DUBLIN CONGRESS

Hokitika Guardian, 24 June 1932, Page 5

DUBLIN CONGRESS

OPENED BY LEGATE

AN IMPRESSIVE CEREMONY.

(United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Co py ri gh t.)

DUBLIN, June 24. Dignitaries and. visiting clergy ’ comprised nine-tenths of the congregation in tlie Cathedral. Thus there were but few tickets left for laymen, apart from the pres-men, and fewer tickets still were available for women.

The sce.u e molting towards the High

Altar of the Cathedral when the Papa! ■Legate, Cardinal kauri, other Cardinal's, and Prelates had taken .their places, with orange-coloured light focussed thereon, like a limelight theatre, will long be a memorable one.

Immediately in front of the Prelate? were President ,de Valera and the members of the-Free State Ministry, on on© side'. On the other side there were tho Governor-General of the Free State (Mr McNeil) and' Mr Cosgrave, exFree State Minister. Behind these there were the Knights of Malta, and th© Knight© of St, Gregory, and the Foreign Ministers in their full regalia. There nteo were bhe various and richlyrobed Papal Officials and Papal Nobility, including Count John McCormick (the singer) in his scarlet and gold uniform of the Papal Court, Be-, hind th re were the. Mayors of Ireland in their robes, Then there was a solid phalanx of surplieed priests, and members of .all of the Regligious Orders. Fol’owing on the singing of “Ecce Sacerdos.” the Papal Letter appointing Cardinal Lauri as Legate was read both in Latin and in English. Finally, the Cardinal Legate, in English, delivered his oration, and formally opened the Eucharistic Congre-T. He j concluded by expressing the hope that ! hot only Ireland, but all countries J would find the Eucharist celebrations j the greatest assistance and consoiaition, of which the whole world was at present greatly in need. The Benediction of the Blessed (Sacrament followed. The service closed with the i-inging of “Faith of Our Fathers.”

The Blessed Sacrament was exposed at night, and Midnight Mass was celebrated in every Roman Catholic Church in Dublin.'

ORDER ISSUED FROM ROME. ROME. June 23

The Pope’s Vicar-General, Cardinal •Salvaggiani, has issued an order torbidding the burning of candles before statues of sacred images in the churches in the Diocd eabf Rome. The Cardinal declares that such burning of candles gives an appearance of superstition and also an impression that it is done for gain. H©, adds that it does not contribute to the cleanliness of the churches. '