DIOCESE OF DUNEDIN

New Zealand Tablet, 18 September 1913, Page 35

DIOCESE OF DUNEDIN

The annual meeting of the Christian Brothers' Cricket Club will be held this evening. The members of the Christian Brothers' Football Club will approach the Holy Table at. St. Joseph's Cathedral at the nine o'clock Mass on Sunday. V: 1 The many friends of the Right Rev. Mgr. Mackay, V.G., Oamaru, will be pleased to hear that he Mis making rapid recovery from his recent serious illness. The Children of Mary will give an entertainment in St. Joseph's Hall on Monday evening in aid of the fund for furnishing their stall at the Christian Brothers' School bazaar. """" .'■'-■". Referring at St. Joseph's : Cathedral on Sunday to the forthcoming bazaar, "Rev. Father Coffey, Adm., requested those who had received books of tickets for the art -union to return the blocks of sold tickets, accompanied by remittances, as soon as possible. A very successful euchre, tournament, in" aid of the furnishing of the North-east Valley stall 'at the forthcoming bazaar, was held in. the Sacred Heart School on Friday evening. .The lady's prize was .won by Miss Treahy and the gentleman's by Mr. Wall, A retreat 'for the Children of Mary will open -in the chapel of the Convent of Mercy, South Dunedin, on Sunday evening, 21st inst. The retreat will .be preached by Very Rev. Father Roche, C.SS.R., Superior of- the Redemptorist Fathers in New Zealand. There was a very large congregation.in St. Joseph's Cathedral on Sunday afternoon, when his Lordship Bishop Verdon administered the Sacrament of.; Confirmation to 190 candidates, among whom were -a number of adults. His Lordship was assisted by the Rev.- Father Coffey, Adm., and Rev. Fathers- Corcoran and Kavanagh. Mr. N. Smith was sponsor for the boys and. Miss Ritchie for the girls. After the ceremony his Lordship addressed those just confirmed, and then administered the total abstinence pledge of the 'League of the Cross to the children. : The ceremony was brought to a close with Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament. •.-■ St. Joseph's Men's Club held the final meeting of the season in St. Joseph's Hall on Monday evening. Rev. Father Buckley (president) occupied the chair, and there was a large attendance. A varied programme of musical and other items was submitted, and greatly enjoyed. During the evening a prize (donated by Mr. Gallagher) was presented to Mr. Simpson for introducing most new members during the. season. Messrs. Clements and Yule tied for the prize given to the junior member who had made most progress that for the senior went to Mr. J. At will. . At the close of ' the meeting Rev. Father Buckley briefly addressed the members, and took the opportunity of thanking those who had shown their . interest in the club during the season by their, regular •attendance.':■'.

The members of the Christian Brothers’ Old Boys’ Association held a smoke concert in the Victoria Hall on Wednesday evening of last week. There was a good attendance of the members, and a most enjoyable time was spent. Songs were contributed during the evening by Messrs. E. Mee, H. Poppelwell, and H. Miles the Christian Brothers’ Choir quartet party

contributed an item, and Mr. H. Gallagher gave a recitation. Rev. Father Coffey, in proposing the toast of the Christian. Brothers' Old Boys' Association, paid a tribute to the success of the organisation and to the loyalty which the ' old boys ' displayed towards their school. He made a strong appeal to all those present to combine for the purpose of making the coming bazaar in aid of the school building fund a huge success, and pointed out the various ways in which an organisation such as theirs could assist in helping in the work that was to be done during the course of the ■festival. Mr. A. J. Sullivan, in responding, assured the committee of the bazaar that they would find every ' old boy' doing his share of the work. Mr. Callan also, in the course of a few remarks, made reference to the absolute necessity of having a strong body of workers, and urged those present to do their utmost to make the bazaar something beyond the ordinary. Mr. J. Carroll proposed the toast of the ' Christian Brothers,' and in doing so referred to the good work that had been done by the Brothers in Dunedin, and to the deservedly high reputation which the x Order enjoyed throughout the world. Rev. Brother O'Donoghuo responded.