DIOCESE OF DUNEDIN

New Zealand Tablet, 1 October 1908, Page 23

DIOCESE OF DUNEDIN

The general Communion of the members of the H A C B Society takes place on Sunday week at St. Joseph's Cathedral' The devotion of the Forty Hours' Adoration commences in St. Joseph s Cathedral on to-morrow (Friday) morning. On Sunday a number of the children will receive "their First Communion in St. Joseph's Cathedral. A bazaar in aid of the new convent building fund will be opened in the Catholic schoolroom, Lawrence, on October 9. We have received from Mr. James Holland, Gore, the sum °l v V!° S T ntributed the following to the building fund of the Church of the Irish Martyrs, Cromwell :-Mr. James Hoi irS/Mn*- I DaniCl Ryao> I; Mr - Michael Q uir k, ios; Mr. W. O'Brien, ios j Mr. Malachy Haniy, ios ; Mr. Maurice Cotter, jos; Mr. John O'Neill, ios._ There was a > good attendance at the^ usual weekly meeting of St. Joseph s Men's Club on Friday, when the Shakespeare class .gave a very fine reading of Henry V. , The following gentlemen sustained the various characters :— Messrs T Deehan E. W. Spain, F. Heley, W. Rodgers, M. Rossbotham, Joseph Swanson, J. Cowan, and L. Coughlan. A hearty vote of thanks to the performers was proposed by Mr • D S Columb and seconded by Mr. R. Rossbotham. Rev. Father Coffey also

spoke, and congratulated the readers on the success which had attended their efforts and the success of the entertainment they had given. Next Friday evening will be the closing night of the club's present session.

The following pupils of the Dominican Convent, Queenstown (says the Wakatip Mail), were successful in the theory examination held last June, in connection with Trinity College of Music, London : — Senior division — Rita McNeil, 60. Intermediate division — Nellie Burgess, 97 (honors) ; Mary Lee, 88 (honors) ; Jessie Dagg, 67 (pass). Junior division — Julia Duhig, 97 (honors) ; Ruby Holt, 96 (honors) ; Erin Constable, 96 (honors). Preparatory division — Julia McLcely, 100; May Luckic, 85; Annie Holt, 84 ; Katie Kelly, 83 ; Vera Craig, 80 ; Beatrice Sainsbiiry, 74-