PRELATE'S DEATH

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22000, 5 January 1935, Page 11

PRELATE'S DEATH

'ARCHBISHOP REDWOOD

BURIAL ON TUESDAY 'THE FUNERAL RITES SERVICE IN BASILICA STRIKING TRIBUTES PAID [by telegraph—own correspondent] ' WELLINGTON, Friday The funeral rites for the late Archbishop Redwood will commence in the Basilica, Hill Street, Wellington, at 10 a.m on Tuesday, when Solemn Pontifical Requiem Mass will be celebrated. Archbishop O'Shea will be the celebrant. There will be a full choir of priests, and I>r. Casey, of" Greenmeadows, will be master of ceremonies. A procession will afterwards pass <3owTi Hill Street, through Molesworth Stijeet, to Lambton Quay, then proceed by way of Bo wen and Sydney Streets to Karori Cemetery. Children of ' JJary and members of the Hibernian Society will march in the procession in regalia, and the Port Nicholson Band ' toII be iri attendance. A party of 20 Maoris will attend the funeral. On behalf of the Catholic • satires of Otaki th«v will lay a mat on the grave, while the women of the party will lament in characteristic manner. After having been embalmed the remains of the late archbishop were conveyed this evening; to the residence in Guildford Terrace, next to the Basilica, and overlooking the Marist Jfission House. There in the front v room where His Grace interviewed and advised thousands of callers the simple casket was placed with six lighted candles round it. The body lies in the casket attired in the purple vestments of the high office held during life. Lying on the breast is the black and white pallium of the archbishop, which will be buried with him. His hands are - clad in purple gloves and the episcopal ring adorns the third finger of the right hand. At his feet lies the folded ■ white mitre. In this manner the body will be taken to lie in state at the Basilica on Monday. It is anticipated that many thousands of people' from all parts of the ' Dominion will pass through the Basilica on Monday to pay their last tribute of respect to • a great churchman whose name is indussolubly associated .with the history or religion and educational endeavour in New Zealand. VICE-REGAL TRIBUTE "A UNIQUE PERSONALITY" EMINENT AND REVERED CHIEF V• v - The following tribute to the life and work of Archbishop Redwood has been paid by the Governor-General, Lord Bledisloe, in a message sent yesterday io Archbishop O'Shea: — " My wife and I join with the members of your great Christian brotherhood in sorrowing for the loss of your eminent and revered veteran chief, who passed from our midst last niglit. He was for nearly a century so much a part of New ZealSnd and its civil and spiritual progreiis and development and was so resoltffce in the pursuit of righteousness, that the Dominion cannot but feel immeasurably the poorer for his passing, although proudly conscious of having numbered among her citize'ns and Em-pire-builders so unique a person- ' a,ity " ; ■ : ANGLICAN SYMPATHY A VENERABLE LEADER MESSAGE FROM THE PRIMATE In a message from Paihia, Bay of Islands, Archbishop Averill, Primate of New Zealand, stated: — "On behalf of myself and the Anglican communion in New Zealand. I desire to convey to Archbishop O'Shea, the bishops, priests, and laity of the Roman Catholic Church, sincere sympathy on the death of their venerable leader. Archbishop Kedwood." • ' f INSPIRATION TO ALL .* GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE , , A GREAT CATHOLIC BISHOP [by telegraph—peess association] DUNEDIN. Friday • "A personality like that of the late 'Archbishop Redwood does not belong to any section of Christendom, however widespread and venerable; it belongs to the Church universal," said Principal J. Dickie, moderator of the Presbyterian General Assembly, in paying a tribute to the late Archbishop , Redwood. "There were united in him," he said, "the grace and culture of the Old World, the moral and religious intensity of his Church and the adaptability which, perh;ips, is the most outstanding characteristic of these newer lands. One of his first public utterances of which I took note was a generous reference to the friendliness of the Churches. "It was a wonderful prescience which selected him for his liigh office. He was a great colonist, a great citizen and a great Catholic bishop. Ho saw his Church grow from small beginnings to its present positron, and he grew with J t in the affection and esteem of the community,- not onl;/ of his own communion, but of the whole community. "More and more as the years increased all the Churches came,to accord him the large measure of veneration with which he was, regarded by his fellow-Catholics. W« felt that a man so venerable, by reason of years, character and position, so vigorous, so steadfast, so able aid so loyal to the vtyith as he saw it, ivas a strength and a n inspiration to aJ . He has died full °f years and honour, having retained ■wonderful powers of mind, body and soul right .to the vury end. 'lt would bo unbecoming to grieve ov er his passing, but we remember gratefully his Igng find honoured life, and hope that his Church, and nil may in'tiie good providence f o< ?' have leaders like him to keep . tiie faith and lay hold on eternal life." REQUIEM MASS CELEBRATION !!N AUCKLAND I A Pontifioal Req liem Mass for the • •, *) r( -hbishop Redwood will bo celerajed in St. Patrick's Cathedral. tr'v 4' at 10.30 a.m. on Monday, jp?, . t °P listen will be the celebrant and • ® will also deliver a short address, ! tribute to the veteran arch- [ Mwp's life and w>rk. ■