DIOCESE OF AUCKLAND

New Zealand Tablet, 17 August 1911, Page 1574

DIOCESE OF AUCKLAND

By telegraph from our own correspondent.)

August 14. Rev. Mother Aubert leaves by the express train tonight for Wellington, and expects to be back here again in October.

Monsignor Stockman, Monterly, Los Angelos, California, arrived yesterday by the Maheno from Sydney. He intends spending a short holiday in the Dominion. Mr. J. J. O'Brien, chairman of the local Irish envoys' committee, cabled _ to Mr. Asquith on Saturday, congratulating him on passing into law the Veto Bill.

Right Rev. Mgr. O'Reilly preached yesterday morning at the Cathedral, and made a special appea. on behalf of the collection for the Aged and Infirm Clergy Fund.

His Lordship the Bishop administered the Sacrament of Confirmation at Remuera yesterday to sixtythree children. His Lordship was assisted by RevFathers Doyle, Holbrook, and Clarke. The church was tastefully decorated for the> occasion. • At the early Mass at St. Benedict's yesterday, the members of St. Benedict's Young Men's Club in large numbers approached .the Holy Table. Right Rev. Mgr. Gillan, V.G., commended the members on their splendid muster, and suggested that -they should receive Holy Communion on the second Sunday in every month. ™ . Re X; F f ther Wright delivered to-night, at the Marist Brothers' Club, a lecture on the 'Visible and Invisible.' Rev. Bro. Phelan presided: Rev. Fathers Holbrook and Tormey, and a large number of ladies and gentlemen attended. The lecturer, in eloquent and striking language, depicted the universe with its teeming countless mysteries and great potentialities. He detailed the great velocity of light emerging from the celestial bodies, and then, descending to terrestrial phenomena, he described the animalcule^and' most infinitesimal species of life, deducting from the whole the unanswerable hypothesis of the existence of a Supreme Being and Creator. Finally, he ridiculed the assumptions of so-called scientists, who traded upon the credulity of the multitude by deriding God and His awe-inspiring and magnificent creations. He adjured his audience to honor and revere Him Whose power and majesty were manifested in so marvellous a manner

Mr. James McKenna moved, and Mr. Charles Carroll .seconded, a vote of thanks to the rev. lecturer, which was carried with acclamation. Rev. Father Wright, in .replying, said, whenever his parochial duties permitted he would be pleased to lecture to club members and friends. ...

Otahiihu

(From an occasional correspondent.)

~_.-,;-.:: •■;■•• : August 10. v ; : T A e social gathering held recently in connection With, thtj Catholic Club was an unqualified success. '.were about 230 persons present, many of /whom had journeyed from Auckland, Onehunga, Ellerslie, Panmure, and Manurewa. The hall was decorated in the .club colors— and white. Messrs. W. Whitelaw, G. Rogers, E. McGaughran, and J. Brennan, with Mr. C. McCrory, who acted as secretary, left nothing to "be desired. The supper room presented a pleasing appearance, the tables and room being also decorated in the club colors. The arrangements and the decorations of the tables reflected great credit on the artistic tastes of the lady friends of the members. Financially the social was one of the most successful functions ever held in the district. ' \ 1