DIOCESE OF DUNEDIN

New Zealand Tablet, Volume 12, 12 November 1908, Page 22

DIOCESE OF DUNEDIN

Rev. Brother Hennessy, assistant to the Superior-General of the Christian Brothers, is at present on a visit to Dunedin. On Sunday evening at St. Joseph's Cathedral the Very Rev. Dean Burke, of Invercargill, preached an impressive sermon on words taken from the Gospel of the day. Mr. E. J. Comer, officer in charge of the railway ticket department at Dunedin, was on Tuesday presented by the railway staff, on the occasion of his approaching marriage, with a spirit lamp and silver kettle, also a salad bowl. Mr. Duncan (stationmaster) made the presentation. The ladies of the St. Vincent de Paul Society and their friends, who made a canvass of the city and suburbs on behalf of the St. Vincent de Paul Orphanage, South Dunedin, were most successful. They have handed in to the manager, the Rev. Father Coffey, Adm., a sum of ;£i6o for this most praiseworthy object On November 9 the clubs in connection with St. Joseph's Hall hold their annual picnic at Taiaroa Head, to which they were conveyed by the oil launch Mahono. The day was windy, but pleasant, and a most enjoyable time was spent by the young people in games of various kinds. Very Rev. Dean Burke, Rev. Father Coffey, Adm., and the Christian Brothers accompanied the party.