EUCHARIST CONGRESS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 221, 11 September 1908, Page 2

EUCHARIST CONGRESS.

THE OI'EXUNU CbKEMONV. -J ti September 0. .. j,» /f Congress opuued touay. , w„ JJisJiop.s met Cardinal Vanu<i ' , Uovi!r ' ttU(l ArchbM»..p jjourae, "' ,(l , il «ml I'iithiniastic t'rtlieriiijj welcomed liuu !U inarm* Cross station. ® ■J. 1 ? 0 to.the (oiigivss include eight cardinals, fifteen wcbbi.hops, sewntj bishops, tuonty tuu abbots and Uum M p» rt « l)iiring the four days of iho Congress IU,OOO masses will !« said. Klaborate music Will be given at the Cathedral.' One day it wilt lit* lly/antine, another English, another Eivnch, and oil the fourth jltuliiui. Papers upon the various aspects of the history and development of the worship of the .Sacrament of the Lord's .Supper will be iviul. At the Horticultural Hall, Caxton Hall, and Buckingham l'alaw, oalls and receptions will be held and great mass meetings will lie held at Albert Hall. The entire Congress relates to subjects connected with the Eucharist. Catholic peers are accommodating many of the leading visitors in their town mansions. Eight thousand membership ticket* were issued. All were sold two ago and many hundreds of application* sinew received have had to ha refused. n THE LAW AND THE PROPOSED PROCESSIONS.

London, September 0. ■ The Morning Post and'the Westminster Gazette consider the Act of Catholic Emancipation definitely forbid* the Eucharist Congress processions. They say there is no reason why the law should not be observed. Both p&pert condemn the promoters of tie proceiiioi. Apart from extremists, many people consider the proposal to block the processions regrettable. THE OPENING SERVICES. IMPRESSIVE PROCEEDINGS. THE POPE'S TRIBUTE TO THE BRITISH EMPIRE. Received 10, 10.17 p.m. London, September 10. A solemn service in the cathedral in the evening, in the presence of seven thousand people, inaugurated the flu* elm list ic Congress, Cardinal Vannntelli was received in statu at the door by Archbishop Bourne and conducted under a lofty canopy ot while silk and gold to the high altar. They were attended by a procession ol rieJily-lnvbited cardinals and prelates. Apostolic letters were read appointing Cardinal Vannutolli Legate, wherein the Pope paid a high tribute to the Empire famed for the liberty it extended to 'to citizens, and to' whose authority and laws so many millions of Catholics render faithful and dutiful obedience. The Lega'to then entered the pulpit. tSpeaking in Latin, he acknowledged Britain's hospitality, and offered his expression of respect to the wise ruler of her destinies, and his acknowledgments, to those i a authority. The Pope, he said, trusted good results would follow the Congress and the Divine Eucharist be. the ultimate means of uniting all in one faith.

The service, wherein was music of modern English composers, concluded with the benediction of the Blessed Sacrament. KING "RECEIVES" THE PROTESTANT PROTEST. HOME OFFICE SANCTIONS IMS PROCESSION. Received 10, 11.40 p.m. London, September 10. King Edward, through Colonel Sir Arthur Davidson, equerry to the King, acknowledged the Protestant Association's petition, which begged the King to follow the example of his mother, whose Royal proclamation on' the 15th June, 1852, forlbade the holding of a Romau Catholic ceremonial procession in the streets, thereby preventing a precedent lor the beginning of religious strife. The l>aily Telegraph states that tUo Home Office informed the Protestant deputation that at the instance of Mr. Herbert Gladstone, Secretary for Home Affairs, the Commissioner of Police had sanctioned tile procession. The Standard appeals to Mr. Gladstone to politely intimate that the procession must be abandoned. A hint to the promoters, it says, will l>e sufficient,