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[For the Banner of the South.]
AN APPEAL TO THE CATHOLIC YOUNG
MEN OF THE COUNTRY.
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A cry has gone forth from the centre s
of the Catholic Church, and has reached j
the ears of her most distant children ; i
Pius IX has appealed to the Catholics of j
every part ot the world for help in Inis 1
his hour of need.
The echoes of that voice have been ;
tardy in reaching us, but they have at
length wakened the wilds of America, and
we hear him begging his devoted sons in
the South to lend him the aid of their
strong arm in repelling the attacks of |
those brigands led on by Garibaldi under
tin; patronage of Victor Emanuel—who,
-too gr< at a disgrace to humanity for any
civilized Government to own as their ;
agents, are nevertheless aided and fur- j
thered in their villainy by the treacherous j
Trans-Alpine Government.
Although our Holy Father has not
called on us sooner, there is, however, no
country in the world to which he might
have felt less hesitancy in appealing; for
hi; h is many claims upon the courage and
devotion of the men of the South. First,
as men, we cannot stand by and see a
feeble old man, whose domains are en
croached upon, whose rights are trampled
on, who is subjected to every indignity
and injustice possible, without a feeling
of indignation and a generous resolve to
redress his wrongs.
Still less as Southerners, can we look
calmly on and witness these outrages
perpetrated on the only European
sovereign who recognized our struggling
Confederacy as a nation, at that time
when all the other powers balanced be
tween fear and interest, selfishly and
unfeelingly looked at our martyrdom
uninfluenced even by such a bright
example of fearless and generous friend
ship. But are we not Catholics? And
every blow aimed at our Mother, the
Church, is it not directed against our own
vitality ? for we are still in her womb
until bom into eternal life. Young men
of the South, Catholics of the South
especially, you are oppressed and galled
by tyranny at home, and you long and
pine for freedom. How many among
you, hound by no necessity to remain in
the midst of these dark days, could, by
going forth in this holy cause, further
the interests of your country by bringing
on it the blessing of a good, but perhaps,
angry God, who will be appeased and
softened by devotion to his holy Spouse,
the Church. Glory will be your meed.
Home, the eternal city, will be the fitting
scene of your noble and courageous
struggles in the cause of justice.
Bright though they already be, fresh
and imperishable, you have still, by your
valor and prestige, to augment and
beautify the laurels of the Pontifical
Zouaves. Catholicus.
CATHOLIC INTELLIGENCE.
Dear Banner : —On Tuesday, May
sth, the Right Reverend Bishop con
vened, at the Episcopal Residence in
Savannah, a Synod of all the Priests of
the diocese. The evening previous, all
the Priests of Georgia, with the ex
ception of the venerable Father Duggan,
ot Augusta, absent on account of infirm
health, assembled. On Tuesday morn
ing, Right Reverend Bishop Verot opened
the Synod with Mass and the synodal
prayers, after which he preached a ser
mon full of unction and force to the
clergy. We are not informed as to the
matters brought before the Synod, but
we understand they relate principally to
the temporal affairs of the Church in
Georgia, and that the Bishop will shortly
publish a Pastoral giving the result of
the Synod. On Wednesday and Thurs.
day morning, the Right Reverend
bishop celebrated Mass and gave appro
priate instructions.
On the evenings of Tuesday, Wednes
day, and Thursday, Father Ryan—who
was selected as the Preacher of the
Synod— preached in the presence of the
Bishop and clergy and very large con
gregations.
0:i luesday night, he preached on the
three great Spiritual Powers of the
Church—the power of teaching au
thoritatively—of consecrating really
mul of forgiving sins—or, as he presented
it—the pulpit —or infallible testimony;
ttie altar—or real consecration and com
munion ; the confessional or authoritative
absolution.
On Wednesday night, to a still larger
congregation, he preached on the work
tugs and wonders of these three great
powers ; and on Thursday night, on tlm
Priest—as agent of these powers. W 7 e
noticed in the Sanctuary, the venerable
and aged Fathers O’Neil and Wbelau,
whose labors in the cause of religion for
forty years have endeared their memories
to the hearts of thousands.
On Thursday night, the Synod closed
with Benediction and the singing of Te
Deum , and on Friday, the Pastors
returned to their respective parishes to
labor with renewed zeal for the interests
of our Mother Church. V * * *
Rev. Father Ryan, accompanied by
Rev. Fathers Hamilton, Gaboury, and
O’Neill, and the members of the Choir
of St. Patrick’s Church, left Savannah,
on Saturday, to dedicate anew Church
at Brunswick, Ga. The ceremony took
place on Sunday last.
