CATHOLIC WRITER

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 83, 31 December 1937, Page 7

CATHOLIC WRITER

Visit to Dominion Planned LONDON, Dec. 8. Widely known as a lecturer and novelist, the Very Rev. Father Owen F. Dudley, Superior of the Catholic Missionary Society, has accepted an invitation to take part in the New Zealand Catholic centennial congress. He will reach Auckland by the Rangitiki on February 10 from England, and will spend about two months in the Dominion. During the centennial celebrationfe, Father Dudley will give a number of public addresses in Auckland. On March 1 he will speak on "Chrlst and the Home," at a mothers' service in St. Patrick's Cathedral. The following evening he will give an address on "Why I 'Became a Catholic," in the Town Hall, and next evening he will speak on "Christ and the Dignity of Man," at the Western Springs StadiUm. Following the Procession of the Blessed Sacrament through the city streets to the Domain on the afternoon of March 6, Father Dudley will speak on "The One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church." After his stay in Auckland, Father Dudley will tour New Zealand, giving addresses in all parts of the country. He will also talk over the radio. Always a challenging speaker, he will deal with pressing problems of the present day, including social and moral questions, birth control, the influence of the cinema, Communism and Labour.