DIOCESE OF CHRISTCHURCH

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXVI, Issue 17, 30 April 1908, Page 14

DIOCESE OF CHRISTCHURCH

(From our own correspondent.)

April 27. The Rev. Father Kerley, S.M,, is at present assisting at St.' Mary's, Manchester street.

On Sunday next, his Lordship the Bishop will probably, dedicate and > o peal a church, just, erected at bpnngfield kthrough the- generosity of Mr. James Cassidy proprietor cf the well known line of West Coast coaches.

hS^fi* 1 * hundred guests responded to the invitation of Mr. and Mrs.. Wm>. Hayward, Jr. to a social evenan ft on last Thursday, which proved most enjoyaJbue. The gathering, apart from the sociability of the event, was in the interests of the projected bazaar connected, wlith St. Mark's parish, M a n,che>ster street and as a result, <the stall, o f which Mrs. Hayward is the head, will profcab'ly be very materially benefited.^ , -

As a result of the St. Patrick's night nationa!"cofi- ; A 1 d S, aZareth £ [ouse will benefit to the extent of over Zii' t^ 8 * sum iy et r *alfsed. Since a "local comfJi i?on haVe *?* real . ised ' an avera S6S 6 of slightly ovei £100 on each occasion. tH P °rJn PcP c f day f t aSt iof the ' Blessed Peter Chanel, tlje Chapel o f the Proto^Martyr of Oceania in the Christchurch Cathedral, wall be solemnly inaugarated" by ihis Lordship the Bishop, ,who celebrates Mass therein SLSSJ J >a>St - T'f^ Th ? furnis '^g |,f the 'chapel, just n,sßr f fi' ln ? lu if a beautiful marble altar secureiin DuHia through the kindness iof the Very Rev. Dr Watters, S.M., late Rector of St. Patrick's College Wellington. The ch a pel ds nicely fitted up and furnished with rich candelabra, the floor being covered with a handsome green carpet. During the .day a relic of tlfc martyr wi l te- exposed to the veneration of the faithful. At St. Mary's Church, Manchester street, on Easter Sunday, besides the early Masses, at which large numbers approached the Holy Table, the Rev. Father Hoare «; ••Ai, C ? el>rated a Miss& Ca nt-ata at eleven o'clock and preached a germon appropriate: to. thte day's festival ;£frt^J!a SlC v w « s Re l Dt ' h o ven 's Mass fa C very . caoably S n W< H - Corngan conduotqa. The iha^h and TW ™a f sanc i uar y w f re very tastefully TSonS? Th^ %T V % I? 68 mormng and evening. The Rev. Father Bell, S.M. preached) at Vespers Jf?'ii m+- num^ er o£ v to amusement introduced - were Thl comSt?L mm nn U f C^ mter ' e!;t f n ' d Kood fmanoial Iwwita. 1« \ cS TC . + ° management carried out their duties w?th w i 4to te tbro , ueMy pi^