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For the Immaculate Conception.
Dark wap the otf sinfulness
That brooded o’er the earth,
When ro#e theater of siniessuess '
That hallowed Mary’s birth.
That star arose in glory bright,
Poured forth its peerlessly,
While Angels hailed its sacred light
And wat' hed its sacred way.
How sacredly shone its lustre fair,
Where Carmel stands alone,
For Mary's lrumble home was there,
To all but God unknown.
How gladly looked the Angels down
Upon that sacred scene,
While wove their hands the brilliant crown
To deck their future Queen.
B lt'rrtan saw not the sinless one
That blest the sinful earth,
And man saw not the Star that shone
Upon their Mother’s birth.
But Angels watched its sacred way,
They saw it rising high;
Aloft it soars with purest ray,
To Bethlehem’s midnight sky;
And now its lustre falls upon
The dreary desert sand;
For Mary, with her only Son,
Flies to a foreign laud.
Yet man sees uot the Star of Love,
That thus so sweetly shone,
Till Jesus died and went above,
And Mary, too, had gone.
’Twas then he raised his eyes, when, To 1
A lovely light was there;
He looked from earth—he felt his woo—
And Mary heard his prayer.
For in a bleak and trackless waste,
Weak man had wandered on;
Back to bis God his steps lie traced,
When Mary’s beacon shone;
For o’er the world’s wide stormy sea,
The storm-tost mariner lay,
Back to the Port he sailed again,
’Neath Mary’s guarding ray.
Far in the path of sin afar,
Poor mortals blindly trod;
Back by the light of Mary’s star, '
They came and loved their God.
.
Star of the Sea! thy lustre
Shine sweetly o’er me,
Star of my love, oh I guide me there,
To Jesus and to Thee. David Ryan.
CATHOLIC INTELLIGENCE,
Lfxture.— An interesting’ and elo
quent Lecture was delivered last evening
at the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist,
by Father A. J. Ryan, the gifted poet
and scholar, which was listened to atten
tively by a large audience. It was an
eloquent effort, fully in keeping with the
high reputation of the orator.
[ Sav. Republican, June 12th.
Courtis Christi.— The solemn and
impressive ceremonies attendant upon
this Church festival were celebrated yes
terday at the Cathedral of St. John the
Baptist, they having been postponed
from Thursday, owing to the death and
funeral services of Mr. Theodore Blois.
The services yesterday morning were
largely attended, and were beautiful and
interesting. Corpus Christi , or the
body of Christ, the Feast of the Holy
Sacrament, is the season when the
Church celebrates the doctrine of Tran
sit bstantiation. At half-past ten o’clock
yesterday morning services commenced
and Mass was celebrated by Rev. Father
Dufau. The sermon was delivered by
Rev. Father Hamilton, and was a very
fine effort. It related to the life of Christ
while upon earth, of man’s duty to his
Saviour, and of the proper manner in
which to train up children so as to make
mem useful members of the Church.
Luring the services the choir sang Co
cone's Mass. At the Offertory a beautiful
solo was sung— O! Salutaris —by Theo.
* on Lallaehe, of New Orleans.
At the conclusion of the Mass, the
Blessed Host was taken from its re
ceptacle on the Altar and a procession
organized as follows : Altar boys, bear
in Crucifix and lighted candles, Father
i carrying the Blessed Host, Father
Hamilton, bearing the screen which shel
tered the Host. The procession then
passed around the Church, the choir
singing the Pange Lingua. On ar
riving at the Altar, the Host was again
deposited, with form and ceremony, and
the benediction of the Blessed Sacra
ment was pronounced. During the Oc
tave ot Corpus Christi, which ends on
Thursday evening next, the same bene
diction will be pronounced every evening
at half-past seven o’clock.
The announcement was made by Father
Hamilton that lather A. J. Ryan would
Pleach a sermon in St. John's Church
on Thursday evening next. Pews free
to all,— Savannah Republican , June 15.
Funeral Services of Mr. Theodore
R--OlS.—The funeral services of the late
Theodore Blois, Esq., took place at St.
John's Cathedral yesterday afternoon,
and were of a most impressive character.
Tuore was a large attendance of the re
latives and friends of the deceased.
At twenty minutes past five the re
mains wery brought into the Church—
Messrs. D. A, 0 By rne, 11. J. Thommas
son, Jno. R. Dillon, Wm. Rankin. John
Flannery, Wm. J. Clements, B. F. Mc-
Kenna, andS. P. Whitehead, pall bearers.
