25 YEARS A PRIEST
FATHER CREED'S SILVER JUBILEE.
HONOURED BY CLERGY AND
LAITY.
THE COMMUNITY'S CONGRATULATIONS
A quarter of a century's labours in the priesthood have just been completed by the Reverend Father T. Creed, priest of the Leeston Catholic parish. Celebrations befitting so memorable an occasion were held on Wednesday, when the cordial felicitations of his Bishop and brother priests, and of the whole community around Leeston, were bestowed upon the venerated jubilar-' ian. The spontaneous way in which i his parishioners rejoiced with him in his silver jubilee was remarkable evidence of the widespread regard held for the worthy priest whose pleasing personality and ineffaceable Irish smile radiate optimism about him, and win him a welcome wherever he moves. i THE JUBILEE MASS. i The celebrations were opened on Wednesday morning, when Father Creed celebrated" his Jubilee Mass, which was-attended by a good congregation.- The altar decorations, were special for the occasion. The music of the "Mass of""the Angels" was sung by a choir composed of pupils from the Convent School, led by the Sisters.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EG19280615.2.23
Bibliographic details
Ellesmere Guardian, Volume XLV, Issue 3228, 15 June 1928, Page 5
Word Count
17725 YEARS A PRIEST FATHER CREED'S SILVER JUBILEE. Ellesmere Guardian, Volume XLV, Issue 3228, 15 June 1928, Page 5
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Ellesmere Guardian. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in