The Late Father Luck.

Thames Star, Volume XXX, Issue 9307, 20 February 1899, Page 2

The Late Father Luck.

THE FUNERAL,

(By Telegraph —Own Correspondem

AUCKLAND, February 20,

The body of the late Father Luck was removed from the Bishop's house to the Convent Chapel, and .lay iv state, the Sisters of Mercy watching by it throughout Saturday night.

Yesterday morning the coffined remains were taken to St. Patrick's Cathedral, where at 11 o'clock, a solemn requiem mass was sung by Dean O'Reilly, assisted by Fathers Croke and Darby as deacon and sub-deacon respectively. Father Gillan was mas ter of ceremonies. The Bishop presided at the throne. When the mass was over the Bishop pronounced r. short panegyric, in which he referred to the deceased priest's early life; his monastic state, and his work out in the colony since 1880.

The body remained in the Cathedral till 3 p.m., when the funeral obsequies commenced, which were of an impressive character. There were over twenty carriages, the Bishop's car riage preceding the hearse. Among the clergy present were Monsigncr McDonald, Dean O'Reilly, Fathers Gillan, Kehoe, Croke, Buckley, Darby, and Henneberry of Tasmania. There were representatives from the Marist Brothers and Sisters of Mercy and a great number of the laity. At Onehunga the cortege was met by Monsignor PauL The Bishop performed the last rites at the grave, the deceased being interred alongside the remains of the late Father Mahoney and near those of his brother, Bishop Luck.