DIOCESE OF CHRISTCHURCH

New Zealand Tablet, 1 April 1915, Page 29

DIOCESE OF CHRISTCHURCH

(From our own correspondent.) March 29. Prior to the 11 o'clock Mass in the Cathedral on Sunday last, the palms were blessed and distributed by the Very Rev. Father Price, Adm. The Very Rev. Dean Hills, S.M., has been appointed Administrator of the diocese, until the consecration of a successor of the late Bishop Grimes. In the primary schools cricket competition on Saturday, playing against Woolston School, Marist Brothers scored 125 in the first innings, against 42 by Woolston. Mr. P. Clarke attended the funeral of the lat© Bishop Grimes, as the representative of the musical branch of the Marist Brothers’ Old Boys’ Association, Auckland. During his short stay he met many of the local ‘ old boys,’ all of whom expressed the hope of seeing Mr. Clarke and his fine company down south again. The Hibernian fair and art union, which is being promoted by the St. Patrick’s branch of the H.A.C.B. Society, will be opened in the Hibernian Hall, Barbadoes street, on Saturday night next, by Dr. 11. T. J. Thacker, M.P. The committee, assisted by their lady friends, are leaving nothing undone to ensure the bazaar being a. great success. Two well furnished stalls, * Ireland ’ and ‘ Belgium,’ are under the capable management of Mrs. Green and Miss Wally respectively, and the tea. stall is being well catered for by Mrs. Maker. Various side shows are being arranged for, and on each evening a short concert will be given. Writing from Paris, Mrs. Arthur Mead, the talented Dominion soprano, says : ‘ I have been three months in this most beautiful of cities, and have seen a great deal of Paris. The churches are marvels of beauty. I have just,been to Benediction of the Most Blessed Sacrament in the Basilica of the Sacred Heart, of Mont

Martre. Here they have perpetual Adoration, and the faith is wonderful to behold.’ At the annual meeting of the Marist Brothers’ Old Boys’ Association Rugby Football Club, held last week, sixty members were present. The report, which was adopted, showed that the junior team was successful in being coupled with Lyttelton as winners of the junior flag. The other teams, although not so successful, showed consistency. The outlook for the coming season was a bright one. Several new members were elected. Over twenty members had left for the front, and it was decided to keep them free on the books during their absence. Sir George Clifford, Bart., is president, and the vice-presidents of honor are the Very Rev. Dean Hills, S.M., the Very Rev. Father Price, Adm., and Rev. Dr. Kennedy. The election of officers resulted as follows: —Vice-presidents— Dr. Morkane, Dr. Ardagh, and Messrs. L. Corbett, J. Power, W. Rodgers, T. Cahill, A. J. Malley, S. Flood, F. J. Holley, S. J. Kelleher, W. Moon, -G. Ives, and J. R. Hayward; club captain, Mr. F. Smith; secretary, Mr. M. O’Malley; assistant secretary and treasurer, Mr. L. Donohue; com—Messrs. W. Barnett, J. McQuillan, P. Amodeo, E. McQuillan, and M. Griffen; delegates to Canterbury Rugby Union —Messrs. F. Smyth, M. Mahoney, L. Corbett, and A. Fanning ; delegate to the training hall, Mr. F. Smith; delegate to Sports Protection Association, Mr. L. Donohue; auditors, Rev. Brother Calixtus and Mr. E. L. McKeon ; coaches senior, Mr. B. Fanning; junior, Mr. J. McQuillan; fourth class, Mr. E. McQuillan. It was decided to open the season on Saturday. Rakaia (From an occasional correspondent.) Five candidates presented at the Methven centre for the Trinity College examinations have been notified that they have successfully passed in the art of teaching. The following are the names of the successful candidates Misses Ellen Cullen (Licentiate), M. F. M.cErry, N. O’Connor, M. Kotlowski, and Gwen. Haylock (Associates). A highly successful entertainment was given on St. Patrick’s Night in the Town Hall, by the pupils of the local convent school. An excellent programme of vocal, instrumental, and dramatic items was gone through most creditably by the children, who had been carefully prepared by the Sisters of Mercy. the audience, which was a large and enthusiastic one, received each item with applause. The following was the programme; —Parc 1. — Opening chorus, ‘lreland, beautiful Ireland’; prologue, Richard Peckham ; ‘Poppies,’ junior pupils: ‘The sailors,’ boys; ‘ Shan t go to school,’ junior girls : piano duet, K. Sheehan and Lucy Meade comic duet, May Peckham and Lucy Miller; Where the river Shannon flows,’ Mr. rank Brown. The following took part in the play, ‘ The new boy’— Gertie Muller, Willie Peckham, and Alex. Marshall. The characters in ‘The expected visitors’ were filled by Gertie Muller, K. Sheehan, Annie Ronan, May Peckham, Kathleen Muller, and Rita Ronan, and in ‘The doctor’s mistake’ by James Keane, Cornelius Liddy, Clarence Dolan, Patrick Brown, and D. Dolan. Part 11. Piano duet, M. Peckham and Kathleen Hills; skirt dance, pupils; ‘Little pot of shamrocks, Kathleen Sheehan, Rose Brown, and Monica McNamara; ‘Sons of New Zealand, boys; ‘Grace Darling, ■ senior pupils; ‘Green shore of Erin, Mr. F. Biown, | ‘Sunshine and rain,’ M. Lufaro and Lu., a Muller; 4 ‘ Medicine Jack,’ Willie Peckham; Loin du pays, I Lucy Meade. I Ashburton ' « (From our own correspondent.) | A Requiem Mass for the repose of the soul of the late Bishop Grimes was celebrated by the Rev. Father O’Donnell at the Church of the Holy Name. The proposed celebration for St. Patrick s Day a banquet under the auspices of the Catholic Club and

Hibernian Society abandoned on account of the death of Bishop Grimes. \ In common with all other Catholic churches throughout New Zealand, the intercessory I' service, decreed by his Holiness "the Pope, took place at the Church of the Holy Name on Sunday, March 21. The weekly meetings of the Catholic Young Men’s Club (under the chairmanship of Mr. J. A. Lennon) continue to be well attended. The varied programme arranged by the .club’s council have proved both instructive and entertaining— a factor no doubt responsible for the evident prosperity and progress of this popular institution. Amongst the competitors at the musical and other competitions, held in Christchurch recently, were several of the pupils of the local convent school. No little credit is due to the Sisters for the success attending their efforts, as pupils of the school secured a first place, also several seconds and thirds, on each occasion_b e ating a large number of entrants.