, 1870-08-21
AN AMERICAN ORDER OF
PRIESTS,
The l's,sEiiss., mud their Founder,
E8at3k~E K2eEAcr.

The l'zaslff%is, mud their Founder,
F'8at1k~E K1ecAcF.
From H.e4,hnn d. cyaEm's e:,rI,y
On Fi'ty-1 lnth street, between Ninth and
Tenth avenues, New York. stands the church
and n,onasttr; OF st. rAu1. Tho place il
House Of tho lauli-. Fathers Whoever
Genes to New iurk aud il thrown i'll contact
Nth the Most iutellfctual cla>ses OF Cath
t,I,cs il .ure 10 hear of this church and 1non-
astezy, and Fatlier uecleE, its foantlar. 1t
Is = handsome stone structure, built in
modern l;enatesque style, surrounded
l hy , 1sau''iul xdx grounds ID and nd, som- n
Among the bright Hover rarterrea
within the enclosure csn frequently be seen,
tending and Watering tls plAnts. or culinE
flowers fur the altArs, tue black cas.ocked
fo,sns uf The l.,sll-lred, intellectual priests
AID lnu1,Le, wlios+e home aud headquarters are
i4.rc. They arc all, with two or three e1cep-
tlour, converts to Catholicity: thoy are all
men OF culture, and tue.l whore vaulting am
bition and airas would 10 high and daring
we1c they not moulded 10 the noh]er eul Ut
ttlf-eacriilct. Iley aEe nun to whom Tue re-
iiSinn vi Jest1H has rccu,ne the romance OF
tLeyr lives. 1doet OI them arc from families
Vt ample laeans, whose .ons ronld command
s!.c usual Qualifications Of young AtuericaI.s
Vi the ne4l.hicr Classcs, but win have for
s.h.n ever: ordinary Ambition f',r tho 1,of,ler
one If trea,lsnE the t.us.,y path Of eelf-ay,e-
t,utiuH a. sui 'irr- sf lht CEoss.
frAae: lfcrktr wah Young hakar of New
Iu!k: his parents Muru Gcr4usn. The family
Wa. rstin.allt, tirtuuit and :sif.tiionatc il,
their rl,ar~cicii-i,ca. Ills .hreb t,rothers-
tir,,1Ee. toiln allt l-aaS-werc deeply attaciIel
,p each utl,ei. a,'a l.. Ean f'u-iners 1t all early
age together a~ },ahcfr. Eat Isaac WA not a
man 10 kee', liz ,ni;ul from enhrartos the
w!:ole Wi,lc rasEe ut human tlrnl:lt w!.iie
wu, hing ut lis loav.r. lie na,tel }a nl.rs,sa
III the wall above his trough. that he might
t,n. t,l- i,rsei}tct willie Ut isir work Not long
afs.s lii. we lind inaae lie .kcr for4aling lis
BURNERS aIl uaaking f,ls appearance a:ap,l,
tl,e. seekers uf wiriatn ut Brook Farm. l[o1e.
with hawthorne und tcHrtls, &. 4. Dsna aud
iss,1es. he rpccuiaiei upnn the .ae!1sion OF ar
, ranging itltir lives Esttrn l'etter sSatcm oil
! csticis slan that With Mcl, llley found them,
, selves surrounded. hut after nlile months
a!ttc AMONG them lie left, nn wiser or better
ctF Ct nearer the rolution If his problem tl.a,
when he cnt,,e. ltcrApe: i.ncnte1l farther will
Iinreau with hn lH,ter succarA: returned tt
liz l.rttLt1- a,l.i their business still no hap
p!ss or "iecs.
strange to ray, a controversy of yery
hated Character, ai.i violent attacks upoi
tho Catholic thntct, first led him 1o cons;,is,
the cla'ms Of fio'ne to 4 lIearing- lie hat
Men brought up with extremely liberal idea
! l,y his 11e4b. ttriau father AMI .fetl,Y&li-
tnutl,rr, 81, with i.o tleep prejudiees to over
cxI1i.. il Is not surprising that Io slloslld b5
~ NE une of I'll organization atfursins him tl
most henndets field for the Practise of tia
d ya.iuu 10 IL - ca.,1c y for which his arden
~s.1,i burned. HIS WAS living with Thnrcau. II
Masszrl1l-ctt-. When lie. tlt'risiou that iiom
aid rea-pu cs,uld hs reco,.ciicd was made il
bis ll,il,9. lie was y years uf age, Ami tn
Enthusiasm with *lsic1I lie communicated In
4:tcteiul tu Ais tliclid IL HOW unAaatel n
nral:s 70 ;ears u ase. lie sonu founl h
l.ad "soe4t.ot1, as il Is termed. 1le t'ec aus
j I'ritet, aud ui:ally. in tiernlanv, in
l.ct. ullturi~t monastery, completed Iii
no>itlate l,ll cs.ter-l that aun!cre order IL
!. tpotk. He eventually withdrew from til
! ltttt mpto. list o,der with several other Amer
!. c.n-. mostly New Euslnndcrs. Ti,ese monk,
! will Father neckeI at thcir head, fnnt,ic
the inst Hew order of the Church in tho Ne
| Wrtid. Tie sanction OF tho Pope and Arcl
L,.1.o1, WAS Il. tanned, Ant. tim 1'aulista bess
thrir Moik. They procured i sm Ill piece
: isnd, and began preaching ;1:'l begging /,
! their 1,cusc and n-.lrr. Tac,,t Sears Us,
: ruled away tincc then, and tho snccess
their mission il sce1l III the handsome chur,
III i inp1,astrry On FItts-nsuti street.
tt.likc ta,e congregations of Euoet Catho1
clutches in our cl.y. which arc ma.!e
- largely Of cut Irish citizen-, tho worshippe
ii IT. tatss's arc mostly Americans. aud
large proportion arc "conserss." The je
il frequently made among tho CAV c1tLn
r hrlie. of tho city that all tho Catholic ladi
Il w1,u hkyc married Protestant husbands ta
d l-sn at st. Tanl's. Hero Is frequent
J. e.en Fernando Wood, whose present wife il
% devoted Catholic. Ruswels e. Hatch aud r,
IL trrsot NElsany. OF cntuE1tla Coiioge: Ia
% rtllre ktl.ot'. The publisher Of the Ctt.o
y Nhrad. an,l Denis Sal1icr. ri the 7;,5,.!. q
i'll n1eml er- Of the congregation o., I.as.er S,
Ut day and til. great festivals I the Church,
or wlir,, it is kuo"n that Father H.cker
t. Father Hewitt il to preach; while Natl.
se ltyTnc-. tue great millioHai:e Aause- h.1il1t
H. Judge t'onnully, Matthew +. l.rennal,
d. l:astors. Of ll.e late rcle! army: l'r. Char
IT. Carroll Lee. IT the Federal army: ID,
IT. Shannon assd supervisor D'l>ay are rrsl
y. pew-Ao1le:s. MeMsstcrs. the spirited
3n able ctlitnr OF the Fis4 'an's .j0lr1.:i, O.:
81 pics fr1ut rev near the altar, arHl here
h every Sunday and al chursI, l'nlIA,s is :,
r. this slcvout and zeaious convert franz s,:n
IL rrr-hy, eria..is1u. wor-!trritg with trac Ca
IL. olic zeal ''eforc an altar o{ lsom1n raaEn
s- celce. served BIZ priest. himself cany
- c.Ierstig tie rpy y@tcry Of tho mass in l.n:,
q vcstmenis and in Latin service.