DIOCESE OF DUNEDIN

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXII, Issue 32, 11 August 1904, Page 19

DIOCESE OF DUNEDIN

The adics of St. Joseph's congregation ha\e in active rehoaisal a very novel programme, consisting of ,i (luisly Winsiifi pjiiorUmmeni, song«, dahtes and a larcc The piocceds a-ie to go towaids Lhe CJnuslian mothers School funds, and sbch a woithy obicU, coinbmed with the novelty of (he cnteitainment, should draw a crowded house to His Majesty's Theatre on Wednesday, August 21.

The following are the dales arranged for the commencement of the devotion of the Forty Hours' Adoration in the various parishes named : Ciomwell Sepm' n i er^ 9 ' St - Jose l )h 's Cathedral, September 23Hlun, October 1 ; South Dunedin, October 7 • Oamaru October 11; Invercargill, October 21; Lawrence, Octol ber 28 , Arrowtown, November 11 ; Queemtown, November 10 , Wintcn, November 25 ; Mosgiel, December 9. Despite the inclement weather which prevailed on Monday night, August 1 (says the ( Bruce Herald ') there was a good attendance at St Mary's Literary Society when a \eiy interesting debate took place on 'Should the Legislative Council be abolished ? ' Mr. James Hand opened for the affirmative, and through the unavoidable absence of Mr. Walsh (.negative leader), Mr Kirby v.a, obliged at short notice to fill his place. Other speakers for the affirmative were Messrs. James Lynch and John Scanlan, and for the negative Messrs. VV. Nolan and James Curran One and all acquitted themsclve." splendidly, and the debate furnished one of the most enjoyable evenings spent this season The Very Rev. Father O'Neill expressed gieat pleasure at the marked improvement made by t>he speakers, and at the spirited manner in v\hich the debate was carried out. On votes being taken it was found that the affirmative side had won

The Catholics of the diocese of Duneum, especially those in centres where communities of the Dominican Nuns have been established, will learn with pleasure that, the golden jubilee of the religious profession of Mother Maiy Gafcriel, 0.5.1)., at present in Western Yii'Stialia, takes place on the lSWrinst. Mother Gabriel was the foundress of St Dominic's Prioiy (Dunedin), St Catherine's (InvereargiU), Holy Rosary Convent (Oamaru), Convent of Our Lady oi the Sacred Heart (Queenstoun), Convent of Our Lady of Pei'petual Suetor (Milton), and St. Gabriel's (Lawrence). A few veais ago she let t for the diocese of Geraldton, Western Australia, where she has founded convents at Cue, Dongarra, and Leonara The record of what this venerable ana devoted religious has done for Catholic education during the fifty years of her life as a member oi" the Dominican community would fill a good-si/ed volume No records, however eloquent, could do justice so well to her 7cal, energy, and devotion in the cause of Catholic education as the monuments which we see a i ou ml io