The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1868-08-16
DOMESTIC CATHOLIC 1r1r111osNcs.

DR.. Duggan, Bishop of Chicago, who h;
been travelling in Europe and the Hol
Land during the past year and q half, ha
y arrived i'll Chicago. He was enthusiast
cally welcomed by an immense crowd {
! his people, who escorted him to his resi-
dence.
DIOCESE OF ST. LoUIs.-From the s.
G"ardia" we copy the following items:
1t will be pleasing to every one of on
readers to learn that the veteran mission
airy, Rev. Father DeSmet, has returned t
our city from Il special visit to various Q
the Indian tribes. While less robust thai
when lie started, the general health of Til
holy man is good.
We learn from n gentleman just from
Cameron, Clay county, Mo-, that both end
OF the church in that place were blown
amount of loss caused by the accident
This Is q sad accident, but, doubtless, the
congregation Will come to the assistance o
their pastor, Father Ledwith.
DIOCESE OF Characterization the Gin
cinnati Telegraph, 5th inst, we copy tn,
following
r., The Right Rev. DR.. Lynch, Bishop o.
Charlestau, on last Sunday delivered 4
sermon in st. N.vier's Church, and ut the
close made al appeal to the charity of the
congregation i'll behalf Of his destitute
diocese.
Last Sunday was Il grand gala day for
the people of Dayton, Osborn, and the sur
roui.d ding villages, tl,e>~occlsion being the
laying of the cornerstone of IL new church,
| The Most Rcv./Archbisllop, through some
discrcpancy,of the time tables in the Gin
| cinnati papers, missed the train, and thus
unavoidably disappointed both himself and
the Vast -assemblaS". The duty then de-
Eolved upon Rev. j. +. Hume, pastor of
Emanuels Church, who fulfilled the euis-
copal functonso of the laying of the corner
stone according to the manner prescribed
i'll the Roman ritual.
DIOCESE OF LITTLE RocK.-A CORE
spondent of the Cincinnati Telegraph says:
On Sunday, 18th ult., Right Rev. Bishop
Fitzgerald blessed and dedicated to- the
service of Almighty God the addition lately
made to St. Andrews Cathedral, and then
celebrated Il Pontitical high mass. Most of
the clergy of the diocese were present in
the sanctuary. On the 18th, the clergy of
the diocese met in Retreat-the first that
has been held for several years. On the
18th, Rev. j. Il. Duggan was ordained sub
deacon, and, on the next day, deacon. On
Sunday, 10Th, the same reverend gentleman
was raised to the priesthood, the Bishop
celebrating POLITICALLY, with Rev. T.. NJ.
Reilly, arch deacon, Rev. MGssrs. Smyth
and McGivcrn, deacon and sub deacon,
and Key. James kean, master of ccrcmo-
MES. The Bishop preached on the priest
hood, to the largest congregation, probably,
that ever met within the walls Of Il church
in Arkansas.
DIoCEsE<oT CIARLESTON..--The religious
services incident to the reopenins and re-
dedication of st. P1trick's Church were
celebrated Il few Sundays since. Although
4 small admission fee was charged, the
church was crowded, every seat being taken
and the standing room we'll filed. The
morning service consisted of the dedication
of the church and the celebration of Pom
titical high mass. At half past ten, pro-
cession, formed of the Bishop, the clergy,
and the acOly ties, proceeded from the altar
down the main aisle, and thence to the |
porch, passing on each side of the church
and sprinkling the pews and walls with
holy water. Returning to the church, the
procession passed up each of the side aisles,
through the main aisle. Right
Rev. Bishop Persico 'officiated, assisted by
Rev. Fathers Falchi and Northrop, as dca-
con and sub deacon. Father Sclachte, the
assistant pastor of St. Patrick's, acted rs
near the altar were Fathers Birmingham,
Quigley, and others of the Catholic clergy
The choir was in admirable training, and
The music of a superior character. In the
evening the church was brilliantly illumin-
lted; and an eloquent discourse delivered
L
DIOCESE OF GREEN BAY.-In speaking of
he arrival of Bishop Melcher in Green
Bay, Wis, the Banner and Volksf reund of
publishes the followings
Early on the morning of the I'd ult., amid
iDging of bells aud thunder of cannon, the
Right Rev. Joseph Meicher, DID,, arrived
n Green Bay from st. Louis, where he had
'een consecrated. AT Depere, five miles
outh of Green Bay, he left the railway
airs and rode thence to Fort Howard, !
title town on the west side of Fox river ;
md opposite to Green Bay, where lie Wa.
eceived by large concourse of persons.
One of the clergy read q congratulatory e
ddress, after which the reception process
ion formed and advanced across the bridge ,
o his cathedral, St. Mary's Church, Green =
Bay. In the van we're the altar boys, with :
lags and banners then, the school girls, f
IL dressed in white and crowned with q