CARDINAL MORAN'S VISIT.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 40, 15 February 1908, Page 9

CARDINAL MORAN'S VISIT.

ARRANGEMENTS FOR HIS RECEPTION. Cardinal Moran will arrive from Sydney by the steamer Manuka, which, is ex- ■ pected to reach Auckland aoout three ■o'clock to-qiorro-.v afternoon. The Cardinal is accompanied by Bishop Gallagher, of Goulburn, Bishop O'Connor, oi Mait- - land, the Very Re\. yigr. O'Haran, secretary to the Cardinal, and four Australian priests. It i≤ twenty-two years since this distinguished prelate visited Auckland, and the Roman Catholic members of the community have made elaborate arrangements foT his reception tomorrow. It has been decide to meet the Manuka at the Heads, and escort her up to her berth at Jetty No. 2, two ferry steamers having been engaged icr this purpose. The boats will leave the ferry tee at 2.30 p.m., with Bishop Lenihan and the clergy, the reception committee and the general public on board. The Garrison Band will also be in attendance, on one of the vessels, and will play suitable music throughout the proceedings. The Cardinal will be escorted from the ■ wharf to hio carriage by a guard of honour composed of members of the H.A.C 8.5.. and representatives of the clergy and laity- will accompany him in a large number of carriages by a round-about route to th? Bishop"; Palace, where his Eminence will reside whilst in Auckland, taking in Queen - street, iSymondsstreet. Karangahape - road and Ponsonby - road. At. the Palace gates he will be received. by a guaTd of honour consisting of Hibernians, and the children of St, Mary's Orphanage. The band, stationed on the lawn in front of the Palace, will receive the visitor with a triumphant march. The Cardinal will then probably address the assembly from the steps of the Palace. On Monday night Cardinal Moran will open the Dominion Fair at the Royal Albert Hall, and on Tuesday he proceeds to Rotonia, accompanied by the Australian prelates and th<? Rt. Rev. Mgr. O'Reilly, and the Very Rev. Dean Hackett. He will be received at Rotorua by the JVery Rev. Dean Li<?htheart and the members of his communion, and the official reception will take place next morning at Ohinemutu. when addresses will be presented" by the Europeans and natives. The Cardinal will return to Auckland on -Friday or Saturday. . Archbishop Redwood, of Wellington, and Bishop Verdon, of Dunedm, are com- - ing to Auckland to welcome the Cardinal, and the former will probably arrive tomorrow. The dedication of St. Patrick's CathedTal takes place on the following Sunday at the eleven o'clock mass. In the evening addresses will be presented by the clergy, laity, the Hibernians of New Zealand, St. Vincent de Paul Societies, and the United Catholic Young Men's Clubs of the Dominion. At St. Benedict's Hall on Monday morning the children attending the Catholic schools will present an address of welcome to his Eminence, and also an address of farewell to Bishop Lenihan, who is leaving on that day for Rome to pay Ms visit ad limina to'the. Pope. Several of the schools are also presenting independent addresses to Bishop Lenihaß prior to his departure. 'TBe Cardinal, accompanied by the Aus- ■ ' traliaa prelate-s --a ad- - Bishop Lenihan, leaves for Sydney in the evening. Bishop -Lenihan proceeds Home via Vancouver, and will spend some time in the United Kingdom before proceeding to Rome, •with the intention of seesriujr additional priests for this droeSßt. He Mill be absent from Auckland &* ifaitt twelve months. Cardinal Moran is oce of (.ho most dis- -- tmgujsbed -prelates in- the Catholic - Church. He is an authority- on many .matters closely associated. with the people of his adopted country, and his utterances on Socialism as it i≤ understood in the colonies have attracted widespread interest. Cardinal Moran is now in his '78th year, having been -born at Leighlintridge, County Carlow, Ireland, on September 16, IS3O. At the age of twelve he accompanied his uncle, Cardinal Cullen, to Rome. Cardinal Cullen was at the time Rector of the Irish College in -the Eternal City. There he remained .until 1866, successively as student, professor, and vice-Rector of the Irish College. He was ordained in March 19, 1853. During" the quarter of a~' century that lie resided in Rome he made a special etudy of-the archives of .the early Irish, and British churches, with the result that le is now the foremost authority in this department of antiquarian research. In QS66 he returned to Ireland as secretary - to his uncle. Cardinal Cullen, who had been appointed Archbishop of Dublin. On March 5, 1572. he was consecrated Coadjutor Bishop of Ossory, and in August of the same yeay he was installed at Kilkenny as Bishop of that See, where he ' remained until March, 1884, when he was translated- to the vacant Archdiocpse of Sydney, at the request of the Bishops .of the' Province. . He arrived in Sydney ■in the September following. A few months later he was summoned to Rome, •where on July 27, ISBS. he was created Cardinal. Under his able guidance the Church in the Archdiocese of Sydney has made remarkable progress during the " past three and twenty years. There are bow in the archdiocese 183 churches, " served by close on 200 priests. The Catholic population is about 175,000, with ■ 63,000 children in Catholic schools.