DIOCESE OF CHRISTCHURCH

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXII, Issue 49, 8 December 1904, Page 6

DIOCESE OF CHRISTCHURCH

(From our own correspondent.)

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Tihe deivpUom of the Forty I Tours' Adora,tipn was iccently observed at St. Mary's, Manchester street, and at Leeston.

Both local dailies have published interesting inter. view|s> witlh.hfls Lordship) Biisihop. Grimes _ on tthH 1 recent Catholic Congress. The Rev! Father Pidgeon, C.SS.R., is at present cortd'ucUngi a; retreat at lvlo'umt M.agjd|ala ; tßie', Roy. Fatiher Stack commences a week's mission at St. Joseph's, L.vtteltion, on Srunday , and tiho Rev. Father Sheaxman is similarly engaged at Darhekl.

T|he memorial concert, te,ndeied to t,he relatives o[ the Late Mr. E. T. McNamaia, in fhe CaMerblury Hall, on last Wednesday eve.nuig, and wi which tilie Hibernian Society and Catholic Club were largely interested, proved a comslpicuous success, all tihe sqating accommodation of the 'sjpacio'us hfuil'ding being occupied.

Regardmg the prevailing si/.e of ladies hats it was noticed at a recent ecni,cert that otic chair directly behind lyhe wearer of an article ot attire abo\ c indicated (frhe dimensions of which totally echp'sed t/hc stage), was left severely unoccupied during the cintire evening, T.ne building being otherwise crowded.

Tihe renewal of tne mission given abo)»it nine months ■agio was commenced by tiie Redemtptorist Fatihers at the eleven o'clock Mass in the Pro-Cathedral an Sunday, and js to Qontinue for a fortnight. The Rev. Father O'Don-

nell C.SS.R., after explain itog tihe 'hcnirs and natfure of the various mi/ssion services for tjhe periqfd, preached a line 'discourse, la the evening the Pro-Cathedral was tliriongod tio ojverflowing before t(he appointed hour, 'line preacher was the Rev. Father O'Brien^ C.SS.R., who delivered a masterly discourse on the subject of ' Death ' an,d the hereafter.

An enj'oyablc and &uccessrul enteruainmept, in aid of the local CaUiohc schools' fund, was given om Last Tuesday evening in the Tov\n Hall, Leest-on. There was a \e;y large attendance, and t|he various items on t^he programme were well received. In addition tio tihe musical poitiqii, a drama nn i'uur actt>, 'The Reverse ol tjUe Medal,' was capably performed by Misses M. O'Boyle, J. Garditnec, A. O'Brien, McCormick, D. M. 'and L. Bohan, trained by the Sisters of the Missions of the Leeston Convent.

As additioms to his well-equipped private museum, his Lords/hip BisUioj) Grimes brought witfli him' from Aiustrftha some remarkable These include a niQdel of a mummy representing Osiris, the tfate of wHiclh is 6K),0 8.C., arid an Egyptian lamjp, abated 800 B.C. A priest from tftio SoLomom IslaJnds,, who was in Melbourne at the time of the Conference, presented the Bisih,o|p with a model of a jug, carved by the cannibal natives.

The following is a list of tfhe successful candidates in the practical examinations of the Associated Boar|d of the Royal Academy of Music and the Royal Cpllege of M'irsic held at the Convent of Mercy :— Local centre, intermediate di-viMojn, Veira de la Coiir (hpjitois). Higher sdhool, K'atjhlecln Molloy, Mabel Thomas, Aileen Mahon isiinginig). Lower school* Mary>Moiloy .(hdnors)., Mary McKeefry (honors), Maude Cassin, Patience vvassell, Kitty Zachariah, Cyril White (violin). Elemetntfcify divibiooi, Annie McKinaon. Lower school, Thomas Joyce (honors, \iohn), Convent, Lyttelton. The tollowing, pupils passed the Shorthand Theory Examination, helid'last May at tihe Convent of Mercy, Colombo street :— Vera de la Cour, Lily Moore, Minnie Callagh,aji. At ajnother short)Jia,!id examination held in the same cotnvent last September Lily M,aore gained tihe second class ceTtiticate, and Gertrude Cassm the thir^d class.