DIOCESE OF DUNEDIN

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXII, Issue 42, 20 October 1904, Page 19

DIOCESE OF DUNEDIN

The Rev Father Coffey, Rev. Father Cleary, anil Messrs. C. A. Shiel and E. T. O'ConneU were passengers by the ' Moeraki ' for the purpose of attending the Catholic Congress which opens at Melbourne on Sunday. The ' Moeraki ' left the Bluff for Hobart and Melbourne on Tuesday afternoon. Mr. E. Prendergast, of Otaut.au, was also expected to be a passenger from the Bluff. We desire to remind our readers of the sacrea concert to be given in St. Joseph's Cathedral on T/uesday evening, October 25. This is the first of the kind ever given in the sacred edifice. Mr. Vallis will play three organ solos, the choir will give tSwee selections, including the ' Credo ' from Haydn's Imperial Mass, amd the Ch 'ist.ian Brothers' boys will contribute an l -Aye Maria.' The soloisits will be Mrs. Power, Miss G. Meonan, a"nd Messrs. T. Ilussey amd J. McGrath. The proceeds will go towards the liquidation of the debt incurred in the renovation of tihe Christian Brothers' School. As jjriefly announced in our last issue the Rev. Father Brown, S.J., and the Rev. Father Roney, S.J., have arrived in Dunedin for the piirpose of conducting missions and retreats throughout the diocese. The inaugural ceremony took place in St. Joseph's Cathedral on Sunday evening, When his Lordship the Bishop, addressing a very large congregation, said that the Jestuit Fathers were about to commence a series of misisiohs in the diocese, which would extend over a period of about six months, during which time they would visit every district and preach in every church, bringing, their labors to a close about Easiter by a mis-

S l° n *} c Cathedr al> The Jesuit Fat*»rs were renowned throughout the whole world for their fervor and zeal,, and he- felt confident that their' labors he?e would oe crowned with success. He ii ad' much pleasure in exuding to them a uearty welcomS, and he prayeJ and fivnrV™°f r h T Uld brin S /own abundant blessings and favors on the diocese. The inaugural sermon was text from .St Lake xix., 41, and following Ajid when He drew near, seeing the city, He wept over it etc. 1 The sermon was a very eloquent and impressive one, tlie principal point wlnoh the Very Rev preacher impressed upon his hearers being the necessity of co-operation with the grace of God, U we would secure oar eternal salvation. After Vespers the choir H^'p?" imploring the blessing of Almighty God on the labors of the missionaries. The Rev. naite: Roney left for Oamaru on Saturday, where Mn«« Pene i a r> miSS1 i?V n Sunda^ and was joined on Monday by Rev. Father Brown. It is expected that Fathers Brown and Roney will be assisted later on by the Rev. Father Claffey, S.J.