PRIESTS AS SOLDIERS
HIGH MASS IN THE TRENCHES.
. YANCOURVER, Dec. 23. A message from San Ffcancigco states tiiat three Marjst priests of New Zealand—Dean Regnault, Fathers Ho'lley and Kennedy— havo Arrived" ■ from the, war 'zone. . • (
They were at Lyons, France, as delegates to the Chapter of the Marist Urder, and <say that a captain ' in thd French army, who is also & priest, ; t«lls the nien to come forward for absolution when about to .charge the enemy. "It- is hot unusual," says Dean Refi--nault, "to seo High Mass celebrated in theTtrenches during a lull in the figiting on the Sabbath. The celebrants are soldiers who. have doffed, tholr warlike accoutrements and have donned their priestly garments. No : sqprier is tho mass endedHhan the priests quickly lay .iside their robes, and buckle- oil their fighting uniforms."
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 13575, 31 December 1914, Page 4
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