REQUIEM MASS

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 689, 14 June 1929, Page 11

REQUIEM MASS

LATE FATHER RYAN CEREMONY AT CATHEDRAL Solemn Requiem Mass was ceLe- [ brated at St. Patrick’s Cathedral this i morning for the repose of the soul ol j the late Father Ryan, Rector of St. ! Patrick’s College, Wellington. The j Gregorian “Missa de Requie” was sung \ by a choir of priests. The Rev. Father Spillane, S.M., was the celebrant of the Mass and was as- | sisted by the Rev. Father G. Colgan (an old boy of Sacred Heart College) as deacon, and by the Rev. Father A. Link (St. Peter’s Rural Training College). as sub-deacon. The Rev. Father Cahill, of the Redemptorist Order, was master of ceremonies. Among the clergy present were tiie Verv Rev. Dean Van Dyk (representing the Mill Hill Fathers), Dean Brennan (Parnell), Father Furlong (Devonport), Fathers Bradley and O’Neill (Remuera), Fathers MeKeefry, Power and Von Rotter (Cathedral), Tully (Howick and Panmure), and Kearns (Ponsonby). The Rev. Brother Berignus (rector of Sacred eHart College) and the Rev. Brother Borgian represented the Marist Brothers. The Sisters of Mercy and the Sisters of St. Joseph and the Marist Sisters were also represented. f‘t,UoCt mbp wkwp ykwp ykwp yp many mourners at funeral Press Association WELLINGTON, Today. The funeral of Father Ryan, late rector of St. Patrick's Oollcgc, took place today at Wellington. It was well attended by both laity and clergy. Solemn requiem mass was celebrated at St. Mary of the Angels, the celebrant being the Rev. Dr. Kennedy, provincial of the Marist Order, and the preacher Father Gilbert, formerly rector of St. Patrick’s. Archbishop O’Shea conducted the service at the graveside. Sacred Heart College, Auckland, and St. Bede’s, Christchurch, were represented.