DIOCESE OF AUCKLAND

New Zealand Tablet, 22 October 1908, Page 14

DIOCESE OF AUCKLAND

-(By Telegraph from our own correspondent.)

October 19. The returns from" the late social in aid of the Cathedral parish are not yet completed, but it is expected that a substantial sum will be netted.

On next Sunday the time and place for the meeting, for making arrangements for the reception of his Lordship the Bishop will be announced.

The Cemetery Board meats on next Monday night to arraSge for the annual mortuary service at the Symotnds' street cemetery on Sunday, November 8.

The annual collection in aid of the, seminary fund is now proceeding throughout- the diocese, and ifi .view of the -heavy calls -made in educating students for the priesthood, it is expected i;ha± a generous response will be made by the : laity. "

'■ ;F9 rsome tim e the ladies of the Sacred Heart parish, Ponsonby, have been, working assiduously in making arrangements for a bazaar in aid, of the church debt. On Tuesday, October '27, the opening takes place. There is every indication that it will be a great success. " "

News to hand, to-day furnish particulars of another great meeting- at Belfast, at ~" which Mr. John Redmond, Mr. John Dillon, and his Lordship Bishop Lenihan delivered lengthy speeches. His Lordship, who was accorded quite an' ovation, is evidently very popular on Irish platforms.

On next Sunday the new church at Avondale will be opened by the Right Rev. Mgr. O'Reilly, assisted by the Very Rev. Dean Gillan, V.G. St. Benedict's choir will assist, in rendering the music appropriate to the occasion. ' It is expected that large numbers from the city and , the surrounding districts will be present. {From an occasional correspondent.) An impressive ceremony took place, on Wednesday, October 7, at St. Mary's Convent, Ponsonby, when'jhree young ' ladies made their vows in the Order of Our Lady of Mercy. Mass was celebrated by the Right Rev. Mgr. O'Reilly (Thames), Very Rev. Father Brodie (Waihi) being deacon, and Rev. Father Darby subdeacon. The Very Rev. Dean Gillan, V.G., conducted the tetreat preparatory to the profession. , The names of the young ladies wfio were admitted as members of the Order are: Miss Nelly Sullivan, Waihi (in. religion, Sister M. Aidan); Miss Emily Graham, Dublin (Sister M. " Gerard) ; Miss Lilian Casey, Ponsonby (Sister M. Marguerite). The Very Rev. Father Brodie preached an impressive sermon on the occasion, taking for his text, • Master, I have left all things to follow Thee.' The convent choir rendered in- a "devotional manner the music appropriate to the ceremony. ' The clergy., parents, relatives, ■ and friends of the newly-professed were entertained- after 'the ceremony by the Rev. Mother and, Sisters. Among the guests were: Rev. Fathers Kehoe, Furlong, Tormey, Murphy, Wright," Williams, and Doyle, Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Casey, Mr. and Mrs.- J. J. O'Brien, Mr. and Mrs. Victor Casey r Mr. Graham-, - Mrs. SulHvan, Mrs. W. J. Ralph, Mrs. Brown,' and . the Misses Lynch,, Casey, Ralph, Cronin, Gallagher, Sullivan," ahd ; Brown. Mon- " signor O'Reilly congratulated the young' Sisters who had chosen the better part, and wished them many years ;of happiness in the religious life. Mr. Maurice Casey," in a few. heartfelt," "eloquent words, responded for the novices. . Mr. J. J. O'Brien spoke' ol the nobte work effected by; the different, Orders, in the Church, and alluded in an especial manner to.-the_ work of the Sisters of Mercy in Auckland. Father Edge replied on behalf "of: the Community. Rev. Father Darby congratulated^ .- Moiisignor O'Reilly on his restoration to health,, arldl expressed a^-hdpel that he would be for many years the' corner-stone -of the- Church in Auckland. - - . -,-