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THE CHAPEL
AND AROUND AND ABOUT. MAY 2000
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THE CHAPEL VIEWED FROM BEHIND THE GROTTO. |
THE CHAPEL FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF THE GROTTO. LOOKS LIKE SOMEONE IS
DRYING OUT A CARPET. TO THE RIGHT OF THE CARPET IS THE REV. AUGUSTINE
MURPHY MEMORIAL ROSE GARDEN.
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NOTHING SEEMS TO HAVE CHANGED FROM MY DAY BACK IN THE FIFTIES. THE TILES
ON THE FLOOR, AND STATIONS OF THE CROSS ARE THE SAME. NOTE THAT BETWEEN
THE TWO ARCHES ON THE LEFT IS THE KELLY'S MEMORIAL ALTER STONE. THROUGH
THE SECOND ARCH IS THE NUNS' CHAPEL AREA. MY PLACE WAS IN THE REAR ROW
OF PEWS TO THE LEFT. MRS. KELLY SAT FRONT PEW LEFT SIDE, MR. KELLY ON
THE RIGHT. HE HANDLED THE COLLECTION EVERY SUNDAY; IT WAS ALWAYS THE
SAME MONEY HANDED OUT AND COLLECTED EACH SUNDAY, AND THE NUNS GOT MOST
UPSET WHEN IT DIDN'T ALL COME BACK. THE DOOR TO THE RIGHT WENT TO THE
SCHOOL BELL AND DINING ROOM. I WAS AN ALTER BOY (THE BEST!!). SEE ''IN
THE EARLY DAYS'' FOR THE ORIGINAL CHAPEL INTERIOR.
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THE ALTAR WAS A GIFT FROM THE KELLYS.
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THE PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED KELLY'S ALTER STONE; BETWEEN THE TWO ARCHES. DO
YOU REMEMBER THEIR CRABAPPLES, YOU DIDN'T DID YOU ?
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LOOKING BACK TOWARDS THE CHOIR.
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THE NUNS' CHAPEL TO LEFT OF ALTER
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LOOKING DOWN FROM THE CHOIR. IT IS SUNDAY MAY 7TH. 2000, AND I
DID THE SECOND READING.
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LE PIETA. THE BELL ENCLOSURE TO
REAR
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MEMORIAL BELOW THE ABOVE STATUE.
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"THY KINGDOM COME" IS THE
INSCRIPTION ON THE ALTER.
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