DIOCESE OF AUCKLAND

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXIV, Issue 3, 18 January 1906, Page 20

DIOCESE OF AUCKLAND

(From our own correspondent.) January 12. The visit of his Grace the Archbishop of Melbourne and his Lordship Dr. Higgins created an unusual (interest in the Catholic community in Auckland. No wonder at this, because, 'associated with his Eminence Cardinal Moran, his Grace is looked upon throughout the colonies as a champion of Faith and Fatherland. Hence the desire to see him and hear him preach, and for this purpose many people came in nine miles last Sunday to St. Patrick's. Lord Plunket, replying at Waihi last Wednesday to an address of welcome, said inter alia :— ' The people of this Colony were happy and prosperous, but they would need to watch their children. There was some danger in children not being kept in sufficient subjection. He did not refer particularly to New Zealand, but to the colonies generally. There was a great difference between the Home training of children and the training given the children in the colonies. Perhaps it was overdone at Home, but it was of such importance that it needed careful and earnest watching. The great pKinciples of religion ought to be taught to children. These things should be kept carefully in mind. 1 The Children of Mary confraternity, connected with St. Patrick's parish, held their annual picnic on last Wednesday at Northcote. Rev. Father Cahill (chaplain), and Rev. Fathers TTolbrook, Buckley, and Dignan were, present. A mosr enjoyable day was spent. The annual meeting of the Onehunga branch of the H.A.C.B. Society was held in fhe Hibernian Hall, Onehunga, last Tuesday evening. There was a large muster of the members, Bro. T. Crisp, president, being in the chair. The following officers were elected for the ensuing term :— President, Bro. W. Wade ; secretary, Bro. J. Bolan ; guardian, Bro. F. Morris ; Warden' Bro. H. McGe>han ; auditors, Bros. T. Crisp, and j' Higgins ; sick visitors, Bros. R Donovan' and T Howard. The report and balance sheet showed a most successful year, both financially and numerically. The outgoing officers were specially commended for their successful labors.

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