THE OPENING OF ST. PATRICK'S COLLEGE, GOULBURN, NEW SOUTH WALES.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume I, Issue 46, 14 March 1874, Page 9

THE OPENING OF ST. PATRICK'S COLLEGE, GOULBURN, NEW SOUTH WALES.

(Sydney ' Freeman.') The opening of St. Patrick's College which has just recently been completed, took place last Sunday (February 1), und the success , which attended the inauguration was mo»t gratifying. It was eminently a success in regard to the number and character of the atteuj- • dance, as tl.e distinguished personages of the hierarchy of this colony i were present, with the cleigy of the whole of the southern district, I and the moat influential residents of Goulburn, Yass, Burrow a, and !

other towns, as well as of the metropolis. In the light of a ceremony, it was a perfect treat, a3 the arrangements were very satisfactory, and the oration delivered by Father Kelly, a masterpiece of eloquent reasoning on the subject of education, and a magnificent defence of the policy of the Chnrch in regard thereto. Financially it was also successful, as much as £700 having been subscribed for liquidating the debt remaining on the college. After mass, at which the Rev. William Kelly, of the Society of Jesus, Melbourne, preached, luncheon was served up in excellent style in a spacious marquee at the western side of the college. About 400 ladies and gentlemen sat down at the tables. Among the addresses was one from the co-adjutor Archbishop, Dr Vaughan.