THE BASILIC
At 12 o'clock on Monday night, solemn High Macs was celebrated at the Basilica,' Hill street. " The church was crowded to the doors, and a feature of the service was that nearly all those present received Holy Communion.. The Very Rev. Dean Regnault was celebrant, Rev. Father Scanlon, deacon; Rev. Father Spillane, sub-deacon, and the Rev: Father Smyth, master of ceremonies. The choir rendered Mozart's 11th Mass and Adeste Fidelis. The preacher" was tfce Rev. Father Smythi who spoke on the birth of Our Lord, and dwelt upon, the supreme importance of the event, and of Christ's teaching and sacrifice. There were services at the Basilica at 7, 9, and 10.30 o'clock in the forenoon—the preacher at the last service being the Rev. Father Spillane, who also spoke on the festival of Christ's nativity. There were large attendances at all the forenoon services.
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Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 152, 26 December 1923, Page 4
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