Intercolonial

New Zealand Tablet, Volume 12, 12 November 1908, Page 35

Intercolonial

The Most- Rev. X>rr Delany, Archbishop of Hobart, is a passenger by -the Oruba, which left London on October 16. The collections for the. Melbourne medical -charities "a few * Sundays ago totalled being the highest since 1888. From "the Catholic Churches of the city and suburbs £652 13s 8d was received. - , On Thursday, October 8, at Monte Sant' Angelo Convent, North Sydney, Sister M. Catherine O 'Sullivan passed peacefully away after a lingering illness, at the age of 53 years, ..thirtyseven of which she had spent in the Order of Our Lady of Mercy. The death has occurred, at the great' age of 100 years and 7 months, of Mr. Patrick O'Sullivan, an old resident of the Glen Innes district. He was born in County Cork, Ireland, and came to Sydney in 1844. He leaves a family of six sons, two daughters, twenty-four grandchildren, and eight great-grand-children. Brother Charles, lay brother of the Scciety of Mary, died at Macfaga, in the Friendly Islands, on September 13. Although 80 years of age (says the Freeman's Journal), he was engaged in the construction of a church, when a joist fell upon him, breaking his leg and causing other injuries, from which he never recovered. Brother Charles labored 48 years in the islands. He built two churches, four presbyteries, and the palace of the King of Wallis. The Benedictine Convent of Subiaco, at Ryd'ilmere, on a pleasant bend of the Paramatta River, was the scene of a very successful ceremony on Sunday afternoon, October 24 (says the Freeman's Journal), when the foundation-stone of a new monastic chapel in memory of the late Rev. Mother Mary Walburge was laid by his Lordship Dr. OJier (Bishop" of Tonga), in the unavoidable absence of the Cardinal through indisposition. A sum of nearly was received, of which was given by Miss Frances Anne Moon, a former student. Of the sixty priests (says the Catholic Press) who stood by the side of the silver-haired Archbishop Folding at -the laying of the corner stone of new St Mary's Cathedra! on Tuesday, December 8, 1868, only two now remain — the Vicar-General, the Right Rev. Monsignor Carroll, and the Venerable Archpriest Sheehy, who is jiow living in retirement at Waverley, both of whom arc fresh and vigorous. Until yesterday (October 28) there were three. The old priests have pased away one after another within the past few years, and the latest and one of the mostlamented deaths of them all is that of the Very Rev. Patrick Dean Slattery, parish priest of St. Joseph's, Newtown, who passed away at the age of 75 years. Dean- Slattery was born near Tralee, and was educated for the priesthood at the Irish College, Paris, and Maynooth College. He was ordained to the priesthood in 1864, and after spending a time on the Irish mission came to Australia. He labored in various districts in the archdiocese until 1892, when he was appointed pastor of Newtown, of which he had charge until his death. There has passed away at his residence, Enmore, Mr. James Joseph Callaghan, one oi the best-known and most highly esteemed public^ school- teachers in New South Wales (says the Catholic Press). A native of Penrith, he began his teaching career on the staff of St. Stanislaus' College, Bathurst. Thirtyfive years ago he entered the Training College for Teachers, and after passing v^ith distinction through that institution he was appointed to the charge of the Catholic school at Armidale. The high character of Mr. Callaghan 's work at Armidale at0 tracted the attention and earned the highest praise of • the inspectors under the old Councifof Education, and resulted in -his promotion to the control of the public school at Nundle. Later on he conducted with marked success St. John's Catholic' School at West Maitland, and on relinquishing his position there, at the end of 1882,,- when State aid was withdrawn from all .denominational schools, Mr. Callaghan "was banqueted by the citizens of Maitland, and presented with a purse of sovereigns. -' His next appointment was the mastership of the Superior Public School at Hamilton, where he labored for 23 years, until failing health forced • him to resign about two years ago. . Mr. Callaghan leaves^ widow- and a large family Two of his daughters are nuns, one belonging to the Order of the Good Samaritan, and now stationed at Braidwood, the other being a member of the . community of the Sisters of Mercy at Hamilton.