The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1873-09-09 00:00:00

THZ PILGRIMAGE TO PARAY.LZ-MONIAL

A Si•Oia service was halt at the Pro-Cathedral,
Kensington, oo Monday evening. Tb• boililaig was
crowded. The sacrarium was thronged with serpieed
figure*, the Arobbiehop In fall vestments in the centre,
the High Altar ablaze with tapers and tidily adorned
with flowers. The googregation wore the emblems of
the Seared Fleert, a red one. and heart on a whits
ground. Amongst those present were the Des. of
Nerfolk, the Bishop of &Herd, Lard fidwart Howard.
Lord Ann:A.llot Wardour, Lord Walter Kerr, Led,
Herbert of Lea, Lady Philippa Hower], Lily Anne
Howard, Monsigoor Capel, Act. The sorgennely
embroidered banner of pilgrimage was placed on the
altar name. Archbishop Maord: g delivered an address
on the ocoosioo, after whit* was the benediction of the
Blared Idaerument, and then the Archbishop, witla a
long prooession of priests, wads • tour of the Cathedra!,
blitereng the eongregatlom The Pilgrims left L >ration
on Tuindey morning, between flee and six bandied
embarking at Newhaven for Dieppe.
In sooordacce with lb., programme Jail down for
their guidance, the "Itinerarium " or prayer for a
prosperous journey, was said th ea:sh gnaw:meet as
non as the train bad started from London, and was
followed by the l/tany of the Seared liesrt. The
pilgrims wore further ecjiined to say Ilene paters and
sees for the Pope, the persecuted B.ahops, and the
Church; and the "Joyful Mysteries of the Paseary.
were spoken aloud for that isonvervi in of bad Catholics.
The pilgrims had a rough passage &arose the eftmsel,
and were detained off Dieppe by the lowneeMf the
tide, which prevented their entering the harbour. •
number of French priests met the pilgrims when they
landed. Later In the *wooing the party proceeded to
Paris.

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Tao pdgrima proceeded by train from Paris to Pam
on Wednesday, and It wanted only an hour to midnight
when they mashed their goal. No difference was made
by this In the encemes of the arrival, viewed as a epee.
teals. Instead of there being garish daylight, the suit
beams of the moos di= shore doers oa Parlay, its
Its shrines, and its inhabitanta The latter
were drawn sp at the station and its approscbes to
welcome the Zegdoh who= piety worn equalkd only by
their notorioue riches and their disregard of over.
charges for lodgings and artialse of vertu. Priests
without number deed close by the =trams to the
station, with their arum eionventeatly crossed for the=
who pressed forward to kiss the bands of the Bishop,
mitred and looking like a model from Madame
Tasseled's. Priests end people 'tarried lighted candles
to their bands. As the English pilgrims demeaded,
each received a taper, for which he was afterwards
invited to ;my tem:open= sterling. The gorgeous
banners previously prepared in the railway carriage
were quickly brought, sad ths proceed= was formed.
As ;dowsers marched • contingent of priests, the i
leader of the column being six feet high, and aa lean as
the bishop is fat. Behind ths foreign prierte warn
Koosignor Talbot, with the hawser of the Bowed
Heart. After bier the Duke of Norfolk atrugglid
tilzly with the English banner, awls= by Lords
and Arundel of Wsrdour. The females fol•
low.d three abreast •' Lord Walter Herr bore the
banner of Boatload, aid Its English priests formed the
rear. The praemeise, Beaked by ales of nano with
lighted candles, moved slowly up, the lane of light
reeembling a moving Arm sad dogleg " Idagelloat
anima rnea Demi/min." Al the solemc strains of the
chant roes in the evening air, one forgot the paltry wig
figures of the paint= shrine, sad saknowledged the
=triunity of the mane. The chapel having been at
length reached, the pilgrims all knelt in the dust
before the open doors. revealing the glories of the
illuminated shrine within the °handl, to receive tho
benediction and offer thanksgivinge All night loos
and throughout the morning a ohengiag army of prlmte
were myleg manes at the twenty altars. It was hard
work, and was faithfully executed. One priest foisted
at the altar and was serried out, but his pleas was 11130 Q
filled. In the darkensi =reams ot the =arch and ills
recesses betels= the pillars • eaeoessfoo of kneeling
figure& made cionfession and got atisolutioo. At ten
o'clock there was High Nam, followed by • short
address from the Bishop of Salford. At the afternoon
service Noweignor Ctspel preached, surpassing himself
In eloquenee. The eciond procession to the shrile, on
Thursday afternoon, was Intended to eclipse the pre-
vious night's, but fell abort of k In if at, nitistrAilla
century pilgrimages not being picturesque to suollsh,.
In the evening there was =other torchlight pricashio
of the pilgrims round the lower parts of the town.
This ended the services.
Writing on Thursday, the newt oorrepondent says
—lt is impossible, in the eon:psis of • brief letter, to
describe the mix= congregation of all nations whisk
all tbie day has kept fluwucug in and out silk, huge
rish Church and ache little Chapel of the Visitation.
The latter is gorgeous, its walls, it. =raise, sod the
awards of its Oilers being rich with gold. The banners
widish adorn its walls are trophies from all mho= and
dioceses; I should pot them down at • hundred at
Inst. They Jun the interior on every aide hem top to
bottom, and on the outdde, where they ars somPer-
&Lively sparse, I ooented no less time thirty. I Pre-
sume that, for the most part, the, are first offered
pohlioly in Ohs Mardi, and then one by one brought
hither in turn. The altar hers, like tbst is the Oeureh,
Ii dedioded to the &en% Caorr, and Is as exquisite
apedinen of carving. Bet la is far *anthem, by the
" &brio." properly so called, which steads In the =most
a little south of the sitar; It le shoat 4ft. Is height,
• earved and inlaid with jewels and precious stows,
and tapers and lamps barn before it coationally. ()win
to the chapel having but one =Wanes, I had almost
to light my way to get up to it, so great was the
pressure of devout worshippers who =me up to touch
It and to ota a prayer at the sainted lady's feet,
A large number of the pilgrims left Paray-le-doeied
sod it.us. on Friday, Parisi st 6.30 In the seeming. and
Dieppe at midnight.. The peerage to Newhaven Val a
very plass ant one, and contrasted favonrably with t 3
from Newhaven to Dieppe on Tuesday. The 4:alti
arrived at Victoria static at toilf-poot oloogis
TAO greeter motir still wore the goad tboistrod
Boort. Moot Wot OA* Woods rotoo/olos Paroy
to roma his boot* has olroostit haft boot Watt by
his sopsdatoolatoo el Ms onoosomode Soo Ow

