DIOCESE OF CHRISTCHURCH

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXV, Issue 49, 5 December 1907, Page 13

DIOCESE OF CHRISTCHURCH

" (From our own correspondent.) , s December 2. The Rev. .Father 'O'Donnell,- C.SS.R., is at present* engaged conducting the annual retreat at Mount" Mag- . dala. The Marist Brothers of the South Isla-nd. are to assemble in Christchurch this year for the annual retreat. . ' ' The health" of his 'Lordship - the Bishop had so far improved as to have allowed him to participate in the , duties of the Cathedral: on Sunday. A .retreat for .First Communion and Confirmation candidates is to begin .in the Cathedral on Wednesday,, preparatory to the ceremonies of next Sunday. Among visitors to Christchurch is Mrs. Thomas Jordan, late organist of St. Francis' Church, Melbourne. On Sunday, November 24, Mrs. Jordan played the organ, accompaniment of Gounod's ' Messe Solennelle ' at St. Mary's, Church, Manchester -street. A' 'Morceau' by Guilmant at the Offertory, and as a recessional, the celebrated March from ' Moses in Egypt ' were- .also played with fine effect by Mrs. Jordan. ~ ~ The focal branch of the Royal Humane Society at its distribution of awards for bravery lastj week recognised tflie actiton of another of- our young Catholic boys, as shown in the following paragraph in the x xe- ' port :-rln the case of Edward- Haughey, aged six-teen, of 209 Barbadoes street, Christchurch, for rescuing Lilian Jane Fisher, aged fourteen, from- drowning, at , Barbadoes street bridge, Christchurch, on December 10, 1906, the committee recommended the award of a certificate. After some discussion it was resolved -to send a letter of commendation. According to Professor Bicker ton, we have easterly winds here on one hundred and ten days in the year, and nor-westers. on about twenty-five. With a' fair proportion of south-wester's and other varieties, very few of the remaining 230 days are perfectly still, a calm day, therefore, being somewhat of a rarity. Under these conditions efforts to abate the dust nuisance raust prove a rather disheartening undertaking.

Our Catholic school boys again figured prominently in the annual primary schools' demonstration at Lan- - caster Park 'on." Saturday,- wins in several contests falling to their lot, whilst -the Marist Brothers' school team came second for the shield. This latter achievement is noteworthy,- considering they are a mere unit compared with the, hundreds competing from the city and country schools of the distri(t. The parents and musical friends of Miss Lottie Barker .are greatly elated at the conspicuous -" success just attained by her at the examination in connection- with the Dominican Convent, Dunedin. * The Marist Brothers' seven-a-side football team, for their win in last year's primary schools contests have just received handsome medals. These are in the shape of a Maltese cross, in chaste design, and of- considerable value. Owing to the removal of the family to Gore, Southland, where Mr. Boswell has been appointed Railway station-master, the Marist Brothers are .losing two 'of their most promising pupils in Masters Robert a-nd Kenneth Bosweli. Asa memento of their connection with the school' the Brother- Director,- Brother Walter, his confreres, and on behalf of their late school-fellows, presented the former with" a handsome binocular and useful volume, N and the latlter with a timepiece; and volume. Each was accompanied with" a letter of appreciation. Master Robert was captain of the school football team and cricket club, and both for their exceedingly amiable qualities were much thought of by teachers and schoolmate's. - .