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The 31st International Eucharistic Congress, held in Dublin 22–26 June 1932, was one of the largest eucharistic congresses of the 20th century. Ireland was then home to 3,171,697 Catholics. It was selected to host the congress as 1932 was the 1500th anniversary of Saint Patrick's arrival. The chosen theme was "The Propagation of the Sainted Eucharist by Irish Missionaries." Two days before the Congress, ''Time Magazine'' noted the Congress' special theme: Seven ocean liners moored in the port basins and along Sir John Rogerson's Quay. These were ''De Grasse'', ''Doric'', ''Dresden'', ''Duchess of Bedford'', ''Marnix van Sint Aldegonde'', ''Rio Bravo'' and ''Sierra Cordoba''. Five others, ''Antonio'', ''Laconia'', ''Lapland'', ''Samaria'' and ''Saturnia'' anchored around Scotsmans Bay. The liners acted as floating hotels and could accommodate from 130 to 1,500 people on each. The final public mass of the congress was held in Phoenix Park at an altar designed by the eminent Irish Architect John J. Robinson of Robinson & Keefe Architects, at 1pm on Sunday, and was celebrated by Michael Joseph Curley, Archbishop of Baltimore. John Mc Cormack the world famous Irish Tenor sang at the mass. Approximately 25% of the population of Ireland attended the mass and afterwards four processions left the Park to O'Connell Street where approximately 500,000 people gathered on O'Connell Bridge for the concluding blessing given by the Papal Legate, Cardinal Lorenzo Lauri. The ''Dundalk Democrat'' described the event: The English Catholic writer G. K. Chesterton was also present, and observed: ==See also== *History of Roman Catholicism in Ireland 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Eucharistic Congress of Dublin (1932)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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