Record

Performance TitleThe National Catholic Congress and Celebration of the Centenary of the Catholic Emancipation - Opening Ceremony
Performance Date13 September 1929
Performance DayFriday
Performance Time20:00
Main PerformersCardinal Bourne (Presiding),
Rev. Archbishop of Cardiff,
Rt. Hon.Earl of Denbigh,
Sir James Melville KC MP (Solicitor General) - speakers
Set ListHymns: 'Holy Spirit, Lord of Light',
'Faith of Our Fathers',
'Ave Maris Stella'

President Address (Cardinal Bourne),
Speech (Archbishop of Cardiff),
Speech (Earl of Denbigh),
Speech (Sir James Melville KC MP)
Performance NotesThe Westminster Congress of 1929 held meetings and events accross London.

Cardinal Bourne denounced 'easier' divorce, birth control, books, plays, pictures, films, and fashions that "render self-control more difficult for the average normal man or woman."
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1929/57)
URLhttps://thirdlight.royalalberthall.com/pf.tlx/asZas0KasF01iU
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1929/57Official Guide to the National Catholic Congress and Celebration of the Centenary of Catholic Emancipation, Westminster, September 192913-17 September 1929
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
OokosowginipyxThe National Catholic Congress and Celebration of the Centenary of the Catholic Emancipation3
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/3994Bourne; Francis Alphonsus (1861-1935); English prelate of the Catholic Church
DS/UK/4019Mostyn; Francis Edward Joseph (1860-1939); Welsh prelate of the Roman Catholic Church
DS/UK/4020Fielding; Rudolph Robert Basil Aloysius Augustine (1859-1939); 9th Earl of Denbigh, 8th Earl of Desmond; British peer, soldier
DS/UK/4021Melville; Sir; James Benjamin (1885-1931); British Labour politician, government minister
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