Intercolonial

New Zealand Tablet, 18 September 1913, Page 53

Intercolonial

, The golden jubilee of the Rev., Brother John Barnabas Lynch was celebrated by a High Mass in St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Melbourne, on September 8.

Rev. Father W. A. Ryan, who has been transferred from Colac to the Camperdown parish, was tendered a farewell banquet recently, and presented with an illuminated address. The entertainment took place in the Victoria Hall, Colac, and was presided over by Mr. H. M. Powell. There was a large attendance of parishioners and friends, and speeches expressive of the high' esteem in which Father Ryan was held, and regret at his departure, were made by a number of gentlemen present.

Mr. John McCormack and his wife arrived in Sydney by express from Melbourne on August 31, and lost no time in renewing friendships they had "made during their previous visit. Mr. and Mrs. McCormack have taken a house at Rose Bay for some months, and will make Sydney their headquarters during the tour. Mr. O’Brien, the pianist of the company, is very much pleased with what he has seen of Australia, and has been saying nice things about it. Mr. McCormack was tendered a reception at the Town Hall by the Lord Mayor. The Premier and the Minister for Lands were amongst those present. :

At the annual movable conference of the southern division of the Queensland district of the H.A.C.8., Society, held recently at Childers, his Grace Archbishop Duhig presided. According to the District Executive officers’ report submitted at the meeting, the capital value of the funds to the credit of district and branches now amounts to £56,658 13s 9d, an increase of £6658 16s 3d for the year. The disbursements for benefits to members and their representatives were as follow; Funeralage and compensation money, £520; mortality allowance, £920; sick pay, £3593 2s 7d; medical attendance and medicine, £5470 19s lid; total, £10,494 2s 6d, as against £9634 3s lOd paid away during the preceding year.

There was a distinguished assemblage of prelates and priests at the golden jubilee celebrations at the Convent of the Good Shepherd, Abbotsford. His Grace the Archbishop of Melbourne, his Grace the Coadjutor-Archbishop, his Grace the Archbishop of Sydney, his Lordship the Bishop of- Bendigo, his Lordship the Bishop of Ballarat, the Very Rev. the VicarGeneral, Very Rev. Prior Scanlan, 0.C.C., Very Rev. Dr. Hayden (Sydney), Right Rev. Mgr. Coonan,. V.G. (Sydney), and others were present. The CoadjutorArchbishop pontificated, and the occasional sermon was delivered by the Superior of the Redemptorists (Very Rev. C. J. Hunt, 8.A., C.SS.R.), who paid a graceful tribute to the self-sacrificing work of the Sisters of the Good Shepherd during the past fifty years. He quoted interesting statistics showing how the mustard-seed planted fifty years ago had flourished exceedingly.

On Sunday evening, August 31, St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Melbourne, was crowded, on the occasion of the unveiling of a mural tablet to the late Professor Frederic William Beard. The memorial has been provided by the Cathedral Choir, the Victorian Festival Choir, and the National Operatic Society. After Vespers his Grace the Archbishop preached on * Church Music,’ and, in concluding his discourse, said: As a typical representative of church music, they were that evening honoring the late Professor Beard. No one had a higher or more accurate idea of- what church music should be than the late conductor of the Cathedral choir. No one labored so zealously to fill his whole choir with enthusiasm for the meaning and the value of church music. He (his Grace) was glad to see them honoring the memory of Professor Beard, who was a great church musician, brimful of art, faith, and piety. He carried out, in its entirety the principle laid down by the Church in rendering of sacred music. He observed the practice of rendering the ‘lntroit,’ Gradual,’ * Offertory,’ and ‘Communion’ in plain chant, whilst the * Kyrie,’ Gloria,’ ‘.Credo,’ and * Sanctus ’ were rendered in harmonised music.