Diocese of Auckland

New Zealand Tablet, Volume LII, Issue 37, 30 September 1925, Page 31

Diocese of Auckland

(From our own correspondent.) * ; September 24. The Rev. Father Duffy, of Taumarunui, returned yesterday by the Athenic from Ireland, where he has been visiting his mother. The visit to his old homo where he spent his childhood's days was particularly interesting to the genial padre. He found Ire-' land progressive and prosperous, and ’ enjoyed a. well-earned holiday.. . * The first two students of the Marist Brothers' Juniorate, Tuakau, returned from Australia to New Zealand recently. They l will be known in religion as Brothers Jerome and Ignatius. The former .will be stationed at Tasman Street, Wellington, and the latter will join the staff at Vermont Street \ Marist Brothers’ School, Ponsonby. Both * J- V v'i/ are New Zealanders, and the first fruits of the Tuakau novitiate. ''o The Rev. Father McCarthy, S.M., has been conducting a mission in the Papakura district. The little church has sustained a heavy siege during the period. Father McCarthy has drawn the faithful from near and far by his powerful sermons, and will leave a. memory behind that will long endure. Night after night the church lias b'een crowded. It was most edifying to see the response to the missioner’s call. ' • Mrs. R. Wells, a prominent Parnell parishioner, has had to undergo a serious opera--1 ion at the Mater, and her many friends will be glad to hear that she is progressing very well and is on the road to recovery. She attributes her rapid improvement to the unremitting attention of the good Sisters of the hospital. The Rev. Father Fahey is still in the same institution and has shown great improvement.