MONSIGNOR CERRETTI

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2669, 15 January 1916, Page 5

MONSIGNOR CERRETTI

VISITS WELLINGTON ON MONDAY. ; • His Excellency Monsignor Cerretti, i D.D., Archbishop of Corinth, the repre- j seiytativo in, Australasia of the Holy, See, will arrive in Wellington on.Mon- •: day morning by/ the Ul'inaroa, Jroni ; Sydney. His Excellency will be met on board the steamer by tho Hierarchy of New Zealand anil hy the secretary to the Dolegation, tlio Rev. Dr. Ormond, formerly of Auckland. : The Harbour Board'has placed a shed '< at tho disposal of tho Reception Committee, where the local and visiting ; clergy and members of tho committee ; will be assembled to meet His Excellency. , : ~ . „ , ' On Monday evening a short religious • ceremony will take place at the Basilica, . Hill Street, concluding with the Benediction and the Blessed Sacrament. > On Tuesday evening a public recep- ; tion will be given to His Excellency by the Catholics of Wellington, particu-.; lars of which are announced in another column, Addresses will be presented j to His Excellency by the Hierarchy,. : clor"v and' people of New Zealand, and * bv the laity of tho Archdiocese. A short ; musical programme will be given, and ; speeches will ho delivered by Mr. J.J. ■ L. Burke, chairman, Archbishop wed- ; wood, and visiting prelates. . ■ ; Tho ongagements already arranged ; include visits to tho Convent at Lower j Hutt, the Convent of tho Sacred Heart, : and the Home of Compassion, Island Bay. Several prominent citizens nave ; placed motor-cars at the disposal of the : committee'for the use of His Excel- . lency during the visit to the City, and : : if. time permits visits will bo paid to : other local Catholic institutions.