THE RECEPTION TO BISHOP REDWOOD.
A meeting of the Catholics of the district; was held last evening, after Vespers, at St. Patrick's Church, to make the necessary arrangements for giving a reception to ins Lordship the Bishop, who is expected here on Tuesday evening next. On the motion of Mr Dungan, the
Rev. Father M'Caughey was voted to the chair. His reverence said that he was glad to announce to his people the intended visit of his Lordship the Bishop. He (Father M'Caughey) well knew how glad his lordship would be see them again. The hearty welcome he had leceived at Kumara heretofore he had not forgotten, and he (Father M'Caughey) only knew too well that the same feeling of reverence and joyful greeting awaited the Bishop here on the evening of Tuesday next. He would now call upon Mr Dungau to move a resolution.
Mr Dungan said he was glad to be there to support the object in view, in his. humble capacity. The occasion gave him especial pleasure, remember, ing as he did the twofold character in which they would look upon the visit of his lordship. As an eminent ecclesiastic of the Catholic Church of New Zealand, he was a brilliant light, giving lustre and grandeur, as he ever did, to varied expositions of sentiment or of principle that he spoke of and be called upon to defend. They well remembered the grand lecture he delivered at Kumara, " A Day in Home," of his willingness and goodness of h< j art to serve them on that occasion ; it was still thought of with pride and gratitude by his people iu the district. But from his exalted and sacred office, with the good work to be carried out, he knew the Bishop would receive a right warm welcome. He begged to move " That a committee be appointed to carry out the object of the meeting." Seconded by Mr Coghlan, and carried unanimously. The following gentlemen were then chosen to act on the Committee:— Messrs O'Hagan, Ryan, Dungan, Duggan, Bohan, Breen, and Carey. A vote of thanks to the rev. chairman brought the meeting to a close. \
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Kumara Times, Issue 780, 31 March 1879, Page 2
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