trovollers. Keay el the Olivia' wool ott to
bilo othoro prooood•tt to trateciagplacoo Go tatio'M
rms.. _ .

The following will be /anal lutereating rattle/minim
the lettere of the 'specials" swot by the leocelem
Parer' to &worth° the pilgrimage :-
1 woe etruelt with one thing—tha apparent samba
of pilprime who ars ellivorta from the !Cognate (mem,.
Amougst fourteen with whom I was throws' into see,
test, .11 oortain!ir word onsworts. Tw, of these weee
ladies; four bed been Augitoaa el rrgymen, of pegimme_e,
gyi they I,fefe: rd to think of risk former mama pig
of the four he I become a Roman Catholic prime; the
others had. being married, remained in lay et onmeeket.
All heel made II•CrAVIII by s,...nug thoeseelvm from
friends, and intenftring with their own worldly ow
pee% They elaiened to have foiled spirituel rem.
They desired that others should led it. They te.gg
tin keenest interest in clergymen whom they well kaei,
to be paring through mantel coolliots similar to whet
they had themselves paned through.
A priest put forward a somewhat hold theory te
account for the spread of ocr.vervion In Baglead el lege
years. "Almighty 13 4," be said, "at the Itelerieg,
• cursed families of the lend down to the fourth,
fifth, or later generations, according to their respeemee
des, geeneeea. soddenly one of toe lately got the
faith again, sail Oct bad thought—. It is euoueh ;
will may mlne hand end so had removed the cures
by giving grace to ti•e one to enaNs him to ones bash
to the church f his forefathers." H. th,
all who thus creme Lack were predestinated to de so.
Our j .nrosy, though is the math a wring CMS, irsa
not altoartther void of anruaeseent. In spite eg
fate I dreaded for 01)1. 11, could not repress a maim
at noticing Low one of the beeibler pilgrims gregg
Lit.. .hire evidently struggling with the coming
sickcees, tried to face her troubles bravely by shoutiog,
"Three sheers for Paray-le-Honial !" Amusing, am.
war ooe old woman's •nately to keep withis eight gi
hr r luggage—the sail loggago 000stetiog of • p beefed
supply of food, and Lillioutian 000kiog womens en a
bandbox; a.. ti at a priest standing by was tempted te
say that, with her umbrella overhead, etes would need
nO hotel at Paray-le-Monial!
The talk amongst the pilgrim wee not withoet
humour. Three was a sly hit at married Rdlaliat.
• story told of the childreo of • Kitualiat parson wku
were secustomed to play at hearing cool. Won*, from
the cook upwards, and to Amos themselves up ig
improvised woodmen!u for oedf bretions and pre/aching,
Nut in all seriousness was the assertion made that
amongst Rotoan Catholic gentlemen there was a custom
prevaillos. though not largely, of procaine( • gift to s
church provided they manned good wire.; sod that
such promises often led to what was darned end wee,
duly performed. Peehape the moat sentniog of Me
stories with which the time not given no to demo"'
•eic beguiled wan one whisk' ought to led • plaos la
book of "curiumtics if Insect life," The they wig
told as • true o:,e, and tit cid without genuine serious.
nese. A prune found that his he•eme was haunted by
whet mig'.t have bee. called in 13.6110 ti language, "the
pest that watech in cloacae... He first tried te
oencillate the Creature by •pprouriating a roe.,
epecirlly to tt eir use. sod Wing rorrosair• measure. M
hie owe chamber. But ho coil not go ward eif their
attache. At lent he hum, up from the Gelling of id.
room a *Os of an old °ciao, and at once the biters
owned Irons their biting.
A correspondent of the ManeAester Owardka, who
was mith the loglin pilgrim., deseribiag the journey
to pads, vernal :—Aft., so bad prayed for the cones,.
don of sinners, the mono propnest that we should say
• few decades for a very hardeued sinner who ware it the
sante train with us. OLO that ought to be • Catholic, Sr
• Thls Soil of perdition was co other then the Tines
spacial. 1 prayed lams heartily and confraternally for
him, though 1 dere' knew him' even by right, but I
dare say he will feel ad the better for . . . We
obeyed with a good gel.,; but at it was now dark, the
moos, who does not know the prayers of the Rosary by
heart, warn obliged to etand up after evary decade and
mad tbew by the light of lhe dim oil lamp in the roe(
of the carriage. Ts keep Men eteady—the train was is
tomes —Oh. Teri:ant lily and myself were obliged te
hold him like the two lamentou of u.d who supported
the we.; arms of Mons praying on the Monne. At
lee{ we bad it through all tee mysterms of the day,
aid now an love etigati in was merle tato the depths of •
corpolest hempen. A de:it:done smoked tongue took the
place of the preceding rienor, • nio, eMekeo replaced
the rosary beads, aid by the none the whole hart beee
well bedewed with sherry, we were creastag the Seine
at Asnieres.

