DIOCESE OF CHRISTCHURCH.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2, 11 January 1900, Page 6

DIOCESE OF CHRISTCHURCH.

(From our own correspondent.) January 8. By the generous donations in goods and money of tradespeople in the city and friends, the Sisters of the Good Shepherd at Mount Magdala were enabled as on former occasions to provide their large number of 'children' with a substantial Christmas treat. To all who assisted them in their praiseworthy efforts they tender their sincere thanks. At the Pro-Cathedral, on Sunday last, his Lordship the Biehop preached at High Mass and again at Vespers, when there was a crowded congregation. Prefacing his sermon the Bishop stated his intention of resuming his labours of visiting the diocese by journeying on Wednesday next to its extreme northern limits. He would administer Confirmation in a district where the Sacrament had never heretofore been administered, and also in another place where church accommodation would soon be provided. It is his Lordship's intention to return in time for the annual retreat. The annual retreat of the clergy, to be conducted by a Vincentian Father, will commence on January 24.