DIOCESE OF DUNEDIN

New Zealand Tablet, 26 June 1919, Page 27

DIOCESE OF DUNEDIN

The Pastoral Letter of the Hierarchy of Australasia on Consecration to the Sacred Heart of Jesus will be read in St. Joseph's Cathedral and other churches of the diocese, on Sunday. .. - " . -..,. .., Rev. James O'Reilly, pastor of. Port Chalmers,. left on Tuesday morning for Wellington, where he joins the Arawa, which is timed to sail this week. Father O'Reilly, who is . taking a holiday .trip to the Old Country, will be absent till the end of the year. Meanwhile the parish of Port Chalmers will be attended to by St. Joseph's Cathedral clergy. ',..,", In the primary : schools' football. competition matches played last week the Christian Brothers' School A team had very little difficulty in defeating Normal by 8 goals to nil. The "Greens" B team defeated a strong combination in Technical C, winning by 3 goals to nil. L. Roughan, A. Smith, and E. Crowe scored one goal each. The '"Greens" D team scored heavily against Caversham B, winning by 8 goals to nil. The scorers were: B. O'Reilly 4, B. Burrell 2, J. Cullen 1, C. Patterson 1. ■'V ST. JOSEPH'S CATHEDRAL. The devotions of the Triduum, held at St. Joseph's Cathedral during the Octave of Corpus Christi, were largely attended. On last Thursday evening, after the recitation of the Holy Rosary, an impressive sermon on "The Divine Presence in the Blessed Sacrament" was preached by the Very Rev. Dean Van Dyk, Superior of the St. Joseph's Missionary Fathers, engaged in the: Maori missions. The preacher, on Friday evening was; Father Bowen, also of St. Joseph's Missionary Society, who discoursed eloquently on the-Blessed Eucharist, and on the duty of the faithful to receive Holy Communion frequently and worthily. At the conclusion of the sermons on each occasion, Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament was given by the respective preachers, and also after the Holy Rosary on Saturday even-: ing, the incidental music being beautifully rendered by the Dominican Nuns' Choir. Very large numbers approached the Holy Table at each of the early Masses on Sunday. At the 11 o'clock Mass, St.: Joseph's Choir, with Mr. A. Vallis at the organ and Signor Squarise conducting, rendered the "Kyrie" and "Gloria" from Farmer's Mass, and the "Credo," "Sanctus," "Benedictus," and "Agnus Dei" from Gounod's No. 3 Mass. After Vespers in the evening, the Very. Rev. J. Coffey, Diocesan Administrator, preached appropriate of the observance, and explanatory of the laws of the Church regarding Holy Communion, and officiated at Solemn Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament, Fathers Ardagh and Spillane being deacon and subdeacoh' respectively.' The music during Benediction consisted of Elgar's "O Salutaris." the "Te Deum," and Lambilotte's "Tantum Ergo," the whole being exceptionally well rendered .by St. Joseph's Choir.. V ".'. ~;?'"'~'l:. ./,'".'!. : '.'' '" !i '' ;jW . °^ ; ; ft SACRED HEART ! CHURCH, NORTH-EAST " :. ~; n : : ,^^;^ALLEY.;^':;7;,. l v^;;^ c / : 'v^^ \ The devotion of the Forty Hours' Adoration will commence; on Friday morning i (Feast -j of the i Sacred

Heart) at the Church of the Sacred / Heart, . North-East Valley. _ Solemn • High Mass will be celebrated at 9 o clock, at -the conclusion of which there will be a procession, followed by Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, and >' in the evening, after the usual devotions, a sermon will he preached, and Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament given. Masses will be celebrated at ,7 and 9 o’clock on Saturday morning, and at the usual hours (8.30 and 11 o’clock) on Sunday. The members of St. Joseph’s and St. Patrick’s branches of the Hibernian, Society, in regalia, are to attend the early Mass on’ Sunday morning, and to approach the Holy Table in ..a body. After Mass, the Hibernians will be entertained to breakfast in the Sacred Heart Schoolroom by the members of the Children of Mary Sodality. The Quarant Ore will be solemnly closed on Sunday evenin S-