A EUCHARIST

Hokitika Guardian, 26 April 1939, Page 6

A EUCHARIST

CONGRESS IN FEBRUARY

(Per Press Association.—Copyright)

WELLINGTON, April 25. The first general meeting of Roman I Catholics of Wellington in connection ! with the National Eucharistic Congress I in February, was held on Monday night. An outline of the programme j was given by Msgr. Connolly, indicatI ing it will be trie most impressive function ever held by the Catholic Church in this country. ■ Many distinguished visitors from all j parts of the world would include a Cardinal Legate, from Rome. ! Much preliminary work had already been done. Posters, circulars and other publicity matter had already been sent throughout New Zealand, and to other ! parts of the world. • Archbishop O’Shea now abroad had done a tremenj dous amount of work. The Centen- | nial had no stronger advocate. I Besides the Cardinal Legate from ! Rome, Archbishop O’Shea advised that the leading members of the Hierarchy from England, Ireland and Scotland, and probably from France, Germany, Canada and U.S.A-, would attend. Monsignor Connolly sought the meeting’s approval of the following appointments, which were unanimously and enthusiastically endorsed :—As the central executive-secretary, .J. L. Burke; convenor reception committee, Hon. W. Perry; procession committee, Colonel Evett; school children’s committee, P. D. Hoskin; transport committee, T. B. Guscott; historical com- | mittee, Father McGrath; building and I grounds committee, B. F. Kelly and H. Meyer; publicity committee, Pat Lawlor. ' . The Congress will last four days. The whole arrangements are in tune with big Eucharistic Congresses held in other parts of the world. The ceremonies and demonstrations will be in the grounds facing St. Pat’s College, Cambridge Terrace, which are now under reconstruction and will be considerably enlarged, with the taking in of adjoining church property, and it is estimated it will seat ten thousand.