Dean Wants Men to Stand Behind Him

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 341, 30 April 1928, Page 8

Dean Wants Men to Stand Behind Him

WAIKATO DIOCESE UNREST PRIESTS RESPONSIBILITIES (From Our Own. t HAMILTON’, Sunday, -I want you to-morrow night to elect a body of laymen who win stand behind me for the development of the Church s work in the parish." sa»d Dean 3arnett, at St. Peter’s Cathedral this evening. , n appealing for support at the annual meeting of parishioners t<> . morrow evening. The sermon was entitled “Tk* Parish Priests Responsibility” * Dean Barnett expressed the hop, that the people would not go to th, meeting overwhelmed with prejudice and bitterness The responsibility resting with bi.-hop- i- id priests terrific. People looked upon the priests as though they were partner in a business concern, and that the, would give the public what th e V wanted or didn't want. “It I thought that was all my tni». istrv here meant to me l woulds’t stay five minutes. I would go awar and use my talents in another direction,” he added. I*ean Barnett repeated his remark* that he made some weeks ago that a communion was the central act ot worship, laid down 375 years ago. and said nothing would alter it. He com luderi "i think it would b, a good tiling if this trouble led to ou" persecution, it would show ignorant people that priests are as loyal p, God’s truths as they were in the day* of Mary. The Church in thus dioc«* is being made a happy hunting ground for your disappointments and prejwj-