THE PEACE OF cONSFANTINE

New Zealand Tablet, 3 April 1913, Page 53

THE PEACE OF cONSFANTINE

In the official bulletin, which has commenced publication in connection with the celebrations of the sixteenth centenary of the Peace of Constantino, the Supreme Council of the festivities makes the following appeal (writes a Rome correspondent) :\(1) To the Archbishops, Bishops, Vicars, and Prefects Apostolic of the Catholic world to take care to appoint committees, each in his own diocese, for the collection of offerings destined for the erection in Rome of the sacred commemorative monument and to meet the cost of the other festivities indicated in the programme of the Supreme Council. (2) To the Superiors of Religious Orders and houses, the Rectors of Universities and Catholic faculties, seminaries, colleges, schools, and other institutes of education for both sexes, to promote subscriptions in favor of 'the objects mentioned above, among their confreres, students, and pupils. (3) To the presidents of associations and Catholic societies of every kind, to promote frequent pilgrimages to Rome during the year 1913, and particularly in the period between March and June. (4) To the editors of newspapers, reviews, and other Catholic periodicals to open in their columns lists of subscriptions for the purpose mentioned, to make known to the people by means of suitable articles the great event which is to be commemorated,! and to publish, translated into the vernacular, the more important articles of the bulletin. Notice has reached the Supreme Council that committees in connection with the centenary have already been formed in various dioceses of Italy, Spain, Austria, Hungary, France, America, and other countries.