THE EUCHARIST CONGRESS.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9189, 11 September 1908, Page 5

THE EUCHARIST CONGRESS.

ENTHUSIASTIC GATHERING AT WESTMINSTER. Received September 10, 8.15 a.m. LONDON, September 9. The Eucharistic Congress opened to-day. Two bishops met Cardinal Vanuteill, the Papal Legate, at Dover, and His Grace Archbishop Bourne (Archbishop of Westminster), the Bishop of Dunedin (Dr Verdon,) and the Duke of Norfolk, and a large, enthusiastic gathering welcomed him at Charing Cross station. The delegates include eight cardinals, fifteen archbishops, seventy bishops, twenty-two abbots, and many other dignitaries from all parts qf the world. During the four days of the congress 10,000 masses "'ill be said. There will be elaborate music in Westminster Cathedral. One day it will be Byzantine, another day English, another French, and another Italian. v Papers upon various aspect of the history and development of the worship of the Sacrament of the Eucharist will bo read at the Horticultural, Caxton, and Buckingham Halls. Receptions and greetings will be held in the Albert Hall. The entire congress relates to subjects connected with the Eucharist. Catholic peers will accommodate many leading visitors. Eight thousand membership tickets were issued and sold days ago, and there have been many hundreds of fruitless applications since. PROPOSED PROCESSION CONDEMNED. Received September 10, 9.'20 a.m. LONDON, September 9. The "Morning Post" and "Westminster Gazette" consider the Act of Catholic Emancipation definitely forbids processions, and they see no reason why the law should not be observed. Both papers condemn the promoters; Apart from extremists, many consider the proposal regrettable.