SCOTLAND.—Presentation to a Priest

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXI, Issue 14, 2 April 1903, Page 31

SCOTLAND.— Presentation to a Priest

The Benbecula community, being anxious to show some tangible proof to Father MacDougall of their appreciation of his valuable services on their behalf as Co\inty Councillor, Parish Councillor, and School Board member, formed a committee which entered with zeal and earnestness upon the work entrusted to them. The collecting part was not a difficult one, as local people contributed cheerfully and subscriptions Oowed in freely from North and South Uist, Ban a, Glasgow, etc. — an admirable proof of Father MacDougall 's popularity. The committee recently waited on Father MacDougall within the Chapel House. Mr. James Mac Donald was voted to the chair. He said he had the honor of serving with Father MacDougall on the Parish Council, and they might depend upon it that the interests of the Benbecula ratepayers were safe in his hands Mr. MacLennan said the duty entrusted to him was a pleasant one, namely to present Father MacDougall, in the namS of the committee and subscribers, with a gold albert and a purse of sovereigns. Father MacDougall, in accepting the presentation, feelingly replied, saving that he did not consider himself worthy of tho many kind words said about him, as no one knew his faults and failings better than himself. Whether his stay at Benbecula be long or short he would never forget the kindness he cxi ci ienced in the island from all denominations.