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New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXX, Issue 10, 6 March 1902, Page 16

QARRISON HALL. MONDAY, MARCH 17 r 1902. ST. PATRICK'S DAY. ANNUAL IRISH NATIONAL CONCERT. Popular Prices : Front Seats and Gallery, 2s ; Body of Hall, Is. Front Seats may be Reserved at the Dresden on payment of Is extra.

ST. PATRICK'S DAY, MONDAY, 17th MARCH. MARINE ~¥~X CURS IO N ■ x -"-*- (Weather permitting). S.S. EXPRESS leaves wharf at 10.30 a.m. for MAORI KAIK and PORT CHALMERS. Arrives back 5 p.m. Refreshments obtainable on board. FARES : Adults, 2s ; Children, Is— return.

ST. PATRICK'S DAY. Q.RAND CELEBRATION AT LANCASTER PARK. In aid of a Home for the Afflicted of all Creeds and Nationalities ATHLETIC SPORTS, CHILDREN'S SPORTS, CYCLING, Etc, ST. PATRICK'S HANDICAP, of 20 soys. GRAND AMATEUR HAN UICAP, for Sir Geo. Clifford's Cup. Entries close with Mr R. O. Duncan, at 10 p.m., March 6. ADMISSION TO GROUNDS ONE SHILLING. GRAND CONCERT OF NATIONAL MUSIC AT CANTERBURY HALL, ST. PATRICK'S NIGHT. Magnificent Programme of Vooal and Instrumental Music. Tickets, 2s and Is. E. O'CONNOR, Hon Sec.

DEATHS. Galligan.— On December 20, 1901, at Dillmanstown, Kumara, Mary, the beloved wife of Ihomaß Galligan, native of County Waterford, Ireland ; aged 52 years. — 8.1 P. O'Connor.— On January 10, 1902, at bis late residence, Shantalla, Galway, Ireland, Thomas O'Connor (tather of E. O'Connor, Christchurch) ; aged 88 years. — 1i.1.P. Leathern. —February 21st at Tai Tapu, Canterbury, Mary, beloved wife of Thos. Leathern, in her 57th year, fortifitd by the last rites of the Church.— R.l P. J Kelleheu.— On the 21st February, at Waikerikeri Valley, Christopher Maurice Kelleher ; aged 21 yearj. Deeply regretted. ■■™~ J.v,jL j. ,

I^Br* TlsS^E^3B^s^B^r 89.8 ■o B Blaßa ' To promote the cause of Religion and Justice by the ways of Truth and Peace. 1 Leo xin. to the N.z. Tablet.

THURSDAY, MARCH G, 1902. THE FOREMOST PLACE. (Ns&m OME years ago the Edinburgh Rpviciv said of the x^^v Catholic Church in the United States that it is •flf&l^M) 'one of the most powerful and democratic <ftw «C^* religious communities which the world has ever jss%l; seen, and one which is fated to leave a lasting li*^*' mar k on c h^ stor y °f Christendom.' There fttt^F is, unfortunately, no distinct and definite religious census in the United States as there is in Australia and New Zealand. Estimates of the strength of the various religious bodies arc, however, compiled from special ecclesiastical returns and from the general census of the country. In New Zealand and Australia each recurrent census tells a tale of steady, if quiet and unsensational, Catholic progress. Year after year the American estimates referred to above show that under the Stars and Stripes the