EUCHARISTIC CONGRESS
A MAORI CONTINGENT TASMAN PILGRIMAGE UVERY effort is being made to have a Maori Roman Catholic contingent present at the Eucharistic Congress in Sydney next year. This was one of the matters discussed at a recent meeting of the New Zealand bishops, said Dr. Liston, Coadjutor Bishop of Auckland, to-day, and there was every likelihood of the Maoris making the trip. The Bishop anticipates that at least 500 New Zealanders will cross the Tasman on this modern pilgrimage. The bishops are negotiating with the Union Company for a special steamer. Though Bishop Liston could make no pronouncement as to the result of the negotiations concerning the steamer, he admitted that it was a distinct possibility. The Roman Catholic religion was introduced to the Maori people by Bishop Pompallier, a French prelate, who settled in the Bay of Island in the early ’4o’s.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 66, 9 June 1927, Page 1
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