N.Z. CATHOLIC FEDERATION

New Zealand Tablet, 22 May 1919, Page 23

N.Z. CATHOLIC FEDERATION

The monthly meeting of the Diocesan Executive of the Catholic Federation, held on Tuesday, May 13, at St. Mary’s Presbytery, was well attended. The Very Rev. Dean Regnault, S.M., presided.- ■ V —• • The Rev. J. Hanrahan, of Darfield, was present, and received a warm welcome from the' chairman. Father Hanrahan, in replying, said that although his parishioners were not numerous, they were, one and all, deeply interested in the work of the Federation, and were pleased to unite with the rest of the diocese for the common good, and it would be one of his principal objects to maintain that interest while in the parish. It was decided to hold the annual meeting of the Diocesan Council on Tuesday, July 15, in the Catholic Club Rooms, and to arrange for an address at the evening session on one of the many social questions now agitating the public mind. Members generally would be welcomed to the conference. Parish committees are invited to forward their remits for discussion at the conference to the diocesan secretary not later than June 11.

A circular letter to all parish committees regarding their annual meeting (which should be held in the first week in June), annual returns, etc., was read and approved and ordered to be distributed.

Arrangements were made to visit Darfield on Sunday, May 18, Messrs. W. Hayward and F. J. Doolan undertaking to address the parishioners on the work of the Federation.

Dues and scholarship returns were received from the Cathedral, Waimate, Addington, and Little River branches.