The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1868-02-16
DOMESTIC CATHOLIC mrE111aENcE.

Rev James c. Moore, s. j., died at Holy Cross
College, Mass, in the Goth year of his dge
We regret to have to record the total destruc-
| ton of the buildings of st. Aaviers Academy,
| near tatrobe, Pa.
The Rev. P. A. Nugent, pastor of the Church
| of Manayunk, Pa, receivedfrom his parishioners
| testimonial gift of 1l7O.
| :. On the I'd inst the Rt. Rev. Bishop Elder ad-
dressed the Cathedral congregation of Phila-
| delphia, in behalf of his destitute diocese.
The colored Catholics of Pensacola recently
| held an entertainment for an asylum. Notwith-
standing the hard times $50 wcro realized.
The Most Rev. Archbishop of Cincinnati ad-
| mitted to the holy habit of religion ten novices
| the Poor.
The Montreal True Witness says that Monsig-
neur the Bishop Of ST. Hyacinthe conferred the
order of Priesthood on tho Rev.-A-M Maurice
Beaudry on the 18th u1t. Tn the same day the
Rev. Messrs Blanchard and Miehon received the
order of Deacon.
Bishop Bayley, of thu diocese ofNewark, ad-
ministered the Sacrament of Confirmation in
the Church Of st. Paul, Princeton, on one hun
dred and twenty persons. In the evening of the
same day he deivered a lecture on the Holy
Land, giving . most infereating account of his
recent tour through PALESTINE.
The Passionist Fathers, Thomas and Timo-
thy, closed very successful mission in the
The exercises lasted only nine-days, yet during
that time tho new Church of St. Vincent de
Paul was crowded to its utmost capacity with
q most attentive congregation of Catholics and
Professionals.
No less than seven young ladies were receiy-
ed on the Sd inst. in the Presentation Convent,
San Francisco, California, by the Most Rev.
Archbishop Alemeny. Five Of the ,postulants
companied the Rev Mother on her return from
Ireland u few months ago, the other two were
residents of San Francisco.
At the Convent of Mercy, Manchester, n H.,
on Monday; the 18th inst, Miss Annie Tighe, in
religion Sister Mary Juliana, received the white
veil and habit of the order of Mercy from the
hands Of Bishop Bacon: On the 18th, Miss Ma
~ J., Francis Wheeler in religion sister Mary
gion Sister Mary Blandina, received the black
veil from the same prelate.
tbs Rev. James Gibbons, Secretary of the
Archbishop of Baltimore, presented q report to
the Maryland Legislature, lately, containing a
list of Catholic schools and the number Of chill
instance of the Legislature itself The aver
age attendance in 1867 was 1883. The report is
confined to schools intended for the poor-ex-
ending those of higher grade.
The Oblate Fathers from Montreal have been
giving q mission in Burlington Vermont. lately.
On the 10Th, Rt. Rev. Bishop de Goesbriand ad-
mlnistered tho Sacrament of Confirmation to
$50 persons in st. Josephs Church, where the
mission was held. In the Catholic congrega-
ton at Fairfield, of which the Rev. Father Gals
sy is pastor, there we've during the year, 1867,
fs4 baptism, % marriages, and Is buriats. In
the Cathedral congregation, Burlington, during
the past year, under the pastoral care Of Rev
Fathers Jerome and Nc Cauley, the number of
baptisms was 155, marriages ~, burials 20.
1t is gratifying to see from week to week the
rapid progress OF our most holy religion in tho
West. We see from tho N. w. Chronicle that
| the good sisters of St. Joseph have established
convent in Mendoza, Dakota county, MINI.
The establishments is known as the Convent of
the immaculate Conception. The sisters COM
menced teaching school in the early part of
January; about $50 children were in attend
ance. The girls are taught in the Convention
the boys very spacious and beautiful build
ing, once used as Protestant church, has been
purchased.