Confirmation.— Yesterday the right of
confirmation, held in so much reverence
among the Catholic denomination, was ad
ministered to one hundred and six persons
at the St. Patrick’s Church, corner of West
Broad and Liberty streets, by Right Rev.
Bishop Augustin Verot.
The interest felt in the ceremony at
tracted a large crowd of persons, among
whom were the parents of the children
who were to be confirmed, and a large
number of persons of other denominations,
who took great interest in the impressive
ceremonies.
At half-past ten o’clock the exercises
were commenced with High Mass, cele
brated by Bishop Verot, Rev. Fathers 0. C.
Pendergrast, of St. Patrick’s Parish, and
P. Whelan, of St. John’s Parish, assisting.
THE CONFIRMATION
commenced about eleven o’clock, and the
rite was administered to fifty-one boys and
forty-three girls of the St. Patrick’s Parish,
and also to twelve adults.
The ceremony was of the most impres
sive character. The absence of the choir,
which accompanied Rev. Father Ryan to
tho dedication of the church at Brunswick,
was felt, and in a measure detracted from
the interest of the occasion.
The names of the candidates for Con
firmation were called by Rev. Father Peii
dergrast, and each, as his or her name was
called, advanced to the altar and knelt be
fore the Bishop, who, anointing the fore
head of the candidates with the holy chrism
in the form of the cross, said : “ I sign thee
with the sign of the Cross; I confirm thee
with the Chrism of Salvation in the name
of the Father, of the Son, and of the Holy
Ghost.”
After the rite had been administered to
all,
THK CONFIRMATION SERMON
wan preached by Bishop Verot. He se
lected for his text the 21st verse of the Ist
chapter of the Second Epistle of Paul to the
Corinthians: “lie that confirms us in
Christ. lie that lias anointed us in God,
who has also scaled us and given the pledge
of the spirit in our hearts.”
The Bishop remarked that these words
of the Apostle contained a summary of the
doctrine of the law of Christ concerning
the sacred sacrament which was to be con
firmed. We find the name of the sacred
rite in the text, “ lie that confirms us,”
the author of the same, who is God, the
instrument of the sanctification imparted
to the soul, which is an unction—the char
acter or indelible seal imprinted on the
soul, to the chief effect of Confirmation,
which is to give the Holy Ghost to the
worthy receiver. The Holy Ghost is given
in Confirmation to strengthen Christians
in the profession of their faith, and in the
practice of their moral and religious duties.
How much do we stand in need of strength
and fortitude. At one time the profession
of the Christian faith involved the danger
of losing property, liberty, and life. For
three hundred years did the Roman Empe
rors wage, war against the Church. Innu
merable Christians sealed their faith with
blood. They preferred rather to die inno
cent than to live guilty in apostacy and
crime. We call those heroes of the Chris
tian Church martyrs—these martyrs of the
Catholic Church count by thousands and
hundreds of thousands. You receive, be
loved children, the same spirit who gave
such superhuman strength to the martyrs,
and although you will not be called to make
the sacrifice of your life for your religion,
you cannot avoid suffering and persecu
tions tor virtue’s sake, if you want to be
faithful to the end. Confirmation gives
you strength for that purpose.
He then delivered a powerful exhorta
tion to parents, regarding their duties #or
the spiritual welfare of their children.
The discourse was about forty minutes
in length, and was noticeable for its elo
quence and practical application to the
subject.
After the sermon the benediction was
pronounced and the congregation dismissed.
[>S(i'C. Xeics & Herald , May 18 th.
Diocese of Charleston.— Rt. Rev.
Bishop Persico preached at the Church in
Edgefield, C 11., last Sunday, on the
Unity of the Church.” This learned
Divine is working zealously- as a Mission
ary', and is sewing the seed which will
produce good fruit.
Diocese of Mobile. —On Friday, the
beast of 8. S. Philip and James, Bishop
Quinlan conferred the Holy Order on
Mr. Edward Aloysius Ignatius Taylor,
formerly of Southwest England, and on
Misii m fig i©im
William Lane, formerly of Cloyne, Ire
land, and on May 2d, raised them to the
Order of Deacon and Priest. They are
destined for the Diocese of Mobile.
