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Colleagues Salute Four Jubilarians THE MON T HLY MAGAZINE FOR T HE CA T HOLI C S OF T HE DUNE D IN DIO C ESE HE ABLE T MayT 2008 T Issue No 132 Colleagues salute four jubilarians By GILLIAN VINE dents, and said: “On “THESE four the day of your or- Fa’atalofa priests truly know dination as bishop, the Shepherd,” Fr you were told [by Wayne Healey, of the Papal Nuncio] Oamaru, said of it would not be a Bishop Len Boyle good thing to go and Frs Tony Ives, to race meetings,” a Merv McGettigan reference to Bishop and Pat Maloney. Boyle’s enthusiasm The occasion was for the horses. a lunch, part of cel- Responding to ebrations to mark the toast, Bishop Bishop Boyle’s 25th Boyle said: “I was jubilee as a bishop, very pleased I said Fr Ives’ 60 years yes and I would say since his ordination yes again today.” and the 50th jubi- He recalled meet- lee of Frs McGetti- ing Pope John Paul gan and Maloney. Bishop Len Boyle … a wonderful pastor II. More than 40 cler- “He had a map of gy from as far away the world out on as Brisbane gathered at Holy Cross his desk and he said, ‘You are the bishop Centre, Mosgiel, to join the jubilarians who comes furthest in the world to see in their celebrations. They included the me but you are still part of the Church’.” Papal Nuncio, Archbishop Charles Bal- He thanked his priests for their loyalty vo, Cardinal Thomas Williams, Bishop and support. Owen Dolan, of Palmerston North, and “Once you have ordained a priest, you the Bishop of Hamilton, Denis Browne. know you really are a bishop. You give something of yourself in the ordination In proposing the toast to Bishop Welcome … The president of the process,” Bishop Boyle said. Boyle, Bishop Browne, said: “We thank Dunedin Samoan Catholic Commu- The toasts to the other jubilarians you for being such a wonderful pastor, nity, Leleisiuao Palesoo Tulia, leads were proposed by Fr Brian Fenton, of priest and bishop.” the offertory procession in tradi- Wanaka, to Fr Ives, Fr Kevin McKone (to Such was his modesty that, when tional style at Fr Niusila Mariano’s Fr Pat Maloney) and Mgsr Vincent Walk- summonsed to Apostolic Nunciature first Mass in the city. Report and er (to Fr Merv McGettigan). in Wellington, Fr Boyle (as he then was) more photographs, page 8-9. did not guess what he was there for Photographs – page 16➤ until the then Papal Nuncio told him the Pope wanted him to be a bishop. In this issue… Bishop Boyle’s response was to say he St Vinnies book launch.......................3 Welcome, Fr Mariano........pages 8-9 needed to think about it, so he went Poll supports Pope..............................4 Schools’ special character..............11 out for a walk before saying yes. Invercargill’s new rose........................5 Queenstown parish ‘unique’.........15 To the delight of those present, Bish- WYD08...................................................7 Jubilarians’ lunch.............................16 op Browne recalled several lighter inci- The Tablet May 2008 The deadline for the June issue is Wednesday, May 28. Please send all contributions to the editor, Gillian Vine, 26 Franklin St, Dalmore, Dunedin 9010; phone 021-705-708; email [email protected] or fax 03-474-5758. O’NEILL DEVEREUX LAWYERS ★ Home Sales and Purchases (fixed quotes) Bishop Colin Campbell (centre, right) carried a candle during the recessional after ★ ★ Free Wills Family Trusts Mass at the National Clergy Assembly in Blenheim last month. Photo: Wel-com ★ Enduring Powers of Attorney ★ Court Representation ★ Commercial Dealings Bishop’s Diary Invercargill craft Client Parking Available MAY-JUNE group going strong 248 HIGH STREET May 17 – Diocesan Finance Seminar THE St Patrick’s Craft Group, in Inver- P.O. BOX 909 June 6 – Board of Management cargill, has been going for almost 17 DUNEDIN meeting years. Telephone 477-6801 June 14-15 –Ranfurly Parish When the group started, the get-to- Fax 479-0201 Confirmation and Visitation gethers were held in members’ homes. It now meets on Monday mornings from 10am to noon in the parish com- munity centre. Some members have been attending- for nearly all of those 17 years. In recent months, the group lost Win Leonard and Marie Vallely, the last of the foun- dation members. Over the 17 years, there has been a wonderful selection of work pro- duced and three weekend exhibitions have been held so others have had the pleasure of seeing it. There is no restriction on what type of work any- one does. Over the years, people have done patchwork, hardanger, cross- stitch, knitting, tatting, crocheting, embroidery, bead work and paper tole. Attending the group is a great way to learn from others and share ideas and patterns. New members are welcome and do not have to belong to the parish. Those attending are asked for a small dona- tion to cover the cost of the heating and lighting. If anyone is interested, please phone Joan on 216-7631, or just go along any Monday morning. 