DIOCESE OF CHRISTCHURCH.

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

DIOCESE OF CHRISTCHURCH.

(From our own correspondent ) February .">. The Very Rev. Dean Foley officiated at Lyttelton on Sunday. The Very Rev. Father McEnroe, C M., is now engaged conducting a retreat for the Sisters of the Mission at Ashburton. '- The Very Rev. Vicar-General presided at the u«ual monthly meeting of the Children of Mary Confraternity on Sunday afternoon, received several candidates, and gave Benediction ot the Blessed Sacrament. The Diocesan Retreat which was conducted by the Very Rev. Father McEnroe, CM., of Melbourne, was concluded on last Monday morning at the Pro-Cathedral. A procession of the clergy round j the interior of the church was made, and an act of consecration to the H leased Virgin and St Joseph terminated the ceremonies. At 11 o'clock a theological conference was held, and a synodical session in the afternoon. The following clerical changes are about to take place in the Diocese :— The Rev. Father Richards from the Pro-Cathedral is appointed parish priest of Lincoln (New Ileadford) ; the Rev. Father Goggan, S.M., goes to Leeston to assist the Very Rev. Father Chervier, S.M., in plaoo of the Rev. Father Aubrey, S.W., who replaces the Rev. Father McDonnell. S.M , as assistant to the Rev. Father Tubunan, S.M., at Tirnaru ; the Very Rev. Dean Foley, S M., and Rev. Father McDonnell are to be attached to the Pro-Cathedral. The Very Rev. Canon Franklin, as previously intimated, takes charge of Lyttelton, in succession to the Rev. Father Salvador, who. to the regret of many, is. owing to continued 111-heulth, compelled to relinquish the position.