DIOCESE OF AUCKLAND

New Zealand Tablet, 28 April 1921, Page 22

DIOCESE OF AUCKLAND

(From our own correspondent.)

l His Lordship Bishop Liston has returned from > his His Lordship Bishop Liston has returned from his • pastoral visit to Whangarei and surrounding districts. ; hoHdnv V '* F + f i 0Flynn . has been * having a well-earned hi rJ T M? 6 cit y- 'He. is recovering from the effects of nis recent illness. : ‘ l! U>- nun!> 'it,!. tubv j j__ •T a ?! er s»lgafl,,;wHq.left for Coromandel on Fri- ’> P n " as en tertained by the members of St.

Benedict s Girls’ and i Men’s , Clubs at a . farewell evening on Tuesday, April 12. Right Rev. Mgr. Ormqnd was present. During, the course of the evening Father Colgan .was ‘presented by botu cxuus with , useful giftsy Miss D. Moyes (president of the Girls’ Club), ; making their presentation, detailed the valuable: assistance Father Colgan had gLen to the club, which, without his assistance, must, have censed to exist almost from its inception. Mr. R. H. Owens (president of St. Benedict’s Club), expressed the regret with which all club members viewed Father Colgan’s departure.. The members were eager that whenever the departing priest came to Auckland he would return to the club, if only for a few minutes. The members wished him every success in his new parish. Mr. Owens took the opportunity of welcoming Right Rev. Dr. Ormond to the club. Dr, Ormond thanked the members for their cordial welcome. In expressing regret at Father Colgan’s departure, he said: '“ln the short time I have known him, I have found him not only a conscientious priest, but also a genial companion.. I wish the Rev. Father every success in the future.” Father Colgan, in reply, thanked the' speakers for their good wishes and for the tokens of their esteem with which he had been presented. He had one regret and that was that he had been unable to give to the clubs the time and attention he would have liked, for pressure of other parochial work had prevented this. He would like to thank the members of the clubs and ladies of the parish, particularly Mesdames Moyes and Tonks, for the assistance they had given him during the queen carnival. A musical programme was pleasingly rendered, and added greatly to the success of the evening. Father O’Connor, assistant priest at St.. Joseph’s, Te Aroha, was accorded a farewell social and presentation on the occasion, of his departure to take up duties in the Sacred Heart parish, Ponsonby. The proceedings were most enthusiastic, Father O’Connor being very popular there. He was presented with a substantial monetary gift. Opportunity was taken to welcome Father Mansfield, who, during Dean McGuinness’s absence on holiday, will have charge of St. Joseph’s parish. Father O’Connor is to bo succeeded by Father O’Carroll, who has now arrived to take up his duties....