RELIGIOUS PROCESSION.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 118, 10 June 1901, Page 3

RELIGIOUS PROCESSION.

The open air procession held at St Joseph's yesterday in fcotour ot the Festival ef Corpus Chiisti attracted a large congiegatiot-. The v«ry llev. Dean McKenna briefly addressed tl os • assembled, poinlirg cut the spirit in which they sboud take pirt in the celebration. Rev. Father Mulvibill, assisted by Mr D. O'Dwyer, actei as Hester ef Caiemonies. The precession mirehed in the following order: — First came the cross-bearer, Master Phillip Grey, attended by a number of altar boys in ctsiock and surpl a ; the adult members of the congregation followed. Nrxc come s-xialitus, the children of Maty, dressed in blue mantles and vti's, and bearing aloft the

banner of tbe Imnucu'ate Conception ; the Guard of Honour, dressed in r«d mantles and veils, with the banner of Saaed Heart, and the Sistets of the Convert car.jiDg lighted candles. Then followed a number of little dots with baskets of flowers, tke canop) baaiere—Messrs Hart, Parker, Mannix, and OD->nogbue—and the Very Rev. Dean McKenni vested in cope and veil, and carrying a monstrance, in which wis contained the Most Bless d Sacrament. Duiing tie procession a Bumter of beautiful and appropriate by mi s were sweetly sung by the choir and members of tha congregition generally.