OBITUARY.

VERY REV. DEAN GIN AT Y. Very sincere and general regret will be felt at the news of the death of the Very Rev. Dean Ginaty, VicarGeneral of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Christchurch. Until th© last few days (states Monday's Ohristchurch Press) Bean Ginaty had enjoyed robust health, never knowing a day's illness, bub towards jthe end of last week his usual good health began to fail him. On Saturday and yesterday he did not feel well, but it was not anticipated' that anything serious was th©> matter with him. His end came rather suddenly yesterday evening. Dean Ginaty, who wa,s 76 years of age, was born in Dublin, and cam© to New Zealand about 35 years ago. He was appointed parish priest of the Cathedral parish about 30 years ago, awl on the death ■of the Rev. Father Mamane he succeeded to the charge of St. Mary's, Manchester-street North. Some twenty years ago ho built Mount Magdala home, and from that time onwards continued to be identified with th© noble social work carried on there. To Dean Ginaty were dv© th© erection of the convent fronting Barbadoes-street, the first churches at- Halswell and Addington, the enlargement of the church in the city (before the Cathedral wa« built), the erection of the presbytery, th« securing of St. Mary's church property, the residence on the site being utilised as tho first home in this city for th© Sisters of the Good Shepherd, and the erection of a echool-church at Papanui. To the late Dean Ginaty the Mount Magdala institution, which, sine© 'its opening, in July, 1888, has done such, valuable work in Christchurch, owes its origin. He took a deep and zealous interest in the matter, and entered into communication with tlie authorities of tho headquarters of the Order of the Good Shepherd at Angers, in France, the result being the promise of the despatch to Christchurch from Melbourne of a community of nuns to carry on the good ' work here. The foundation stone was laid by Cardinal Moran, who was then on a visit to Cliristchurch, and the ceremony was a most impressive one. At its conclusion Dean Ginaty mad© a statement which showed what sacrifice he was willing to make in support of th© project he had so much at heart. "Though I am as: poor as a church 'mouse," he said, "I will have to scratch up the sum somehow. I will follow the noble example of His Lordship the Bishop of Wellington and give £100 also." This was a most generous offer from a poor parish priest, as he then was. and the announcement was 1 received with hearty cheers from a large assemblage present. The institution was' formally opened by Bishop Grimes on 22nd July, 1888, at which time the amount of the money etfjiended on the land and building 3 was £10,000. Previously Dean Ginaty had undertaken ft mission through New Zealand to raise fluids- for the new institution, and so sympathetic was the reception he encountered that in all his- travels he never met with a single TefusaT.