The services for the dead were then
read by Rev. Father P. Dufau, after
which Rev. Father Abram J. Ryan, who
had been requested tq deliver the funeral
discourse, advanced in front of the coffin
and said that death needed no text, the
coffin was text enough, and that if he
could consult his feelings he would be
silent, but as he was asked by the friends
of the deceased to say a few words he
would do so.
In his eloquent language he alluded to
the shortness of life, and advised hts
hearers to imitate the example of the de
ceased, and be prepared when their hour
came. The deceased died as he lived—
he died a happy death. He lived in the
Church and died in the Church. He
loved the Church and the Church loved
him—that Church, unlike others, does not
leave those who die in it at the grave,
but follows the Christian to the land of
peace, and wafts a prayer which will
be a help and an assistance to those
who have departed. She knows that
death is no barrier to her prayers, and
that those who are dead and gone are
as dear and as open to her prayers as
those she looks upon to day. The Church
will not forget him whose body lies be
fore us. He has gone from among those
by whom he was loved and respected
—left a world of sorrow for one of joy.
For him, and those who die like him, it
is going out of darkness into light —going
out of the shadow and clouds into a land
where a cloud never floated and a shad
ow was never seen—going out of a land
swept by storms into one of peace and
happiness—going out of a stormy ocean
to where no wreck has ever been found
—gone out of a land where temptations
ever meet us and lead us away from
God, into one where Satan fell and
where his power will never be felt any
more.
The speaker concluded his remarks by
again referring to the virtues of the de
ceased, and imploring the blessing of God
upon his spirit.
Father Ilyan onU spoke for nine min
utes, and his remarks were of such a char
acter that we regret that we cannot give
them in full.
The remains were then taken to the
Cathedral Ceme cry and interred with
the usual ceremonies, Rev. Father Du
fau officiating, having accompanied the
remains to the Cemetery as a token of
his particular friendship.
[Savannah News & Herald. 12th inst.
Archdiocese of New Orleans.—
Confirmation, Etc. —On Thursday of
last week, the Most Rev. Archbishop con
firmed, in the chapel of the Sisters of St.
Joseph, thirty-seven children in that es
tablishment. On the same day, the pre
late gave the religious habit to Miss
Emma Michel—in religion Sister Aimee
of Jesus—of tue same community.
Subscription for the Pontifical
Army. —We have forwarded, this week, a
fifth remittance of a thousand francs for
the Pontifical army, This makes, in all,
up to the present, five thousand francs,
equivalent in greenbacks to thirteen hun
dred and seventy-five dollars and twenty
eight cents. Considering the sums re
ceived in gold and silver, up to the present
moment, by both Catholic journals, the
amount will reach fourteen hundred aud
sixty-four dollars and seventy cents.
[jV. 0. Morning Star.
Academy of the Visitation of Mount
Maria, on Church Hill. —A charter
for this institution has been granted by
Judge Meredith. Its object is the estab
lishment of a school for the education of
girls, The capital stock is not to exceed
$150,000, and the principal place of busi
ness of the corporation shall be in this
city. The Superioress, the only officer
of the society for the first year, shall be
Amelia R. Hitselberger, otherwise Sister
Mary Baptista. The association is com
posed of the following ladies : Mary Eu
phemia Prevost, otherwise Sister Mary
Justina; Theresa Macatee, otherwise
Sister Mary Innocent; Virginia William
son, otherwise Sister Mary Louise ; Mar
garet Gahegan, otherwise Sister St. Fran
cis de Sales; Mary Kennedy, otherwise
Sister Margaret Mary ; and the Superior
ess, Sister Mary Baptista.
[Richmond Paper.
Ordination.— On Wednesday, June
4th, in Mt. St. Mary’s chapel, Mr. Win.
Hawe received the Ecclesiastical Tonsure
and Four Minor Orders, from the Most
Rev. Archbishop Purcell.
On the sth Mr. James O’Donnell was
ordained by the same Sub-deacon. And
on Saturday, Rev. Charles B. Doherty
was ordained priest, who on Sunday cele
brated his first solemn High Mass in St.
Peter’s Cathedral. The Rev. Mr. Do
herty is a native of Cincinnati.
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Confirmations, Ere.—On Tuesday,
Juue 2, the Most Rev, Archbishop offi
ciated at last Mass in the Church of the
Most Holy Redeemer, Third strepL The
delegates to the Gorman Central Union
were present at the ceremony.'
On Thursday, June 4, he administered
the Sacrament of Confirmation, in the
Church of St. Francis Xavier, to 413
persons.
Collection for the Holy Fathers.—
As announced previously, a collection for
the Iloly Father was taken up on last
Sunday in all the churches of the Arch
diocese. The Most Rev. Archbishop
preached on the occasion in the Cathedral.
