THE CORONATION

New Zealand Tablet, 8 June 1911, Page 1058

THE CORONATION

■ -!*r CIRCULAR OF THE CATHOLIC ARCHBISHOP AND BISHOPS OF NEW ZEALAND It is right .and proper that as loyal and grateful subjects of his Majesty King George V., the Catholics in New Zealand should heartily join their fellow-subjects throughout the Empire in duly celebrating his Coronation Day, by taking part in the public .festivities and by religious services, in order to bring down the Almighty’s copious blessings on the new reign and all the Empire. * It is also becoming that uniformity should prevail in opr, celebrations throughout the four dioceses of this Ecclesiastical Province. Accordingly, we hereby, request every priest in each diocese to celebrate a votive Mass of the Holy Ghost pro re gravi on Coronation Day for the purposes aforesaid. We also recommend that the exact hour in New Zealand corresponding to the hour of the Coronation at Westminster be ascertained, and that for at least half an hour the church bell in each locality be rung in token of joy and thanksgiving. -v... Francis Redwood, S.M., Archbishop of Wellington. * H. W. Cleary, Bishop of Auckland. J. J. Grimes, S.M., Bishop of Christchurch. "I" M. Verdon, Bishop of Dunedin. Wellington, May 30, 1911.