Timaru

New Zealand Tablet, Volume LII, Issue 6, 11 February 1925, Page 31

Timaru

(From our own Correspondent.) February 6. A l out thirty children received their First Holy Communion at St. Andrews on Sunday, January 18, and all the adults also approached the Holy Table. About 150 persons partook of breakfast in the church grounds. All then adjourned to the church to renew their Baptismal Vows, holding lighted caudles after which Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament was given. The people expressed their gratitude to Bcv. Father Ginisty, S.M., for the keen interest displayed in preparing the children, and for supervising the complete arrangements on the happy occasion, which will long be rcmembeK.d by all who were present. The»Hev. Brother Benignus, formerly rector of Sacred Heart College, Auckland, spent a few weeks in Timaru, his native town, visiting his relatives and friends. Rev. Brother Joseph, who spent his early school life in Timaru, visited the town lately, and met a number of friends and schoolmates. Brother Joseph has been principal of a number of Marist Brothers’ Colleges in Australia. (Continued on page .35.)