NEW COADJUTOR-BISHOP

New Zealand Herald, Volume LVII, Issue 17663, 27 December 1920, Page 4

NEW COADJUTOR-BISHOP

s I RECEPTION TO DR. LISTON. 1 - s I PRESENTATION OF ADDRESSES 1 ; CATHOLICS AND EDUCATION. ' I The official reception to the Right "Rev. j Dr. J. M. Liston, Roman Catholic Coad-' 9 jutor-Bishop of Auckland, was held last ; J evening at St. Patrick's Cathedral. There a was a very large congregation, and a 8 guard of honour was formed at the entrance to the cathedral by members of the Auckland branch of the Hibernian Society. Addresses of •welcome were presented to Dr. Liston by the Right 'Rev. Monsignor ] Mahoney, V.G., on behalf of the clergy j of the diocese; by Mr. J. P. Kalaugher, j on behalf of the laity; by tlie Very Rev. Dean Cahill, for the Catholic Federation ; and Mr. M. J. Sheahan, for the Anck- . land Hibernian Society. Replying to the addresses, Dr. Liston said the warmth of his welcome to Auck- * land had exceeded all his anticipations. * He had come to help and cheer a noble " veteran of the Church's army. He paid a tribute to the work of the pioneers of the Church in New Zealand, and said there were still great issues in front of the Church in the Dominion if xeligion was not to be sub-merged in the everrising waters of modern democracy. Referring to education. Dr. Liston said ' he wished to make clear the Roman j Catholic position in respect to the education of their children. They claimed that in a free country where all were equal, all , should stand on the same ground before the law. If the Government taxed all : citizens all should get the benefit of that J; taxation. The Catholics claimed that they were equal in all things to their fellow » citizens. They shared the same ! burdens and they should have the '_ schools they j wanted if others had a > similar privilege. They asked for * Catholic schools, staffed by Catholic teaeh- « ers, and with effective Catholic oversight in matters of religious education and influence. "We ask for these schools onlr * where their establishment is feasible, and » that is what we are determined to get at all costs." he Baid. "There is nothing impracticable or unreasonable in "the request. Such a system has been in operaton in England for 18 years, and it bas given satisfaction. It was recently adopted in Scotland at the request of the education authorities. Providing true Christian education is secured to our children in the schools we will fall in with any arrangement authority may provide. Hitherto our claims have been disregarded, but I have sufficient confidence in the fairness of my fellow countrymen to believe that we shall eventually get satisfaction." During the service Zingarelli's Laudato -, -was rendered by the full choir, the solo , being taken by Mr. H. Carter. The Rosary was recited by Father Bradley. Miss ' /E. Lynch rendered the solo "Hear Ye, Israel," and Mr. Dixon "Ye People Rend Your Hearts." Other soloists were Mrs. Whyte, Miss H. Coleman, Miss de Silva, , Messrs. E. Dobbs and Venables. Mr L. J. Whittaker was conductor of the choir and Mr. G. J. Allen organist.