Presentation to Father Leen at Kaiapoi

New Zealand Tablet, Volume LI, Issue 10, 6 March 1924, Page 15

Presentation to Father Leen at Kaiapoi

After Mass on Sunday, February 24, the parishioners of Kaiapoi assembled to make a presentation to Rev. Father Leen, who is about to depart on a trip to the Home Country and Rome. - , Mr. C. Corcoran; in asking Father Leen to accept the presentation,, which took the form of a'Kaiapoi rug, referred to the sterling qualities of their pastor and the good work which he had done in the parish since his coming to the district 12 months previously. On.behalf of the parishioners he wished Father Leen a very happy and pleasant trip;-an enjoyable holiday, and a safe return, and hoped that- the gift which they were making would prove useful and also serve as a token of ,the' very sincere esteem and affection which was felt towards him by his people. The presentation was then made by Mrs.- Maxwell Ramsay. .' In acknowledging the parishioners'- gift, Father Leen thanked his people for the kindly thought that ■ prompted it and for the kind wishes.that accompanied it. The bond between a priest and his people was a very close and intimate one, and made the pang, of sorrow felt at saying good-bye a very real one. ;' Father Leen concluded by thanking the parishioners .for the very zealous way they had assisted him in the past,, and; by wishing them continued prosperity in the future. -\;i '> \"> &%#: - : ' " '