DiOCESE OF AUCKLAND

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXIII, Issue 38, 21 September 1905, Page 6

DiOCESE OF AUCKLAND

(From our own correspondent.)

September 14.

An "At Home ' will be held about the end of October in aid of the orphanage funds. The large mission cross, the gift of the late Miss Tole, has been removed from its old position on the northern wall of tfhe Cathedral, and placed upon the pillar, oose to the pulpit. The Cemetery Board has laid down in grass the large plot of ground fronting Symonds street, near the main entrance. When this is grown up it will enhance considerably the appearance of the cemetery. Next Sunday morning the Hibernians and Marist Old Boys' Association are to approach the Holy Table at the 7.30 o'clock Mass, after which they will attend l breaklfa'Sit ll presided over by the Bishop, whien Rev. Father Clune will address them. Lieutenants Hodgson ana O'Dowd of H.M.S. ' Prometheus ' entertained on board the warship the Rev. Fathers Furlong and Holbrook. Rev. Father Hodgson, of the Oratorian Order, is a brother' of Lieutenant Hodgson, and was in the College at St. Edmunds with Rev. Father Furlong. Both officers attend the mission services, and his Lordship the Bishop has extended to them an invitation to visit him at the nalace. A very successful social was held a few evenings ago in the Foresters' Hall, DevonDort, in aid of the presbytery fund. Thare was a large attendance, a large number being from the city. Rev. Father Furlong, the newly-appointed parish priest, was present, awl thanked all who had assisted to make the function a success. Musical items were given by Misses Graham, Rogau, Ormond, and Messrs. Lanigan and Adeane. The mission conducted by the Redemptorists, Rev. Fathers Clune, McDermott, and "McGrath, at St. Patrick's Cathedral, is very successful. The early Mass at six o'clock is remarkably well attended, the Fame can b*e said of the seven and nine o'clock Masses, while in the evening the sacred edifice is crowded. This has been the case since the opening of the mission, nearly a fortnight ago. I remember no more successful mission in the annals of St Patrick's parish. The Bishop attends every evening. The sermons are eloquent, and impressive. Friday, September 8, th© feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the third anniversary of the Rev. Father HtoTbrook's ordination, was marked by similar tokens of respect and admiration as on the \two previous occasions. The convent adhool children and the societies presented the Rev. Father with an aidtdres's and fine rug, and gave a complimentary concert in his honor. The children and teachers 1 of the catechism classes presented a beautiful serviette ring, and the Society (of the Sacred Heart, of which he is spiritual director, many other presents prominent among which was a point lace surplice. At a large gathering of Father Holbrook's friends itn St. Patrick's ipresibytery, Miss Sha'naßJhian read an address which 'expressed the highest appreciation of the "Rev. Father's labors in the parish, and hoped that he would long be spared to' continue his good work. Mrs. Lennardo then /presented the Rev. Father with 'a handsome travelling bag. Farther Holbirook Suitably thanked the donors' for their unexpected kindness. He assured them tflrat he would always deem it to be a high piivilege to labor in God's holy cause, and for the parishioners with whom he was now associated.