DIOCESE OF DUNEDIN

New Zealand Tablet, 7 August 1913, Page 35

DIOCESE OF DUNEDIN

•■ The annual meeting of St. Joseph's Conference of the St. Vincent -de Paul Society (laaies) takes place in St. Joseph's Hall on Friday evening, August 15. ■ A euchre tournament in aid of the local stall at the forthcoming bazaar will be held in the Sacred Heart Schoolroom, North-east Valley, on Friday evening, August 8. . ■■■■■■■''■■■■'■■'.■ ■'■■'■ V "'■"■'■' ""■'■'■- -''■"■' A successful euchre tournament in aid of the City stall at the forthcoming bazaar was held in St. Joseph's Han on Thursday evening. The"'lady's prize was -won by Mrs. Gray. '' .- ' ' \ ' - There was Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament at St. Joseph's Cathedral oh Sunday from the last Mass until! after Vespers, when the usual procession, followed by Benediction, took place: ' ■". - ; - ' % - The Jubilee was proclaimed in the diocese of Dunedin at the 9 o'clock Mass at St. Joseph's Cathedral on : Sunday, when his Lordship the Bishop read a Pastoral Letter on the Universal Jubilee promulgated in memory of Constantine's Edict of Peace.' There was a very large attendance at the euchre tournament, given in the Pavilion, St. Clair, on Tuesday evening , to assist in'; the furnishing of the South Dunedin stall at the bazaar .being organised in aid of the building fund of the Christian Brothers' new school. During the evening vocal items' were given by Miss Samson and Mr. Perkins. The ladies' prizes were won by Mrs. Dickie and Miss B. Laffey, and the gentlemen's by Messrs. Brown and McGuigan. LADIES' ST. VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY, *;/. DUNEDIN. ■;■ -~.Z'\' On Friday evening a meeting of representatives of the conferences of the Ladies' St. Vincent de Paul Society in Dunedin; and suburbs was held in St. Joseph's Hall. Mrs. Mowat; was voted to the chair, and there was an attendance of about 30 members. The object of the meeting was the forming of a Particular Council in connection with the Superior Council in Adelaide, which is affiliated to the General Council in Bologna, Italy. The conferences represented were:—St. Joseph's (Dunedin), St. Patrick's (South Dunedin), Sacred Heart (North-east Valley), and the Immaculate Conception (Kaikorai). St. Mary's (Invercargill) intimated through its secretary that it wished to be affiliated to the Particular Council. Mrs. Mowat, in opening, the proceedings explained the objects of the meeting, and referred to the special works which would be undertaken by the Particular Council, the principal being the conducting of Sunday schools in outlying districts and v the forming of new conferences in various parts of the diocese. : . ; " ; Rev. Father Coffey, Adm., said he was pleased to hear that one of the duties to be undertaken by the Council would be the conducting of Sunday schools/as this was a very necessary and useful work., r ' After some further remarks it was decided to form the Particular Council, consisting of the .five • abovementioned conferences, and the election of officers rresulted as follows:—President, Mrs. J. B. Callan (Dunedin) : vice-presidents, Mesdames J. J. Marlow (South Dunedin) and Timpany (Invercargill); secretary, Miss B. Laffey. . ..,_ '■.'..' It was decided to hold a Council meeting every three months, the first to be in September next. ;,: