Diocese of Christchurch

New Zealand Tablet, Volume LII, Issue 8, 4 March 1925, Page 31

Diocese of Christchurch

(From our own correspondent.) February 28. Owing to the epidemic his Lordship the Bishop has decided to postpone the opening of the new church at Fisherton until Sunday, March 15. The new church at Marshlands, to be blessed and opened on March 8, is to be dedicated to Our Lady of Lourdes. All the furnishings and statues have already been generously donated by the parishioners. Very Rev. Dr. O'Reilly, CM., Sydney, is at present the guest of his Lordship the Bishop.

Rev. Father Seward has returned from . ~ , , •„ £ ~ Auckland, and will resume duties at Darfield during the week, The St. Patrick’s Day national concert will be under the auspices of the Hibernian Society, and will be held in the Caledonian Hall on the evening of March 17. Quite a good programme is being arranged, Rev. Father Hugh McDonnell, procurator St. Patrick’s College, Wellington, and Rev. Father Ainsworth, S.M., are visiting Christchurch.

Miss Kathleen Garven will give a concert in the Caledonian Hall on Monday evening, March 2. Miss Garven will be assisted by many local artists. The proceeds are in aid of Nazareth House. Rev. Father McLaughlin, Holy Cross College, Mosgiel, preached at the Cathedral on Sunday evening.