Intercolonial

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXV, Issue 8, 21 February 1907, Page 35

Intercolonial

At the annual meeting of the Hay Hospital the Very Rev. Father T. O'Connell was elected president. The -Very -Rev. Father Connelly, Administrator " o£ the Cathedral,- Broken Hill, "sails by the ' Orontes ' on February 28,_ on a holiday trip to India— his native place. He will leave the mail steamer at Colombo, and then proceed- by local steamer to Madras, in whioh province he was born. " -: The executive committee of" the Australian Catholic Truth Society, Melbourne; -for this year 'of the Archbishop of Melbourne,, ; Dean 1 Phelan, treasurer ; ' Rev: J. Norris, -secretary ; Prior Kindelan, Rey. Jas. O'Dwyer, 5.J.,- ; RevT L. Martin, Messrs. O'Meara; .Stewart, Quirk, 8.1-loare, F.- Brennan,' and J. S. Meagher. . - -. A cableVmessage was seceiyed in Sydney the other day that- the* Right* Rev. <Mgr." O'Riondan, Rector "of the Irish College' -at Rome,- presented Sir William Manning, Lady Manning/ and Miss" Manning to" the 'Holy Father, who showed the liveliest interest in the* Catholic Church of Australia, • and recalled his. .pleasurable meetings with his Eminence Cardinal Moran. A will, filed in the Probate Office, Melbourne, the other -day, was -written pji a of notepaper, and above the testator's and the witnesses' signatures contained only the nine words, ' I leave everything to my wife, without any reservation?' This, it is ' understood,, constitutes the Victojfian record for^htevity in a " will. Some time ago a "Will, was' proved in which the testator, also a husband leaving^ every thing to his wife; uscll only ten words. On the occasion of the celebration ol the centenary of v the Order of the Brigid'ine nuns at Randwick on February 1, the Rev. Mother Provmcialf- Mother* Mary John, celebrated- her golden jubilee.' The Rev. Mother was the- head of -the ; first band "'of Brigidine nuns brought to Australia 23 years ago by Bishop Murray of Maitland. The Order in Australasia has. since grown to 'such an extent that- it owns- five convents in New South Wales, six in Victoria, and, two in New Zealand, while the membership of the- community now stands at 140. A successful meeting of the parishioners of the Sacred Heart' congregation, Townsville, was,- held recently, >. when a full statement of the" accounts respecting- the new church building at Stanley . street, was presented. 'The Very Rev. Father Walsh was in the chair, and said it was a lasting credit to the .Catholic people of Townsville that they had within the last six years' paid up nearly £10,000 "for -their beautiful church. This they had done while' supporting at the same time four schools containing nearly 800 children, providing teachers for them, and keeping the buildings in repair. The and regard which exist between tho Catholic^ community and their devoted priesthood (says the ' Freemanis Journal ') are edifying to other denominations. In this respect the people of- Burwood amd Concord gladly seized upon the occasion -of the departure of the Rev. Father Byrne to show their appreciation of his services 'in their behalf during his nine years' residence in their district. In St. Mary's school-hall. Burwood, on January 31, the people of the parish presented their popular .priest with a cheque for £150, thus showing in no uncertain terms the loy- • alty and esteem in jwhich their pastor is held. - His Grace the Archbishop^ of Melbourne • has " made the following clerical changes and ' appointments : — Rev. P. M'Gee resumes charge of Drysdale mission ; Rev. P" E. J. Keating, from Korumburra to charge^ of Woodend "mission ;' Rev. T. English, from ' Woodend to Daylesford, during; the'' absence ..of Father Malorie- on leave ; Rev: J. J. Gallivan resumes charge of Gisborne mission ; Rev. P. H. Boyle, from Gisborne to • charge of Footscray, during absence of . Father Manly on leave; Rev. M. Hehir as assistant to Rev. J." Collins, Tren'"tham ; Rev, P.' Rafierty to the charge of Korumburra mission ; Rev. J. M'Keon as assistant to Rev. D. B. Nelan, P.P., Essendori'; Rev., J. J. M' Carter from Northcote to Brunswick, as**assistant to Rev., E. J. Luby," P.P.. ; Rev. Father Befntsen (lately ordained^ at Manly), to Brunswick ; Rev." D. Gleeson, - from West Melbourne to -Geelong ; Rev. "Father Walshe "(recently ordained at. Manly), to Geelong ; Rev. M. Quinn, from' Drysdale .to. West Melbourne'; Rev. .P. J. Fitzgerald, to Heidelberg ; Rev.^ W. O'Brieri," to new mission of Sorrento and Portsea.