Diocese of New Orleans. —The Re
demptorist Fathers recently concluded a
Mission at Plaquemine Church, Parish
of Iberville, with very beneficial results,
Although the people are in poor circum
stances, some seventy dollars in specie
and currency was contributed in aid of
the Holy Father.
Oil April 26th, the Most Rev. Arch
bishop confirmed thirty-five persons at
the Convent Chapel of the Ladies of the
Sacred Heart, Parish of St. James, and
on the same day, sixty-six were confirmed
at the Church pf St. Michael.
Contributions for the Pontifical Army
are being made by the citizens of New
Orleans.
New York. —On Sunday, April 26th,
the Most Rev. Archbishop administered
the Sacrement of Confirmation in the
Church of St. Nicholas, in this city, to
210 persons.
On Thursday, 7th inst., he adminis
tered the same Sacrament in St. Patrick’s
Church to 832 persons, and on Friday,
the Bth inst., at St. Patrick’s, to 751 per
sons. They had been prepared for the
Sacrament of Confirmation during the
Mission just given by the Redemptorist
Fathers.— Tablet.
Albany. —lt is almost miraculous how
wonderfully Catholicity has advanced
here within the last thirty years. Its
first Bishop was Dr. McCloskey, now
Archbishop of New York, He was co
adjutor to the late Dr. Hughes in New
York —was consecrated A. D. 1844, and
appointed to Albany, May 21st, 1847.
His successor is Bishop Conroy, who wap
Catholic pastor of St. Joseph’s, Albany,
before his elevation to the mitre. There
are 200 churches and chapels, and 60
stations where masses are read by cler
gymen from some of the churches ; there
are 121 Priests in the diocese, 50 eccle
siastical students, 4 Academies for boys,
6 Academics for girls, and 7 parochial
schools. The Catholic population of the
diocese is over 230,000. — Chronicle.
Boston. —The Rt. Rev. Bishop of
Boston, administered Confirmation in
North Brookfield, on May 2d, to 352
persons; of these, 190 were from that
town ; the rest belonged to the missions
which are attended from North Brook
field, by Rev. Edward Turpin.
On the same day, the Bishop dedicated
the church recently erected in North
Brookfield. It is placed under the pat
ronage of St. Joseph.
The Bishop, on the same day, blessed
a cemetery also in the same town.—
Pilot.
A Redemptorist Mission in Chicago.—
The Mission at the Cathedral of New
York is hardly finished, when, already,
Fathers Jaeckle, Enright, Wissel, and
Rathke, of the Redemptorist Order, are
going to Chicago, to open a Mission in
the Cathedral of that city.— Freeman's
Journal.
The Vicar General of Covington,
Ky. — We are nained to have learned that,
the venerable and Very Rev. Thos. R.
Butler, V. G. of Covington, is iu such
precarious health as to have requested to
be relieved of the arduous duties that he
has so long, and so zealously discharged.
Ibid .
The following note of the Bishop of
Covington intimates the appointment of
his distinguished successor:
“The Very Rev. Jas. Madison Lan
caster, has been appointed Vicar General
of the Diocese of Covington, the present
worthy and exemplary Vicar General
being in very feeble health.
Geo. A. Carelle,
Bishop of Covington.’’
Covington, Ky., April 27, 1868.
A Catholic Incident in South Car
olina—A letter from Savannah, dated
May Ist, 1868, to Jas. A. McMaster,
Esq., Editor of the New York Freeman's
Journal, says : From a letter written by
a lady of South Carolina, I extract the
paragraph you will find below. As the
venerable Father Birmingham, who built
the church at Edgefield, is no doubt re
membered by many of your readers, and
as they may read with interest the re
markable account of the Church they
helped to build by their contributions, i
thought you would not object to giving
it a place in your paper. lam informed
that the church is an elegant stone struc
ture, built at a cost of from $15,000 to
$20,000, the whole of which amount was
collected by Father B. Many of his
friends at home regarded the building of
such a fine church at Edgefield, where
there were so few Cathodes, an injudi
cious expenditure of money, but the good
Priest perhaps saw in the fair and libera!
minded Protestants of the locality, a fu
ture devoted Catholic congregation.
