DIOCESE OF DUNEDIN.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXVIII, Issue 6, 8 February 1900, Page 19

DIOCESE OF DUNEDIN.

His Lordship the Right Rev. Dr. Verdon, Bishop of Dunedin, arrived in Rome in the second week in December, and was received in audience by his Holiness the lope on December 12. The Rev. Father McCarthy, of Numurkah, Victoria, and the Rev. Father McCarthy, of Melbourne, left Dunedin towards (he (nd of last week, the former f r A-hburton. and the latter for Timaru.

The Catholic s of Giiston. a portion ol the { ) iceiistown distrust under the, charge of tli» Rev Fath r <) Don noil are preparing to build a chur' h, which will al^o :-er\e the people of Nokoinai and Athol. A start will he made with tho work nninpdiately after the winter, and the opening ot the new church, winch will he consrrutted of timber, will probably t.iku place oa the iir-t day ol the i.ew year and of the century.

The co n i.itti'c h,'.\ii g charge of the schools' picnic met in Joseph's Hall on M-m^ay and Tu< -day eveni',/-, when all at ran:, cements for the outing whit h took plat eye t-terd.u \>< i" completed. The oluldreii to the number oft,* \ cml hundred nil t ai, tin iaih\ay -tut' on yesterday, arid aeeoin mired by-e\eralot theciuuyai.d ;i large nuuiuc 1 of adults, pioceeded tv Mu^'k-1 by tram. A splendid progiamme oi spuits was* provided, and all pre-eut enjoyed tht'!r>e'\v^ thoroughly. An extend, d report of the pi< c\eeliug- will appear in ( in next issue.

A solemn religion- ceremony took place at the Dominic in Priory, Dum-iUn. on 'ihurnday ia-l, when Mis ]] lith Moi ton ( InvoicaigiH) and Mi-s Li/.zie Sullivan < Pleasant PointJ w . re ieo' iv<'d ns novice"*, the former taking the name in religion of SiHier M.uy France"-, and the latter M.-ter Maiy Martina, 'lhe ceremony was co"duetel by the Rev. Father Murphy, and then, were al-o pr< -ent [Jl the eltrgy of Dunedin together with the R«v. Father Oa-ily, pari-h priest ot Sr. Kilda. M luourne^ After the eereinoi.y the clergy and tho friend- and relatives of the young novices were entertuntd at luncheon by the Dominican Nuns.