PROFESSION AT THE PRESENTATION CONVENT, HOBART TOWN.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume VII, Issue 387, 10 September 1880, Page 16

PROFESSION AT THE PRESENTATION CONVENT, HOBART TOWN.

2hS^ 7> f Au £ U£ * th , e 80lemn and impressive ceremony of a vllfJSl r Pr ° a Sl ° n *°<* P laoe in the choir attached to St. Mary's Presentation Convent Great preparations were made for the due solemnisation of so edifying a function. The young lady who made MIJIrS" A? Q ° n the ° cca , sion is in religion Sister Mary l«2lT£? Ala coque. Shortly after nine o'clock, the nuns, carrying hghted tapers, entered the choir in procession, the Cross-bearer Miss "A^*.^ 11 !? 11 ' a^ ded her listers, Miss Louisa and thi g n 'm^ 6 and Bya > leadiQ S the ™y- His Lordship, Right Key. Dr. Murphy, was present during the solemn ceremonial The clergy present were the Rev. Fathers Dunne, C. P. Woods P R SLchedbvthP^VT 86^ 011 a PP r PP riate to occasion was preacnea by the Rev. M. J. O'Regan, who took for his text " Thi<? is SSffi^af 6 r • bat ?- m / e ' lk us be glad and ° c *™ bSTSS; 1 , £ * TST S hIS dl fP arse the Preacher referred te the OrievfamZhl 8 attending the work of the Presentation receive a SnSto *$ 7^- SadiesS adies from the other Monies to S Ztv a P tl °l education within its walls. In very complimentary ?he mothl ce S d - ter^ S h « parents of the lady P profes e£ to be^ttS nSf™^ f P - G ? lf ? ms s P ectacl e of offering her dear child to De tne portion and inheritance of the Lord for ever " the father SIS »F^ "SMS reiembeSnJ P^ tB ° f £ c lady P rofeß^- We seldom SaTurda? was "ndeed n ■"^^PPMed table on similar occasions. St MaVv's 7hLl £ ? ,? f 30y and S ladn ess to all the inmates of ladf JSSkS if " esp . ec i ally c schoQl children, among whom the th7p?eseS«on OiHSf % T^ i ?t augtirs well f <* & future of

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