The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-10-21


esteem and friendship, and encouraged
you In your preAchingB. But II that Ia
true, 90 also 10 Il that, from the moment
In which I perceived that you were be.
ginning TO 20 beyond these limits, 1
was forced 10 begin on my side to OK.
press 10 you my fears, and 10 mark 10
YOU my dissatisfaction. You must re-.
member, my reverend father, that 1 did
80 especially last year, about the month
Of October, when passing through
France, relative to o letter addressed
by you to a club In Paris. then ex.
pressed to you what annoyance that
writing had caused me. Your letters
published In Italy were also very pain.
iul 10 me, and also drew on you from
me observations and reproaChes when
you last visited Rome.
Lastly: your presence and speech NJ
the Peace League filled up the measure
OF my apprehension and my grief, an
forced me 10 write you the letter Of The
22d OF July last, by which ! formally
ordered you In future not to print any
letter or speech, 10 speak In public or
elsewhere than In the churches, 10 be
present In the Chambers, or 10 take
part In the Peace League, or any other
meeting, the object OF which was mot
exclusively Catholic and religious, NY
prohibition, as you see, did not in the
least refer 10 your sermons In the pulls
pit. On the contrary, desired you In
future 70 devote solely and entirely
your talents and your eloquence 10
teachings In the church. Consequently
It was With painful surprise that I read
In your letter that you could not re.
ascend tho pulpit at Notre Dame, with
language perverted by dictatIon or
mutllaled by retfcence.F
You must be aware, reverend father.
that I have never forbidden You 10
preach, that 1 have never given you
any order or Imposed any restrictions
on your teachings. only took the
liberty OF giving to You some counsels,
and on addressing to you some obser-
vatlons, especially on the subject Of
your last lectures, as In my quality Of
superior It was my right and my duty
to do. You were, consequently, as free
10 continue your preachings at Paris or
elsewhere, as in preceding years, be-
fore my letter OF the 22d July last; and
II you have resolved not to re.appear
In the pulpit OF Notre Dame de Paris, It
Ia Voluntarily and OF your own free
will, and not by Virtue Of measures
adopted by me toward you. Your LETT
ter Of the 10Th announces to me that
You are about To leave your monastery
In Paris. Ilearn, indeed, by the Jour
nails and by private letters, that you
have already left It, and cast OF your
gown, without any ecclesiastical au.
thorization.
II the fact Is unfortunately true, l
would remark 10 you, my reverend
father, that you must be aware that the
monk who quits bis monastery and the
dress OF his order without the regular
permission from the competent author
ity, Is considered as a real apostate,
and consequently incurs the canonicai
penalties mentioned In Cap. PerinttoSo.
The punishment is, Us you aware, the
greater accommodation LdtG SenCcn.
tia: and according TO our constitutions,
confirmed by the Holy See, part ILL.,,
chapter xxxv., No. IL, those who leave
the community without authorization
Incur the greater excommunicRtion
ipSo Tdcto and the note Of infamy. Qui
a congregations Teceditnt, prGter, GpOSt-
asian. ipSo Idcto communications cL
tEUuHtItE WUttLHk UbCJLTFlInL,
As your superior, and In accordance
with the prescriptions Of the apostolic
DEGREES, which order me to employ
even censure to bringyou back 10 the
bosom OF the order you have so deplor-
ably abandoned, am under the neCes.
sity OF calling on you to return TO The
monastery In Paris which you have
quilted within ten days from the date
OF the present letter, observing 10 you
that II you do not obey this order With
In the time stated you will be deprived
economically OF all the charges you hold
In the Order Of Barefooted Carmelites,
and will remain under the censure es-
tablishsd by the common law and by
our rules.
May you, my reverend father, listen
to our voice and 10 the cry OF your con-
science; may you promptly aud Sc
riously descend within yourself, see
the depth OF your fall, and by an heroic
resolution mantully recover yourself,
repair the great scandal you have caus.
ed, and by that means console the
Church, your mother, you have go
much afflicted. That ia the most sim
cere and ardent desire of my heart: It Ia
also that which your afflicted friends,
and myself, your father, ask with all
the fervor OF our souls OF God AL
mighty, OF God, 30 full Of mercy and
goodness.
FIR. DOMINIQUE DE SAINT JosRPn.