Bishop Persico, alluded to in the ex
tract, is a missionary Bishop who was, l
believe, obliged on account of ill health
to resign his see in Africa. He is now
assisting the Pish op of Charleston, and
doing the work of an humble missionary
Priest. Here is the extract:
“ In Edgefield there is but one Cath
olic family, poor Irish people ; by the
request of the people our good Bishop
(Persico) preached to a Protestant con
gregation. Preacher and all crowd to
to hear him. Such a crowd ! The gen
tlemen have to give way to the ladies.
The organ is played—our church music
sung by Protestants! Imagine them
singing the * Regina Cceli.' Truly, as
the Bishop says, it is extraordinary.
“ Respectfully yours,
“B F. McKenna.”
IRISH NEWS.
Antrim.— lt is the intention of the
Most Rev. Dr. Dorrian to proceed shortly
with the erection of two new churches in
Belfast : one in the neighborhood of the
quays, and one at Ligoniel.
Cavan.— Ore of the, most worthy re
presentatives of the Irish Clergy abroad
died in Paris April 23. His mortal
remains were accompanied to the grave
at Mont Parnasse Cemetery by a large
concourse of friends and Irish mourners.
Abbe MacArdle was a native of the
county of Cavan, and was ordained be
fore the Revolution of 1830. He re
mained since that epoch attached to the
pariih of St. Sulpiee, where his sterling
worth, piety, and charity won for him the
affection of all who knew him.— Didrtin
Nation.
Clare.— The following property was
recently sold in the Landed Estates Court,
Dublin, as the estate of William Munroe:
Part of the lands of Clonroad, situate in
the barony of Islands, containing 94a. 2r
32p.; estimated profit rent, <£loo. Sold
to Mr. John Glynn for £2,200. Messrs.
Jeremiah Perry and Archibald Collum,
solicitors, had the carriage of the sale.
Cork.— The Examiner of the 23d ult.,
says: —One thousand persons embarked
on the two vessels which sailed yester
day from Queenstown for New York.
Seven hundred and fifty obtained pas
sages in the Inman steamer City of Bos
tou, and this is the largest number em
barked by a single steamer for a num
ber of years. Though it may be taken
as such, this large number does not
indicate an increase over the previous
years, for the fact is that the exodus of
this month will be less by a couple of
thousand people than it was in April,
1868. The Erin embarked 320 passen
gers yesterday, and she leaves about 300
for the steamer which will sail on Satur
day.
The Cork Examiner of a late date, in
alluding to a proposed meeting iu Cork,
says:—We understand the first resolution
will be proposed by the Earl of Cork.
We are glad to learn that a nobleman of
his worth and position is to take so promi
nent a part in this national movement.
Lord Cork is a good landlord, and in
favor of a just settlement of the land
question. Nor does he advocate what
he does not practice ; for every tenant
on his properties hold, by the best of all
securities, an honest lease.
On April 24, while some workmen were
digging in a field near the Waterworks,
they discovered the human remains of a
female skeleton. The skeleton was quite
complete, and when found was iu a sitting
posture. Information of the matter was
given to the police, and they took the
skeleton in charge. It now awaits an
inquest.— Examiner.
Mr. Bernard Sheehan, who at one
period was a prominent member of the
Cork Corporation, to whose deliberations
he imparted a peculiar raciness, died at
Lis residence in Duncan street, on April
15, in his 68th year. Soon after his with
drawal from public life, his health tailed,
and for some time previous to his death
he had been bedridden. — Ibid.
Dublin. —At the sitting of the Court of
Chancery on Wednesday, the following
were called to the bar: James Clarke
Lane, Esq., A. 8., T. C. D., eldest son of
Richard James Lane, Baggot street, in the
city of Dublin, Q. C. ; Charles Hamilton
Teeling, Esq., eldest son of John Francis
Teeling, of Mountjoy place, iu the city of
Dublin, solicitor, and John Ouseley Byrne,
Esq., A. 8., T. C. D., son of John Byrne,
of Lombard street, in the city of Dublin.
On April 21st, a Solemn Requiem Office
and Mass were celebrated in the chapel of
the Holy Cross. Conelifie, for the repose
of the soul of the late Rev. Luke Dempsey,
who during life and at death proved him
self to be a sincere friend and a generous
benefactor of the Diocesan Seminary of
Dublin.
There are S4 political prisoners sen
tenced to penal servitude, as follows:
Thirteen for life, three for 20 years, ten
for 15 years, one for 14 years (the gifted
and accomplished Kickam), two for 12
years, (including the gallant
twenty-two for 10 years, fourteen lor 7
years, and twenty for 5 years —while three
have been executed and twelve have died
in prison.
