IN THE TRENCHES.
MASS BEFORE BATTLE. | NEW ZEALANMRS FROM THE fRCHT. I By Tftlograph—Press Association—Copyright. (Received December 19. 3 p.m.) NEW YORK, December 18. Thro* New Zealand Marist priests, ; I>Bjiß Regnauit. Fathers Holley and I Kennedy, who have arrived at San i Francisco from the Ti'ont. state that a i !' French army captain *-. ho is a priest J calls the men for absolution when abyjt | to charge it* -j^emy. It is nothing to see High Mass celebrated' in tho trenches during a lull. Ad fighting celebrants and soldiers doff their warlike accoutrements, and don priestly garb.' Immediately mass is ended, the priests discard their robes and buckle on their fighting uniforms.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 1125, 19 December 1914, Page 10
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