DIOCESE OF DUNEDIN

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXVI, Issue 22, 4 June 1908, Page 23

DIOCESE OF DUNEDIN

The annual collection on behalf of the St. Vincent de Paul Society takes place on Sunday. At the nine o'clock Mass at St. Joseph's Cathedral' on last Sunday the Rev. Father Cofley, A dm., paid a well-deserved tribute to the work of the Society, end urged upon the congregation the necessity of contributing generously to the funds. The weekly meeting of St. Joseph's Men's Club was occupied on Friday evening with the reading of the club's magazine, ' The Spectator,"' edited by Mr. E.* W. Spain. A hearty vote of thanks was accorded Mr. Spain on the motion of Mr. T. Deehan, seconded by Mr. T. J. Hussey. " •■•.-• On Sunday afternoon the month of May was fittingly closed by the members of the Sodality of the Children of Mary, South Dunedin. A procession, •in honor of Our Blessed Lady; was organised in which the Children of Mary in regalia, the aspirants, the children of St. Vincent de' Paul Orphanage, and the school children took part.' 1 It. proceeded from St. Patrick's school, around the Basilica, and through the convent grounds, during which the Rosary was recited . and hymns- were sung. . At the -conclusion of the Rosary all assembled in the beautiful chanel of the Sisters of Mercy, where Benediction of- the Blessed Sacrament was' given. . >-„. ■ . -, — ■ ■:.•...'