2 May 2008 The Tablet Dunedin launch for St Vinnies history By GILLIAN VINE Mr Tansley, who attended the Australian NEXT month, a biography of the Catholic launch of the book in Sydney last month, engineer responsible for laying out Mil- explained that the book was being ton and the founder of the Society of St launched twice because of the lengthy Vincent de Paul in New South Wales will period O’Neill spent in New Zealand. be launched in Dunedin by the Papal When the first New Zealand Conference Nuncio, Archbishop Charles Balvo. of St Vincent de Paul was established Captain Charles: Engineer of Charity by in Christchurch in 1867, among those Stephen Utick traces the life of Captain present was a C. O’Neill, assumed to be Charles Gordon O’Neill from his birth in Captain Charles. “At that time, O’Neill Scotland in 1828, through his engineering lived in Dunedin,” Mr Tansley said. work in New Zealand, to his move to He had been a member of the society in Sydney and establishment of a St Vincent Glasgow before coming to New Zealand, de Paul Conference to his death there in so it was natural that he would maintain poverty in 1900. this interest in New Zealand. O’Neill was a brilliant young Irish Scot “He was very supportive of the society.” engineer and architect who came to After periods in the Thames area St Vincent de Paul national vice- Otago at the height of the gold rush – including a stint as an MP – and president Kevin Tansley, of Dun- and from May 1864 was assistant district Wellington, O’Neill moved to Sydney, edin, holds a copy of Captain engineer, overseeing civil construction where he founded the state’s first Charles, which will be launched in and dredging in Central Otago before conference of St Vincent de Paul in 1881. It New Zealand next month. taking on the Milton project in 1866. was not Australia’s first, as there had been He is blamed for the kink in the main an earlier, short-lived one in Victoria. road in Milton but St Vincent de Paul national vice-president The author of Captain Charles, Canberra-based historian and civil engineer Kevin Tansley, of Dunedin, thinks it more Stephen Utick, has been a volunteer for the St Vincent de Paul likely than O’Neill’s passion for good town planning led him Society for 35 years, researched the life of Charles O’Neill, with to put in the curve for aesthetic reasons. the help of retired professional engineer, Vince Dever. A champion of miners’ rights, in 1866 O’Neill was elected “Research from Dunedin sources took many years because to Parliament, one of two representatives of the Goldfields of the difficulty in tracing rare reports,” Utick told The Tablet. electorate. The other was Julius Vogel. He described research on Charles O’Neill as a “herculean” O’Neill believed the South Island should be separated from job “of tracing, then putting together thousands of fragments the North Island and that Otago have control over its own from three countries. In some archives and libraries we found revenue. He supported the establishment of what were good pockets of material, others a few scraps of paper.” then known as lunatic asylums, opposed the Divorce Bill, In New Zealand, the best sources included the Alexander defended the patents system (he was an inventor of note) and Turnbull Library in Wellington and the Hocken in Dunedin. promoted the establishment of fire brigades through levying Utick will be in Dunedin on June 14 for the New Zealand householders. launch of Captain Charles: Engineer of Charity. Mercy Hospital helps children hear better MERCY Hospital co-ordinated a signifi- had been undertaken in previous years. cant charitable surgical initiative in April Ear, nose and throat surgeon Patrick by providing grommets for 40 Otago Dawes was again the driving force children who were on the Otago District behind the initiative and he, and the two Health Board waiting list for grommets. anaesthetists, discounted their fees. This has made a significant reduction While the staff at Mercy Hospital has in that list, Mercy mission co-ordinator supported the effort through fund- Dr Janice McDrury said. raising, it was the two days on which This is the third year this has been the surgery occurred that every team in undertaken as it has captured the the hospital pulled together through a imagination of funders and Mercy wonderful co-operative effort to ensure Hospital staff. Generous donations came all went smoothly.
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