N.Z. CATHOLIC FEDERATION

New Zealand Tablet, 16 October 1919, Page 18

N.Z. CATHOLIC FEDERATION

CHRISTCHURCH DIOCESAN COUNCIL. -J J tn - 1 ??- thJy meeting fof the Diocesan Executive of the Wmstcliurcli Diocesan:' Council was '1- held :on October ' 7, the Very Rev. Dr. Kennedy, Adm., presiding. The following members were present: Very Rev. Deans Regnault 1 and jt■ \ T e T ry Rev - C.-Graham,: Messrs. P. Considine, W. and J. R. Hayward, and F. J. Doolan (secretary). Apologies were received from Messrs. Holley, Ryan, and J. E. Doolan. liie quarterly reports received from parish committees were all of a satisfactory nature. St. Mary's Committee, Oliristchurch North, returned for the quarter 1206. members, the largest number ever yet returned in one quarter, and the announcement was-received with. applause. The receipts amounted to. £97 7s 5d for the month. The first donation in response to a diocesan appeal-on behalf of the Catholic Girls' Hostel debt extinction fund was received from the Tcmuka Committee, and it is hoped it will prove the forerunner of many other parish donations. c. An invitation from his Grace Dr. Mannix* Archbishop of Melbourne, to send a representative to the Australasian Irish Race Convention, to be held at Melbourne on November 3, was accepted, and Mr. T. Cahill, a member of the executive who is at present in Australia, was appointed to represent the council. The best wishes of the council' were extended to the promoters for the success of this historic gathering -for the advancement of Ireland's efforts towards self-determination. Satisfaction was expressed with the grants made from the Field Service Fund to the chaplains attending the invalid soldiers at Hanmer, Cashmere Hills Sanatorium, and Timaru Hospital. The Scholarship Committee reported that five scholarships will be awarded on the result of the December examinations, and that the regulations and forms had been printed and distributed to all the parish priests and committees and to the heads of our schools throughout the diocese. The examination papers had been received from the examiner, and would be printed at an early date, and the other necessary arrangements were fast approaching completion. The report was adopted, and it was decided that candidates must secure 50 per cent, of the marks allotted to Christian Doctrine, otherwise a scholarship will not be awarded. The annual report and balance sheet of the Dominion Council were read and discussed. Arrangements were made for the annual visit to the Temuka parish on October 26. .