“THE MONK AND THE WOMAN.”

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 6, 2 January 1913, Page 7

“THE MONK AND THE WOMAN.”

The following letter from Archbishop Kelly was published in the Sydney ‘Daily Telegraph’: — St. Mary’s Cathedral, Sydney, Dee. 23, 1912. Rev. and Dear Sir, —Amongst the amusements provided for the Christmas season there is one—according to this morning’s papers—at the Adelphi Theatre, which must be stigmatised as grossly offensive to Catholic sentiment. And it is a calumny against religious life, which is simply the fulfilment of the Evangelical Counsels. We would leave the company and its advertisers to be dealt with by the public, but we trust that no Catholic worthy of the name would countenance even indirectly such depravity at such a season. On similar occasions the Catholics of Dublin and of cities on the Continent have been able promptly to bring those concerned to the observance at least of civic propriety. We would look to the citizens of Sydney for the same, and in this sense we appeal to our own flock.—Your Servant in Christ. •MICHAEL, Archbishop of Sydney. N.B.—To be read at all Masses on Christmas Day and the Sunday following.