THE MARIST FATHERS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20255, 15 May 1929, Page 15

THE MARIST FATHERS.

SUPERIOR-GENERAL'S VISIT

RECEPTIONS IN AUCKLAND.

AN ENTHUSIASTIC WELCOME.

Ia the course of a world lour, the superior-general of tho Marist Fathers, tho Very Rev. Dr. Eieu, S.M., arrived in Auckland from Rotorua on Monday, accompanied by the Very Rev. Father Moran, assistant-general, and the Very Rev. Dr. Kennedy, provincial of the order in New Zealand. They are the guests of Bishop Cleary. 'lhe Marist Fathers of Auckland entertained their superior at luncheon at the Mount Albert Roman Catholio School yesterday, Father Gondriger presiding. Other guests of honour were Archbishop Cattaneo, apostolio delegate to Australia and Now Zealand, Bishop Cleary, Bishop Liston, and some 35 members of tho clergy.

lather Gondriger welcomed the personal representative of tho Pope and assured him of the enthusiastic loyalty of all Roman Catholics in New Zealand. Tho archbishop replied in a happy speech. Father Gondriger then proposed the health of tho superior-general. For 91 years, he said, the Marist Fathers had been working iu New Zealand and this was the first occasion on which they had been visited by their leader and chief.

Tho toast was supported by Bishop Cleary on behalf of the clergy, Dean Van Dijk on behalf of the Mill Hill Fathers, London; Father Duggan on behalf of tho Redemptorist Fathers, and the Rev. Brother Borgia, ex-principal of Sacred Heart College, on b.ehalf of the Marist Brothers. Tho superior-general thanked the gathering for tho honour conferred on him and on his order.

A very enthusiastic gathering of old boys of St. Patrick's College, Wellington, entertained Dr. Rieu, Dr. Kennedy and Father Moran at dinner at the Royal Hotel last evening. The toast of the superior-general was proposed by Mr. W. Fallon, who sketched the history of the Society of Mary from tho pioneering days in New Zealand, and said its finest achievement was the foundation of St. Patrick's College, where tho Roman Catholic youths of the Dominion could receive a secondary education based on the firm foundation of a religious training. Dr. Rieu, in his reply, said one of the most pleasant recollections of his world tour would be the two welcomes from college old boys in Wellington and Auckland. Mr. J. L. Conlan proposed the toast of the college, and Very Rev. Dr. Kennedy, a former rector of the college, replied. The Rev. Dr. Woodbury, S.M., who had come from Wellington to represent the rector and staff, proposed the toast of the old boys, Messrs. J. J. Butler and P, J. McNamara replying. Old boys were present from Whangarei, the Waikato and the King Country. Dr. Rieu will leave this morning for Whangarei to inspect the Marist parish there and will return to-morrow evening, when he will be the guest at a reception by Roman Catholics of the Mount Albert parish. He has no engagements on Friday, and will leave for the islands by the Tofua on Saturday, accompanied by the Rev. Father Rouch, of Sydney, the procurator of the Marist missions in the Pacific.