APOSTOLIC DELEGATE

New Zealand Times, Volume XLVIII, Issue 11047, 2 November 1921, Page 4

APOSTOLIC DELEGATE

FURTHER RECEPTIONS WELCOME BY CLERGY AND. LAITY. The Apostolic Delegate, Archbishop Cattaneo, D-D., was the guest at three further receptions by theßoman Catholic -community yesterday, being entertained to lunch by the clergy, to a garden party by Hie laity, and to a concert by the pupils of the Hill street Convent in the evening. Archbishop Redwood presided at the luncheon tendered to Archbishop Cattan eo at St. Patrick’s College. On his right was the guest, and these were also present Archbishop O’Shea, Bishop Whyte, Dean Lane, Dean Mo Hjenna, Rev. Fathers Smyth, Devoy (2), Girmine, Moloney, Walsh, Mahoney, Murphy, Griffin, O’Donnell, McDonald, Buckley, Segrief, Cullen (2), Ainaworth and EarreUy (secretary to the Papal Delegate). Archbishop Redwood welcomed Mgr. Cattaneo, and expressed the hope that his tour of the Dominion would be interesting and beneficial to him. Archbishop O’Shea also welcomed the visiting prelate, and presented him, on behalf of the clergy of the diocese, with a greenstone inkstand. In responding, Archbishop Cattaneo said he had heard a great deal about New Zealand 6inoe he took up his office in Australia four years ago, and had been longing for the time to come when he would visit the Dominion. What he had seen in the two days be was ashore was very interesting, and pleased him very much. He hoped tc see more of the people, and to meat them individually. About two thousand members of tho Catholic community attended a garden party in the grounds of St. Patrick’s College yesterday afternoon. The gathering was introduced* to the. Delegate by the respective parish priests and by Archbishop O’Shea- The Williams Orchestra discoursed incidental lmwio on the lawn. At the concert in the evening a pianoforte duet, “Tarantelle,” by Raffe, was prettily played by Misses Ward and Emerson. Miss Teresa McEnroe rendered Reroch’s “Air with Variations,” and “The Last Rose of Summer,” while Miss M. Esquilant’s glorious contralto voice and -' beautiful tonal quality were employed on “My Resting-place” (Schubert) and ‘ Beloved, it is Morn” (Aylward). A duct by Misses McEnroe and Esquilant, “The Venetian Boat Song” iPinsuti) followed. Two choruses by children of St. Alary’s College, “Sunrise,” and “Ave Maria’’ (Vincent) were prettily sung. At the close of the concert, the guest of honour returned thanks in a few charmingly-turned phrases, in which he said that the entertainment in New Zealand was equal to the scenery, and that both were beautiful.