Intercolonial

New Zealand Tablet, 22 June 1911, Page 1171

Intercolonial

The New Sacred Heart Hospital at Young, which 13 being erected at a cost of about £7OOO. will be opened in November by his Eminence Cardinal Moran.

The Very Rev. Dr. Jules Vandel, M-S.H.', and the Rev. Dr. C. Lynch, M.S.H., of the Sacred Heart Missionary College, Kensington, are to represent the Australian province of the Order at the General Chapter to be held early next month in Rome. -

The ceremony of laying the foundation stone of ' the new brick convent at Picton, which is being erected at a cost of £835, was performed before a large gathering on Sunday, June 4, by Monsignor O’Brien. A subscription list was opened, and about £430- was subscribed, which, with the money in hand, makes a total of about £640.

The foundation stone of the new episcopal residence of the Bishop of Rockhampton was laid on June 4. The ceremony was performed by the Right Rev. Dr. Duhig, Bishop of Rockhampton, in the presence of some thousands of spectators. Short addresses were given by Bishop Duhig, Mayor H. Medcalf, Father Ryan (of Stanthorpe), and Mr. D. Keogh, M.L.A. for Rosewood. The day’s offertories totalled £I4OO.

Sister Mary Juliana Donaldson, one of the oldest Sisters of Mercy connected with the Newtown TConvent, Geelong, died on Sunday, May 28. She had been 48 years a nun, and was a sister of the late Hon. J. Donaldson, who, in the eighties, was Postmaster-General and Minister of Education in the Mcllwraith Ministry in Queensland, and State Treasurer, Minister for Education, and Postmaster-General in the succeeding 1 Moorhead Ministry. The third series of appeals on behalf of the completion of St. Mary’s Cathedral, Sydney, was begun on Sunday, June 4, at Leichhardt, by the Cardinal. It was a good beginning, for Leichhardt, a working-man’s suburb, subscribed and promised no less than £945 to assist his Eminence in perfecting what he considers the crowning work of his episcopate. The position of the fund at the present time is—Roll of Honor to date, £41,688 12s 6d; other contributions and fair to date, £14,504 0s fid; cash already in hand, £16,000. Grand total to date, £72,192, 12s lid. The Catholic authorities in Ballarat decided to organise a bazaar, under the title of the ‘ Coronation. Fair,’ reports the Ane. It was ascertained that the Young Men’s Association was also about to organise l a sale of gifts under a similar title, whereupon Bishop Higgins, in order to avoid clashing with the association, suggested that the name of , the Catholic movement should be altered to ‘ Empire Fair.’ This action has greatly pleased the authorities of the Young Men’s Christian Association, the president of which (Mr. F. E. Sides), who is a Methodist, has donated £1 to the funds of the Catholic fair.. In - forwarding the donation, Mr. Sides expressed the hone that the good feeling between the Catholic ladies of Ballarat and the Y.M.C. Association would long continue. _ By the death of the Very Rev. Father Francis Huau't, S.M., which took place at St. Vincent’s Hospital on Tuesday evening, June 6, after a three-weeks’ illness, the Society of Mary in Australasia has lost a devoted menber (says the Catholic Press). Father Huault was a son of v/f, 1106 . - .Be was born in Brittany, that land of genuine Catholicity, on September 1. 1853. After his ordination he spent a few years in New Caledonia, and came to Austraha over sixteen years ago. Fie was stationed at St. Michaels Cumberland street, and later at St Patrick s, Harrington street. Shortly afterwards he was appointed Procurator of the Society’s missions in Australia, New Zealand, and the Islands of the Pacific. . Th position he filled with great ability for some vears, subsequently being appointed chaplain to the Marist Brothers at their novitiate at Mittagoirg, where he spent the last six years of his life. Three members of the Huault family joined the Society of Mary. - Father Placid • Huault, a cultured and distinguished priest, died ; at, Villa Maria a couple of years ago,, and , the third brother, Father Julien Huault, has been working at Villa Maria for some years. His Eminence Cardinal Moran issued the following directions to the clergy with regard to the observance of Coronation. Day The clergy will bo pleased to add the CoHect Iro Graii a ruin Actione in each ,Holy Mass on the 22nd instant, and the two following days. At the invitation of the State Government, five thousand of the parochial school children will attend, the children’s feast at the Agricultural Grounds, under the care of their Teachers:- Should the military authorities be able to arrange, there will be church parade for the Irish Rifles and other Catholic military representatives in St Mary's Cathedral at 10 a.m. Hie St. Patrick s College students will attend. . There will be an address. The ‘ Benedicts ’ will be sung by the college choir, and the ceremony will close with Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament. The Cathedral tower, will be illuminated with the electric light Southern Cross. 'ln the country districts the clergy are requested to have a children s feast, and, where feasible, there may be a bonfire at each school. •, T • ■