CATHOLIC CENTENARY

Waipawa Mail, Volume LXVI, Issue 69, 28 February 1938, Page 3

CATHOLIC CENTENARY

AVELC’OAIE TO THE APOSTOLIC DELEGATE. AUCKLAND, Last night. The Auckland harbor, bathed in summer morning sunshine, was a brilliant setting for the arrival of his Excellency, the Apostolic Delegate, Archbishop J. Panico, and a large delegation of prelates and clergy on Saturday for the New Zealand Roman Catholic centenary celebrations. Escorted by aeroplanes and a fleet of fishing vessels, the AVanganella presented a majestic spectacle as she moved up to the wharf, w'here a stirring ovation to the visitors was given by the assembled crowds. After a spectacular procession through streets lined by waving, cheering children and people, a formal welcome, with elaborate religious ritual was given to the Apostolic Delegate to the Catholic hierarchy, clergy and people of New Zealand in St. Patrick’s Cathedral. In the afternoon his Excellency met the clergy and laity at a garden party at tile Sacred Heart Convent, Romuera, and in the evening attended a centenary concert presented at the Town Hall by 700 children from Catholic schools. At Pontifical High Mass, which was the official opening of the centenary at St. Patrick’s Cathedral this morning, the splendor of the Roman Catholic ritual was seen in a setting unusually brilliant. A special centenary message from Cardinal Paecelli, Papal Secrtary of State, was read at the Mass.