DIOCESE OF AUCKLAND

New Zealand Tablet, 15 June 1911, Page 1097

DIOCESE OF AUCKLAND

( By Telegraph from our own correspondent.) ,/ u [ ; m - • )' . . June 12. '( . <»; •i The. devotion ,of the Forty Hours’ Adoration will commence at, St. Patrick’s Cathedral after last Mass on Sunday, a ,

<r':;:His- , Lordship the Bishop left for -Wellington yesterday^ and will probably return to Auckland on Saturday. .k The Sacrament of Confirmation was administered by his Lordship Bishop Cleary to sixty-three candidates at Devonport after the last Mass on Sunday last. fourteen of these were from the Takapuna Boys’ Orphanage.. There was a 'large congregation, and his Lordship, delivered an instructive address. • T : • - : ;• e-• .y • ; ' A most successful mission at Devonport was brought to a [close by Rev. Father Hunt, C.SS.R., on Sunday. The closing ! sermon was an eloquent discourse on the true Church. Father. Hunt commenced a week’s mission l at Northcote on Sunday. [[ . Rev. Father O’Farrell, who is slightly indisposed, is at present an inmate of the Mater Misericordiee Hospital. He hopes to be able to resume parish work about the end of the week. - , M! 1 Letters received from Rev. Father Furlong, who left for Ireland in April, state that he is having a most enjoyable holiday, He was due to reach the Old Country last week. - _ The first social of the season in connection with the Marist ' Brothers’ Old Boys’ Club was held in the - Choral Hall, and proved a marked success. The proceeds wall be devoted to the club’s billiard table fund. Mr. R. O’Brien was secretary of the gathering. [/[•■;; Thames .*[,:[•’. f JFrom our own correspondent.) June 8. ' ■ The Ngatimaru (Ladies’) Hockey Club held a very enjoyable social in the Miners’ Union Hall on Tuesday. The attendance was satisfactory, and the management all that could be desired. The stage was tastefully decorated with the club’s colors, being relieved with clusters of lilies, while hockey sticks were also in evidence. The first part of the evening was devoted to vocal and instrumental selections. Overtures (‘ Banner of victory ’ and Durand’s ‘ Second valse ’) were played by Misses Dunbar and Shand, and songs were rendered by Misses Gibson (‘ Invitation ’ and ‘A rose’) and Gill (‘Just a song at twilight’) and Messrs. Tuckey (‘ Island of dreams ’ and ‘ Queen of the earth’), Collin's (‘The bugler’ and ‘The Irish emigrant’), Peterson The Romany lass and The veteran’s song ’), and Bongard (‘Good company ’ and ‘Absent’) Dr. Lapraik and Mr. Cooney gave recitations. New Plymouth ; The mission so eloquently and powerfully preached in St. Joseph’s Church by the Redemptorist Fathers Creagh and Whelan was brought to a close on Sunday night (says the Taranaki Daily News). The results .have been highly satisfactory to all. Opened on the 28th of May by a most impressive ■ sermon on the text, What doth it profit a man if he gain the whole world and suffer the loss of his soul,’ preached by Rev. Father Creagh, the services increased in salutary , results and power until the climax was reached on Sunday morning, when at the-7.30 Mass forty children received their First Communion, and altogether over 350 went to the altar rails. After Mass a Volunteer Guard of Honor of the Blessed Sacrament was formed, when over fifty men joined the Guard. During the mission there were about 1100 communicants. The mission was closed at Vespers, when Father Creagh gave the Papal Benediction, The . past week will remain a luminous .page in the memory of the congregation of St. Joseph’s, and all join in gratitude to the Almighty for The; favors received and. in wishing the missioners God speed.