DIOCESE OF AUCKLAND

New Zealand Tablet, Volume L, Issue 9, 1 March 1923, Page 31

DIOCESE OF AUCKLAND

(From our own correspondent.) The Right Rev. Dr. Listen, Coadjutor-Bishop, visited he parishes on the East Coast last week, and returned !:xtSnnl; nTUeSday - HIS -ill visit Hamilton for On Wednesday last the anniversary Mass-the 13thfor tie late Bishop Dr. Lenta,, was celebrated „ the Cathed ral . Bight Rev. Dr. Listen was celebrant; Mgr Calnll, assrs ant priest; Very Rev. Chancellor Holbrook doacon; Father O'Connor, subdeacon ; and Father Mat Ke i- Or r Cer Tr S; M ~ r - Ormond. Fathers Furlong, Kelly, 0 Byrne, and Brennan assisted i„ the choir. Mr Harry Hiscocks presided at the or-an Arrangements for the celebration of the feast of our National Apostle, St. Patrick, are now well in hand The programme will be carried out on the lines of preced.ng years, and efforts are being put forth to make the ceebration worthy of the occasion. The procession through the streets to the Domain where the S por s and delays wdl be held will take place on Saturday the 1/th, and in the evening in the Town Hall the national concert will be held. A very fine programme has W

R( J T f 7* Ju,Mor,,tc * “ Bavalla,” Dominion Hoad, 1 nakau, is making great progress. This year ten students are in residence, and others are expected shortly. Amongst the patients at the Mater Hospital are Right mV gi. Hackett of Ellcrsho, and Rev. Father Edge, recovery' 11 ” 111 ' ki " g «°° d h r °g ress towards Rev Father O’Brien left last week for Gisborne, where be will bo assistant to Rev. Father Lane. Hie bazaar in aid of the Good Shepherd parish, Dominion Road will commence in St. Benedict’s Hall on .Tuesday, February 27. ~ t. vt ' ry T J n ' P ° rtant meeting, convened by circular by Hie R .gbt , R ev c. Dr. Liston, will take place in St. Benedicts Hall 1111 Sunday, March 4, „t 3 p.m. It will mark the opening of a. campaign to raise funds to finance the extensive improvements which arc being effected at the boys’ orphanage, Takapumi. This is the only appeal which has been made for many years in aid of our orphanage, and good results are confidently anticipated for such an excellent, object. Right Rev. Dr. Cleary. Bishop of Auckland, lias been for several months past undergoing treatment at a private hospital at Hillingdon Court, Middlesex, England, and his numerous friends in New Zealand will be glad to learn that he has made quite remarkable progress under highlyskilled nursing carried out under the direction of eminent Harley Street physicians. On January 25 Bishop Cleary was to leave England en route for home. He will do the first part of his journey by the daily air service to Paris, and thence by easy stages via Toulouse, Marseilles, Genoa’ Rome, Naples, Suez, and Australia, Ho will join the Ormuz at Naples on April 8, and before sailing from Sydney lie will spend some weeks with relatives and friends in Australia.

The Famous Diggers The "Famous Diggers"- open a return season on Saturday next (March 3) at the. Grand Opera House, Wellington. The "Diggers'" itinerary for March will appear in next week's issue of the Tablet.