The Catholic Congress

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXII, Issue 16, 21 April 1904, Page 4

The Catholic Congress

Preparations are moving at a great pace for the Second Australasian Catholic Congress, which is to be held w Melbourne from October 23 to October 30 of the Vl'Ufll Fear - 2e2 c learn from a Melbourne correspondent xi Hl6H 16 ma g ni fccent new hall is completed and that with its grand central hall and its numerous and spacious committee rooms, etc., it will admirably suit the requirements of the Congress. The Union Steamship Company have granted a 10 per cent, reduction in fares from ' New Zealand to Melbourne, and have promised to reserve a special cabin for eafch of our Bishops, provided suitable notice is given as to the dates of their Lordships' departure. Railway concessions are also expected on both sides of the ■water.

The membership fee to the Congress is a modest hall-guinea, which entitles members to all the privileges of the meetings, etc., and a free copy of the bound volume of the Congress Papers. In the case of the Melbourne Congress, as of that of Sydney, the viohime of tihe Congress papers will no doubt represent a value far in excess of that of the slender fee for membership. The secretaries for the various dioceses of New Zealand are the following .-—Wellington, Very Rev P. Power, Hawera ; Christchuroh, Very Rey. Dean Fol'ey ; Dunedin, Reiv. H. W. Cleary. We understand that the Right Rev. Mgr. O'Reilly (Thames) acts for Auckland. Intending members in New Zealand should communicate to the secretaries of the respective dioceses in which they reside.