Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 105, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 May 1911 — First Communion of Children at St Augustine's Catholic Church. [ARTICLE]

First Communion of Children at St Augustine's Catholic Church.

Next Sunday, May 7, will be a festive day for the members of SL Augustine’s parish, when a class of thirty children, nineteen boys and elevep girls, will receive their first communion. The services will be very impressive. The class will he met at the parochial school by the little ones of the school who, carrying banner, candles and flowers, will escort them to the church. Upon their arrival at the chufcb they will atones proceed to the sanctuary, where they solemnly renew their baptismal vows At the conclusion of the vows the class will chant hymns in honor of their Holy Mother, the church, and their Savior. After this follows the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, during which the class will Receive for the first time their Lord and Maker. To accommodate the little ones, the time of the services for this particular Sunday has been slightly changed. The first mass will be at 7:30, and the High mass or the First Communion mass at 9:30. Following Is the class: Leonard Rajel Lambert Halsema Louis Lane Gaylord Remley Charles Kosta Luella Robinson Edward Kosta Carl Eigelsbach Urban Nagel Aloys Kohley Paul Healy Arnold Kahler John Kellner Donald Schenrich Lillian Nagel Joseph Malenbrock Mary Wagner Mabel Worland Paul Worland Catherine Halsema Lizzie Putts Lucy Brusnahan Fred Thomas Evelyn Michaels Leona Kolhoff Margarite Zimmer Lucille Luers George Lonergan Leo Hurley Arnold Kolhoff