In Memoriam.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 22 July 1919, Page 4

In Memoriam.

THE LATE FATHER DORE. The friund «of the late aFtlier Dot e, wh;oi «o geiietrousJy contributed to the memorial church io life honour, will be glad to learn that the monument (over li'issi igravo iin 'the Fbxton cemetery was completed on tlio anniversary of his doath 'last week, "when a solemn requiem niafcs for the repose of his soul was held; at the Foxton dhurch. The (.tornmittce ifeet it -tilledr diutv to those •who subscribed to 'let them know that at tile last moment, owing to unforeseen ci renins tnnrcs, they were reluctantly compelled 1 to draw on the CbiiTitli fund IVr the erection of tlio moninniewt.

The monument i* a plain Celtic 'Cross of iComma-udel pwlis'li-od granite, standing might. ifeet on three iiodveluls of the material. lit bears no record of how the brave young priest- gave his life to is.'ito utfltors on the shell-swept •slopes of Gal'lipbh'i, only thie .simpilo inscription :"Of you'r charity pray for the rop->e of the soul of the .R,cvd. Patr.iok l>v>re, 'P.P., iFoxtoii. who died -July 15th, .1918, aged 33 years. 'On whose soul Sweet Je.siib have iiici'"'. 1 R.TbP."

Th us' would, the ISopgortli-A i'oi.ji « to 'be remembered. no ats-o his Mends nou 1(1 have lit : his dear old fa.tlher in fiistan't IreOand. his cloistered sister in her Convent home on the 'banks of t'lio Slniiev. "neatih "the shadow* of Vinegar i'liii'l," his KJi.iiitly mot/her, 'with whom we tiubt lie now enjoys tine Beatific Vision. There was too cm iffy vanity of an unveiling ceremony 'which -sx> re.joices the fickle hearts of (worldlings. only the client, fervent pra-yeres of those who- do not forget.—Fox ton 'Herald.