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New Zealand Tablet, 7 December 1911, Page 2471

On, a recent Sunday the ceremony of blessing and laying the foundation stone of the new Church of Our Lady of Mercy at Mount Barker was performed by' the Very Rev. Father Roney, S.J., of Norwood. The occasion was one of much rejoicing, and several hundred people were present. The old church was dedicated to St. Francis of Sales, but the new church will be named ‘ The Church of Our Lady of Mercy, in recognition of the fact that Father Landy, the priest in charge, first started his work in the parish on the Feast of Our Lady of Mercy in 1885. The building is not to be completed yet, but the nave, tower, porch, and turrets will be erected. The liability will be about £2200 with the furnishings, and it will cost another £SOO to complete the sanctuary and two vestries.