The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1869-04-04
TonrIaH cArzoEIc mrEIIaaEECE.

j RoAR.---Ihe P0ps,s JBbiIec.--The Sacer-
dotal Jubilee Of the venerable Pontiff, who
Church with tho firmness, zeal md charity
Of. q imam sent by God, Is an event of toe
affecting and too personal q character to be
passed by with y mere alIusion- The whole
of Catholic Europe has been aroused by Q
i spontaneous enthusiasm, and the personal
and private joy of the .Pontiff has touched
Ia chord Of sympathy which win yihsate in
every Catholic heart On the 1Ith of April,
j which, by 0 happy coincidence, Is Bonus
Pastor Sunday, fifty years will have elapsed
since the Abate Giovanni Mastai- Ferretti
/ for the first time lifted up the chalice of
salvation in the modest chapel Of the Hos
/ pital Tata Giovanni in Rome. For fifty
! years, during two generations of men, he
has stood ut the altar, offering that august
sacrifice which alone Is of infinite price.
/ W no can tell the anterior and deep emotion
OF joy aad devotion with which this aged
and beloved priest viii celebrate the full
Jubilee OF his priesthood Few Pontiffs
1 have ever lived to keep festival like this,
nor, we are sure, have ever celebrated it
| amid such universal manifestations of per-
senal dev0tedness aud reverential affection
as viii surround Plus TX. ON this occasion
The whole population of Rome, clergy
and Iaity, will be foremost, as becomes
them, In their rejoicings and coDgratula-
lions the clergy and laity Of France will
take the part which belongs to that illus
lures to . common address from the CaEho-
lies If Germany viii be presented By By Prince
Charles de L0wenstein, splendidly nlu-
minated by the artists Steinle, Becker and
Mehler: Italy, the Tyrol, Bohemia, Baya-
n IL and other countries, will gladden. the
before him ON that day fresh manifesto
ton of their admiration and love, together
with some worthy though inadequate gift
which shall be, as it were, the pledge or
seal TO their expressions on homage and
affection. Is England to be left ont of all
participation in this festival of the Pontiff's
pure sacerdOtal joy7 Are our priests to
approach him in units, or in scattered
groups, or is tho whole body of our priest
hood, in the unity of their sacerdotai char
acter, to stand together before his throne,
and present to him with one heart and mind
the testimony of their loving personal par
ticipation in the jubilee of their common
Fatherf We know not what may be de-
cided upon, but we understand that active
measures are being taken to organize the
presentation of a joint address from all the
priests OF this country. There certainly
would seem to be an especial gracefulness
In such q single act, which the sensitive
heart of the Pentiff would not fail to- an
preciate. The clergy of the Metropolitan
Diocese have already determined on an ad-
such be the pleasure of the clergy, to con-
vert this address from diocesan into a
provincial or national act.
1t has been suggsted further, that the
joint address of our priests, speaking words |
of sympathy and love upon the occasion of
the jnbilee of our Pontiff's first mass. |
should be accompanied by token, how
ever humble, in which we all can join, and |
we venture, tJ express the hope that this |
suggestion may be adopted.
It is proposed by the Very Rev. f. Weld |
TO offer 60 the Holy Father on this occasion,
hal $50 81 - ~ -
largest gold medallion that has ever beeyf
struck. This medallion represents the de-
initiep of the Immacnlate Conception. AS
wofk OF art It 10 OF unsurpassed excel
ence; as an Offering to the Holy Father no
'ubject could be more appropriate, for there
3 none In which he has, borne a more solemn
BART, OF which more intimately associates
he prerogative of Gods immaculate Mother
With the tender and personal joy of His
Iicar. Hany gin can be q worthy Offering
rom children 20 a father, this we may ven.
1re to say is worthy both of those who
'fter it and of him who will deign to accept
I. We trust that not only the clergy, but
hat the deyout laisy also, will join to-
ether In offering this tribute of affection
2 the aged priest who restored to us our
hierarchy, who gives us an example of for
ltude and resignation IN the endurance of
us personal trials, and whose love and
blessing will console us in our own.-Lon-
soSs dG6tett AfEtfch d.
The King of Wurtemburg, brother-in- !
aw of the Emperor Alexander III. of Rus
Ia, has secretly turned Catholic This ia I
aid TO be the reason why his Queen, Olga.
Z o-4s n very-aTCteHt member OF the Greek
'hurch, has lately been estranged from him.
horrible Proclamation of religion took
lace at Venice. during the last days of
carnival. A party of young men, dressed
8 priests, went TO the cafe and, opening
ackage Of hosts, proceeded to give bur
esque OF Holy Communion, with the most I
lasphemous oaths and jests, In which the h
ystanders joined. Several, however, left
ne cafe in disgust, and the Venetians have !
Fotested against the outrage in a yery {
signed address to the Patriarch.
An excellent history of the last expedi- e
on OF the French army to Rome has been !
nbiished recently. The title is, 90 Historic | {
Ia Derniere Expedition Francois Rome, /
er Felix kibeyre, avee Preface du Vicomte \
2 Guerronniere.n Its supplement of docu-
ents, kilograms and letters, proving the !