Funeral of the Late Mrs. Holley, Leeston.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXII, Issue 51, 22 December 1904, Page 29

Funeral of the Late Mrs. Holley, Leeston.

(Ftfom our Ohristohur-ah corresijyottdent.)

Mrs. Mary Holley, wife of Mr. William. Holler of Loasrtjon passed away at Wellington at the «Kf 73 X ear JL Th , e decOaSod la dy, who was on a visit to her S?nTh M uK ° v Mc Ma'naway, left home in Lr usS «S?rt +1, 1 V lfth Characteristic fervors** com. P' e d B *?J -davotjons of the Jubilee oh last Saturday week, and shortly afterwards being overtaken with illS 'J im On -P* feast of the ImmaciUate ™nception. The remwte were brought home for intermSt anld at Leestwp ofc Monday, December 12, a Solemn Requiem Mass was celebrated by the Rev. Father Holley, S.M His bor'dsttiip Bishon Grimes presided amd at the SSJT^ 9 ' the M^ S a<ldresw(i *he very larigS cb*g^ of £'Tn^ lQe W rS SaMhis Lor^hip, on the feast of the Immaculate Conception, a very interesting cnrfZ njony took place in the Pvo-d^edLl-uTorA^ of him hajd j\ist offered up the adorable Sacrifice of the Mass_ i hat he (the Bishop) felt sure was a happy day tor trhe family particularly for the mother, as qhe made tUie sacrifice of her son to the service of the altar By a singular coincidence she, for whom they had assembled to mourn, had died on the very anniversary of that great day It must indeed be a source of great comfort to the bereaved family to have one of the number privileged Jo oner up the Holy Saorifice of the Mass for the otennal repose of the soul of his dear departed mother Contains, his Lordship saM that from the first time fee had known the Holley family he had learned to esteem the noble oharacter and great gentleness of the deceased She was a truly model mother, who had ctone much to train up her ohildren in a truly Christian majniior. But mindful of her manifold virtues they must always remember fhe great holiness which God requires j(n ,us. They had assembled, Bishop priests awl people, to iom their fervent prayers with those of the /pries* at the altar in offerine; up su-ifplteatftm cm Jior behalf. His Lordship, attended by the Rev. Fathers «^ al)^ anl GoSffan ' cave Ihe Absolution. The cantors of the Mass were the Rev. Fathers Richards and O'Conn.ell. Imm«Uatelv after the conclusion of the ceremonies the funeral cortege, composed of people from all parts of the district, proceeded to the Catholic cemetery, the Dp.<ni March frbm ' Saul ' being .played by the ahtinuh organist as the body was borne from the sacred edifice. The Rev. FaMier Holley, assistdd by the visiting clergy, officiated at the gravesfde. The funeral procession was extremely lengthy, among the mourners bewic many [rom this city. Messages of oomdoleoce were received by lihe family from far and wide, es-peciallv from members of the clergy, who found it impossible to bo present.— R.l. P.