The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1869-05-30
LETTER FROM MOBILE.
PRESENTATION TO REV. DIR. BARR,
MoBIr:r; May 27 lsse.

readers, send you apother note or two. soa er
On; Last Sunday Crrinity Sunday Bisfop
iirmation in St Joscphs, che 3eseiieS Church c-
in this city. AS this to be the last con-
firmation of the year, the slnggartls who bith-,
| crto Jagged behind, many of them waits and
strays from the other city parishes, rushed to
join the classes at st. Joseph's-so that the
Fathers of the Society had ne little trouble in
duly preparing them for the Sacramento Tba
Bishop arrived about 5 o'clock, and was "a
ceived blythe Jesuit Fathers and conducted bv
them into the-Churoh. After eloquent and
instructive sermon on the Catholic doctrine of
/ Confirmation, he sat enthroned on the platfor,a
4 of the altar, and the sixty-seven eandidafes y
ranked in n long file, advanced two and two
mp the nave and assembled to the upper stem az
the altar, where all, in this order, were con-
! firmed. u. If ,ta s.ui+trasl. ~ s. -
4 This completed the Episcopal Visitation Of
! tl.c city and suburban churches for this YEAR
! ON i've sundays the Bishop administered Con.
| tirnlation seven ttirpes-bepg thus oblippd
! often to confirm twice and to preach twice on
the same day. He always prssaehes before con-
His Iabor7ss,, howeveer, are not over, Such ID
the increase of Catholics, at least Of practi
cal CathoIicity, in the Diocese, that many rural
Pensacola, Montgomery, Selma, etc,.--are re-
i quiring his services again, anu have made ar
rangements for ieopflr ton, corfi rmatiopis
hour but for Bishop Qninlah It means giving
missions for week over q, country 500 miles
and t. the sssS5
! When all this is over, he hast Visit Northern
Alabama, (Huntsyi1le, etc!,) and there by ap-
poinment give missions during the day aud IN
ants, who have petitioned him to do so. From
I this you can see what sinecmre is the life Of u
working Bishop here, down South -, ...,x; - =.
! l may mention here, that Spring Hill Col
| lege is fast rising from its ashes and will be
opened New Years day, more beautiful than
+ On Sunday last, also, we had an agreeable
! little treat out at the Convent, where Or. Bar
! ry has charge of the Nuns as we'll as of the
parish Of snm%sryils but BUTTS as esnst DE-
ION yesterday, (Trinity Sunday;) after last
Mass, the Catholics of SuInmery lille paid very
handsome compliment to their worthy pastor,
the Rev. DR.. Barry Itappears from the state.
ment of Mr.. Carlans, the chairman, that the
. patishoners, hearing on the previous Sunday of
North Immediately, resolved to provide him
with a return ticket, and appointed twelve of
their own body to collect IN the parish ard
among their friends He regretted that some
collector, forgetting, perhaps, this rule, though
, IN print before him, collected some ten or
III twelve dollars from strangers in Mobile Now,
, hereby; but was anxious to retain all the
credit for ourselves" II say 'credit,' ifor the
Pensioners acted most ereditably indeed. Few
} and poor rs they are, after many failures and
, with poor prospects,, they collected, within
three or four days, an amount beyond all ex-
}, peetation. / hold in my hand nearly $500,
lls5j-there are some returns yet to come i1a.
and as we have no time to procure q return
ticket, I now hand it over to our illustrious
; neighbor, Admiral Scmines, that he may in his
own happy way, present it to the doctor in the
name of the practitioners. ~ ~ 'l-i
1.-THE Notwithstanding to the table
made very graceful and feeling speech, which
we regret, we cannot give entire. After an
[ appropriate introduction, he pointed out the
strong ties that bound together the priests and
! the people. The clergy, as a body, abandoned
home and country, and made other great
: sacrifices to minister to the people. Their
!, flocks knew this, and appreciated their obliga-
: lions accordingly. The priest besides, is truly
) n father to us-the laity of his flock; he is q
lrther in the Highest sense of the word, for he
! is our spiritual Father ana the guardian of our
f souls. From the time he receives as into the
f Church by baptism, until mt ourlast sad hour,
+ he comforts Ms with the CONSULTATIONS of religion,
- he Is ready, despite every danger and atevery
81 intermediate stage of our existence, to guide
and sustain us by his spiritual al vice and the
aid OF the sacra,ierts, Hence the deep en-
during, unaltcrablc affection of the people for
their priests. Yo,a evcrend sir, Undressing
3 DIR. Barry) have spent nearly two years among
us. Your avocatfnns have kept you, like the
, other clergy, partly retired and hidden; yet,
you well know how few and Poot and tlispirited
our parishioners are. This large donation,
therefore, (very large for them, must prove to
5 You what they viii do for clergyman they
love. In their name Ipresent this testimonial
We will pray for your speedy return in good
health; bur, Should Providence ordan it other
Wise, You will not be forgotten in tue prayers
=, =
.EDr. Barry thefiictsue forward TO thank The
parishioners for their Kindness to hfn-mdre
especially under the circumstance of the case.
He added, however that he was not altogether
! surprised, for he knew the congregation to be
peacable sober; well-conducted persons,
living reigiousy, exactly rs if they were q
rural congregation still in IRELAND; or only
lately transferred therefrom. From such a
, people, rare,in this 9onntry, there was nothing
, which you may not,cxpect He then thanked
. Admiral SemnIes for.his great courtesy. To
; me- said he, the Admiral, even before saw
t him, was the bean id cal of n hero, unique In
! history, but since I hays seen him in private
life-iu the bosom of his family, or in our
1 occasional little meet ngs--I admire him still
more highly; for there he was the emblem OF
: the one virtue-Eherosm in the highest degree,
' if you will-but now he is the model of every
virtue that should adorn thequiet citizen, the
father of family, the gifted scholar and the
genuine high-minded Southern gentlemen.
, Therefore, admire Admiral Seinndes retired in
his rus in ur5e more than Admiral Semmes
| when the hero of the AlabafAa's Tho Doctor
f concluded by again thanking the people most
cordially and promising to return as soon as