DIOCESE OF CHRISTCHURCH

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXV, Issue 15, 11 April 1907, Page 15

DIOCESE OF CHRISTCHURCH

(From our own correspondent.) ! . April 8. P urin S his address to the congregation in the Cathedral on Sunday evening, his Lordship the Bishop stated .that at his request the Sacred Congregation raised , the status of the feast of St. .George, patron sain* ot England, to a double in the diocese of Christcnurcih. ?? c e i esa/^ attendin S the- sixth annual conference of the Federated Catholic Young Men's Olubs, as S!l % I J ? Cal Catholi<; - CJlub,. were" during their stay here afforded a pleasant afternoon's outing by a drive round the sights of the city." Included in the business transacted at the Conference was a recom-" ' mendation to affiliated societies to establish- a fund'for the purpose of reimbursing delegates attending the annual movable meetings. - A notice of motion, . endeavoring to proclaim St. Patrick's Day. a. public holiday SeL°S Ut a S cW > Zealail<i ' theapproval ofShl delegates, and it was decided to cooperate with the ■ ™tw- ? CCiet J ,^ nd t he U Qlted Irish League in 'the fffiii^H i K medaWwn « to be struck for' members of affiliated clubs throughout New -Zealand. It was decked m order to secure uniformity of name, to designate all such societies ' Catholic Clubs ' '

On Tuesday, the transferred feast of St. Patrick, his Lordship the Bishop will celebrate the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass on. the splendid, newly-erected alr? r u ltl A the beautif «l" chapel of St. Patrick in the Cathedral, erected and equipped" as a memorial to the late- Very Rev. Dean Fpley by the subscriptions of friends of deceased, and for the repose of whose soul ■tJiis, the first Mass, will be offered. There will ' be -Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament in the evening. I.ne bazaar promoted to liquidate the debt on the new convent at Akaroa (slates the • Press ') was opened on .Saturday- evening by the Mayoress (Mrs. h^-E: Lelievre)r The hall was tastefully decorated with evergreens and French and English flags, and, as the project was -carried out on distinctly French ideas, the individual stalls bore the names of French m r S 'rr£ M th f wore representative dresses. The work displayed was of a beautiful description, and had been prepared by convents in other centres of the Colony. There was a good attendance of visitors and the general- public, afid brisk business was done.- .During the evening an exhibition of fancy dancing was given by., the Convent pupdls, under Miss Adams. An excursion trig by the ' Rotomahana ' from Lyttelton on Easter Monday enabled many to take advantage -of the bazaar as an additional attraction. <*« i tit 7 a f Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, in the Cathedral from the eleven o'clock .Mass on Sunday--^ with procession. - Solemn Benediction" was afterSS£r El 3r. * y , iIS Lordshi P. attended by the " Rev. Fathers O'Connell and Peoples. After Vespers the B'C S- P f a f hed ', pr 5 acin S llis 'discourse with some inter55?5 ffc / el . atl ;^ to the Cathedral which was, al84?"?130?, ° f all behol ' der V 'burdened with a liability which all were most anxious- to see reS£ *w- f* h L earhes^ P° ssi^e moment.. According to the Holy Father's prediction, continued -his Lordship iJ^^^V?? 8 ?? 18 W the past Paacsity andfidelvlh f™ ?® Catho l 11 + c peop I e ' WGuld ~ disappear within a . veiy- fe,w years.. It was for us .then to verify the sant g^ Jf^Pations or his Holiness «» Popefand tj renewed and united efforts render it possible to V xl %fh»£ m T* S \Tt e £ fice free and aS P t tribute to the Most High of our love for His Dili?ar P r^ C hVf r* he r< W Hol^ lament of the altar, to which bne CVhedral is dedicated A Dracti■SSw?nS £ aCe r P + HshinS Xilis emi^ntly deskaWe reII „ woul< * ** b ? two hundred persons undertaking to £* *m?\* I V,. tbe +h C( * leoU « or of JISS -t£?\ mi * • OKI 2 up HllH 11 announ ced that on his petiB^siliS of S ?T f\ Chapter and Ca ™ ns oJ nf fh» p<! St ' Jo^ n I-ateran, the special Cathedral • ?i •£„ P °r S) gx^w^y affiliated the Cathedral of Ohnstchurch witlr this, the Mother and S£dS aU • S churches. This Basilica is dedicated to St. John ance wHhSh^,^ 01111 **? and, in accordm^L^S 6tterS r °i .. a Sff re S ati on from which he SSL^™i PrOCeSS , Of af s? iati on was an occasion of S£r" SO }f?' mt^ anid embodies concessions of an unique order Omef , among these are the special spiritual priyaleges granted to every worshipper iS the P (S&£ fv »? J henceforth grants in every regard asrioht ly endowed advantages, and privileges, to all who pa?atao a n d cf Pra h; fO f r -/if 8 Kol^ th 6 PPco * c and pro- " TaSw« t 5 aa< f 1 ' a u lf one ent&red St. John Lateran s in Rome, for the same purpose. Another notable- privilege gia-Med was in relation to the S altar; and a second special altar at which soirituai H V ?f re -« t0 all ™*> SSr^ the Holy Sacrifice • thiereon, and to those who asrfte SS^t ° n S i ate ? ocoasio^ s - Furthermore, % hi vwi, P \ T?,- the amiial «o^' of the Cathedral by virtue of its dedication title with the Church of Perpetual Adoration, Turin, with all the spiritual ad vantages thusf obtained, and for himself perTonaHy til" facu Jies or tl.at uninue Ordpr, which are the snecill privileges of the Fathers of the Cross P