March 18, 1846
Our little Irish girls sang the hymn to St. Patrick at the end of Fr. Molloy’s speech, he a second Mr. Phelan. Our children were in their full dress. One could not distinguish the little Canadians from the Irish if one judged only by the green ribbons; the majority had the white veils that they wore the day of their First Communion and on the feasts of the Blessed Virgin.
