A Presbyterian Example.

Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 300, 3 December 1936, Page 3

A Presbyterian Example.

C‘l think we should commend our Presbyterian friends on (their proposal to raise a large sum of money —about £240,000 —between now and the 1940 centenary* to be used partly in paying off the debts on the churches,” remarked the Very Vev. Monsignor Holbrook at a gathering of Auckland Catholic priests and laity, at which plans for the celebration of the Catholic centenary in 1938 were outlined. Monsignor Holbrook said that the shrewdness and practical sense reflected in the Presbyterian suggestion was to be commended. Perhaps it was an example that the Catholic church, might follow — their own burden of debt might, be similarly tackled as a fitting centenary' gesture. “It is something to think about,” he added. A subsequent speaker, the Rev Fathei) Bleakley, of Hamilton, raised a laugh by hinting that it 'was characteristic of Monsignor Holbrook to have an eye to the financial side of the question, but personally he believed that the historical rather than the financial aspect should predominate in the celebrations.