Intercolonial

New Zealand Tablet, 12 June 1913, Page 49

Intercolonial

From Mr. John Redmond, M.P., leader of the Irish Parliamentary' Party, Rev. Father G. A. Robinson, of Camberwell, Victoria, the foundation stone of whose church in honor of Our Lady of Victories was blessed on Sunday, May 25, has received the following cable:— ‘Have heard with delight great success attending your noble work. Congratulate your distinguished Archbishop, yourself; and good Australian people,’ - - On account of the inclement weather, the ceremonies arranged for the celebration of Corpus Christi at Manly on Sunday, May 25, had to be abandoned. A procession was held, however, through the cloisters of St. Patrick’s College. His Grace the Archbishop carried the Blessed Sacrament under the canopy, accompanied by the students of the college chanting appropriate hymns. Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament was afterwards given by the Archbishop, to which a large number of people who had journeyed to Manly hoping that the celebration would take place, were admitted. The estate of the late Dr. John Joseph Donovan, of Sydney, has been valued for probate purposes at over £50,000. Among his charitable bequests were the following;— Particular Council of . Sydney for St. Vincent de Paul Society (for distribution in such proportions as the council might think expedient among the several conferences of the society in Sydney and suburbs for the relief of the poor), £300; the Home for Aged Poor, Randwick, £300; St. Vincent’s Hospital, Sydney, £500; Lewisham Hospital, Sydney, £400; St. Joseph’s Hospital, Auburn, and the Mater Misericordiae Hospital, North Sydney, £3OO each; Sacred Heart Hospice, Darlinghurst road, £200; St. Anne’s Orphanage, Liverpool, St. Michael’s Orphanage, Baulkham Hills, St. Brigid’s Orphanage, Ryde, St. Joseph’s Orphanage (for girls), Lane Cove road, St. Joseph’s Orphanage (for boys), Kincumber, the Good Samaritan Industrial School, Manly, St. Vincent’s Industrial Home Westmead, St. Martha’s Industrial Home, Waitara, the Foundling Home, Waitara, and St. Magdalene Refuge, Tempe, £2OO each; Boys’ Orphanage, Goulbarn, Girls’ Orphanage, North Goulburn, and the Institution for the Deaf and Dumb, Waratah, £IOO each; St. Joseph’s School for Poor Children, William street, Sydney, and St. John's School for Poor Children, Kent street, Sydney, £SO each.

The largest gathering which the beautiful Melbourne suburb, Camberwell, has ever known, assembled on Sunday afternoon, May 25, on the occasion of the laying ot the foundation stone of the Church of Our Lady of Victories, the noble edifice which, thanks to the Rev. Father Robinson, is about to be erected. The attendance (says the Age) must have numbered well oyer 30,000. It was a glorious. afternoon, and by 2 o’clock all manner of —motor cars, motor ’buses, landaus, waggonettes, and the rest—were making for the same destination. A special railway service was run, but it failed to cope very effectively with the rush, and at Flinders street station the supply of tickets gave out. Above the allotment on which the church is to be built long lines of flags were garlanded, and a space, quite inadequate for the purpose, was railed off for the accommodation of those participating in the procession. This is the church for which Father Robinson has invited the voluntary contribution of 50,000 stones, and the estimated cost is £25,000. Rev. Father Robinson read a cablegram from Cardinal Merry del Val, secretary to his Holiness the Pope, -as follows: — ‘Holy Father learns with pleasure success attending great imdertaking on auspicious occasion of laying foundation stone. Most lovingly imparts Apostolic Benediction to . his Grace the Arch-, bishop, his Grace the Coadjutor - Archbishop, your reverence, and all the faithful of Australia and New Zealand who co-operate in raising the beautiful church in honor of Our Lady of Victories.’ His Grace the Archbishop of Melbourne, assisted by the Most Rev. Dr. Mannix, performed the ceremony and delivered an address.