DIOCESE OF CHRISTCHURCH

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXIV, Issue 4, 25 January 1906, Page 6

DIOCESE OF CHRISTCHURCH

(From our own correspondent.) January 22. The diocesan clergy at present "in retreat, which closes on Wednesday next, number about thirty. At the invitation of his Lordship Bishop Grimes, his Grace the Archbishop of Melbourne and his Lordship Bishop Higgins of Ballarat are to extend their present tour in New Zealand to^ Oiiristchurch, so' as to attend the anniversary celebrations,: ofc the opening- of the Cathedral on February 121'- _•-' i- -*• "'•• V ,< y » J C ■„ *.' i. There were Solemn Pontifical Vespers in the Cathedral on last Sunday evening "jtf colinejction L with the retreat of the clergy. His^ordship thejßTsh'bpi.was attended by the Very Rev. Deans Ginaty and- Bowers as deacons at 'the throne. The' Very </Rev. J Father Le Me- ■ nant des.Chesnais, ;V.,G., .was assistant- priest,- -and,-Rev -.Father OjCJonnell -master of / .ceremonies. ',- The ". pieaoher was the (Very Rev. Father Clune, C.SS.R., who from the" Kp" istUrof St. Paul to the Galatians; delivered- an impressive sermon* .on ' FaitJh,." Thepe w!as^rcridwded congregation. After Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament there was a procession of all the clergy to the > episcopal/ residence. „ , . . ,