FEILDING PARISH COMMITTEE.

New Zealand Tablet, 16 August 1917, Page 19

FEILDING PARISH COMMITTEE.

To the Editor. Sir, —May we ask the favor of a little of your valuable space to place before your readers a work of charity which is being undertaken by the Feilding Parish Committee. As our present church is very old and too small to contain the growing congregation, it has been decided to erect a large and substantial church as soon as building conditions warrant, for the needs of the parish and in memory of all the New Zealand soldiers who have laid down their lives during the war. Now, Sir, the people of Feilding will erect this church and are not now asking for any contribution for such purpose ; but it is the desire of our committee that there should be kept in the new church a permanent record of the names, regiment, date, and if possible, place of death of every deceased Catholic New Zealand soldier, whether he belonged to the New Zealand, Australian, or Imperial Forces, and irrespective of the parish or diocese to which he or his relations belonged. We would therefore ask your valued assistance in bringing the compilation of this Roll of Honor before the notice of your readers. You will recognise that such roll will be valueless if it is not as complete as it is possible to make it. and that now is the time to compile it. When the new Memorial Church is erected Holy Mass will be said regularly for the repose of the souls ■of all those on the Roll of Honor to be prepared as •above stated. And until the church is erected the parish priest undertakes to say Mass weekly for all those whose names for the time being are on the Roll of Honor, which will be kept in the church. We would ask all relatives of deceased Catholic New Zealand soldiers to forward the particulars required to the "Secretary," Pox 42. Feilding." We shall acquaint your readers from time to time of the number on our roll, which we will endeavor to make as correct and comprehensive as possible. We trust the next of kin of our heroic dead will, in return for the spiritual benefits offered, send in the names at the earliest moment.—Yours faithfully, (Rev.) D. P. Ckonin. Chairman. J. Paul Kavanagti, If on. Secretary. Feilding, July 16.