DIOCESE OF DUNEDIN

New Zealand Tablet, 6 March 1919, Page 27

DIOCESE OF DUNEDIN

The Sisters of Mercy, South Dunedin, regret delay m acknowledging a gift of £8 7s from charitable wellwishers, Queenstown, towards St. Vincent de Paul’s Orphanage. The annual general meeting of the Christian Brothers Association Football Club will be held in the schoolroom, Rattray Street, on Monday, March 10 at ■eight p.m. sharp. Football this year promises to regain all its former enthusiasm on the part of players, and those of our Catholic boys who intend participating in the game should make a point of attending at Monday s meetin a " j -OThere was Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament Horn the 11 o’clock Mass in St. Joseph’s Cathedral on last Sunday. After Compline in the evening, the Rev. J A. O’Connell, S.M., Rector of Wanganui, preached an impressive sermon on the Divine Presence in the Blessed Eucharist. In the procession of the Blessed Sacrament which followed, Father O’Connell bore the Sacred Host, and officiated at Solemn Bene-

diction of the Blessed Sacrament. There was a crowded congregation.

At St.'Joseph's Cathedral on Ash Wednesday the ashes were blessed prior to the 6.30 a.m. Mass, and distributed at the various Masses that followed.

The following pupils of the Christian Brothers’ School, Dunedin, -were successful in the recent examinations: —Senior Scholarships— John Smith, Raymond Marlow. Senior Tree Placeslvan Hjorring, Francis Moloney, Joseph Hally, Francis Sligo, Paul Yallis, Callan Drumm, Roderick Culling, Maurice Wakelin, Anthony Dowling, Gerald Shiel. Public Service Entrance— O’Reilly, Frederick Sadler, Reginald King.

There was a large attendance of members of St. Joseph’s Committee of the Catholic Federation at the ordinary monthly meeting, held after devotions on last Sunday evening. Very Rev. J. Coffey, Diocesan Administrator, presided. Members of the Diocesan Council Executive and of the sub-committee having in hand the arrangements for the public gathering to bo held in His Majesty’s Theatre to-night (Thursday) were also in attendance. All the reports indicated the satisfactory accomplishment of much preparatory work for the series of important. Federation events to be held this week in Dunedin, and which will mark a distinct advance step in the activities of this useful Catholic organisation in the diocese of Dunedin*.

The programme sub-committee of the National Concert in celebration of St. Patrick’s Day has been successful in securing a number of well-known and favorite artists for the occasion. These include Mesdames R. A. Power, Fraher, Coventry, Misses E. Murphy and M. Lemon, Messrs. J. Leech, T. J. Hussey, W. Atwill, and D. Fogarty. Mr. Colin Mackenzie, the accomplished dancer, will give an Irish jig, and the Kaikorai Band will contribute a couple of overtures. Tickets of admission have been widely circulated, and nothing is being left undone to ensure the event being an outstanding success.