The Late Father Fauvel, S.M.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXII, Issue 36, 8 September 1904, Page 20

The Late Father Fauvel, S.M.

(By telegraph, from cur Timaru oorreppondent.)

A Solemn Bwjnum TWxss for the repoa* of the eonl of the late Be*. Father L. F*nveJ, R.M.. w M cHebr ted in Ft. J, soph'B Church, T«mnks, on TneprJay. In aoVHH-n <o hifl Lordship BiVhop Grime* tb« following- fVrev were pre«*>nt; : Very T\pv. F ,ther Le Menant d>s Cheimsie. V G , Very Rev. Dean F .ley, Very Rev. Dean Bowei-8 Very R«=v. F-^her O'Dnnnell. Key. Fathers Renault, Riehnrdu, Price, Hvland, Aheorne. llabnpy, O'C niHl, Kerlev. Tnbmnn, Taylor, and Marnane. Fat'hor Le Memnt des Cheannia wan celebrant of the Ma?P, Father Bepr&ul nV aeon. Father Tubman Pnbdeacon. „he cantor* beingr Fat^ern Mnbony, Richard*. »nd O'Connell. Hi 3 LnHnhip preached fn-m the text. 'Lord I hive loved the hearty of Thy bon»e and the place wh^reThy p'ory dwelleth.' He sketched the life of the rleo-nt-ed— ten ye»rs »f whinh he RDPnt in F.ji and thirty in Temukft, and referred to the work whi<h he had done dnriaer his mioiionarv oare^r in thin Co ony. The erected a church, nchool, and presbyt ry in Te->uka. and a cbnr. h at Pleasant Point. In all hi« building undertakings he was his o^n architect and r.leik of w<rk». As in the cose of Christopher Wren, t.he a<-ch<tect of Rt. PaulV, thope who would seek Father Fauvel's monument had only to look around the parish. He wai devoted to duty, and only to< k a h-lidny when when compel. cd by illness to go awny for a time. Hs p ety and devotif-n were very (Treat, and his holiness m trht be s»id to be refl. cted on his countenance. There was a lat^o congregation, I cludingr the school children, present. The church was appropr ately draped for the solemn ccoasion.

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