Codex Lethbridge

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Febr.
27   Canonical erection of the parish of St. Patrick of Lethbridge.
March   Rev. Fath. Sylla comes back from the
4   mountains.
5   Father Sylla goes to Taber to exercise the parochial ministry for next Sunday. Will return on Monday. Father Meyer is going to Grassy Lake.
6   Meeting in the nave of the Church, of the Catholic Temperance Union.
11   Father Bidault goes to Medicine Hat.
12   Father Meyer leaves Lethbridge to go to Warner. He will spent the whole next week in the country around Warner and New Dayton, and the following sunday, twentieth of March he will hold the services at Milk River. Will come back on the twenty first.
17   St. Patrick’s day. This morning there was a solemn high mass, celebrated by fath. Rosenthal. Father Bidault acted as deacon, and Fath. Sylla as sub-deacon. In the afternoon the altar’s ladies Society    organized a tea-party at Mrs. Johnson house. Good success and nice attendance.
   On the afternoon, Father Sylla went away to the mountains.
20   Meeting of the Catholic Temperance Union. This meeting is pretty well attended. Several questions are warmly discussed, and a council of tea men is appointed in order to find the exact number of the catholics [sic] of the parish. It was decided also that a letter should be sent to the bishop to invite him to come to    Lethbridge as soon as possible.
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March
21.   Father Bidault goes away by the midnight train to Maple Creek, where he is called for a sick case.
22.   Father Meyer is going to Raymond.
24   The offices of the holy week are pretty well attended.
26   Father Meyer goes to Taber, and from there he will betake himself to Sundial, Sweet Valley, Trou [sic] Spring. On the third of April he will be in Diamond City, and will not come back to Lethbridge before the sixth of April.
27   Easter Sunday. General communion of the members of the C. T. U., which gives to the people of Lethbridge a nice and edifying spectacle.
   Father Bidault leaves on the morning for Medicine Hat. Will come back on Tuesday.
29   Musical entertainment, organised [sic] by the altar’s ladies Society, in St. Augustin’s Hall in behalf of the Church. This concert was nicely attended and the good will as well as the talent of the executionners [sic] were crowned by a good success.
April 1   Father Sylla comes back to Lethbridge.
2   Fath. Bidault is going to Coutts. Will be back on monday.
3   Low Sunday. In the afternoon meeting of the C.T.U.
6   Fath Meyer returns to Lethbridge.
8   Fath. Bidault leaves for Medicine Hat. Fath. Meyer is called by telegramme [sic] to Seven-persons for sick case. Will held service there to morrow morning, whence he will go to Grassy Lake
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