DIOCESE OF AUCKLAND

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXVI, Issue 25, 25 June 1908, Page 24

DIOCESE OF AUCKLAND

(By Telegraph. — From Our Own Correspondent.) June 22. Kubelik, the famous violinist, arrived here yesterday. i-Ie is a Knight of the Order of St. Gregory. At St. Benedict's \eslcrday High Mass was celebrated at elc\cn o'clock, after which there was Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament until Vespers. After Vespers a special sermon was preached, followed by procession of the Blessed Sacrament and Benediction. On the Feast of Corpus Christi Solemn High Mass was celebrated at the Cathedral, a feature of the service being the singing of the Gregoiian music by the children from St. Mary's Orphanage. Sir Robert Stout contributed an article to last Saturday's ' Herald ' on the advantage to youths of useful and extensive reading, and gave one quotation only, and that was to repeat the old and unhistoric falsehood that the Catholic Church was responsible for the St. Bartholomew Massacre. In the ' Tablet 'of June 11 an error occurred in the transmission of the report. Itev. Father O'Hara has taken charge of Puhoi, not of Paeroa. The meeting referred to related to the Sacred Heart parish and reduction of the parochial debt, and not to the Devonport parish. Further changes in the diocesan clergy are pending, announcement of which will soon be made. An impressh c ceremony was held at the Cathedral yesterday. Solemn High Mass was celebrated by Rev. Father Wright, Rev. Father Farthing deacon, Rev. Father Murphy subdeacon. The 'Te Deum ' was sung by the choir, which- rendered the music of the Mass excellently under the conductorship of Mr. Hiscocks. After Mass there was a procession of the Blessed Sacrament in the church. It was said to -be the finest procession yet seen in the Cathedral. The devotion of the-Forty Hours' Adoration was then begun. This evening Rev. Father Doyle will preach, and after High Mass on Tuesday morning the devotion closes with procession of the Blessed Sacrament.