CATHOLIC FAITH

Stratford Evening Post, Volume III, Issue 223, 10 December 1934, Page 5

CATHOLIC FAITH

Thousands at Eucharistic Congress Press Association —Copyright • Melbourne, Dec. 9. Fifty thousand women knelt in the rain at mass at the showgrounds on Saturday morning. The ceremony was a counterpart of the men's eucharistic night on Thursday. Of the many remarkable demonstraof Catholic faith this week, none displayed so much the triumph of spirituality over discomfort. The colour of the scene was spoiled by the rain but the significant pageantry remained. A sermon was preached by Archbishop of Liverpool, Dr. Richard Downey. He discussed the new morality, which he described as the old immorality with a thin veneer of respectability. Dr. Downey described the valiant woman nowadays as one "who stood up against the current views and was not swayed by lax conyentiens, not dazzled by the glitter of the smart set, and not seduced into frivolous behaviour. The, old portrait of the female homewrecker had lost none of its actuality. It seemed that fashions in folly varied little in 3000 years. When people spoke of broadmindedness in religion it should be borne in mind that error was broad and truth was narrow.