CATHOLICISM.

Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20118, 13 February 1937, Page 7

CATHOLICISM.

NEXT YEAR’S CENTENARY. . EXTENSIVE CELEBRATIONS. APOSTOLIC DELEGATE'S VISIT. (By Telegrapn.——Press Assocxation.) AUCKLAND, Saturday. A Dominion-wide jamhoree for Catholic boy scouts to he held in Auckland almut the time of the New 294% land Catholic centenary celebrations next February was mentioned at all (“\‘crutiw- meeting in connection with the centenary plans. Children are to play a prominent part throughout the celebrations of the Church and :1 large choir ot‘ boys is being organised Bishop Liston, who presided. said the Apostolic Delegate for New Zealand and Australia. Arichbishop Panico. would come to Auckland for the cen—tenary. The presence‘ of this distinguished rem-asentalh‘e of the Holy

Father would give much joy to New Zealand Catholics. The eminent Enx~ lish priest and author. MonsignorRonald Knox, had offered to consider the translation and adaptation ot‘ the religious presentation entitled “Credo." This had been staged in a series of tableaux in Belgium and was a great success. Bishop Liston read encouraging let—tors received from members of the Australian hierarchy. A publicity campaign was well advanced with a View to bringing large numbers of visitors to New Zealand. The First Mass. Referring to the proposed Maori celebrations at Totara Point. l-iokianga Harbour, on the site of the first mass uttered in New zeuland on January 13. 11838, the Bishop said much depended on the provision of an access ‘l‘Ofld. Construction of the road ap‘peared to be practicable as it had been ‘long desired by the settlers. It was proposed to erect a marble cross on I the actual site of Bishop Pompaliier's tlrst mass. The Mill Hill Fathers, who con—ducted the Maori missions. were trnininl: a native choir to sing at mass and a party of about 100 Maoris would tnsscmhic for the Auckland celchrntinns. The numerical representation would he in the hands of the Missionary Fathers but the actual personnel would he chosen by the Maori people themsrlrcs. An cssentially New Zenlnnd element would he introduced at many liturgical gatherings, said Bishop Liston. Mass prayers would be recited in St. Pat,,rlcli's Cathedral by natives who would sing the hymns and chant divine lpraises, . A Permanent Memorial. The celebrations would be financed on a subscription membership system planned to create a permanent memorial of the centenary by the estab—lishment of a £IOOO bursary for studcnts for the priesthood. Proposals for children‘s processions and assemblies were outlined. The main events of New Zealand‘s one hundred yours of Catholic life {would he dcpirtrd on a series of ban— Tncrs, A bursary for the priesthood iwould he prcsrntcd by schools as n icentcnnrg' memorial. I