DIOCESE OF DUNEDIN

New Zealand Tablet, 11 April 1912, Page 35

DIOCESE OF DUNEDIN

The Christian Brothers’ School reopens on Monday after the Easter vacation. .. The Christian Brothers’ Cricket Club is to hold a euchre party in aid of the, club and gymnasium funds in St. Joseph’s Hall on April 17. ' His Lordship the Bishop left yesterday forenoon for Auckland, from .whence .he intends to . proceed. to Te Aroha and Rotorua. During his Lordship’s, absence all communications on diocesan business should be addressed to the Right Rev. Mgr. • Mackay, V.G., Oamaru. His Lordship Bishop Verdon ' has been pleased .to make the following changes among the clergy of the diocese:Rev. Father Woods, who has been in Oamaru for the past two years, goes to Invercargill,' Rev. Father E. Lynch, who has been - acting -temporarily at St. Joseph’s Cathedral since Christmas, has been transferred to Oamaru, and Rev. Father Buckley, of Holy Cross College, has been appointed to St. Joseph’s Cathedral. Rev. - Father P. J. O’Neill has : been appointed assistant to ' Rev. , Father Keenan, Riversdale, whose health,has not been satisfactory for some time. During the holidays the members of the Christian Brothers’ senior football team journeyed to Timaru

for the purpose of playing a couple of matches against ■ the Association ? teams in that district. On Saturday they met a team representative .of South Canterbury, and . were victorious by 4 goals to one. v Tim game was played at Temuka under ideal conditions, and/ despite the score, was evenly contested, both teams . playing, excellent football. .On Monday .they met a Timaru team, and were defeated by 4 goals to 2. : Owing to the roughness of the ground, the . game was hardly sat- :: isfactory, but at times the play was really of a firstclass order. . The members of the. team were delighted with their holiday, and spent their time most enjoyably visiting the various places of interest in the locality. They were specially interested in the new church at Timaru, .and are enthusiastic in their praise, of the magnificence of the edifice. - ; They also visited the pretty little church at Temuka, and were charmed with the beauty of its interior decoration. /'77-7:77 - ~ v .''" There was Pontifical High Mass in St. Joseph’s Cathedral on Easter Sunday, his Lordship the Bishop being celebrant, Rev. Father Coffey, Adm., assistant priest, Rev. Father Collins (Holy Cross College) deacon, Rev. Father E. Lynch subdeacon, and Rev. Father Buckley (Holy Cross College) master of ceremonies. The sermon on the day’s festival was preached by the Rev. Father Coffey. The music was Gounod’s ‘ Messe Solennelle.’ As the procession entered .the choir sang ‘ Ecce Sacerdos Magnus (Elgar), and the Offertory piece was ‘ Haec Dies.’ (Webbe). The Proper of the Mass was ‘ Victimae Paschali ’ (Bordonel) and a composition of Edmonds Tozer. The principal solos were taken by Mrs. Fraher (soprano), Mr. Carolin (tenor), and Mr. McGrath (bass). There was a very large congregation, this being also the case at the early Masses, when unusually large numbers , approached the Holy Table. It being the first Sunday of the ’ month, there was Exposition of the Blessed. Sacrament from the last Mass until after the evening devotions, at which his Lordship presided. There was the usual procession in the evening, followed by Benediction of the Blessed. Sacrament. A sermon on the Sacred Heart was preached by Rev. Father E. Lynch.. After devotions. the members of the choir were entertained in St. Joseph’s Hall by his Lordship the Bishop. Rev. Father Coffey presided, and on behalf of his Lordship and himself thanked the choir for their services, making special mention of Mr. Yallis and Miss Callan. . Mr. Vallis briefly replied on behalf of the choir. The high altar on Easter Sunday and the Altar of Repose on Holy Thursday were decorated with much taste by Misses Murphy and White. - The Masses and devotions in St. Joseph’s Cathedral during Holy Week were very well attended. His Lordship the Bishop was celebrant of Pontifical High Mass on Holy Thursday, Right Rev. Mgr. Mackay, V.G. (Oamaru), being assistant priest, Very Rev. Monsignor O’Leary (Lawrence) and Very Rev. Father O’Donnell .(Gore) deacons at the throne, Rev. Father Collins (Holy Cross College) deacon of the Mass, Rev. Father Woods (Oamaru) subdeacon, and Rev. Father --Coffey, Adm., master of ceremonies.. . .. The music was rendered by the Dominican Nuns’ ; choir. The Mass of the Presanctified on Good Friday was celebrated by his Lordship the Bishop, Right Rev. Mgr. Mackay being assistant priest, Rev .Father Del any (South Dunedin) deacon, Rev. Father E. Lynch subdeacon, and Rev. Father Coffey master of ceremonies. The Passion was sung by Rev. Fathers Liston, Morkane, and Collins (Holy Cross College). On Saturday Solemn High Mass was celebrated by Rev. Father Collins, Rev. Father Woods being deacon, Rev. Father E. Lynch subdeacon and Rev. Father Coffey master of ceremonies The music was sung by the choir of the Dominican . Nuns. The sermon on the Blessed Eucharist on Holy Thursday evening was preached by the Rev. Father O’Donnell (Queenstown), that on the Passion on Good Friday morning by Very Rev. Dean Burke (Invercargill), and that on the Seven Dolors of the Blessed Virgin Mary on,Friday evening by the Very ,Rev. Father O’Donnell (Gore). His Lordship the Bishop presided at Tenebrae. on the evenings of Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, and in addition to the clergy of the Cathedral,

the following assisted. at the Holy Week ceremonies: Right Rev. Mgr. . Mackay, V.G., and Rev. Father Woods (Oamaru)i Very Rev. Mgr. O’Leary (Lawrence), Very Rev. Dean Burke. (Invercargill), : Very Rev. Father O’Donnell (Gore), Rev. Father Hunt (Cromwell),- Rev. Father O’Donnell (Queenstown), Rev. Fathers Delany and O’Neill (South Dunedin), Rev. Father O’Reilly (Port Chalmers), Rev. Fathers Liston (Rector),. Buckley, Morkane, Scarilan, and Collins (Holy Cross College). The students of Holy Cross College assisted at the ; ceremonies during the week, and the Christian Brothers’ choir and the students sang the ‘ Benedictus ’ and ‘ Miserere ’ each evening at Tenebrse. The Cathedral was crowded on Friday afternoon at the devotion of the Way of the Cross.