Bishop Redwood on Education.

Manawatu Times, Volume VIII, Issue 335, 9 August 1883, Page 2

Bishop Redwood on Education.

In the course of his pastoral on secular education, on Sunday evening, at the Roman Catholic Cathedral, Bishop Redwood de•lounced, m strong terms, the present secular system thrust upor ibe tiOman Catholics " against tlrxir will and against all justice," as danger* ons and hurtful. .He declared tliat it favoured, to an onomti -us ;l.>^r.:.e. the sprjad of nr.boliof and indiu\M*--' entisin, ail:l that- it was ati att3:npt against " the faith, . piofcy, a-id rehVitius'i'ights of Ihe Calholie and C/hristiau people «.f N"e\v'.'Z.!al:v;ul." iie proceeded tj remark that-Hishop vloorhonso, of Melboii!'iu>, after showiug, with admirable eloquence!, how the secular sj^stem iiad struck both the Catholic and Anglican Churches m a vital part, by depriv' ing the one of her authority m the schools and the other of her Bible, had said — " By withdrawing all the higher motives from the minds of our children, you are most surely, however unintentionally, preparing for us a future of vice, confusion, 1 and disaster." Bishop Redwood also quoted a remark of the great Protestant statesman, Guizot, to the effect that " education must be moral and religious if it is desired to make it useful to the people and to society.'' He contended, thei efore, that the Catholics were strictly bound to provide for their children a thorough Catholic education. — Post.