BISHOP LEE GAVE MARTYR'S RELIC TO IRISH CATHEDRAL

Celebration of the Feast of Blessed Oliver Plunket, the martyred Archbishop of Armagh, at St. Colman's Cathedral, Cobh. Eire, this Sunday, will include Pontifical Mass, followed by the unveiling of the new shrine presented by Dr. Roche, Bishop of Cloyne, to contain a silver reliquary and relic of Blessed Oliver, given to the Cathedral by Dr. William Lee, Bishop of Clifton.
The shrine, made by Wm. Egan and Sons, Cork, is of hand wrought brass and studded with jewels. In form and decoration it harmonises with the cathedral. It is lined interiorly with red silk, which makes a symbolic and distinctive background for the reliquary proper. When exposed for veneration of. the relic, with its double doors, the shrine takes the form of a triptych, thereby repeating a characteristic feature of the church.
The Golden Jubilee of St. Joseph's School, Orpingtoh, which is run by the Southwark Catholic Rescue Society, is being celebrated on July 22 with High Mass at 11. and with art open-air entertainment and display of work in the afternoon. The B.B.C., In Its short wave programme to the U.S.A., Canada and Newfoundland on Sunday, July 25, at 9.30 p.m., will broadcast a service from St. Cuthbert's College, Ushaw, Durham. (Sixth Sunday after Pentecost. Feast of St. James the Apostle.) It will be the Second Vespers of St. James, with commemoration of St. Anne and of the Sunday.