THE LATE TOPE PIUS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15700, 29 August 1914, Page 10

THE LATE TOPE PIUS.

s „ t REQUIEM MASS HELD. \i- ?' If SOLEMN CELEBRATION. ft >■ 'A Rfqcikm Mass for the repose of tho § fioul of (he late Pope' Pius X. was celeI !>rnte<l at St. Patrick 1 !! Cathedral yostcrday. The Roman Catholic Bishop of 1 Auckland, Dr. Cleary, was tlic celebrant, while tho deacons of tlie mass were the 6 Very Rev. Deans Lightheart and Darby; |j deacons of the throne, the Very Rev. £ Dean Mahoney and the Very Rev. Father | Buckley; assistant priest, the Very Rev. Father Kehoe; master of ceremonies, the ■j.- Very Rov # Chancellor TTolbrook. Other |;! priests in the sanctuary were the Rev. fi'Fathers Lynch, Clarke, Murphy, O'Hara, .3; O'Malk-y, Oaliill, Molloy, O'Doherty, 'i Doyle, McLaughlan, Dore, and Jansen. ?. Anion-r those present were :—The Mayor lof Auckland, Mr. C. ,T. Parr, C.M.G., ;iK the town clerk, Mr. 11. \V. Wilson; Ihe chairman of the Education Board. Mr. G. ji J. Garland; the Acting-Consul for ') America, Mr. L. A. Batchelder; tho i'jj Consul for France, M. Rigoreau; the 3; Consul for Italy. Mr. C. Rhodes; the |Consul for Denmark, Mr. I'. Hansen; | tho Consul for Chili. Air. J. J. Craig; 1 tiio Consul for Belgium, Mr. R, Burns,; Ji and Messrs. C. C. Kettle, S.M., E. C. | Cut-ten, §.M,, F. V, Fra/.cr, 8.M., A. j J. Entricaa, G. Knight, M. Gassy, J. Tre vet hick, H. N. Bitgnall, Hall Skolton, | I P. J, Nerhenv, Carl Seegner, \Y. C. Leys, 'ij !■!. W, Alison, W. B. Leyland, H. B. | Morton, and Superintendonr, Kicly. A special choir of male voices, under -!i- the direction of Mr. P. F. Hiscocks. took v; part. Tho sermon wa.- preached bv Father •j Fdge, who thanked t-hoso who were not |of the Roman Catholic faith but who nevertheless had attended the mass to ex|j press their sympathy with Roman Catholics in the loss they had sustained. |i He then traced the lifo history 'oi the J'l late Pope, who had risen from tho ;$ peasantry to the highest of thrones. Pope *jj Pius had been a model oi tho perfect i apostolic man, for ho had been a priest {: after God's Own heart. When the into Popo had succeeded Leo XIII. the spirit 6 of higher criticism had been moat aggros .'j ,<-ivo and he had worked to restore faith £t> God. his cry always being to go back ;;j to the Bible. The outbreak of the piesent | war must have been a severe blow to j; the Pope, and they could well fancy how Vj Le desired with all his heart tho coming | again of peace. || The "Dead March" was played at the ji conclusion of the service.