INTERCOLONIAL

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXI, Issue 16, 16 April 1903, Page 31

INTERCOLONIAL

The Very Rev. Father Ginisty, S.M., of Sydney, has been appointed Director-General of the League of the Sacred Heart and the Apostleship of Prayer. The position was held for over 20 years by the late Father Muraire, S.M.

Mr. F. Dillon, of Glen Tnnes, an old man in poor circumstances, has received an intimation that, in conjunction with his brother, who i 9 70 years of age, he has inherited £80,000, besides landed estate of considerable value. The property was left by a sister in Boston, U.S.A., 25 years ago, and it was only by chance that he heard of his good fortune a few days ago while on a visit tv Sydney to undergo medical treatment.

The New South Wales Department of Agriculture has a Kerry cow, Belvedere Bratha, which has put up a big record for the past dry season. Her yield of milk for the season was 834 gallons, with an average test of 4.64 per cent, of butter fat, or equal to 4201 bof butter. She yielded 5 gallons of milk per day for some time after calving. The cow is depastured at the Government Stud Farm, Berry, and her milk has been weighed daily. She was giving nearly 2 gallons of milk per day when the farm manager began to dry her off, being near calving.

The Redemptorist Church and Monastery at North Perth (says the ' W.A. Record '), which Messrs. Cavanagh a.iul Ca\anagh are erecting for the Redemptorists, is proceeding rapidly. The workmen are now engaged on the third story, and the building gives evidence of becoming one of the landmarks of Perth. Rapid progress is also being made with the Coolgardie Convent, which Mr. O'Donnell, clerk of the works, is carrying out under the same architects. The building is nearly ready for the roof, and, judging from the progress the Sisters of Mercy will have their building completed before the winter. The delay in the work of the Kalgoorlie Church, which Mr. Campbell, contractor, is building from the designs of Messrs. Cavanagh, has been caused by the difficulty of getting the freestone for the windows and tracery work from Sydney. The ireestone is, however, now landed, and the masons are at work on it, and the whole of the work will be carried on without further delay.

On Sunday, March 22, his Grace the Archbishop of Melbourne presided at the ceremony of profession and reception at the Convent of the Good Shepherd, Abbotsford. The following young ladies received the white veil: — Miss Mena" Gleeson (Hobart). in religion, Sister Mary of St lldephonsus ; Miss Kathleen O'Neill (New Zealand), Sister Mary of St. Constance ; Miss Mary Moore (New Zealand), Sister Mary St. Marcella ; Miss Cecilia Guerin (Bendigo), Sister Mary of St. Vincent Ferrar ; Miss Agnes Mclntosh (Bendigo), Sister Maiy of St. Kilian ; Miss Kate Clooney (Collingwood), Sister Mary of St. Eulalie ; Miss Mary Heait (Ireland), Sister Mary of St. Patrick. The following were professed — Miss Meagher, daughter of Mr T Meagher, governor of the Melbourne Gaol (m religion Sister Mary Domitilm) : Miss Lizzie Donnelly (Sister Mary Patricia) ; Miss Essie Donane (Sister Mary Marine) ; and Miss O'Neill (Sister Rose Virginio). IT'S Giace admmistci e<l the Sacrament of Confirmation to about 140 inmates, 100 being childten from St .Josephs preservative class, and the remainder irom the Magdalen class of the convent

In a recent issue Melbourne ' Punch ' had a \ery appreciate e article regarding the work done at St. Vincent's Hospital, conducted by the Sisters of Charity it said . ' A splendid vindication of the claims of those supporters who, from the first, saw that the institution would be a public benefaction is to be found in the. fact that since its iiound.it ion over 80,0()() patients of all classes and creeds have sought relief within its walls, while there is nothing to show that the public s ipport accorded to St. Vincent's has at any time been the means of deti acting from the revenue of any other institution. A consideration that should carry weight with the charitable public is tVie markedly economical working ol' the establishment There are few — if anv — amongst us who do not undot stand that the li\es of the Sisters of Charity aie de-voted unreservedly to the care of suffering humanity, without expectation of any earthly recompense, and herein lies an explanation of the fact that such a comparatively small amount appears in the expenditure column of the annual financial statement as " nursing expenses " ; also, there are no paid clerical officials, the Sisters themselves personally attending to that branch of the work of the institution. The contributions of the public towards this charity find their way into the channel for which they are intended, with the least possible deduction. "What causes many of the hopeless and friendless poor to yearn for admission to St. Vincent's is the knowledge that, in addition to the leading medical and surgical skill for which the hospital is justly celebrated, they will find, under the care of the Sisters of Charity, a sweet womanly sympathy, coupled with a tender solicitude for their spiritual welfare. St. Vincent's Hospital is now recognised by the Government as one of the charitable institutions of Victoria. With steadily-increasing public support, it now enters upon the second decade of its existence with gratifying prospects, which to the Sisters will, we nre sure, be only an incentive to increased fidelity in the discharge of their duty towards the helpless and afflicted under their charge. It is gratifying to know that at no distant date accommodation will be provided for nearly 100 patients.