DIOCESE OF AUCKLAND

New Zealand Tablet, 1 July 1915, Page 27

DIOCESE OF AUCKLAND

(By telegraph, from our own correspondent.) , : June 28. On next Friday three postulants are to receive white veils at St. Mary’s Convent, Ponsonby. The Sacred Heart College, conducted by the Marist Brothers, opened to-day after the winter holidays. The physical culture instructor under the Board of Education is at present instructing the children of the schools of the Grey Lynn parish, conducted by the Sisters of St. Joseph.

Rev. Father Delach, S.M., Hastings, who was under treatment at the Mater Misericordiae Hospital, is now convalescent, and is staying at the Bishop’s House. The Marist Brothers’ senior football team drew with the leaders of the competition on last Saturday, this being the first check suffered by the College Rifles; In the other grades the Marist Brothers, particularly the fifth grade, give promise of being well up, if not victorious, in their respective competitions. The juvenile Hibernians have formed a junior team in connection with their branch.

The third anniversary of the ordination of the*Rev. Father McLaughlan occurred on the 23rd ilxst., on which date the Right Rev. Monsignor Brodie, V.G., accompanied by several of the clergy of the diocese, waited on Father McLaughlan, offered him their sincere congratulations, and tendered him a handsome cheque as a mark of their high appreciation. Rev. Father McLaughlan feelingly replied, and thanked Monsignoi* Brodie and his colleagues in the priesthood for their kind expressions, and practical proof of their good will.

Huntly (By telegraph, from our own correspondent.) June 28. The convent school children were granted a fortnight’s vacation on last Friday. The next Hibernian social will be held in the Miners’ Hall on Monday, July 5. The members of the St. Vincent de Paul Society will receive Holy Communion in a body on the Feast of St. Vincent de Paul, July 19. The annual basket social, which was held at Ngaruawahia last week, proved an unqualified success, and a substantial sum was realised. The promoters deserve great credit for the success of the entertainment. At the 9 o’clock Mass on Sunday the general Communion of the members of the H.A.C.B. Society was very largely attended. The ordinary meeting of the branch was held in the schoolroom in the evening. The president (Bro. T. Molloy) was in the chair, and a failamount of business, including arrangements for the forthcoming social, was transacted.