DIOCESE OF CHRISTCHURCH

New Zealand Tablet, 15 November 1906, Page 13

DIOCESE OF CHRISTCHURCH

• ; .fXß'rbm toix ' owm oorreepomdem^) "•.''" /-.A ' ' , , -- • >.-. .-. v :-:' .Noyember 12. v•■ ; i The :r ßight Rev. - Dr. Eeriihan; Bishop of - Auckland, '" -, is expected in. t'lirisJtchurchciiext-.weekv' - '-' ""-'- - „- . : T.he.Revui Eather .Melut-S>M.,r-n6w at' Kaikouira, iV" on a periodical visitation tdsthe -Maori settlements in ' the South /Island.. ... . -" ■ > " "'• ". ■_ The Rev. -, Father -McDernfoftf^lSS.-R/,' opened a" _ mission, at .Leeston- on Sundays During the week he is" " to be- r replaced r by x .the Very _Kev:^: r Father '' 'Ulune, C':SS.R., arid 1 - will. then, commence the- annual retreatat . Mount .Magdals. ' v -.' ••'-•--' "'" ' '•"- ' „ / TJie Rev. -Father Qillerau VfrHoTjaft and -'the Rev. • t Father- O'FJynn, ~vof \ lasma-nia/^wefe- 1 callers^at'the " episcopal -residence; during .the ~- week. :The -Rev l - ' Father . Gilleran was at JMount Magdaja on - Sunday ...and the ' Rev. Father O'Flynn' 1 * "ccleb'fated^-the' half-pa^tT^nine ' ; o'clock Mass^ in, the Cathedral. . . >1(^, s /\ A -^' + : ' Although it may"no.li.:bje::par.liaulai^pr6pe^-to " note t [ th«e private ( ,life of notable persons, >;et_._one naturally -feels impelled^ to "depart v Fr6iir the' strict rules in, this regard on occasions; r T ( he edification-'afforded- by the- ex- ... ample shown "must be the' excuse .advanced. "" These rermarks .refer to Miss Tittellßrune, Mr.. Kingston, and Miss members of Mr. Jr\T. Williamson's Company, Ni who may, -be , seen :.„ at lending' holy Mass daily "in - 7 the ro Cathedral.; \ ; \ ■- . : --.. .-> i -r-vs., vskUs-J;,.' i^.'- ~< - s Pupils of the Sisfcers of -the; Miss^ions ! (Sacred Heart - Convent), figure, prominently in " r the -musical arrangements of the Exhibition. Miss XiO'ttie Barker is 'leading- < harpist, -Miss^ Rima Young was second harpist.Can'd r Miss r * Mary^ O'Conhpr sang, in the chorus in -the Vyodiictibn'of the Commemorative- Ode at > the -opening"- ceremony .'-Miss . _. Katie ..Young'. (Cathedral- 'organis-V and aii- ex-pupilj \isrpianist—an official ►appointment ">"for ; "the :i seaspn/ " /"' 'The attractions -of Canterbury's Carnival' Week', an'H 1 ' of the N Exhibition brought 'together an"- enormous '^con-'. : course from- all iparts." If ' has been' a & period of re-= ' : cords in attendance at all the -fixtures— race' 'meetings, "' -, trotting meetings, •> and' A /and -P; Show, v the, latter'als'o s * ' establishing ; records in- entries' and show daysv ' r On peo.pie's day -(Friday last) it is estiniated that fully, 30,000 . persons were oii. the- grouiid,* whilst at- the Exhibition .', -■"over io;C,00 passed .'~the v turnstiles, bringing" th^ total jX number'/ of there for'th'e '"nine J 'dayi : "'up ' to .185,000/ - .■... '.-> , . ■•*' i , - v "' ;On last "Sunday 'weeft a number of tlie children ,at the Sacred Heart>Church, : rAddington,'-who_Had f bden pre-^" i pared ,in retreat' by r the. Rev! -' Father People.s," ' made" their ' " ' -First r Commurite>ri>*- After Mass the .children 4\rere/'enter- ■ tamed by the' ■ ■ ladies of -the congregation a'tMbrealffast. There wa» Exposition .of. .the, filesse.d , Sacrament, during trie 1 day and' Benediction ..iii the 1 ; everiiA^, the a altar -and. , sanctuary being beautifully adorned , for the " occasion by -the; Altar. Society? assisted/bjr the Sislei's in ,, ,, charge; iof schools. In the afternoon there "was renewal of baptismal < vows in the presence of a .crowded congregation. On the* following day the whole of ' the school children thoroughly enjoyed a picnic arranged in ,<i the. extensive church -and school grounds. " ; ."'./'. r