Ang. Soc. hears Bishop Lesser

In an address to the VUC Anglican Society at its annual general meeting. Bishop Lesser of Waiapu described his experiences in the creation and growth of a new parish on farmland near Liverpool which in the space of four years had 30,000 parishioners, most of whom were formerly from slum areas.

It was a time of poverty. Many were on the dole, and many were earning very poor wages, but despite many disappointments he helped these people to keep their faith in life, and was rewarded in many ways by people too poor to pay money. He proved that the Our Father was not merely a repetitive phrase but a vital force, especially to those who, unhappy in a new life, were fighting for the future of their children.

He stressed the importance of the things that money can't buy. "In those things," said one of his parish, "we're millionaires."

Finally he said how pleased he was to hear of a University Anglican Society, and that "silence is not always golden, but yellow. We who arc enlightened have a duty to pass on what we have learned."