REQUIEM MASS

Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 23, 28 January 1928, Page 10

REQUIEM MASS

LATE DEAN REGNAULT FUNERAL CEREMONY ARCHBISHOP'S ADDRESS Tho funeral of the late Dean Regnault took place to-day. The high esteem iv which he was held was shown by the large attendance at the Sacred Heart Basilica, Hill street, and by the nuniorous messages of regret at his death received from all parts of the Dominion. At the Eequiem Mass at the Cathedral, Archbishop Kedwood and Archbishop O'Shea .were present, and the former delivered an impressive address on tho life and work of the late Dean. The celebrant of the Mass was the Very Bey. Father O'Council, S.M., whose first curacy was with the late Dean in Waimate, and who was later appointed first Superior of the* Marist Missionaries by the Dean. He is now the Dean's successor at St. Mary's, Christehurch. The deacon was the Yen. Archdeacon Holbrook (Auckland) representing Bishop Cleary, who was unable to attend through illness. The subdeacon was the' Eev. Father Campbell (Wellington), representing the Bedemptorist missionaries. The^deaeons at the throne to Archbishop Eedwood were Dean M'Manus (Palmerston North) and the Very Eev. Father O'Eeilly, provincial of the Marist Order. The assistants to jArchbishop O'Shea were Dean Connolly (Kilbirnie) and Dr. Geaney (Christehurch), representing Bishop Brodie; master of ceremonies, Father Smyth, administrator, Thorndon. The Eev. Father Kirnbell presided at the organ; and the Eev. Father Ryan (St. Patrick's College) conducted the choir of priests. The other clergy present from various parts of the Dominion were: —Eev. Dr. Kelly (editor of "Tablet," Dunedin), Fathers Campbell and Carcenac (Whangarei), Herring (Recfton), Segrief (Brisbane), Keledy (Sydney), Martin (Greenmeadows), Knight (Waimate), representing the Dean's former parish, Menard, Vibeaud, Yenning, Riordan, Melu, Le Petre (Maori1 Mission), Gilbert, M'Hardy, Bowler, ' Cleary, Seymour, Minehan, Kingan, Kennedy (St. Patrick's College), Holley and Dynan (Blenheim), La Croix and Campbell (Wanganui), Mahony, Stewart, M'Breen (St. Mary's), Gondringer (Mt. Albert), Kennedy (Highden), Devoy (Island Bay), Seymour (Otaki), M'Donald, O'Shaughnessy and Buckley (Hastings), Hickson (Wairoa), Cullen (Christehurch), Galerne (Nelson), Goggan (Napier), Moloney (Basilica), M'Carthy, M'Grath, Spillane, and Joyce (Marist Mission), Mahoney Stewart, Breen (St. Mary's), Duggan (Redemptorist Order), M'Eae and Evans (St. Joseph's), Carmine (Takaka), Kaveney (Kilbirnie), Pheland and Long (Westport), Walsh (Nai-Nai, Quealey (Petone), V. Kelly (Upper Hutt), Daly and Fallon (Lower Hutt), Dillon (Carterton), Garaghy (Taihape), Griffen (Johnsonville), J. Kelly and Nolan (Wellington). There was also in the church a large representation of various religious orders, including the Marist Brothers, the Lewisham Sisters, Sisters of Mercy, Sisters of Compassion, and Mission Sisters. In his address, Archbishop Eodwood said that by the death of Dean Begnault, the Marist Society, including fathers, brothers, and sisters, had sustained a great loss, and so had the diocese of Christehurch and the archdiocese of Wellington. It was not his intention to refer at length to the career of the late Dean Eegnault, which had extended over a long course of years. He desired, however, to convey to those present some idea of the excellence of the late dean's long and faithful service. First of all, the dean was a Marist and a devoted religious, and was held in the highest esteem by the authorities of that order, both in Europe and in New Zealand. It was a great thing to be a religious; it was a sublime thing to imitate our Divine Lord by carrying out not only his precepts but also his counsel. The late dean was also a priest, and the speaker dwelt on tho importance of that great office. The preparation for, and the sacred duties of, the priesthood were then alluded to. At the conclusion of Mass, the cortege, which was a very long one, and included all the clergy, proceeded to the Karori Cemetery, where the interment took place. Archbishop O'Shea conducted the service at the graveside. Sir Maui Pomare (Minister of the Cook Islands), who is now returning from a conference at Fiji, was represented by Mr. J. D. Gray, Secretary of the Department.