DIOCESE OF DUNEDIN

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXV, Issue 15, 11 April 1907, Page 23

DIOCESE OF DUNEDIN

On Sunday there was Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament from the eleven o'clock Mass until Vespers at St. Joseph's Cathedral. In the evening there was the usual procession. The Hon. L. F. Heydon, M.L.C., president of the Superior Council of the St. Vincent de Paul So- - -oiety, Sydney, arrived in Dunedin on Saturday in connection with the Society's extension in Dunedin.. Mr. Heydon left for the north on Monday, and addressed a meeting for the purpose of forming a conference of-.; the Society in Timaru on Monday night. The sacerdotal silver jut Alee of the Very Rev. Father ' O'Neill (Milton) takes .place on next ' Tuesday. The event will "be celebrated by a solemn Mass of thanksgiving, which will be celebrated in the Milton churoh at 10.30 on that day. A report of the jubilee celebration will appear in our next issue. On Wednesday of this week a solemn Requiem. Mass was celebrated in the Basilica, South Duhedin, for the' repose of the soul of Mrs. Geary, mother of the-Rev. J. Geary. The Very Rev. Mfcr. 6'Leary was celebrant, Very Rev. Father O'NeWl 'deacon, Rev. W. .Cor, coran subdeacon, Rev. J. Coffey, Adm., master of ceremonies, and Revs. J.. O'Reilly . and H, W. Cleary cantors of the office. There were al&o present the- Rev/ Fathers Geary, Howard, and M. 'Ryan. The music of the Mass was nicely rendered ~bv the Sisters of Mercy. There was a large congregation in the church. • The aainual meeting of St.. Joseph's Harrier, ' Club' was held in St. Joseph's Hall on Monday evening. Mr. T. J. Hussey occupied the chair, .and there .was a large attendance of members. The , report was most satisfactory;, and showed the past season as haying been very creditable to 'the club. The thanks? /of '^the' club were expressed to Dr. -O'Neill for 'a very handsome trophy, arad to the various ladies and -gentlemen who had extended their hospitality "towards them during; the ' season. -The following office' bearers' were elected for. the ensuing year :— Patron, Rev. Father Cqftey ; president, Hen. J. B. Gallan, M.L.C. ; vioe-presidents, Rev. Father ■ Buckley, Dr. O'Neill, and Mir: T. D.eehan; hon. secretary and treasurer, Mr. J.- ©>elchv captain,^ ' Mr ;.x T< 2' Hussev : deputy-captain; Mr.- J. Swanson ;' auditor, Mr. E. W. Spain-; committee, the captain, deputy-captain, secretary, " and Messrs. J. B Callan, jun., and W. P. Rbd^rtF'-Tlflx. J. B: Callan, jun., was appointed the club's delegate tcr the Athletic Union.

An esteemed correspondent informs' us that the ConTv »». oh . at • In S lew ood, in ctharge of the Sisters of the Mission, which onened twelve months ago with an attendance of only eight pupils, has now 105 children on the rolls. % _. ■