Thames

New Zealand Tablet, Volume 14, Issue 24, 14 June 1906, Page 6

Thames

An) impressive ceremony (says the ' Thames Star,' June 1) took place at the Ohurch of St. Francis last evening, when his Lordship Bishop Lenihan administered the sacrament of Confirmation to over fifty candidates, amongst whom were a number of adults. There was an overflowing attendance, and accommodation was taxed to the utmost. The) following clergy weee present :— Right Rev. Mgr. O'ReJiy, Very Rev. Dean Hackett (Paeroa), Rev. Father Broomfield, Rev. Fathers Chine and McDermott (Redemptorist Order), and Father Holbrook (Auckland). His Lcrdship, previous to administering the sacrament, catechised the children, and their prompt response showed hew caiefwlly and thoroughly they had been instructed, lv a birnple but direct address he urged them to guard themselves against the temptations that' would assail them in their every -'day life and by their good example tc prove to others that their faith was no idle. boast. His Lordship paid a high tribute of praise and appreciation to the missionary work of the Fathers Clune and McDermott. He congratulated the parishioners oa the possession cf a pastor, who was revered and beloved for his probity and charity, not only in his diocese, but throughout New Zealard— Monsignor O'Reilly. He had worthily upheld the honor of the clergy, and was a model for young priests to follow.