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New Zealand Tablet, Volume L, Issue 26, 5 July 1923, Page 47

CARDINAL ARCHBISHOP O’CONNELL CONFIRMS \ ' OVER 1000 CONVERTS, Jf ' -His Eminence the Cardinal administered the Sacrament of Confirmation to a class of over 1000 converts at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross on Thursday morning at 11 o’clock (says a Boston, U.S.A. message under date April 20). The scene was one of the most solemn and memorable in the annals of the archdiocese and left a deep and strong impression on the minds of the great throng of spectators who crowded the Cathedral to its capacity. For some years it has been the custom of his Eminence to make the Confirmation of converts an annual occurrence, taking place at the Cathedral and under his direct supervision. In this manner it has become an event of widespread importance and in striking manner illustrates the splendid growth of the Church throughout the archdiocese. These favored children of the Faith have come from every section of the diocese, from every walk of life, and number among their ranks the youth, those in the full vigor of their prime and the very aged. BEATIFICATION OF SISTER TERESA. Catholics of Lisieux in particular, and of France in general, are overjoyed at the coming Beatification of Sister Teresa of the Infant Jesus, the young Lisieux Carmelite (says a press message under date April 19, to our American exchanges). At Lisieux many vivid recollections of the holy Sister remain clearly engraved on the Catholic memory. The grandeur of the honors which have been decided upon for her are brought home all the more vividly to people of Lisieux by reason of the fact that two of her sisters are still living in the Carmelite Monastery here. Preparations are on foot among the Catholics of the place to observe the day of her beatification, with appropriate commemoration, and the event will recall her holy life with new significance for the inhabitants of the vicinity. The shrine in which Sister Teresa’s bones will be laid when she has been beatified is now, of course, a centre of vital interest. It was offered by her clients in Brazil, and well repays a close examination. The shrine is made of solid silver gilt, with delicate white marble columns, and against the gold background lilies have been beautifully designed. Golden roses have been strewn about the shrine, and, in general, it is a thing of great beauty. The preparations which are being made for the great event are many and full of interest for the townspeople. Special trains have been planned for the French pilgrims from Normandy, among whom are a number of Sister Teresa’s relatives and fellow-citizens. She has three surviving sisters, the two who are Carmelites at Lisieux and ' one who is a Visitation nun at Caen. Their rule of enclosure will prevent them from seeing with their own eyes the ceremonies in honor of their sister. There are other more distant relatives of Sister Teresa still living. It is expected that a goodly number of priests of the diocese of Bayeux, who remember her distinctly, will be members of the party of pilgrims to Rome for the great occasion. TRANSFER OF THE BODY OF THE LITTLE,FLOWER. The body of Sister Terese of the Infant Jesus has (says ‘ a press message under date April 19) been taken from the \ cemetery of Lisieux, where it was buried 'in 1897, and I carried to the Lisieux Chapel of the Carmel, which is to ( be its final resting place. The ceremony of the translation A • of the remains of the Little Flower was one of the most v C inspiring piety and, at the same time, of the most solemn : grandeur. . Through the streets of the little Norman town, the coffin of ’ the young Carmelite nun was followed by more