After the service in the church of St. Thomas the Martyr there was pressive, First came a friar bearing the Gross, accompanied by acolytes. Over 'a hundred Franciscan friars, wearing their brown habits and white: girdles, and one.of them earryug @ banner of St, Francis, came next, chanting the "Litany of the Saints." They were followed by clergy wearing their vestments ant
attire. others wearing their ondisary!
Then came the Bishop of: Brentford (Rev. Dr. Doubleday) and the Bishop of Salford (Rev. Dr. Casrartelli), preceding Cardinal Bourne in his vestments. Next there followed 30 nuns, representative of the Sisters of Charity, Nazareth nuns, and the Prancisean Missionary nuns. Some hundreds of lay members brought up. the rear of the procession. The whole route through the main streets of the city was lined with spectators, who showed the keenest interest in the (proceedings. Arrived at the Ga dens, the processionists joined singing Te Deum Laudamus. Subsequently the procession returned to the church, where it dispersed.
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