DIOCESE OF DUNEDIN.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXIX, Issue 6, 7 February 1901, Page 18

DIOCESE OF DUNEDIN.

A retreat for women of the parish will be opened in St. Joseph's Cathedral on Sunday, February 17. The retreat will be conducted by the Very Rev. Father Boyle, CM. The annual district meeting of the H.A.C B. Society of New Zealand will be held in Dunedin this year. The meeting will commence in St. Joseph's Hall on February 20, and will be attended by delegates from the branches of the Society throughout the Colony. Sister M. Philomena (choir-sister), and Sister Gerald (lay-sister), of the Dominican Order, left Dunedin on Monday last by the Westralia for the convent of their Order in Greenough, Western Australia. Father Foran, Catholic Army chaplain, accompanied the Imperial troops who arrived in Dunedin on Tuesday evening. Father Foran was met at the station by the Cathedral clergy, whose guest he was during his brief ftay in the city. By a private wire from Wellington we learn that the Archbishop of Melbourne, Archbishop Redwood, Bishop Verdon, and Mgr. O'Reilly left on Monday for Christchurch via the Weet Coast. The Very Rev. and Right Rev. prelates, together with Bishop Grimes, are expected in Dunedin on next Wednesday evening by the express from Christchurch. Mr. Charleß Morkane, bon of Mr. James Morkane, Dunedin, passed his final medical examination last week, and immediately took his departure for Christchurch. where he has been appointed assistant surgeon at the hospital. Dr. Morkane is an ex-pupil of the Christian Brothers' School. During his last year at the school he was dux, and also won Dr. Stenhouse's gold medal, after which he proceeded to the University. A meeting of the Catholic Schools' Picnic Committee was held in St. Joseph's Hall on Monday evening, when a considerable quantity of routine business was transacted. It was arranged that the

train Bhould start for Outram at a quarter-past nine, and leave there for Dunedin at six o'clock, the return fares to be la for children and 2a for adults. The secretary was directed to send an invitation to be present to the children of St. Vincent de Paul's Orphange. Tickets can be procured at the schools or from any member of the committee. Persons intending to attend the pionio should note that tickets must be purchased on the evening prior to the outing, as none will be for sale on the morning of the 14th. At St. Patrick's Basilica, South Dunedin, on Sunday last, the Rev. Father Delany announced that on Sunday, the 17th inst., the time for the services would be altered to 8.30 and 10.30 a.m. At the latter hour Pontifical High Mass will be celebrated, and the sermon on the occasion preached by his Grace the Archbishop of Melbourne. The laying of the foundation stone of the new Convent for the Sisters of Mercy takes place immediately at the conclusion of the service. The Rev. Father spoke as to the urgent necessity of increased accommodation for the Sisters, whose good work since their residence in South Dunedin has been of such incalculable benefit. The Rev. Father Mclnerney, S.J., preached at the 11 o'clock Mass, and again in the evening- occupied the pulpit, when he delivered an excellent sermon on devotion to the Sacred Heart. There was a large congregation present, and the occasion being the monthly meeting of the Men's Confraternity of the Sacred Heart, the Rev. Father's excellent discourse was listened to with olose attention, and is certain to be the means of increasing the membership of the confraternity.