PRINCES OF CHURCH

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 73, 17 June 1927, Page 13

PRINCES OF CHURCH

IN SOLEMN PAGEANTRY BISHOP’S PRIVATE SCREENING Side by side with one of the great Princes of the Roman Catholic Church walked a Chinaman. A merchant prince, he was an honoured guest at the (Eucharistic Congress at Chicago. OUT it. was not on account of his wealth alone that the Celestial was so honoured. In his native land he had built and endowed orphanages anu other institutions for the beenflt of hi.s people And. above all, he was a Catholic, a member of a mighty army, probably the most efficiently organised body in the world to-day. Bishop Liston recalled scenes at the congre-sa as he sat in the private theatre of Fox Films in Auckland ye»terdaj'. The congress film will be pul>lically screened in the Town Hall on Monday and Tuesday, June 21 and 2 1 The Bishop himself was a partici pant in many of the magnificent pageants which played such an important part in this memorable meeting of the Catholic peoples. Though racially divided there is no division when it comes to profession of faith. Humble priest and mitred archbishop knelt in tribute to the 12 princes of the Church who, led by the Papal Legate, Cardinal Bonzano, represented the Sovereign Pontiff. As a picture this remarkable record of the Eucharistic Congress makes an appeal to Catholic and non-Catbo;ie alike. And the scenes w'hlch Chicago witnessed will be watched next year in Sydney by hundreds of New Zealano pilgrims. The Fox Corporation has preserved an excellent record of a gathering of undoubted historical importance.