The Reverend Clergy will thankfully re
ceive, from now until July Ist, the offer
ings of those persons who have not already
contributed, or who desire to iucrease con
tributions already made.
Semi-Annual Ordination at the Pro
vincial Seminary, Troy.— The Semi-
Annual Ordiuation at the Provincial
Seminary, Troy, took place on Saturday,
January 6. The service was performed
in the Chapel of the Seminary, and was
conducted by the Right Rev. Francis P.
McFarland, D. D., Bishop of Hartford.
Subjoined is a lust of those promoted to
Orders: Priests, 26 ; Deacons, 11; Sub
deacons, 26; Minor Orders, 11; Tonsure,
24. Total, 95.
N. Y. Tablet , 13th inst ]
r i here are now five Catholic churches
in the “ city ot spindles,’ 7 Lowell, Mass.
There are one hundred and ninety
nine parishes in Ireland in which there is
no Protestant.
The Catholics of Charleston, S. C.,
first associated themselves as a religious
society in 1786.
Anew foundation of the Sisters of
Mercy has been established in Portsmouth,
N. LI. Rev. D. W. Murphy is the zeal
ous pastor of Portsmouth.
As far as we can learn, the Pentecost
collections in the diocese of Boston ex
ceeded those ot last year. So much for
bringing before our people in a promi
nent light the great necessity of contrib
uting to the education of young men for
the priesthood. ,
Some thirteen years ago the Rev. P.
McCarthy was appointed to the pastor
ship of the Holy Gross on West Forty
second street, New York, then a rather
ungainly looking edifice, but one which
was so numerously attended that any at
tempt to make suitable alterations would
seriously discommode the exceedingly
large number of devotees attending divine
worship. Father McCarthy, however, in
stituted improvements and additions, and
so extended the influence of his church
as to render a reformation of the church
building an absolute necessity. The re
formation was commenced, but it was
speedily discovered that an entire recon
struction would be most advantageous,
and, in the end, most economical. A
temporary building, fronting on Forty
third street, was erected, the old church
toru dowu, and anew once commenced.
On .Sunday, the corner stone of this new
edifice was laid, and the foundation of
the new church blessed by His Grace
Archbishop McCloskey, with appropriate
ceremonies, at which a large number of
the leading clergymen of the diocese as
sisted. The Rev. Father Keeker, of the
Congregation of St. Haul the Apostle, de
livered a timely, pleasing discourse, in
which he appealed to the sensibilities and
religious fervor of his auditors, urging
them to continue unitedly and devotedly
in the good work of erecting a suitable
temple to the worship of God, aud in
which His divine teachings and those of
Ilis Church could be given with proper
dignity, and to which those of other faiths
might come to hear what the Priests of
the Church might say. The ceremonies
were attended by an immense concourse
of persons.— Pilot.
His Holiness, Pius IX., on the 16th
entered on his 77th year ; and his health
is wonderfully vigorous for his age. He
takes pleasure in referring to the great
longevity of his nearest relations His
brother, Count Terome, died at 84, his
mother, the Countess Catherine [nee Po
lazzi), atß2; his paternal grandfather,
Count Hercules at 96. His two surviving
brothers, Counts Gabriel aud Gartano, are
respectively 87 and 88 years old. His
only surviving sister, Countess Renigni,
is only three years younger than himself.
Father llecker of tiie “Catholic
World.” —Referring to the tour of lectur
ing aud preaching recently undertaken by
Father Hecker, in some of our Western
cities, the A 7 ". Y. Independent says: “Ex
cept by an occasional phrase, it is said that
his preaching differs not at all from the
discourse of any devout, sagacious, and el
oquent Protestant revivalist. At Chicago
he preached in the Cathedral, and after
wards gave in the Opera House, to an
overflowing audience, his lecture on ‘the
Church and the Republic’—a lecture in
which lie argues for the paradox that the
religious teachings of the Roman Catholic
Church, are not only compatible With re
publican institutions, but ab*nlately -neces
sary to their -perpetuity. Father Meeker
is a consummate orator atul Dialectician.
He has a grace of manner which reminds
one of Wendell Phil lips. Most Protestant
preachers conk], profit by a few lessons
from him in the art of putting things to the
head, the heart, and the conscience of an
audience. Need we add that he speaks
extemporaneously?’’
The new church of the Jesuit Fathers in
Limerick is fast approaching completion.
'The Church of St. Aloysios is situate on the
Crescent, exactly opposite Hogan’s famous
statue ot O’Connell; it is a handsome Gre
cian building, resembling in general outline
the beautiful churqh of the same Fathers in
Gardiner street, Dublin. The grand fancy
tair and drawing ot prizes, about to be held
by the Fathers for the completion of the
new church, promises, we understand to be
a brilliant success. The prizes are numer
ous and very beautiful.
