THE CATHOLIC PRESS : ORA ET LABORA

New Zealand Tablet, 3 July 1919, Page 17

THE CATHOLIC PRESS : ORA ET LABORA

"PRAY AND WORK FOR THE CATHOLIC PRESS." .1 ... .The following circular from Spain, which was sent to us by his Grace Archbishop Redwood, is eloquent of the enthusiasm with which the Catholic Press i'i supported by Spanish Catholics, and no less of the interest taken in the Ora et La-bora organisation by the Pope: CATHOLICS! On the 29th of June, 1918, Feast of St, Peter and St. Paul, the third annual celebration of the Catholic Press took place in each and every city of Spain, with assistance of the Episcopacy and of more than 500 Catholic publishers. The celebration was entitled— DAY OF THE CATHOLIC PRESS. The Ora et Laborer-, of the Portincal Seminary of Seville, organised the festival to promote the interacts of the Catholic Press, BY PRAYER (Masses, Communions, Sermon PROPAGANDA . (Conferences, Meetings, Watches), COLLECTION (in churches, streets, and homes). The contribution amounted to nearly three hundred thousand (300,000) pesetas. Ten per cent, of this sum was sent to Rome as an offering to Peter's Pence and the remaining 90 per cent, was distributed among the various Catholic publishing houses. His Holiness Benedict XV. by Apostolic Brief on -April 26, 1918, valid for ten years has granted his supreme approbation of this work and a plenary indulgence to all the faithful of Spain who celebrate the Day of Catholic Press on June 29 by prayer and contribution. CATHOLICS OF ALL COUNTRIES! Let us commence at once to prepare a universal Day of the Catholic Press, which with the blessing of his Holiness Benedict XV. may be celebrated in all countries of the world on the 29th day of June, 1919. Ildefonso Moxteeo Diaz, Presbyter, Doctor in Sacred Theology, Professor of the Pontifical Seminary in Seville (Spain), and Director of the Institution Ora cf, Labora.