, 1865-08-25
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Dedicatory Services atthe Catholic Church

Dedicatory Services atthe Catholic Church.
EDS. STATEsMAN;-It may possibly interest the
patrons ofyour useful paper generally, to read
what was done at the Catholic Church in this
city on the morning of Sabbath last, the goth
instant, as per announcement in your last issue.
The occasion was one well-knOwn and recOg-
nized throughout the Christian Church, viz: the
blessing and consecrating of edifces to the wer-
ship of Almighty God. The building was COM
menced in the autumn of '63, under the person
al supervision of the Rev. Father Brouillet, who
for the past sixteen months has been absent in
the City of Washington, caring for the concerns
of the Church.
The usual rites, such as sprinkling with Holy
Water, &C., were conducted by the Rev. Father
7. D. Halde, (who is the regular Pastor of the
congregation } assisted by Father Delahunty,
and were of the most solemn and ferVent char
actet.
After the performance of these services, Faith
er Delahunty proceeded to deliver a discourse
appropriate to the occasion, and which would
show the meaning and intent of Dedication
The Reverend Speaker based his remarks upon
the 2lst Chapter of the apocalypse, written by
st. John;-"And saw new Heavan anda new
earth. For the first Heavan and the first earth
was passed away; and the sea is NO more.
And l, John, saw the Holy City, the new Jeru-
salem, coming down from God out of Heaven,
prepared as a bride for her husband" ''The
city, which st. John saw, was the Church of God
itsef.h The Father traced the rise and progress
of Christianity through the past eighteen centu-
ries, and alluded to the Sacrifices made by sew
enteen millions of martyrs, who stood mistaken
in their faith before the most frightful instru-
ments of torture, and endured the pains of the
ak, the sack and the gibbet for the sake of their
religion The Emperor Constantine was conver-
ted to the faith in the fourth century; he saw a
cross in the Heaven and whenever he went forth
to battle he planted the cross, and Upon it vcto-
ry always perched. Since then the Tree of Life
has been watered, and the ground has been pur-
Piled, nay, Redeemed by the blood of martyrs.
Amid the disruption of empires and the crumb-
ling of dynasties and principalites, the Catholic
Church remains to-day unchanged and unchang-
able; despite all the prosecutions she has suf-
fered, she is still the same"
Father D. recounted the undertaking and COM
pletion of the edifce lemarking that the 'Cburch
would stand as monument 10 the abors of the
Missionaries in this county. 1t has been erected
by the generous offerings of the Catholics, as
sisted by other liberal persons in Walla Walla.
Your children will grow up and bless you for it
The Church was dedicated in the patronage OF
St. Patrick and st. Rose. St. Patrick is known
as the Patron Saint of Ireland; it was he who
introduced Catholicity into that land, and the
/ name VI CJs dtIlCh Is W GulS udy TeF6TGu anu
dear to every Irish heart. There you see his
picture. Pointing toward the altar. Dedi-
cation of Churches was of ancient origin: the
! temple of Solomon, and the Church of st. Peter
| in Rome were dedicated"
! Concluding his remarks, which were listened
to with marked attention by the audience, he
| exhorted the members of the Church in an earn
est manner to adhere to the principles and prac-
tices of their faith.
| The writer has attempted merely to present
! the substance and tenor of the address delivered
| by Father Delahunty, and has used quotation
marks to denote the different points of the dis
| course.
The congregation on last Sabbath was quite
! large, and number of Pratestants were present
and seemed interested in the services, so pecliar
| TO the Catholic Church.
Father Delahunty is good speaker, plain,
| yet terse and eloquent in the selection of words
| and manner of elocution.
! an glad to learn that the Church, together
with the Academies of St, Vincent and st. Jo-
| seph, for the education ofyoung ladies and gen.
tlemen, respectively, are all in a high state Of
prosperity, and are doing much moral and in.
| telectual good in this community.
| Very respectfully, AUDITOR
| Walla Walla, August 22d, 1865