DIOCESE OF DUNEDIN

New Zealand Tablet, Volume L, Issue 48, 6 December 1923, Page 31

DIOCESE OF DUNEDIN

There was Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament at St. Joseph’s Cathedral from the eleven o’clock Mass on Sunday. In the evening after Compline, there was the customary procession, followed by Solemn Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament, also the usual monthly meeting of the Men’s Confraternity of the Sacred Heart. The mission at North-east Valley, in which the Very Rev. Father Whelan, C.SS.R., has been engaged during the past and present week; also the mission at Kaikorai, now being conducted by Rev.. Father Duffy, C.SS.R., will close on next Sunday. On Saturday, Feast of the Immaculate Conception, Mass will be celebrated at 7 and 8 o’clock at St. Joseph’s Cathedral. There will be special devotions in the evening. On Friday morning, after Solemn Mass for the Dead, Sister Mary Patrick, 0.5. D., was laid to rest in the Southern Cemetery, where already a number of her sisters in religion are awaiting a glorious resurrection. Sister Patrick was a dear old Irish lay-sister who, through a long, prayerr ful and laborious life, was a shining example of the virtues of the cloister to the various Dominican communities in which her life was passed since she became a nun. When such a death occurs we inevitably think of Goethe going forth into the “dark portals,” with a cry for light on his lipsinto darkness at the end of all his worldly glory ! What a contrast there is, and what a moral to be learned in an old-time account of the death of a lay-sister whose last wish was to have the candle put out, as the brightness of the Mother of God, coming to welcome her devoted child, filled the room. It is the end that counts; and often death • reveals to onlookers how noble and how blessed was the retired life and the humble perseverance of such a servant of God as was Sister Mary Patrick.; The garden fete, organised by the Children of Mary, of St. Joseph’s Cathedral, was blessed with glorious weather on Saturday. While a large number of Dunedinites were watching the fiery steeds and the chariots raising the dust at Forbury Park, the elect climbed the hill to swell the festive throng in the Priory gradens. The Children of Mary deserved success, and secured it, too, by their untiring efforts to make the fete brilliant and attractive.

But Dunedin is a wonderful- place, and visitors marvel, H with' reason at . the . unbroken records of such . succeses in this sadly miscalled “dour” city. To our loyal and generous Catholic people the lion’s share of the credit is certainly due, but it would be ungraceful not to acknowledge that here, : where we are so few, we are often helped by our, non-Catholic friends in a way that is a ' practical proof of their broadmindedness. Did 'it ever strike you that there is less real bigotry in those districts in which the old Tablet is strongest? Of course the reason is that all fairminded people prefer a fight to a palaver. December, and summer weather! Our long winter has passed and we are rewarded with genial warm days of just that right degree of heat which only Dunedin can provide. The long year is drawing to a close, and .the teachers and pupils in all our schools are looking forward to the final ceremonies of tire term. A few days more of strenuous preparation. Then the singing and the music and the prizes, to be followed by a searchJ:or almost forgotten trunks and portmanteaux, by a busy hour or two of packing, and by the usual sad, sad tears shed by pupils who are always so sorry to give up schooldays for idle holidays! In other places, it is said, pupils go home joy- ■ v fully, but Dunedin is an exception. Alas, even here, stern necessity drives them out, for the devoted teachers want a rest and relaxation even if the' youthful students do not. And, as they must go, before our next issue, the Tablet wishes them, one and all, a holy and a happy Christmas. Nodi ay maith nyihh, a chair ! Forget the Caledonian Sports? No chance! They come off next Saturday and our boys will be there. Eaten bread is soon forgotten by some people, but the Catholic lads of Dunedin are not among'the. ingrates. When the Public Schools’ teachers tried to boycott the Brothers’ boys the Caledonians stuck to the lads manfully and nobly, and it were a shame to let the memory of their chivalry grow dim with time. Our boys will be there, and surely our x people too. We have a reputation for gratitude and for loyalty to our friends. The Sports’ meeting on Saturday will be a chance of proving that we deserve it. Like good Irishmen let us all go and shout for, the winners. Scotland for ever! Following are the awards to pupils of St. Dominic’s College, Dunedin, for essay writing in connection with the Navy League. Senior Essay—Form VI. : Josephine O’Neill 1; Form V.: Helen M. O’Neill 1. Junior Essay Form VbT: Noreen Jones 1; Form IV.; Nancy Rice 1; Form III.: Doris Roche 1, Veronica Miles 2; Standards V. and VI.: Kathleen C. Kennedy 1, Rose Vallis 2. The following pupils of St. Philomena’s College were successful in the recent Navy League examination essay: Senior Essay Monica Delany. Junior Kathleen, Whelan and Annie McGregor. , The Christian Brothers 4th grade cricket team on Saturday piled up the runs against McGlashan College team by' scoring 233 runs, and gave the latter plenty of opportunities for training for. the coming sports. McGlashan College scored only 18 runs. The highest scorers for the Brothers were: J. O’Connor (84 . not out), B. Williams (42), R. Cusack (35), T. Toomey (44). The bowling averages for the Brothers-were: B. Lynskey,,s wickets for 6 runs, B. Burrell 1 \3 for 3, J. Williams 1 for 3, and E. McKcwen 1 for 3. In the Boys’ League the Christian Brothers’ seniors scored 110, and 1 for 26. : Jack Ryan 40, P. McDonald 11, J. Gonley 11, against Oarisbrook (80 and 54), the Brothers thus winning by 9 wickets and 2 runs. The Brothers’ junior team again easily, defeated McGlashan College by an \ innings and 10 runs. Scores: Christian Brothers —N. / Windle 18, P. Drumra 13. McGlashan College 23 and 30. The bowling averages for the Brothers were': R. -Sutherland 11 wickets for 11 runs, J. Faulks 6 wickets for 10 runs, P. Drumm 2 wickets for 11 runs. . VN’V&V The Sisters : in , charge of St. Joseph’s Boys’ Home, Waverley, desire to thank all those ho kindly contributed, : through Mesdames Clarke and Cantwell, a donation of jam to the Home. They also tender their thanks to the ladies of the Kaikorai branch .-of St. Vincent de • Paul’s Society, for two parcels of useful clothing. The boys grate- - fully appreciate any kindness shown them, and pray daily for their benefactors. !