DIOCESE OF AUCKLAND

New Zealand Tablet, 27 August 1908, Page 24

DIOCESE OF AUCKLAND

(By Telegraph from our own correspondent.) August 24. The erection of the new church at Avondale is rapidly progressing, and with the continuance of fine weather it will soon be completed. The new church, just nearing completion in Raglan, will soon be op,ened by the Vicar-General. It it. in Rev. Father Cahill's widely-scattered parish. The Mayor of Auckland presided over the drawing of art union prizes connected with the Dominion Fair last Wednesday evening in rhe presence of Rev. Fathers Meagher, Holbrook, Murphy, Wright, and Williams. Very Rev. Dean Hackett, on behalf of his Eminence Cardinal Moran, conferred with the officers of the American Fleet while in Auckland, and afterwards cabled to his Eminence concerning arrangements made for the Catholic reception in Sydney. When too late, it .was discovered that in the American Fleet there was a nephew of the late Michael Davitt. His Lordship Bishop Lenihan was accorded an enthusiastic welcome by the Irish Club, London, on July 8, at which /nearly a dozen priests and members of Parliament- attended. Mr. F. Hazleton, M.P., presented his Lordship with an address' on behalf of the Irishmen in London. He -eulogised the services rendered, the cause of Ireland by Bishop Lenihan, whose presence at that meeting emphasised the strength and unity of purposed of our scattered lace trained in free institutions and- government. Our race abroad would never rest until Ireland , was similarly governed. His Lordship, in replying, said he was proud to be the guest of the Irish Club, of which he had heard' so much in New Zealand. In the Dominion of New Zealand .they regarded with interest every move in the direction of autonomy -for Ireland — which she demandeH and had -a right to expect. • New .Zealand refused to join the Australian Commonwealth, because she objected to become a vassa! State, such as Ireland was. In the Jrish Party were men of the highest intelligence and integrity, who. would be a credit, to any country. If he had been loyal to Ireland "it was because he loved, Ireland, and was anxious to follow in the footsteps of Cardinal Moran, a prince of th^ Church, and the greatest Irishman in .the whole of Australasia. The address presented was beautifully- executed and framed.' ' "