DIOCESE OF AUCKLAND

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXV, Issue 8, 21 February 1907, Page 14

DIOCESE OF AUCKLAND

(From our own correspondent.) Februa:

The Right Rev. Mgr. O'Haran, of Sydney, ' Rev. Father Walsh, Wollongong, and Rev. Father Phelan, who came across from Sydney last week, left last Friday for Rotorua, whence they go south by the Wanganui River. The Right Rev. -Dr. O'Connor, Bishop of Maitland, the Right Rev. Dr. Dunne, Bishop of Bathurst, and the Rev. Fathers Marshall, O'Donoghue, Shanahan, and Dunne, all Iqft for- Sydney by the ' Ventura ' last Wednesday. - « Miss L-eahy, who has, for over a quarter of a century, presided at the organ in the Church of the As- ' sumption, Onehunga, was on last Tuesday evening presented with a purse of sovereigns by the Rev. Father Ma-honey, parish priest, on behalf of .the congregation. It has been decided that the children of,- the city parishes will celebrate St. Patrick's Day- at the island— of Motutapu." The Hibernians,^ with the visiting southern delegates, are expected to join the main body. The national concert in connection with St. Patrick's parish will be -held in the Royal Albert Hall on Friday evening, March 15. - In reference to- the beautiful marble tablet recently erected in St. Patrick's Cathedral to -the memory of the late lamented Michael Davi'tt, his Lordship 'the Right Rev. Dr.- Lenihan has had a .photograph taken of it, a copy of which he intends to forward to Mrs. Michael Dayitt, Dublin. Visitors to the.. Cathedral have greatly admired the work.- Being in a^conspicuous.position it, at one© attracts attention. ... A beautiful new stained glass window, the. work of Mr. Alex. Booker, of Brussels, erected to the memory of Patrick and Mary Anastasia Dignan, by their sans, was unveiled in St. Patrick's Cathedral last Sunday morning. In . the course of a brief address Rev.

Father Holbrook gave a sketch of. _ the lives of St. Patrick and St. Anastasia, and pointed out the lessons of Faith and- Hope taught us ~by the lives of those saints,- and also paid. . a tribute of respect to the memory of- the late Mr. and Mrs. Dignan. As , a result of Mr. Joseph Devlin's .meeting in "Auckland City, Messrs. 'F. Moore (hon. treasurer) and M. J. Sheahan (hon. sec.) forwarded last Tuesday to Mr. Martin Kennedy, central treasurer, Wellington, a cheque far £550,' as a ' first instalment. The gross receipts so far amount to '£580. If one of our two I theatres could have been better financial, results would "have been attained. Mr. John Dillon's great meeting here lin 1889 resulted in* a gross profit of £600. 'When it .is taken into account that. Sir George Grey "spoke there, and that ■ six subscribers contributed over £100 on that occasion, \it . will be -that Mr. Devlin has practically reached that high standard, as he had .but three large contributors,, viz., his Lordship Dr. Lenihan £15, Mr. Maurice O'Connor, and Mr, J. J. O'Brien eaoh £25. At the conclusion of the Auckland meeting the following cable was directed to- be sent to' .Mr. John' E. Redmond, M. P.; Dublin.:— ■) Devlin addressed farewell meeting Auckland last night. Mission here magnificent success. Over £5000 raised New Zealand.— Sheahan, Moore.' - ' - . _. ■