DIOCESE OF DUNEDIN

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XLIX, Issue 45, 16 November 1922, Page 31

DIOCESE OF DUNEDIN

"The Devotion of the Forty Hours' Adoration, which, was commenced at St. Joseph's Cathedral on. last Friday morning ; with Solemn High Mass at 9 o'clock, of which Rev. Father Fentoir was celebrant, Rev. Father S. Marlow, deacon, Rev. C. Tylee, subdeacon, and Rev. Father Foley, Adm., master' of ceremonies; was very numerously attended throughout. The preacher on Friday evening was Rev. Father P. J. O'Neill, of South Dunedin, and on Sunday evening Rev. Father Andersen, of Holy Cross : College, Mbsgiel. There was Solemn High Mass at 11 o'clock on Sunday, Rev. Father Andersen being' celebrant, Father Spillane, deacon; and Rev. T. Lenihan, subdeacon. The closing ceremonies on Sunday night, after compline and sermon, included a procession of the'Blessed . Sacrament in which the 'men and boys of the congregation participated, and Solemn Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament at which Father Andersen officiated, assisted by Father Fentoh and Rev. T. Lenihan, as deacon and subdeacon respectively; Rev. Father Foley, Adm., being . master of ceremonies. x At the evening devotions at St. Joseph's Cathedral on last . Sunday evening, Miss Claire- Goolcy, the talented soprano of the Famous ''Diggers" company, gave an artistic and devotional rendering of Truman's "Ave Maria." In the presence of a crowded congregation at St. Joseph's Cathedral on last Sunday evening about 140 boys of the Christian Brothers' School, wearing their red sashes and sodality badges, were received by Rev. Father Foley, Adm., in the Confraternity (Knights) of the Blessed Sacrament. , His Lordship tho Bight Kev. Dr. AYhyte, Bishop of Dunedin, having broken his return journey from Australia,,at Oamaru, arrived in this city on Monday evening. The' unexpected demise on Wednesday, the Bth inst., of Miss Mamie Smith, eldest daughter of Mrs. E. Smith, of the North-east Valley and of the late Frederick Smith, occasioned deep sorrow, Mid widespread sympathy with the bereaved mother. The deceased, until a fortnight before her death, was a student at St. Dominic's College, where' she endeared herself to teachers and companions. Her remains were taken to tho Sacred Heart Church on the day of her death, and the children of the Sacred Heart School, where she.had spent the'early happy years of her school life, kept up the recital of the Holy Rosary. Numerous messages of sympathy were "sent to the bereaved mother, accompanied by prayers that God who had sent her the cross would Himself be her consolation. Requiem Mass for the repose of the soul of deceased was celebrated the next morning by Rev. Father Foley, Adm., the church being filled to overflowing, those present including the pupils of the Dominican Nuns and students of St. Dominic's College." The coffin was borne to the hearse by six members of the Children of Mary Sodality wearing "their regalia, the whole ceremony being most impressive. Rev. Father Foley, Adm. (who, together with Father Spillane, had attended deceased during her short illness) officiated at the graveside.—R.l.P. The annual boxing tournament in connection with the Christian "Brothers' School, will take place at the King's Theatro on Saturday evening.