..;: Speaking at the Communion breakfast of the Bendigo Hibernians, Dr. A. L. Kenny, K.S.G., said that the Australian ;Catholic< Federation was not merely a movement, for ; federating all existing ; societies, but one that was intended to embrace every Catholic in "■ the community. *'' It was a lay organisation); and it -was distinctly in accord with their ecclesiastical superiors. The power -of the Organisation would •be much greater when at'was known that ? it was a lay federation. It was absolutely -political. ,-; It was estimated, he added, that a membership of 60,000 for the federation would be obtained. The Richmond, branch alone had 1000 members. '.''•-
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New Zealand Tablet, 18 April 1912, Page 15
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