DIOCESE OF AUCKLAND

New Zealand Tablet, Volume L, Issue 16, 26 April 1923, Page 27

DIOCESE OF AUCKLAND

(From our own correspondent.) April 20. At Makaraka, Gisborne, on Sunday, April 15, his Lordship Dr. Liston opened the church free of debt. In the course of an address the Bishop referred in terms of appreciation to the kindly feeling that had prompted the non-Catholics of the district to join their Catholic friends and take a prominent part in helping to build the new church. The Bishop added that in Poverty Bay and along the East Coast he found that the wretched pkigue of sectarianism was absent, and that the most cordial relations existed among all creeds. Our country would be a much happier place to live in if this good example were followed by some in high places. New Zealand had need of us all and was big and rich enough for all its citizens. Miss Marie Cleary, M.A., LL.B., recently completed her course in law at the Newman College, within the University, Melbourne, and will shortly be admitted to practice as a barrister and solicitor. Miss Cleary distinguished herself by taking her double degree at the same time. She was educated by the Brigidine Nuns, and whilst teaching during the day, devoted every moment of her leisure to higher studies with all the grit and determination of a true Australian. Miss Cleary is now articled to a Collins Street (Melbourne) firm, and will be admitted to practice as barrister and solicitor this year. Miss Cleary is a niece of his Lordship Bishop Cleary, of Auckland. The Children of Mary of St. Patrick’s Cathedral, held a very successful “gift evening” on Wednesday, April 18, in St. Patrick’s School, Hobson Street. The “gifts” are to be disposed of at the “May fair,” which is to be opened early in May in aid of the Cathedral funds. Much-needed improvements have to be made in the Cathedral, and a goodly sum is required for the purpose.