INTERCOLONIAL.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXX, Issue 13, 27 March 1902, Page 7

INTERCOLONIAL.

Mr. J. Tighe Ryan, the well-known Catholic journalist, of Sydney, was banqueted by his admirers recently. Monsignor O'Brien occupied the chair, and the toast of ' Our Guest ' was proposed by the Rev. Father Fitzgerald, O.S.F. The opening of the new Catholic Cathedral at Suva, Fiji. ereoted by his Lordship Dr. Vidal, S.M,,has been postponed, pending the return of Cardinal Moran. It has been his Eminence's desire to visit the island. The Rev. Father A. J. Shaw, M.S.H. (says the Sydney Catholic Press), is ministering in the Plague Hospital at Little Bay. Two years ago, it will be remembered, the Passionist Order supplied the priest for the Quarantine Station duriDg the first deadly outbreak. It is stated that his Eminence Cardinal Moran will probably return from Europe by way of the United States. Should he do so he is sure to meet with a very hearty reception, as he is well known by reputation there. Eight Benedictine Brothers for the mission at New Norcia have arrived in Western Australia. The impression, so generally prevailing, that the New Norcia missioners labor exclusively for the blacks is wrong : ' Their object is the good of all — blacks indeed first, but whites afterwards.' The Rev. Father Peter O'Reilly, who has been appointed pastor of Latrobe, Tasmania, waa given a most enthusiastic send-off at Hobart the other day. His Lordship Bishop Delany presided, and members of the Ministry and other prominent citizens were present, as well as a large number of priests. Bishop Delany referred to Father O'Reilly as a capable administrator and an ideal priest. At the St. Patrick's Day banquet, in Sydney, Archbishop Kelly, pleading the cause of Ireland, said that they might hope that they might have an Irish Administration sitting in Dublin Castle and Irish members in the British Cabinet, and have Mr, John Dillon, Mr. John E. Redmond, and men of that kind invited by the King to bring peace and prosperity to ill-governed Ireland. Let them not keep Ireland in a second-rate position, as a footstool to Britain, and the clouds of misunderstanding would disappear. Ireland would then willingly forget the past. The Very Rev. T. O'Connell, of Hay, aftfr 28 years' pastoral work in the Riverina district, without a holiday, has entered upon a twelve months' vacation, and is a fellow-voyager with Cardinal Moran and Dean O'Haran on the R.M.S. Ophir, en route for Ireland. During his long connection with the Hay district Father O'Oonnell has won the affection of his own flock by his unselfish devotion to their interests ; and as a citizen no man holds a higher place in the esteem of the general public of Hay than the Very Rev. gentleman who is now taking a well-earned holiday. His Eminence Cardinal Moran had a very busy time of it before his departure for Rome. A correspondent enumerates some of the Cardinal's engagements for a few days before leaving. Last Thursday (says the writer) his Eminence blessed and opened a new convent for the Sisters of Mercy. For the same Order he blessed and opened a high school to-day in Surry Hills ; to-morrow he lays the foundation-stone of additions to St. Vincent's Redfern ; on Monday he lays the foundation - stone of a new home at Waitara, near Sydney. This building will cost over XHOOO. On Tuesday he will open the meeting of the delegates of the H.A.C.B. Society's Conference in the Sydney Town Hall, and will be the recipient of an address. On next Saturday he will open the new high school at the palatial convent of the Sisters of the Good Samaritan at Glebe Point, Sydney. A meeting of the committee called to deal with the publication of an illustrated monograph on the work of his Eminence Cardinal Moran and ihe expansion of the charitable and educational institutions of the Catholic Church during his episcopacy in Australia was held in St. Mary's Cathedral presbytery the other day. His Grace Archbishop Kelly occupied the chair, and the Rev. Father Cregan, as secretary, submitted a synopsis and plans for the pulication, the preparation of which had been carried out by Messrs. T. Shortel and Co , acting in co-operation with Mr. D. H. Souter. On the motion of Mr. T. M. Slattery, M.L.C., seconded by Mr. T. Dalton, the general approval oE the committee was accorded to the work, and Messrs. T. Shortel and Co. were authorised to proceed with its production. It was lalso decided that half the profits of the publication should be devoted to the building fund of St. Mary's Cathedral.