DIOCESE OF CHRISTCHURCH

New Zealand Tablet, 11 March 1915, Page 31

DIOCESE OF CHRISTCHURCH

■'.-i i .. ■ (From our own correspondent.) , - ... : V March 8. The many friends of., the Rev. Father O’Boyle will be pleased to learn that he has so far recovered, from his recent serious illness as to be able,V on last Sunday, to celebrate Mass in the chapel of Lewisham Hospital. A wireless message was received at the ' episcopal residence from the Very Rev. Chancellor Price, Adm., on board the Moeraki on the voyage to Sydney, stating that his Lordship the Bishop was keeping well. On arrival at their destination a cable message was sent, conveying the same pleasing intelligence. Tickets for the national entertainment, in celebration of St. Patrick’s Day, are being freely disposed of, and it is expected the accommodation of the Coloseum, capacious though it is, will be fully occupied oh the evening of March 17. An excellent programme is promised, whilst the object to be benefited by the proceeds —the providing of free beds at Lewisham Hospital for those unable to pay— a most worthy one. - The dual motives of patriotism and charity will certainly, on this occasion as in the past, appeal to large numbers of the citizens. Christchurch North March 8. The Rev. Father Edge (Huntly) was a guest at St. Mary’s Presbytery last week. On Tuesday evening he attended the weekly meeting of the St. Vincent de Paul Society, and gave a very interesting address on the social conditions of Huntly before and after the recent disaster. • The members of the Catholic Girls’ Club are making most commendable efforts to justify the object for which the club was started. Larger and more commodious rooms have been secured in Cranmer square, and already quite a number of Catholic girls have taken up residence there.