The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1870-07-10
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NArsLaG 5oaTn FHncnz, By tAs Grace Of cex ana
= A19sansAsst ~ the Holy Apostolic &c. Arch
49, 1lsot Of Now Orleans, to the Clergy a,d
!. Assl ef our Diocese, Hselth and Bsaodictisn in
sGlssa Jssas Christ =
N~N Bs,ssss Bsssays.: :.
,sa TN .snsiHents Of profound srisf, which
49, tho msaanQholy duty OF annour:ipx
- AsAvy loss which the Diocese of New
0sSoene hAo just sustained In the death of
- nsas Pastor, Archbishop John Mary
ns Who departed this life in his native
a olerle, IN France, ON the 25th
Thszs1ay. More thadEn year aeo he left
Wlee EnroPe lee, however, with q view
= - AealtA5 ~ which he never paid suia-
0ent a<tentto9, than in obedience to the
1se1 q tho Sovereign Pontih, who con-
~ = Me1e al the Bishops Of the Ca
s10nc wo1lds From that moment we
wseched, with % anxiousnesa intensised
- NedeaaaE distance between ua,-every
lee4O Of The Rckness with which he was
seHeusay atlneked - the time OF his de-
ksesss. Alarming intelligence rsashed us
sa1s.Hy naa naDy questers but his
la1ne. fondnees Of our heart We yielded, In
tAepeTusaf Of them, to the same illusion
vAbeh prompted the hopefnlness in which
10y we're written, which, however, IVES
ae& fdiagniss, under which lay concealed
,BkSskh H. 49,
t5eoS sn1erer. Thus we elnpg to the hope
hat We should once mone see him back
Meon8et No, 20 natural sit to hope for that
yAaeh y % earnestly desired. We thought
= wonid Ioag DO our privilege to listen to
AaAsago savice, to shaAe-Onr c0urse by his |
Hsceive the enoonraeemsntof his example,
1aDd to bestow all the attentions OF our
z1laf tenderness on his deeliniaR yearp
8sA,lecided Otherwise.
Notwithstanding his extreme debility, he
would be in Rome at the time designated
MAahaxe in the labors Of the Council. This
journey, performed under circumstances
the most unfavorable, wan ruinous to his
health, and when, At the invitation of the
Molly Father, he went back to France, it
MAS already too late. So of him it may in
szuth be-said, that he was obedient even
Mutu death-a At browning to life 90
nohlo 80 holy.
Sisce the limits of pastoral letter would
not admit, dearly beloved brethren, of our
a.tolding to your view all the particulars
o. Iffe in which there was scarcely q
vacant moment, we will, at least, point out
ke Four ediAcation its principal and char.
astsristic features.
Mgr. John Mary Odin was born towards |
oae close Of the last century, of honorable
@Sh1astlan parentage, in the town of |
A.6derls, In the Department Of the Loire,
neYr.aee. His taste for grave and serious
NaIsuiss his stndicus and pious habits,
yessd, md . decided inclination to give
6mssm wholly to God. And this decision |
Seese made itself c0nspicuously evident, for |
en- tho completion of his studies not only |
asl ks choose the Lord for his inheritance |
~ the Ecclesiastical state, but also at q |
asse Of life when ordinary resolutions may |
HnhoHs temerity be pronounced unripe, |
Ae joined the Congregation of Lazarists, |
vhscn mas rendered, and still renders, 90 |
nssn1 signal services to religion in various |
saoeeses ct this country; and before he at
- lahor on mission directed BY priests Of |
sDas congregation in the then far distant |
and wild Missouri.
Here the zeal with which he burned for |
me salvation of souls soon found vent. To |
1snn difacuis and dangerous missions in
savers parts of Missouri and Arkansas were
asssgned, and SO signal was his success in |
t1asae, and 60 firmly did he establish his |
rnFasation for Weldon and prudence, for |
yassue ana purity Of life, that few years |
A4aJE when the diocese of Detroit required |
= Aamtnistrator, all eyes turned to him as |
cne enc best fitted for that responsible DO |
ssslca. But God, who reserved him for ms, |
asd NOT permit the nomination to be acted !
uRp0.
Sasertiy after this he was charged, as !
Msefect Apostle, with the almost bonndless |
95Psson or Texas, then presenting difficult |
0as' enough to appal the stoutest courage
aoo stagger the firmcsS resolution. One
year sumced, however, to show forth the
zse7Tts % the apostolic map, and the mate.
raae % which he was composed , and at its |
Sanse ne was appointed by the Sovereign |
RozeaMs Gregory -XYI., Vicar Apostolic of |
kexass nnsSeF the title Of Bishop of Claudi. |
S&esfs sD.povE Snfdsliune.
was on this occasion, dearly beloved |
nE9snern, that il fell to our happy lot tp4
sAxe closer view and form q more ads- |
9Nace estimate Of this beautiful and sanity |
S-factef. when he came to New Orleans I
se-Seeeaye the Episcopal Conservation at
- rsIds o. the Right Rev. Anthony Blanc,
s4e glsnop OF this diocese, ON the 9th of
1aAEcn, iS42, he selected the modest retreat
e 9eenPled az Chaplain, adjoining the
e1an.1-aa convent, to prepare for his conse-
c1eEf9ns andit was there we're formed those
EaaAszeHs 30 honorable and ADVANTAGEOUS 1
5eF 0ss which grew more and more intimate
Shaoeae year to yesr, rising as they did
7Ee oft eEtreme /benevolence on his part I
md 1roAouqd y6nerasion on ours.