The Rev. Father O’Connor, P. P., Rath
farnham, had the gratification of receiving
on Wednesday morning, a check for £3O
from His Eminence Cardinal Cullen, to
wards the erection of the school’ and
Church at Bohernabreena. Together
with this magnificent offering the* good
Priest received a very gratifying letter,
commending Lis piety, fervor, and zeal in
the glory of God.
On Tuesday, his Grace the Archbishop
of Tuam held his annual visitation of the
Deanery of luam. Ilis Grace’s charge was
chiefly confined to impressing on the cler
gy a continued zeal for the promotion of
elementary education amongst the poor.
His Grace called the attention of the cler
gy to the present position of the Holy Fa
ther, and named Pentecost Sunday for re
ceiving the offerings of the faithful of the
archdiocese.
IRISH NEWS.
The Representation oe Dublin.—Gos
sip is already busy disposing of the parlia
mentary representation of the city. For
the vacancy caused by the death of Sir. B.
L. Guinness, candidates innumerable have
not only been named, but positively placed.
It would be wrong, however, to publish a
full list of the gentlemen spoken of, but
among those most generally mentioned as
probable candidates are..Mr. Matthew
D’Arcy, Sir Arthur Guinness, Edward
Hudson Ivinahan, our present High Sheriff;
and Theobald Purcell, Q. C. It has also
been stated that, as a representative of as
cendency and an active enemy of religious
equality, Sir Edward Grogan is likely to
endeavor to renew his acquaintance with
the electors of Dublin. —Preemun of Thurs
day.
The Hanging of Poor Barrett. — A co
temporary well remarks :—“That Barrett
was a Fenian, and had ‘conspired’ for the
independence of his country ; but that
neither actively not* constructively had he
anything more to do with the Clerkenwell
explosion than with the building of Noah’s
ark. His absence from the scene of explo
sion, and his entire ignorance of the act
beforehand, were proved to the satisfac
tion of every one whom a frantic fright of
Fenianism would not lead to convict the
most innocent man, no matter how insuffi
cient the proof, of any crime whatever.
John Bright, Gold win Smith, and other
such men, declared their belief in Barrett’s
innocence, in a petition for his pardon.
The pardon was refused. Their belief was
reiterated in a petition for anew trial.
The new trial was denied, and Barrett was
hanged. Even his death, judicial murder
as it was, was not a greater scandal on
justice than the conduct of the Chief
Justice and the verdict of the jury, which
lift the atrocities of Jeffreys into respecta
bility by comparison. This execution con
tributes one more literal martyr to Irish
history, and will compensate to Fenianism
for more than a hundred defeats in the
field.”
Death of Sir B. L. Guinness.— Far and
near the intelligence of the death of Sir
Benjamin Lee Guinness will cause heart
felt regret. In politics he was a staunch,
unswerving Conservative, yet by his many
amiable qualities he succeeded in becom
ing generally popular, even among those
to whom his political sentiments were most
obnoxious. Having inherited a princely
fortune and the possession of a business
developed to the greatest extent yet ob
tained in Ireland by a commercial estab
lishment, his benevolence was generous,
and he seldom permitted an opportunity
for extending the employment of the peo
ple to pass unavailed of. We may particu
larly point to the restoration of the vener
able Cathedral of St. Patrick, which His
munificence saved from inevitable ruin
and placed in almost a state of original
atehitectural beauty. The lamented de
ceased was the son of Mr. Arthur Guin
ness, of Beamnou, by Ann, daughter of
Mr. Lee, of Merrion ; he was born on the
Btb of November, 171)8, and therefore was
in his seventieth year. In the year 1837
he married Miss Elizabeth Guinness, by
whom he had issue three sons and one
daughter—now the Hon. Mrs. Plunkett.
The Nation , in a critique on Professor
McCarthy’s work on the Epistles and Gos
pels, makes the following pertinent re
marks : We have been long-accustomed
to a great deal of “tall talk” from our
Protestant neighbors on their great and
exclusive love of the Holy Scriptures.
