DIOCESE OF DUNEDIN

New Zealand Tablet, Volume LII, Issue 51, 23 December 1925, Page 35

DIOCESE OF DUNEDIN

,: His Lordship the Bishop was ©a.Episcopal Visitation in the parish of Wrey's Bush: over the week-end. ~;"' •:•.-■•".■':„.'".-.■ ..j....-:•.-.•' -'...■: *£' .'.'■ ' 'The annual.-." Peter.-a Pence" collection was taken up at v.?St ;;-tJoseph's Cathedral and suburban churches of the parish on Sunday. ■ii That visitors to the great, exhibition are alow- arriving -in large numbers is indicated by the noticeable .augmentation of the congregations at :■ the Cathedral .and other churches of the city ■ and suburbs. ' ■ ;,..: r '. The customary recital of sacred music will be given by St. Joseph's- Cathedral•_• Choir on Christmas Day. The Holy Rosary will be recited at 7. p.m., followed, after the recital, ; by Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament. The Christian Brothers desire to thank the following for generous donations, the prize fund of their school:—Rev. Father Hally, Messrs. C. Lee, D. Beard,. J. Smith,- W. H. Cole, W. Miles, D. Fogarty, A. Dunne, and "W. Scoullar, Mesdames Clark, Airey, Hussey, and Miss Gawne. ."•-•- ~ On Tuesday morning, loth inst., his Lordship the Bishop, assisted by Rev. E. 11. Rooney, performed a reception ceremony at the Convent of Mercy, South-Dunedin. The young lady who received the holy habit was Miss Katherine Phelan (in religion, Sister Mary Baptist). At the conclusion of their last meeting the members of St. Joseph's Cathedral branch of the Children of Mary Sodality, presented their spiritual director (Rev. Father Monaghan) with a useful gift in appreciation of his devoted services during the year. - . At a meeting of the promoters of the concert recently given in aid of St. Joseph's Convent, Port Chalmers, a satisfactory sum was shown to have been realised. The members of St. Joseph's Cathedral Choir, who gave their services on the occasion, defrayed their own travelling expenses, thus materially • helping in the successful results. . The Masses on Christmas Day at St. Joseph's Cathedral will commence at 6 a.m. There will be Pontifical High Mass at 11 o'clock; the choir rendering the music of Gounod's "Messe Solennelle," together with the "Adeste Fideles" at the offertory and other psalms and motets appropriate to the " Feast of the Nativity. Masses will be celebrated at the suburban churches on Christmas Day as follows: —North-east Valley, 7,8, and 9.30 Kaikorai, 7.30; Mornington, . 9 o'clock. " MONSIGNOR COFFEY MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIPS. The Board of Trustees-of the Monsignor Coffey Memorial Scholarships have awarded scholarships, tenable for one year, to Edward Albertson' (St. Joseph's Convent, Port Chalmers), Elizabeth Millar (Sisters of Mercy, Mornington), Catherine Bourke (Sisters of Mercy, South Dunedin), Molly McCarthy. (St. Joseph's School, Dunedin), and Anthony \Byrne (Dominican Nuns, North-east Valley, Dunedin).