The Baptism of Mary Eve McGrath

Today was a special day for St. Bartholomew's: Mary Eve McGrath, daughter of Fr. Daniel and Josephine was baptized into "the faith once delivered unto the saints." Unlike my lifelong experience of baptisms this was a special service held well in advance (at 9:15 AM) and apart from the usual Sunday service (10:00 AM Mass for us) -- but it was not the less attended for all that!

We waited until after Mass for the celebration in the Parish Hall. A special cake had been created for the occasion, as shown here. I am told the Chinese text represents Mary's name, the first character roughly approximating "McGrath", and the next two "Mary Eve."