Tenterfield’s sister-city relationship with the Ottobeuren district in Germany is thriving, with hosts Jane and Martin I’Ons kept updated with family news of their past Bavarian Brass Band guests.
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The I’Ons’ German guests Anja and Daniel Keller were happy to share the news of the baptism of their new daughter Elena in Ottobeuren Abbey, officiated by Tenterfield’s own Father Gerard Hayes.
The couple stayed with the I’Ons in 2013 when they were engaged, and again in 2015 as a married couple. Father Gerard also performed their wedding in the same magnificent cathedral.
“Gerard did such a great job and everyone was truly amazed how cordially he did the baptism,” Anja reported.
“Elena was completely relaxed and just very interested in what was happening. When the water was running down her head she was a bit irritated, but according to Gerard ‘if they don't at least flinch, it didn't work’, so apparently it must have worked.”