bider Himmel Mario Alsooque was born on the Nod
of July, 1647, at li...roseres, to the choose of human,
and subsequently beo•m• a nun ot the I.:coedit of the
Vr.itatidn et Foray-le-dots:l, slier,. she is ccii to have
had many erfoderful visions. OJO of them is deseribed
In her own word. s• follows :—" Line Line being odor*
the Holy C.cracuenr, I found mysel tore.ted with Um
Hides, areseeco so p.weefully that I forgot myself and
the plasm whole I stood. ant shiddoned myself to the
Diving tir trig, &firedog my heart over to the farce of
His love. He made ore nips* for • loci tin.. upon
His Divine B:east, where be dieclueed to no the marvels
of His love and the Inexplicable accrete o! Hie Soored
Hoerr. He he; alwaya kept it bidden from me before,
but now He o .t nod it for tee find time, sod manner
no iff.ctive that Ho left tee no room to doubt. And
this 14 how it seem, to n.e the interviow pese:d. 11,
acid to me, ' Hy Diehl. Heart hi no fol, of passionate
love for men, awl for )uu in pdtioular, that it sou no
• longer sontaio ethic Pia( the 6 ow of mordent loving.
kindur et It is nicanary that it sh,,tild be aiatributed
by your egouoy, aut :hit it ennui I manilas; itself to
mankind in order to ii.rioh them wito the precious
treasure. that I show jou, and which °Adam the man.
lifyiag and sinus graces pea...eery t.o flow titivation.
have oilmen you fir toe scodoplihinent of this design,
as boin.; in the depth of indigence and ignorant,.;
every thiog wLI be done by M init.' After
this He asked ms for my heart, whisk
I begged him to teke. H. took it ; and put
it within If a. adorable own, in which I saw it the
Do atom mainland in an ardent furnace. Presently
is took it out &goo, a burning 6 nts to the st-spe ot •
heart, and petting it bock in the Voss whence H. had
origuially Lidera at. lie ea.“l, ' Tod% my erell-oeloved,
I.e prosiou. gage of my love, which encloses In your
tido • little spark of its most v.eid 6.m0. And to prove
that the greet 10111 have just made you is not • freak
of imagindiou, mad that it is in. founctatLn of all the
rest I have yet to endure from without, it shell comets,
pawl that though I have Wooed up the wound in poor
' stoe, the pain will rest always with you, and U up to
It. present time yin have only taksi. ti, RAMS Of My
sieve, shall hereafter bestow upon you that of the
well Wowed disciple of ily Sawed Heart.' After •
favour SO greet, and which tooted Over Sorb • ISOgSbOLIOd
period of time, during whiali I did not know whether I
was in be.... or upon sort:, 1 ley for several day. is a
stele of burning elation, and no far Sande myself that I
could not utter • word without doing mysel
and th• off rt to sat was SO great that I was warty
weeded oat. I could not sleep, for this wooed, of
which the pan is tom. so precious, caused M. so agony
that consumed me and burut toe audi." With respeed
110 • subsequent maulfestitiori she writes thus circum-
stantial.) :—" Jesus Chriet, my sweet Mester, presented
Himself to me in • blaze of glory, with His five wounds
.9arkling like firs sutra FISMOS of fini issued from
Him on all stdas, but above all. from Ws adorable
Basset, which resembled • turneos, and 'ohm° opening,
He disclosed to me His all-loving and ail-lovable Head,
which was the living bodes of the 6 does."