INTERCOLONIAL

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXI, Issue 21, 21 May 1903, Page 31

INTERCOLONIAL

The Right Rev. Dr. Broyer, S.M., has left Sydney for the German Solomons. The St I'atrick's Day celebration in Adelaide resulted in a net profit of £140 8s 2d, the amount beingplaced to the credit of the Archdiocesan Debt Fund. The Rev Father Moynagh, of Balmain West, has been appointed a Fellow of SI John's College m place of the Very Re\ . Dean llea.lv. Hit. Giacc the Archbishop ol Melbourne picsided at a grand conceit m the Town Hall, which was given in aid of the fund.s of the Christian Brothers' Novitiate Dublin. The Rev. Father 15. Sheridan was tendered a bam/juet at the Camden School of Arts by his parishioners prior to his departure lor Ireland. lie was presented with a cheque loi £100. The ' Catholic Pi ess ' states the value of the presents to the Ilight Re\ . Dr. O'Connor, on the occasion of his consecration, totalled o\ er £600 — this is apart ironi the £120 leceived in sovereigns from the laity of the diocese. At the annual meeting of St Patrick's Altar Society, Ballarat, it was stated that £205 had been collected dining the >ear. Of this, about £204 had been spent on i equipments ot the sanctuary, and theie was a balance ol £61 . The increase of population of Western Australia still continues It is estimated that the total in April was 1220,702 (males 1 :i:i,74.~>, lemaJes 87,017). '1 he net increase on the month is 1268, the excess of births over deaths being .'SO«, and of an lvals over depaitures 960. The Rev Father Cassidy. P.P., Moiu.va. on the occasion of his feast day, was entertained by the pupils ol the convent schools, who presented him with a Iruit service and jam dish. The primary school pupils gave him a dinner set, and the Children ol" Alary a tea seiv ice A distinguished Ifungai lan, the Right Rev Mgr. the Count Vay de \a\ a and JLusked, Is at present in Queensland His visit is entnely unofficial, and he is simpiy mak,mg a tour ol the woi Id gathering inionnation about vatious count lies He lias been n heady through India, Siberia, Koiea, China, and the Philippines. The Mothei -General ol the L-oietto Nuns will shortly arrive in Sydney by the R IV I S Oiatava r l he Mothei-G-eneial has ..ecu visiting the various com cuts m India, and Ijlmuic letuinmg to Kui oj c will spend some time m each convent ol the Older m the Australian States She is accompanied by the head of the lamous School of Music at Rathlai nhani, Dublin. The Sidney conespondent of the Adelaide ' Southern Cross ' undei stands that the next Catholic Congii'-s, which was due m Melbourne m Noveinhet, lias been postponed until next Kastei r J he new C.itliolic hall m Melbourne, when 1 the congress will assemble, will not be ready till Kastei time It is pi olmble that Archbishop Can- will accompany the Caidmal to the South Sea Islands The Very Rev Dean Hegarty has it tuna d to Melbourne Ironi lMiiope 'J here was a latge ntiinbei of his biothei ]>i lests and lepiesentative members ol the laity to welcome the Dean, who is in excellt nt health and spmts Ihe "veiy lev. g r entleman was to he entei tamed at dn.iH'i by the pnests ol the Kvneton deaiiei.v at Kvneton vn May 7 Jn the evening ol the same day his pai ishioneis were to present him with an addiess ol welcone, on which occasion also the Rev T S Collins (the locum tmens) was to leceive a pi esentation. At the High Mass which was < elebi ated at Woolwich on the least ol the Hlessed IVlor Chanel, the Just inartvr ot C)ceania, theie was noticiable in the sanctuai.v (suvs the " Fieeman's .louinal') a veiuiahle and mtei estmg old gentleman, m the peison ol the Rev 15t other Floteiitnie '1 o this venerable liguie the \ei\ Key l'ath<'i Cilli ist \ maue a special icleience I'iothei I ioi entire had had the singulai j)ii\ilege ol being associ.iteii in t he e«u lv paiJL ol his hie as altai box to the Key rather Chanel He also spt nt some tune in the Island ol 1 utuna, but lelt some tune beloie I'\\thei (hands maitvitlom '1 he nienmiiis which lUothet 1- lot entitle ( hei ishe.s most deal lv ate those ol his early usmx mtioi) with t lit* pioto-martv'r ol the Antipodes, and he relates some interesting stones of Blessed Chanel's life amum' the implacable dai k men of Futuna Brother I lonntme i>i events .i stril ing appeaiance, his long lieanl and How ing han , whitened with the snows ol 90 vtais, or pei ha| s we should say bleached with the dioughts, spent mostly in lelnuous lile. lecall the pictuies one is accustomed to see ol medieval Ci^teicians and Pi emonsti atensians V\ithal he is but slightly stooped, and v\ hen the \illa Maria bell chimes out the hour ot live and wakes the clencal community to Matins and Lauds, Biothei rioientme is among the fust, i osary in hand, to be tound m the Bvotheis' stalls r l he vopotable Bi otliet 's health and st length .ire teinaikablo «md m spile ol his advanced age he aitivelv assists v. ith the woik of sacristan and other duties ot the chi'i '< and inav he hvh any Sunday liglitmg the tapeis on .he High Altar tit ten o'clock .