CRUSADE FOR PEACE
EUCHARISTIC CONGRESS. [PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.] WELLINGTON. December 7Tho Pope desired' the National Eucharistic Congress to be held at Wellington in February to be a crusade for peace, said Archbishop O'Shea at St. Patrick's College, Silverstream, to-day. Archbishop O’Shea said that there was to have been an International Eucharistic Congress in Europe, but this had been cancelled because of the war. The Pope was pleased therefore that there was going to be a Eucharistic Congress .in the world this year,, in spite of the war. The Minister for .Justice and Act-ing-Minister for Education (Mr Mason) said that lie was thankful for the decision to hold the Congress, in spite of all the difficulties created by the war. It Was an act of faith which could be of assistance in giving direction to a world which much needed help.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 8 December 1939, Page 8
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