PAPAL DELEGATE.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 17, 20 January 1916, Page 4

PAPAL DELEGATE.

, has in hand the arrangements.in.cpnnectkhiTfith 'the wel* . come and entertainment : I-Archbishop Cerrefti.mel;.in r the Hibernian../ eveiiingr'-'Xifi.P. J. X-srheny;'-. ' |(Tice~presldent) presides. n. 3?eir*B£v. Fr. Cahill, Very Rev. Chanc&Uo'r Holbrook, ID.SV and~Rev. Txl-Murphy, Adm. St. -'Patrick's, and a lf'rge gathering.attended. JOn arrival of the'-delegate on 'Saturday 1 afternoon,. February- 19th,,_ bjr , &c Rotojrua express, he will be met"at : flie station land. escorted- in processional order jthfough ; Queen. Street, Karangahapo l Road, Ponsonby College" Hill, and 1 J Isew Street, to'the Bishop's palace. The ; '< children will line .each side of New Street •' from College' Bill to the steps of the Bishop's residence. On the ground the j children will reassemble, and, with band I accompaniment, will sing-"Faith 6f Our J Fathers", and "God Bless Our "Pope." j The -delegate x wilU then:-impart the i Papal Benediction. On Sunday morning || J Pontifical High Mass will be celebrated, lat which the delegate will be present,- | j Afterwards a dinner will fee given in hie I honour at the Bishop's house, to -which I the "clergy and committee are to be invited. On Monday, his Lordship Dr. Cleary a dinner, to which his Worship j the Mayor, the local members of Parlia-j-ment, and prominent citizens are to be i invited. J ..-On TueSday.;«venjpgc.in the.Town Hall, i the public welcome will .be accorded the - ] delegate,' at which' addresses".'from they. clergy and lai% ...asd. .a-choice jnusicil programme will be rendered." " . ; '"The -railway authorities" and the :.' Northern S.S. Go. are to be asked to run excursions to the city oh the occasion. -A- Boiivenir' v prograntmei- which win contain of'the' Catholic Church in Auckland - province, with photos of _ the .ecclesiastics .taking part, 'together with commemorative"badges in ! the. Papal .colours, whjite .and, gold, will ibe issued under, the. sanction of'the comi mittee. The decorations at the Cathedral I were entrusted to Eev. Fr. Murphy and I i the secretary. .:■.■■''. \ The delegate.;while here will visit the ; : ' .Catholic churches,'" colleges, schools and 1 orphanages. He goes hence to Christ- : church, where, on Sunday, February 27th,« he is to consecrate Mgr. Brodie to the . Bishopric of Christchurch. - - -