Diocese of Auckland

New Zealand Tablet, Volume LII, Issue 51, 23 December 1925, Page 30

Diocese of Auckland

<..; (From our own Correspondent.) /- . December 17. On Sunday last, at the Church of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, Epsom, some 40 little children received their First Holy.:Communion. The Rev?. Father O'Byrjie cele- ; ? brated Mass and gave Communion, as well as instructing the little ones on the importance of the occasion. The children were afterwards entertained to breakfast at the school Z by the. Sisters of the parish:? In the evening the .children attended Benediction '.-/. members of the first branch of the Children of Mary Sodality were consecrated; and a procession of.the Blessed Sacrament, in which the faith-' ful joined, took ■ place in, the : church. It is pleasing to -announce : thafci>h© Rev. Dr. Buxton has been - appointed administrator : .of St. Patrick's Cathedral. He received-the ' congratulations of many? friends? The Rev. ' Father r Bradley whom he succeeds has been transferred to take charge of > the Remuera > parish, as successor to the Rev. Father Doyle, whose health has been so indifferent. ; The representatives of the various 1 ■ parishes met at St. . Patrick's presbytery on f the v fOth inst., to discuss matters in regard to : the forthcoming bazaar. It Was' decided to hold a carnival in the Town Hall, during May--June of next year, to be known as the - Catholic Schools' Queen Carnival. The drive is to raise funds? to make possible the establishment of two additional Catholic schools' to relieve the congested' state of the present - accommodation at Vermont Street as well as liquidate lis indebtedness, the whole of the"

■ •„ parishes of Aucklandr-city and ’ heengagedin.thecampaign, SixeancUdutes • wiUL chosen to compete for- tto honor ojt? queen.-. dbynnj and Sacred -Heart parishes willhave one - representative each; Parnell, Remuerw,, Epsom, and Onehunga (combined) one/ Do- : minion Road, Mt.; Albert, and' Avondale (combined) one. An art union will also- be held in.connection with the carnival, -Already the matter:- is ; v arousing considerable - interest * among the;. parishes. ; .The management com- . mittee consists of;. Archdeacon Holbrook, * Rev. Dr; Buxton,-and Messrs. R. A. Keenan and J ; Butler. - 1 : v x ' v o'>~- , t : ..•’. : ./.v ■■..■■ ...'-u. Last Sunday his Lordship Bishop Geary blessed and consecrated the new church at Arapuni, *in the presence of a large congrega- . tion. High Mass was celebrated by the Rev. Father Van Dyk, assisted by Father SpielingW . (deacon), and Father Alink (subdeaoon), the ■ master . of ceremonies being Father Zanna, of Pukeatua. . The altar was beautifully de- ■■« corated with flowers generously donated by Mrs,. Handman. The Bishop preached an eh* quent sermon, and the choir; which came all' the way. from Rotorua, ■ sang impressively under the baton of Mr^Hampson. The sum of £37 was collected in : the.church, leaving a debt of v £BO yet to. be liquidated. After Mass ,85 guests' sat down ito a repast in the Arapuni Hall provided by the social- com- ; mittee. The Bishop received a cordial wel- ; come at the hands of both clergy and’’ laity. The Rev. Father Spiering thanked : all those / who so generously assisted . the movement^ Warm appreciation was also tendered to Mr. and Mrs. Darby who donated the section j on which the church |||w^,V*S!i|£V MATER MISERICORDIAE HOSPITAL A HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL GARDEN FETE Glorious weather prevailed for. the garden ' fete arranged in connection with the silver jubilee celebrations of the Mater Miseri- : cordiae Hospital. The function ' was held in the grounds of “Kiwi”, the residence* adjoining the hospital that was acquired . from the Dignan estate to provide additional hospital accommodation. Magnificent support was .accorded the 1 Sisters by all classes of the . community, andw the-crowded attendance bore eloquent, testi- ’. mony to the popularity of the institution and ■ the success of the function. From tfce commencement of the fete to its close th -grounds were packed, and , a large portion- of the residence was set apart, for stalls of every description, controlled by a band ; of energetic workers who attracted and executed phenomenal business throughout the day.; As a further means of interesting the guests, the girls from the various convents provided very exciting basket-ball contests, and Walter : Smith’s jazz band, in conjunction with St. - Mary s orchestra, enlivened the proceedings by many appropriate musical selections. The function, in every way was a great-success, : and it .is most gratifying to announce thlt a •<•. •. vannbunoelthat the handsome sum of £IOOO was raised Hr 1 the object”. J - 1° opening the fete and introducing William Wallace, chairman of the Auckland i Hospital Board, his Lordship, Dr. Liston stated that in the 25 years of its existence

the “Mater” had gained a wonderful repu- ■ ■■■' tation throughout the' Dominion. u They were. 54 all proud of this housed: of mercy;.rand the ■ work done which was' of the / highest ? effi*l : 1 ciency.* - There were'at present 30 beds: in the v Hospital, and the Sisters were hoping to , increase the number to 100. -He tendered v: the . thanks of the Sisters for the. assistancethey had been given and for the 'large ~at- ' tendance. r - .. v ; Mr. Wallace stated that it was. a -pleasant {duty to assist in the silver jubilee of an in*, »®:'eqpv: .s#g!?«4; -,, . ~■ , . •'■ • stitution that was so well-known throughout - the Dominion. ¥; The - work ?of the s Hospital '* hid only been limited by the lack of space, and -since its inception in 1900 it t had been :• faithfully carried on, and the public of i:r Auckland had every right to be proud of it. *|||Hapgß|(ojag®&si3B«ac’^^ . No creed was ; recognised, and if that ; .was, ever exemplified it was during the terrible epidemic of 1918 when invaluable assistance x was rendered by these angels of mercy at , ' the Vermont Street temporary .hospital. c Their, work there was * sufficient to endear them to all. This was the first opportunity ;j' of publicly thanking them for the work they had done, and it was a debt -of gratitude ;v. the Board owed to Bishop : Cleary and his ‘ staff. .J He congratulated the Mother , Su- :: perior. ; upon attaining to the- silver 'jubileer jy The Hospital was in need of 100 beds, and in : his opinion it was up to- the people of Auckland to see that they were provided. It was proposed to erect a new five storey ; V structure costing £40,000, which . would , accommodate 70 more patients, and provide ■ another ’ operating theatre. He hoped that ; the; result of the garden fete would set the - y Sisters on _ the way to acquire the money needed.: In : conclusion; Mr. Wallace t men- % tinned that.the “Mater” was" one of the few y institutions that had been recognised as up ; to the standard of the American College of. ; Surgeons. 'y ; y-y yry'y > ‘ - Mr. J. A. Lee, M.P., for Auckland East, 3 was an interested spectator during the after- . noon. - . ■ . .■' ■. y • '' ' ".y f ___ -