Gisborne
(From our own correspondent.)
August 24. Sunday within the Octave of the Assumption, the day on which the little children of St. Mary's parish receive their First Holy Communion, is an occasion eagerly looked forward to by our devoted pastor, the Sisters, parents, and especially by those most immediately concerned. On that particular day this year about 60 girls and boys approached the Holy Table for the first time, their bright happy faces denoting the joy which animated them. The spectacle, too, was a most edifying one to the large congregation. After Mass the children were generously provided with breakfast by the members of St. Mary's Sodality of the Children of Mary. At the 10 o'clock Mass, Rev. Father Lane, addressing the children, impressed upon them the importance of ever remembering their first Communion day. At the evening devotions Father Lane earnestly urged the parents to recognise the absolute necessity of seeing that their children never neglected attendance at Holy Mass on Sundays and holidays of obligation. He exhorted parents to afford their children a shining example by a frequent reception of the Sacraments, an example the children would assuredly follow. At the conclusion of the sermon an invocation to the Blessed Virgin Mary was recited by one of the little girls, followed by a renewal of baptismal vows, in which the whole congregation joined Procession and Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament concluded the days' ceremonies. St. Mary's Choir, conducted by Mr. Charles Wood, rendered music appropriate to the occasion, while at the early Mass the children's choir sang specially selected hymns.
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New Zealand Tablet, 8 September 1921, Page 37
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263Gisborne New Zealand Tablet, 8 September 1921, Page 37
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