A Memorable Relay

Radio Record, Volume II, Issue 38, 5 April 1929, Page 11

A Memorable Relay

" Stations of the Cross" I’ the many relays put over by 2YA since its inception, not the least interesting was that from St. Gerard’s Redemptionist Church, Hawker Street, on Good Friday, when the cerezaony of the "Via Crucis," or, as it Is more commonly termed, the "Stations of gw Cross," was broadcyst. ° The "Via Crucis" depicts the fimai hours of Christ’s life, from the time of | His condemnation until He was laid in the tomb. , Rey. Father O’Connor, C.SS.R., detailed the various episodes depicted in the "Stations," and his description of the sufferings and death of the Redeemer must have turned many thoughts to the first Good Friday in Jerusalem, whilst the exhortations of the preacher doubtless found ready response in the hearts of many listeners. The music incidental to the "Stations" was well rendered by the choir of St. Gerard’s under the baton of Mr. Frank Oakes, Mr. Henry Mount being at the crgan. This relay was a particularly tnteresting one because it is the first time the "Via Crucis" has been broadcast in New Zealand or Australia-possithy the first time in the world,