PRESENTATION TO BISHOP MORAN.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XV, Issue 16, 12 August 1887, Page 11

PRESENTATION TO BISHOP MORAN.

TO THB EDITOB N.Z. TABLET. Sir,— At a very large and influential meeting of Catholics held in. St. Patrick's schoolroom, Kuiuara, on Sunday, tbe 24th ult., it wa9 unanimously resolved that an address be presented to his Lordship the Most Bey. Dr. Moran, Bishop of Dunedin, congratulating him on having celebrated his fortieth anniversary in the priesthood, and thanking him for his unceasing efforts in the cause of religion and education. One and all here acknowledge that we are under an everlasting debt of gratitude to his Lordship for establishing the N.Z. Tablet, whose aim is to dispel the prejudices existing against ns as Catholics, and to keep alive in us a love and veneration for our native land, which, unfortunately, many even in high places wish U8 to forget. In order to carry out the object of the meeting, a committee of ten was appointed to frame the address and to make arrangements for its presentation. It was also unanimously resolved that the editor of the N.Z. Tablet be requested to present the address to Dr. Moran on behalf of the Catholics of Kumara. I venture to say the editor will gladly comply with the request.—l am, etc,, Kumara, August 1, 1887. Cobbebpondent. [I feel much honoured by the request alluded to, and shall be most happy to comply with it. — Ed. N.Z. Tablet.]