That vulgar bigot, who now rules with
consummate pedantry and offensive ill
breeding over the “Establishment” in Cork,
treated us a few days ago to some of his
characteristic ranting on this subject. To
him, and much better men in his fcKtfrch,
we commend the foßbwingparugraph from
Dr. McCarthy's preface I heard but one
word of complaint, because I wrote “Ex
cept, perhaps a few lectures on Ethics,
and on the evidences of Christianity, the
Protestant clergy hear nothing and know
nothing whatever of Dogmatic or Moral
ineology. What I add deliberately now
must he more distasteful to the organ of
the Protestant clergy: I betfqye no
Church in the World has done less for the
stra ly ot the Bible than the Irish
Establishment After a diligent search
through All the Bibliographical Indexes
within m> reach (see Home’s In trod., last
ed., where the Index is very complete), I
cannot find the name of one Irishman
trained and serving in the Anglo-Irish
Church, who has published a comment, on
even one chapter of the Bible.— Northern
Press.
A Convict Without a Religion.—ln
the House of Commons, on Monday night
Mr. lay lor asked the Chief Secretary tor
Ireland, whether it was the fact that a
prisoner itiMdintjoy Prison, who declared
himself a Unitarian, was ordered by the
Governor to select his religion as Angli
can, Roman Catholic, or Presbyterian, and
that on declining to do so, he way sen
tenced to penal cell, with bread and water
diet. The Earl of Mayo said : I presume
the question of the hon. gentleman lias
reference to the case of a convict named
John Brophy, alias Pagan O’Leary, who
was received into the Mountjoy* Prison
on the 31st of July, 1865, about three
years ago. The tacts of the case are these:
Hie Governor ot the prison inquired in
the usual manner what was the religion of
the convict, who stated that lie was of no
religion whatever, and that he never at
tended any place of worship. He added
that he was a pagan—(a laugh)—and re
fused to be instructed in religion of any
kind. The director being a military man,
ordered him to select his religion immedi
ate] v. (Loud laughter.) The Governor
stated that he told the prisoners what was
required ot them, but he objected to go to
any place of worship, as he did not believe
in any religion. He w r as, therefore, put on
penal diet for three days. (Much laughter.)
1 wo days afterwards—namely, on the 4th
of August—he was again pluced on penal
diet for three days—(Oh, oh!) at the ex
piration of which time he selected the
Catholic. Religion. (Renewed laughter.)
Penal diet, I may remark, does not con
sist of bread and water, though it is con
sidered lower than the ordinary diet.
Since my attention was directed to this
case I have caused inquiries to he instituted
as to the course adopted under similar cir
cumstances in other convict establishments,
and I shall be able to state, at some future
time, what rule it will be advisable to lav
down. (Hear.)
Royal Residence in Ireland.— On the
motion for going into Committee of Sup
ply, Sir. Column O’Loghlen moved an ad
dress to the Queen, praying that a Royal
residence might be established in Ireland.
He argued that Royal visits to Ireland
would have a most salutary effect in pro
moting abetter feeling in that country in
respect to the Imperial Government. Mr.
I im seconded the motion, and every mem
ber who spoke supported it. Mr. Disraeli
said that there were strong reasons why
the proposal had not hitherto been carried
out, and it would he. inconvenient if the
motion was now pressed. He assured the
House that the Queen was much grati
fied at the reception of the Prince and
Princess of Wales in Ireland. Mr. Glad
stone, while thinking the question was
one of grave importance, advised that the
motion should be withdrawn, and this was
done.
The Cross and the Shamrock.— The
Rev. Father Hickey, of Orange, X. J., de
livered a very interesting lecture at St.
Joseph's school-room, on the 28th ult, on
the subject intimated in the above caption.
The idea was that the highest glory of
the Irish people was their fidelity to re
vealed religion, of ‘ which the Cross was
the universal symbol. The Shamrock was
their National symbol; and it, too, while
it roused every sympathy of the Irish, as
the badge of their people, and as the mark
of the Irish Nation, was consecrated as a
profession.of their faith in the Triune God.
He dwelt in glowing terms, on how their
faith led them to a love of the land their
race had a right to, and how their pa
triotism required them to be faithful to the
laws of their religion as Catholics, that was
tlreir greatest glory. The Irish race, whom
ever scattered, must, forever, desire, and
be willing to do and suffer, for the re-es
tablishment of Ireland, as an independent
Nation. Rut every effort to accomplish
this, by means forbidden by the Catholic
Religion, would prove abortive, because
founded on a misconception of the true
purpose of the Irish people. —Freemans
■Journal.
♦ • •
Fault Finding. —A man habitually
finding fault, habitually on the alert to
detect folly or vice, without even bestow
ing a thought on whatsoever things are
true and lovely, and of good report, is, as
nobody would choose to deny, morally halt
and maimed. One half of his faculties,
iind the most powerful half, is paralyzed
and useless. He is like land which pro
duces nothing but thistles and brambles.
The best men are not those who have
waited for chances, but taken them—be
seiged the above, conquered the chance,
and made the chance their servitor.—
[Chapin.
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