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

NEW UHLEA7zB. SUNDAY. AfKD isos
Donxsxrc CATHozzc xExErxIGEEcE
DroCrsr or BosroK. Mission IN NaticE
AEpse.--T he Laznrist Fathers, Hennessy lSt
Lonis), Brennan and Ganrin, gave mis-
sion In NaticIx. week before last which was
J, atsns,ile6 With great results. The number
Of commandments was $500. The people o
xha adjoining towns served 10 make up this
large Number. Rev. Esther John Walsh Ii
the pastor Of Natiek. The people are
wroatly indebted to him for the success Of
I the mission Pilot.
. DIOCESE OF Religious Re
eepti0R---Tn tho beautiful chapel Of Qua
Lady of Mercy, Manchester, II. H., the in
teresting ceremony of reception took place;
ON Friday evening, the 18th inst. The
Right Rev. Bishop Bacon gave the habit OF
the Order of Mercy and white veil to Miss
Annie Winters--in religion Sister Mary
Baptista Miss Margaret Isabel o. Malley--
in religion Sister Mary Stanislaus; Miss
Bertha McDonnelI--in religion Sister Mary
Genevieve; Miss Margaret Hynes--in reli-
gion Sister Mary Borgia; Miss Margaret
Donohoe in religion SITTER Mary Ray
lmond; Miss Budget Mullen--in religion
Sister Mary Margaret. Tho Right Rev.
Bishop preached an eloquent and appropri-
ate sermon on the Occasi0n.--I5id.
Dedication Of Sc. Johnrs CbRrch, Concord,
~. H.-Sunday, March IA, waa joyful day
for the jealous Catholics Of Concord, and
their generosity in constituting 70 the erec-
Tie ceremony Of dedication was per-
Sarsned by Right Rev. Bishop Bacon, of
Rertland. TIE good Blslop himself de-
Mrersd the dedication sermoa, salseting the
text, g Ny l0use IL Q house OF prayer" and
for an hour he held bis sndience ia rapt at
xeRti0ns-Ibid.
- -. -. n $4,000. xs-.....x ~.
i5ati0a ia Washiagt0n Csty.--On the fourth
Sunday of Lent and on Passion Sunday the
Most Rev. Archbishop visited several of
the churches of the District, and adminis-
tered confirmation. Three other churches
IN Washington and one in Georgetown have
been therein administered within year.
Yet in those visited the total number con-
Armed on the recent occasion was eleueH
kandred and thirty Jfre, of whom one hun
bred and thirty -six were converts to our
holy faith. This keeps np the usual pro-
portion of twelve per cent of converts on
the total number eonfirmed.--BGIt. Mirror.
A Washington correspondent of the Ca
shoIie Mirror writes:
The Catholicso of Washington and George
town were hon0red lately by two visits !
from the Most Rev. Archbishop of Balti- |
more, which were source of great conso-
lation to them, and which no doubt afford |
ed corresponding qualification to his |
paternal heart. We understand that he |
administered the sacrament of confirmation |
10 over one thousand persons, children and |
adults, among whom was q large number |
of converts, There are nine churches in |
Washington City and one in Georgetown,
and confirmation was administered only in I
six of the churches in the former city and |
In two of the institutions in Georgetown.
D1ocEsE or CrNcINsArr.-on st. Pat
Eick's day two young ladies received the
b this city, at the hands of the Most Rev.
Archbishop, assisted by Rev. Mr. Borgess..
The ceremony was witnessed by q select
md much edited audience, and was deeply
On March 1s, three novicea receivef,
he religious habit from the same, and
TX OF she Magdnlens made their pro-
lsasion ia the chapel Of the Sisters of the
Sood Shepherd, Bank street.
On the 18th ten novices were professed
. the chapel OF ST. Clara, Third street, in
he pupils of the HOUSE Of the Guardian
Angel, Congress street, were baptised.
weaye confirmed, ana one sister adfaitted
o her profession by the Archbishop, assist !
q by Rev. M. LelieEere.
An elderly lady, Q convert, was baptised,
tier weeks Of preparation ii the Sc. Clare
;hapel, by the Most Rev. Archbishop, at
ended by Rev, August Tebbe.-,Tel.
DIOCESE or NEWARK "a correspondent
{ the New York Tablet, writing from
Ehipple, New Jersey, says:
The beautiful little ehurcJ, of our Lady
! Mercy waa filed 70 its utmost capacity !
q Sunday evsEing, March z, with Highly
aud intelligent audience, in
lndtng many Protestants, who had come;
lany Of them from q distance, to witness
10 impressive ceremony of confirmation
wen By Bishop Bayley. There were fifty
lildren presented for the Sacrament. or !
Iese the larger number were admitted to !
lEst Communion at III o'clock Mass, which {
ae said by the Rev. james A.. Darcy. {
edison, N. ~, who also asteads to this Z
iurch. I
The BURGos TRAGRDY.--The London t
sbsst, March s, thus refutes the baseless 2
,1,ssers II, ti,a fIars-r a. TasSJsSs,,s a.