BRILLIANT SCENES

Hokitika Guardian, 23 June 1932, Page 5

BRILLIANT SCENES

SOCIAL FUNCTIONS

FOR EUCHARISTIC DELEGATES.

(United Press Association.—By Electrit Telegraph.—(Jopyngui.j

LONDON, June 21

The chief events to-day at the Eucharistic Congress at Dublin were of a social, rather than a devotional, character.

Twenty thousand people attended a garden party at the Blackrock College. The party was held in perfect weather, Tlie College grounds, overlooking a blue sea like the Mediterranean, furnished a. perfect setting. The Papal Legate, Cardinal Lauri, in his scarlet robes, in the middle of a row of purple-gowned Prelates, made a striking picture. President d© Valera and his Ministers were present. They wore lounge suits, but the other laymen present wore morning dress and silk hats. The women present were mil ■ longskirted. i •

There was a brilliant scene to-night when five thousand people attended the State reception at Dublin Castle in honour of the Papal Legate, Cardinal Lauri. The Diplomatic. Corps and leading citizen* were present, President cle Valera welcomed tire Papal Legate.

No invitation was sent to GovernorGeneral McNeill, which created much comment, the obtrusion of political prejudice is deplored. The Papal Legate will not be present at the Governor-General’s dinner party to-morrow evening, because Cardinal Lauri is attending - only those social functions that- are • being held in connection with the Congress.

One of the most picturesque features of the day was the presence of the Indian Prelate, Archbishop Mar Ivanios, of Bathany, India, who recently returned to the fold of the Roman Catholic Church, with thousands &f his followers in India, after having belonged to the Jacobite Church, which has been regarded as heretical for several centuries.

There was a striking scene when the thousands on the lawn at Blackrock College dropped to their knees as Archbishop Ivanios gave the Apostolio Blessing.

POPE GRANTS INDULGENCE,

FOR ALL THE FAITHFUL.

LONDON, June 21. The Archbishop:.of : Dublin ; has announced that the Pope, on the occasion of the Eucharistic Congress, has granted the following indulgences to the faithful throughout the world, in order to encourage them to make reparation to the Sacred Heart for the of the world, in accordance with the Pope’s recent Encyclical letter: First: An induilgenec of ten years each time that the faithful devoutly and contritely visit the Blessed Sacrament and recite five Paters, Aves, and Glorias; also one each of the-se prayers for the Holy Father’s intentions. Secondly: A Plenary Indulgence is obtainable once each week by the faithful who, having received the Sacrament of Penance and the Eucharist, .■shall for the entire week have visited the Blessed Sacrament and recited the prayers prescribed above. t .

CONGRESS BROADCAST TO-DAY.

LONDON, llnno 21

An account of the Eucharistic Congress at Dublin will be broadcast in Australia at seven o’clock in the morning (summer time) on Thursday. [NOTE : —The above will correspond with about 5.30 p.m. to-day in New Zealand.]

FORMALLY OPENED

A BRILLIANT CEREMONY.

(Received thig dav at 1.5 p.m.f

DUBLIN, June 22

At Dublin pro-Oathedral the Cardinal (Legate', in the name of the Pope, this afternoon declared open th e thirty-first Eucharistic Congress. . / It is regarded as one. .of the greatest events in Ireland’s history. At a given signal,, all the visiting Cardinals took their places: behind the Legate and his mission, in a procesrion to the high altar. They were followed fii-.ss by all the visiting Archbishops, and then by members of the Dublin (Metropolitan Charter, Following .the ornate ritual of the opening prayers, addresses were delivered by the A'rchbishop of Dublin, and Bishop Namur, and finally by the Cardinal Legato, after which (hern was a of homage and foyalty to the Pope.

WHY McNEILL WAS NOT ASKED

NATIONAL ANTHEM INVOLVED

(Received thi« dnv at 11.15 a.m.! LONDON, Juno 22. Dublin authorities explain that the Governor-General’s absence from Dublin Caistle, at the reception to the Pa pail Legate was necessary because his presence at a State function involved the playing of “Cod Save the King,” and at which de Valera and his colleagues would certainly have departed. T 1 orefore, de Valera’s ens- )•'«+ wav out was not to invite Mc-

'Neil!. Nevertheless, McNeill and his wife were at Black rock 7n the after-, /noon, where, seeing de Valera seated in the corner of an enclosure reserved

for public dignitaries, they took scats in another, while Mr Cos grave and his wife < eenpied a third corner. Neither party took the slightest •notice of the other. Thus, while nationo were intermingling in the garden outside, the Irish representatives remayied isolated within the college quadrangle.