Oamaru

New Zealand Tablet, 23 October 1919, Page 28

Oamaru

(From our own correspondent.) October 20. On the afternoon of Sunday, October 12, the children's mission was brought to a close, when a great number of little ones with their guardians gathered in the Basilica to receive a special blessing. The Very Rev. P. M. Lynch, C-SS.R.,. paid' a farewell visit to Oamaru last week. His old friends were very pleased to see him again, and to hear of his appointment, but regret that the change is taking him so far away from his native land. . - Rev. T. Connolly, who has been a chaplain on a hospital ship for some time, was also here on his way south. Tho Basilica has been crowded to its utmost every night of the mission, and regrets are being heard on all sides that it is finished. The impressive closing ceremonies took place on Sunday night in the presence of a record congregation. On Friday there was Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament from 9 o'clock Mass until evening devotions, when there was a Procession of the Blessed Sacrament, in which the various sodalities took part. At the Masses on Sunday the missioners complimented the people on the way they had attended the mission, and particularly on their attendance at the early Masses. ; -" On Monday morning the Masses were offered for the deceased members of the parish, and large numbers received Holy Communion. ;- ; v ./; ,J ;■ ; The mission, at Windsor Park was opened . on the 19th at 11 ; o'clock Mass, ; and will continue-for the week; at Kurow on the 20th, and; at Duntroon on the 23rd inst. >-