AFRICAN MISSIONS.

New Zealand Tablet, 14 October 1909, Page 1615

AFRICAN MISSIONS.

Very Rev. Father O' Sullivan briefly interrupted his illustrated lecture tour of South Canterbury by a short visit on Frid&y to Christchurch, where he was the guest -' of his Lordship Bishop Grimes. In conversation with our correspondent, Father O' Sullivan expressed his grateful ' appreciation of the kindly welcome he had- received from priests and people, of the large audiences which greeted him in the various centres, and of the valuable assistance supplied by the Tablet, and also by the local press, which devoted columns to his interviews and lectures. A conspicuous feature of his audiences was the presence of numbers of non-Catholics. At Timaru the Rev. Father Tubman, in introducing him to the largest audience ever seen in the Assembly Rooms, said that on thoir way to Rome a few years ago" he and the late Father Marnane broke their homeward journey at, Cairo (Egypt), where they were the welcome guests of Father O' Sullivan and his confreres, one of whom, Father Prendergast, assisted him (Father Tubman) to climb the Great Pyramid of Egypt. In his turn he was now pleased to welcome Father o' Sullivan to Timaru. In his conversation with our Christchurch representative, Father O' Sullivan also spoke with gratitude of the valuable assistance his mission had received from Dean O'Donnell, of Ashburton, and Father Hills, of Leeston. At the request of some of the ladies interested in the forthcoming church bazaar at Timaru, and in aid of their work, he has willingly consented to deliver an illustrated lecture on his last visit to Ireland. As in the case of his other lectures, the views are beautifully executed and colored.