DIOCESE OF DUNEDIN

New Zealand Tablet, 23 October 1919, Page 27

DIOCESE OF DUNEDIN

A successful■ euchre social was given in St. -Joseph's Hall on last Monday evening, in aid of the Christian Brothers' Cricket Club funds. '" ' .„ The : Sisters .of Mercy desire to thank the president and members of the St. Vincent do Paul Society, South Dunedin, for their generous gift of £lO very kindly donated to the Orphanage. :• „ vlu After concluding successful missions in the Oamaru parish, "the Marist Missioners —Fathers AinsAvorth -; and O'Leary—will, open missions on Sunday-■■' next at n : St. Michael's ; Church, Palmerston, and 'St. Paul's;, Church, Middlemarch. :'-£? •■•"'''- ■••'*•■;"' ;■■.■■-:, ■■:■ .Bb rr.v.ui> .?s's r>>M> m~%ri* '

Very Rev. Father Coffey, Adm., presided on Monday " evening at a meeting of intending stall-holders in connection with the projected bazaar in aid of ,the Christian Brothers' residence building fund. An amount of preliminary business was transacted. ■> ~;>*lt was announced that His - Majesty's Theatre had been engaged for the bazaar in February, including Carnival Week. . , Subscriptions towards the Christian Brothers' residence building fund were received at St. Joseph's Cathedral and suburban churches on Sunday. This method of contribution will be continued next Sunday. Rev. T. Connolly, who returned to the Dominion recently after service as chaplain to the forces both on hospital ship and at the Front, paid at the end of last week a short visit to his Alma Mater, Holy Cross College, Mosgiel. Father Connolly was one of the first band of students to be ordained to the priesthood from Holy Cross College. At the devotions on Sunday evening at the Church of the Immaculate Conception, Mosgiel, he gave an interesting account of his experiences while on active service. Father Connolly, who left Taihape to undertake chaplain duty, returns to that parish shortly. - On last Thursday a musical evening was tendered by St. Joseph's Cathedral Choir to Miss Pollard and Mr. Jackson, artists who have been touring the Dominion under engagement to Fullers' Theatres proprietary, and who have during their visit to Dunedin given greatlyvalued assistance to the choir. Songs were contributed by Mesdames Fraher and Sandys, Miss Graves, Messrs. H. Poppelwell and J. Woods. The visiting artists sang delightfully several solos and duets. In the unavoidable absence of Very Rev. Father Coffey, Adm., Mr. Poppelwell, on behalf of the choir, presented the guests of the evening with several nicely-bound scores of Italian operas. After some appreciative remarks by Mr. P. Carolin, Mr. Jackson returned thanks on behalf of himself and Miss Pollard. , Refreshments were then handed round by the lady members of the choir. Father Rooney, assistant priest at South Dunedin, who is at present a patient at the Chalet Hospital, Dunedin, underwent an operation for appendicitis last Monday. He is, we are pleased to learn, progressing favorably towards recovery. A meeting of ex-pupils of the Christian Brothers' School was held on Tuesday evening to devise means towards assisting in the movement to provide the Christian Brothers with a new residence. Rev. Brother Bowler (by invitation) presided. It was decided to participate in the projected bazaar by taking charge of the downstairs annexe. This will involve the control of a stall and the running of numerous side-shows. It was also decided to nominate Miss Ethel Hart, of Lawrence, as the Old Boys' Queen. An executive committee was elected, with Brother Bowler as president and Mr. W. Kennedy secretary. It is hoped that ex-pupils of the Christian Brothers' School throughout the Dominion will respond to the movement to provide the devoted Brothers with a new residence, especially in view of the fact that their present habitation has long since proved unsuitable. In this connection, attention is directed to an announcement appearing in this week's issue of the Tablet. ST. JOSEPH'S CATHEDRAL. After devotions at St. Joseph's Cathedral on -last Sunday evening, the choir, assisted by Mr. Jackson and Miss Pollard, gave a sacred concert in aid of the building fund of the Christian Brothers' new residence. This concert, it may be remarked, as the outcome of the expressed desire of the above-named artists to havo a share in a work that is at present occupying the attention of the Catholic people of Dunedin, and also in remembrance of their happy association with the members of St. Joseph's Choir. The subjoined programme of sacred music was rendered magnificently, and, judging by the very large congregation, the worthy object for which the concert was given should benefit very materially: —Motet, "Incline Thine Ear," choir (soloist, Mr. J. Woods); "Ave Maria" (Giorgi), Mrs. Sandys; "If with All Your Hearts" ("Elijah"), Mr. Jackson; "Inflammatus" ("Stabat Mater," Rossini), Miss Pollard; motet, "Cor Jesu" (Sydney Smith), choir (soloists, Mrs. Fraher and Mr. J. McGrath); "Ave Maria" (BachGounod), Miss Pollard; motet, "Joseph Fill David" (Sant-lev),-choir; "Sanctus" ("Messe Solennelle"), choir (soloist, Mr. Jackson); "Kyrie" and "Gloria" (Mozart's Twelfth Mass), choir. Mr. A. Vallis played several organ solos and Signor Squarise conducted. Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament was given at the close of the sacred concert.