We understand that the legal effect of
proceeding by writ of error, under the
recently altered state of the law, will be
that Messrs. Sullivan and Pigott will be
released from prison pending the trial of
the writ. The probabilities are that
within ten days or less both gentlemen
will be out of prison.
The population of Ireland on 7th April,
L s ol, was 5,574,143, of which 687,661
were professing members of the Establish
ed Church, and 5,086,482 were non
* n ghmn s . Ot the latter, the Catholics
numbered 4,490,483.
Iverr\. 1 lie largest number of omi
gi ants that took their departure for
America, on any one day, from the Tralee
railway station, during the last three
years, was on Wednesday morning. One
emigrant agent, Mr. Ilannafin, had 23
booked for California and 02 for America.
The accounts received here daily from the
Western States of America as regards
wages, etc., are most cheering.— Tralee
Chronicle , April 18.
Langford.— lnformation wanted of
Matthew Fealy, Ivilloe, Longford, who
went to America in March, 1861. When
last heard from he was in Louisville. Ky.
Any information respecting him will he
thankfully received by Lis mother Mary
Ilealy, Killoe, Longford. —Dublin Nation.
The recent harsh and piercing winds
have been followed by genial and abund
ant rain, so that the weather is at present
all that the agriculturalist could desire.
The crops now present a luxurious ap
pearance, and give every indication of an
early and excellent liar vest. Nothing can
he finer than the aspect of the country
generally.— Hid.
We understand that about a fair aver
age crop of flax is being sown in the coun
ty of Louth this season. The crop, how
ever, will not be equal in extent to that of
last year. —Drogheda Argus.
Meath.— On the 17th April, a respect
able farmer, named John Farrelly, re
siding at the parish of Newton, a short
distance from Kells, died under the fol
lowing circumstances : It appeared
that his nephew’s land immediately ad
joins deceased’s, and an altercation
arose during the afternoon as to the 11 tar
ing which divided their respective farms.
Words came to blows, and the deceased
received in addition a bad fall. He was
immediately attended by a medical gen
tleman, but' he never rallied, Mr.
Chaloner, J. P., attended at the man’s
bedside before his death, and took full
depositions of the whole matter. The
nephew was at once put under arrest,
pending the coroner’s inquest, which took
place next day. Deceased was fifty years
of age, and left a wife and seven young
children to mourn his untimely fate. He
was generally respected in the district.—
Drogheda Argus.
The spring fair of Ratoath presented
a considerable number of store cattle,
and a very fine show of springers and
milch cows. Purchasers attended from
Dublin, Drogheda, and various parts of
Meath, who invested in stores to a large
extent. Sc\-cral valuable-and well-con
ditioned lots of two and three year old
hefers and bullocks, as well as a goodly
number of strippers, were bought at
remunerative prices.
Roscommon. — The fineness of the
weather has permitted much progress in
spring work, and nearly all appear
likely to escape the mocking of the
cuckoo. ’Tis true an easterly wind, that
generally prevails to some extent, retards
vegetation, but the heat of the midday
sun and copious night dews counteract
much of this, so that taking all into ac
count, our spring, considering its late
ness has been more favorable than was
anticipated. The scarcity of laborers is
felt severely, particularly at a distance
from towns—for, strange to say, agri
cultural laborers are fewest in the rural
districts—the evicted and needy having
fled to the towns for refuge, where, though
increasing the rates, they afford some
compensation in the shape of willing
hands at the times of spring and harvest.
But, even so, wages rate now at 2s. a
day—indeed, not too high, taking into
account the price of provisions.—Mes
senger, April 18.
Waterford.— The Waterford News
says :—This day, (April 24,) the Catho
lics of the ancient city of Waterford, true
to their historic fame as earnest workers
of civil and religious liberty, made a
splendid and most enthusiastic demon
stration at the City Hall, in favor of the
grand attempt now being made by the
great Liberal leader, Gladstone, to over
turn ascendancy in this country by the
disendowment of the State Church in
Ireland. Called by requisition to the
Right Worshipful the Mayor, the Catho
lics and other Liberals of our ancient
city made it a point of duty to be present
in force, and one and all, from the open
ing of the meeting to the close, showed
the greatest unanimity in the proceed
ings, and proved that, heart and soul,
they were thoroughly with the great
champion of religious equality.
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