DIOCESE OF DUNEDIN.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXX, Issue 13, 27 March 1902, Page 19

DIOCESE OF DUNEDIN.

p About 50 girls received their First Communion at the nine O'ciook Mass at St. Joseph's Cathedral on Sunday. There will be Pontifical High Mass at 11 o'clock in St. Joseph's Cathedral on Easter Sunday. The Right Rev. Dr. Verdon administered the Sacrament of Confirmation to 136 candidates in St. Patrick's Basilica, South Dunedin, on Sunday afternoon. The friends of the Very Rev. Father O'Neill will be glad to hear that he arrived safely in his native city of Limerick. In a letter received on Saturday last Father O'Neill mentions having had a very pleasant voyage home, and also having met the Rev. Father Lynch and Rev. Father Ryan in Limerick. The drawing of the prizes in conection with the art union in aid of the new Convent of Mercy, South Dunedin, took place on March 19. Mr A. Todd (Mayor of South Dunedin) and a number of gentlemen superintended the drawing. A list of the winning numbers appears in our advertising columns. Despite the inclemency of the weather during the past three or four days, the attendance at the mission services, conducted by the Vincentian Fathers at St. Joseph's Cathedral, has been very good. The mission will be brought to a close on Sunday evening with a renewal of Baptismal vows. The Month's Mind of the late Rev. Father Headen took place in St. Joseph's Cathedral on Thursday morning. His Lordship Bishop Verdon presided. Rev. Father O'Reilly was celebrant of the Mass, Rev. Father Murphy deacon, Rev. Father O'Malley sub-deacon, and Rev. Father M. Ryan master of ceremonies. The Very Rev. Father Boyle, CM., and the Rev. Father McCarthy, CM., were also present. The occasional discourse was preached by the Rev. Father McCarthy.