The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1868-09-27
MORNING STAR AND CATHOLIC MESSENGER.
DOMESTIC CATHOLIC INTELLIGENCE.

DOMESTIC CATHOLIC MTE11IaENcE. "a.
DIOCESE OF Recommendations Recep-
tion.-The Baltimore Mirror announces a
religious reception at the Convent of the
Visitation, Monte Maria, Richmond, on the
9th inst, Miss Josephine Doetsch having
received the religious habit and white veil
in the ranks Of the Choir Sisters. The
Right Rev. Bishop McGi1 performed the
ceremony and preached O very admirable
and practical sermon on the occasion.
DIOCESE OF wIM1NGroN.-The corner
stone of q new Catholic Church was laid at
Salisbury, Wicomico county, Maryland, on
the 18th inst, by Rt. Rev. Thomas A.
Becker, d. D., Bishop of Wilmington. The
right reverend prelate was on this occasion
assisted by Rev. p. p. McGrane, Of St.
will be called st. Mary's, and at no distant
date it is expected q resident clergyman
will have it in charge.
DIOCESE OF NEW YoRK.-We copy from
the Tablet as follows:
On Sunday, the 9th inst, the Most Rev.
Archbishop dedicated to the service of
Almighty God, under the invocation of
Our Lady of Sorrow, the church which has
lately been erected in Pitt street, by the
Capuchin Fathers. On the evening of the
same day, the reverend Fathers opened a
mission, which is to last two or three
weeks.
DIOCESE OF BRooKLYN.-From the New
York Tablet we learna
On Sunday, the 9th inst, Rt. Rev. DR..
Loughlin, Bishop of this diocese, dedicated
invocation of the Apostle ST. Mark, q new
church at Sheepshead Bay. Rev. James
Moran, pastor of the Church of the Holy
Cross, Flatbusl, will have charge of the
new church. The right reverend prelate
preached ON the occasion. ..,
DIOCESE OF CINcINNAr1.-The Telegraph
says: N>,-.-t ,'-".
For the first time, st. AIMS Church, on
Longworth street, between Race and Elm,
for the colored Catholic population of Gin
cinnati, was opened July 9th, 1866. The
had been purchased at $500, and in its
present state cost about SIC, 900. A school
for colored Catholic children was opened in
the fall of the same year, and early in 1867
the Sisters of Notre Dame took charge of
it, and instructed regularly from forty to
whatever. AS they could not admit boys,
the Peter Claver School Society was estab
lished some weeks ago, whose object is to
provide a school for colored boys.
Ten of the inmates of the House of the
Good Shepherd were baptized on the festi-
Mary, by Archbishop Purcell, assisted by
Rev. Mr.. koering and Rev. DR.. Kirner.
DIOCESE OF BosToN.-The Pilot of the
10Th inst. states:
1t is our painful duty to record the de-
ring within the past week-that of Rev.
Edward Turpin, of Brookfeld, and that of
Rev. Thomas Sheehan, of Harwich. Father
Turpin died on the 5th inst, in North
Brookfield, and was buried on the 9Th, in
Fitchburg, where he had been pastor for
died at his residence, in Harwich, on the
night of the 9Th. The Rev. James Griffin,
of Roxbury, and the Rev. L. s. Mcmahon,
of New Bedford, as soon as the news of his
death was te!egraphed to them, went down
to Harwich to conduct the funeral. Father
Sheehan was born in Skibbereen, county
Cork, Ireland, and studied in Carlow Col
lege, where he was ordained. Before com
ing to Boston, he was on the Western
mission. His age was forty EIGHT years.
He was much beloved by all who knew
him. Requiescat IN pace.
DIOCESE OF SAN FRANclsCo.-The San
Francisco Monitor of the 22d ult. says:
The Most Rev. Archbishop Alemany ad-
ministered the sacrament of confirmation,
on Sunday last, to about forty adults and
children, of both sexes, in st. Boniface's
Church, Suffer street.
The foundation stone of new Catholic
church was laid in Virginia City, Nevada,
on the 10th of August. Bishop O'Connell,
Fathers Magill, Meagher,. O'Leary, Ma
nogue, and McNulty participating. The
Sisters of Charity, about sixty young girls
of their school, and large concourse of
people were present to witness the imposing
ceremony and listen to the instructive re-
marks of Father Magill. The structure will
be fifty-six feet four inches front, by
ninety nine feet four inches square. The
basement story is divided into two apart
ments, for pastors residence, etc. The
main building, for divine worship, will
have Il semi octagona1 ceiling, twenty six
feet in height, and the tower and spire will
rise to the height of one hundred and forty