DIOCESE OF AUCKLAND

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXVII, Issue 11, 18 March 1909, Page 414

DIOCESE OF AUCKLAND

(By Telegraph from our own correspondent.) March 15. Rev. Father Kehoe, Parnell, is on a well-earned holiday in the north of Auckland. Rev. Father Tigar, 0.P., is at present in charge of Parnell. The Right Rev. Mgr. O'Reilly is still at the Mater Misericordiae Hospital. His many friends in the Dominion will be pleased to learn that his health is improving. The Rev. Father Holbrook has been in town during the last three weeks, and celebrated High Mass at the

Cathedral yesterday. Rev. Father Murphy, of the Cathedral, is relieving him at Cambridge. During the last ten days the monstrances and crosses brought out by his Lordship the Bishop were exhibited in Mr. Kohn's window^ Queen street, and attracted considerable attention. The local papers had laudatory comments on the magnificence and elegance of the articles. As a mark of their esteem and appreciation, the people of the. Sacred Heart parish have presented Rev. Father Edge with a handsome" gold watch. • Hon; J. A. Tole, "m. making the presentation, alluded to the great progress made by the parish during Father Edge's* regime, particularly the liquidation of the whole of the parish debt; and the people could not allow this happy event to pass without recognising it in some tangible form. Rev. Father Edge, to whom the presentation -came as a complete surprise, thanked his people for this kind expression of their goodwill towards him. He would ever prize it, as 'it would remind him of the happy time he. had spent in Ponsonby, where his relations with his people had been of the best. The members of the local branch of the Hibernian Society approached the Holy Table yesterday at the Cathedral at the 9 o'clock Mass. The children's N choir sang ' Hail, glorious St. Patrick.' After Mass the members, in a special tramcar, travelled to the Hibernian Hall, where the breakfast was laid under the supervision of Miss Kane, assisted by Misses Walsh, Twohey, and Duffin. Bro. Hubert Nerheny (president of the branch) occupied the chair, and was supported by the district president (Bro. P. J. Nerheny). • Here we had the good example of son and father filling high positions at one and ..the same time. Interesting speeches were delivered by Bros. Nerheny (2), Patterson, Flyim, Kane, and Sheahan. A special vote of thanks was passed to the ladies for their generous work in preparing the breakfast. The members attended the Cathedral in the evening, when the panegyric on St. Patrick was delivered by tho Rev. Father Meagher. Throughout the discourse the large congregation listened in rapt attention to the vivid description of the saint's great and lasting work, accomplished for Ireland. At the conclusion of the sermon, the choir sang ' Hail, glorious St. Patrick.' This may be said to be the beginning of the celebration in connection with the Irish national festival, which will conclude on St. Patrick's night.