DIOCESE OF DUNEDIN

New Zealand Tablet, 19 January 1922, Page 26

DIOCESE OF DUNEDIN

At Vespers in St. Joseph’s Cathedral on last Sunday evening, Rev. Father Slattery, C.M., of Ashfield, Sydney, preached an instructive discourse on the Sacrament of Matrimony, that being the special Sunday in the year upon which direct reference to this important subject is made. The third of the popular moonlight marine excursions down the harbor to the heads by the ferry steamer Waikana, will be made on next Wednesday evening, the 25th inst. These excursions are being run in the interests of the Christian Brothers’ old boys’ section in connection with the St. Vincent’s Orphanage building fund. The St. Kilda Brass Band will accompany the steamer. The ladies who are to have control of the refreshment stall at the projected fair in aid of the St. Vincent’s Orphanage building fund are promoting a moving picture entertainment, which is being given, by kind permission of the management, at the Empire Theatre, on- the afternoon and evening of next Wednesday, the 25th inst. An additional attraction will be the introduction of expropriate vocal solos by the popular soprano, Miss Florrie Gardiner. Tickets of admission are obtainable at the Elite Tea Rooms. Princes Street, at Miss Hamilton’s (confectioner), opposite the Railway Station, and from any of the ladies of the • committee. -

Attention is again directed to the fact that every effort to find accommodation for Catholic students who intend pursuing a course at the Otago University will be made on application to Miss E, Collins, 20 Albany Street, Dunedin; Mr. J. McKeefry, c/o Messrs. Mackerras and Hazlett, Dunedin; Mr. P. P- Lynch, Church Street, Timaru; or Mr. J. A. MacKenzie, 26 Tennyson Street, Dunedin, all of whom are members of the recently established Catholic Students’ Club. - ■■■-._ . The Sisters of Mercy, South Dunedin, desire to acknowledge with gratitude a donation— contents of St. Anthony’s Box —for St. Vincent’s Orphanage from the good people of St. Patrick’s Church,'OVepuki, per A. L. Reid. A concert will be given under the auspices of St. Joseph’s Ladies’ Club, at St. Joseph’s Hall on 'Wednesday evening, February 1, in aid of their stall requirements in connection with the fair now being promoted in the interests of St. Vincent’s Orphanage. Many of the leading artists of Dunedin will assist and* it is to be hoped that tho members of the club, who are making .every effort to provide an" entertainment of outstanding merit, will be rewarded by seeing a crowded audience on the occasion. ' St. Thomas’s Academy, at Oamaru,. the well-known boarding school for young boys, conducted by the Dominican Nuns, will resume studies on Monday, February 6; and boarders are requested to be in residence on the previous Saturday (the 4th inst.). A garden party in the grounds of St. Dominie’s Priory has been arranged for Saturday afternoon, the 28th inst., to enable as large a number as possible to wish farewell to Very Rev. Father Coffey, Adm., St. Joseph’s Cathedral, who leaves early in the following week on a visit to the Homeland. Advantage will he taken of the occasion to make Father Coffev a presentation in recognition of his more than 30 years’ devoted ministrations in this city. <X>d> :