evening, last week, in aid of the funds of the Christian Brothers’ Cricket Club. There was a large attendance, ' and the function proved very enjoyable. A Triduum, during the Octave of Corpus Christi, will commence to-day (Thursday) in St. Joseph’s Cathedral, and conclude on Sunday evening. The “Te Deum” will be sung during the closing ceremonies of the solemnity.- •; ; ' V The annual i meeting; of St. Joseph’s Cathedral branch of the Catholic Federation will be held in St. Joseph’s Hall after devotions on next Sunday evening. The committees of the Federation attached i. to , the various suburban . churches of St. . Joseph’s Cathedral parish will hold theiryannual meetings, after Mass on Sunday morning, and- the delegates to the parish' committee will thereat be appointed. ‘ sn ,rV ! The appeal made to the congregation of the Church - . tne ■ ■ oacreti ~ rxear t>,. j.'nOx'vli-Xi'ast - Valley, on

Sunday ; last, by the Very ? Rev. Dean Van ,Dyk,; in the interests of the Maori missions, was most generously responded to, the sum of -£l4O being the result of the Dean’s appeal in St. Joseph’s, Cathedral-parish. The Very Rev. Dean , will make ah appeal,: in ; aid of tire same worthy object, at Hyde and Middlemarch; on Sunday next, . at Ranfurly on . the following Sunday, and,,,, then successively at St. Bathans and Ophir, Alexandra and Cromwell. Father Bowen, also of the Fathers of St. Joseph’s Missionary, Society, will arrive next week to assist Dean Van Dyk in his collecting efforts in the interests, of the Maori missions. Father Bowen will be at Lawrence on next Sunday, and at Invercargill on the Sunday following. : The usual weekly meeting of St. Joseph’s Men’s Club was held on Monday evening, the president (Father Ardagh) presiding. The programme was a debate as to whether a Labor Government is desirable in New Zealand. The affirmative was supported by Messrs.- C. L’Estrange, J. Twomey, and E. Sandys, and the negative by Messrs. W. Kennedy, J. P. Dunn, and F. Donnelly. A vote of the members present declared in favor of the affirmative. Messrs. J. P. Dunn and C. L’Estrange were appointed the club’s representatives v on St. Joseph’s Cathedral Parish Committee of the Catholic Federation. At a social gathering, held in the Sacred Heart Schoolroom, North-East Valley, on Wednesday evening, June 11, the Very Rev. J. Coffey, Diocesan Administrator, read the balance sheet in connection with the recent fete and sale of work in aid of the local Catholic school funds. This showed the successful financial result of .£660 3s lOd. The takings at the various stalls were : —City Stall, £207 5s 9d : Children of Mary, £135 11s Id refreshments, £127 6s 3d; Opoho, £56 13s 3d; side-shows, £2B Is; door takings, £5 6s 6d. Father Coffey very sincerely thanked the stall-holders and their assistants, the members of the committee, and those who had so generously patronised the fete.