DIOCESE OF DUNEDIN

New Zealand Tablet, 18 February 1915, Page 35

DIOCESE OF DUNEDIN

The collection in St. Joseph’s Cathedral parish on behalf of the distressed Belgians amounted to £123 Cs 6d.

On Sunday there was Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament at St. Patrick’s Basilica, South Dunedin, from the last Mass until after Vespers, when the usual procession, followed by Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament, took place.

A concert in aid of the funds for furnishing the stalls at the forthcoming bazaar in South Dunedin will be given in the Town Hall, South Dunedin, on Wednesday evening, February 24. The arrangements for the St. Patrick’s Day concert are well advanced, and the committee has drawn up a programme of exceptional merit, to which some of the leading vocalists in Dunedin have promised to

■ • . • • • '■ V • . - * -/ •,= - - - ' * ’ V contribute. The concert takes place on the evening of March 17, in the Garrison Hall. !:

On Saturday a Solemn; Requiem'Mass, Coram Vontifice, was celebrated in St. Joseph’s Cathedral for the repose of 'the soul of Sister Mary Aloysius Coffey, who died at the Presentation Convent, Clonmel, on February 9. Rev. Father Liston (Holy Cross College) was celebrant, Rev. Father Foley (Gore) deacon. Rev. Father Morkane (Holy Cross College) subdeacon, and Rev. Father Buckley master of ceremonies. The following priests were also present in the sanctuary; —Very Rev. Father Coffey, Adm., Rev. Fathers Delany, Corcoran, Kavanagh, Tobin, and Falconer. His Lordship the Bishop gave the absolution at the catafalque. The solemn music was sung by the Dominican nuns. •