Mass to observe death anniversary
A Requiem Mass com- I memorating the first anni- i versary of the death of a ] former Catholic bishop of 1 Christchurch will be held i this evening at the Cathe- 1 dral of the Blessed Sacrament. , 1 The Most Rev. Denis * Hanrahan, who had been bishop for less than two j years, died of a heart ; attack last February. ] He was succeeded in 1 June by the Most Rev. Basil Meeking, who had 1 been serving at the Secre- J tariat for Promoting i Christian Unity in Rome. < Clergy and people of ]
the diocese will gather to celebrate Mass at 7.30 p.m. The preacher will be Monsignor James Harrington, the parish priest at Mairehau. The singing will be led by a choir from St Gregory’s Church in Bishopdale, where Bishop Hanrahan was parish priest before being appointed the sixth Catholic Bishop of Christchurch. Bishop Meeking is attending a meeting of the Secretariat in Rome, and will return to Christchurch in the middle of February.
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