The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1870-07-03

0VA tuas exgenOe0 over such portions q
DC two succeet1ing days ~ were not de
voted to the religious exercises Of F;r e
Connmnnion and Confirmation, Of which W
shall give some details by and by.
On the day preceding Saturday Bisho,
Ferche administered the Sacrament of CON
mrmation at the Convent of the Sacred
Heart, distant about one mile from the ca.
lego. Twenty three Of the young ladie,
who had made their First Commun;on Ias,
year were confirmed in the Faith. Tbose
Who had undergone the necessary prepara.
uon fcr First Communion this year, con
ANIMATED that duty of indescribahle in,
sPortance q short time previous. and No
nave BEEN assured by q gentleman who
was witness of both events, and who has
had opportunities Of observation in the
Eve hemispheres, that to few circumstances
Of his life can he look back with Saares
pleasure than to those which lateIv tropsl
Rred within the precincts of the Convent
One hundred and fifty young ladies mr."
senttng department orderly, digni6e5
decorons and pious, and inteliigentlv an,
psec,anye OF the Church's grave and solemn
and one we'll calculated to ephansa ths,
oigh esteem in which all classes hold tboso
devoted religious ladies who maka r. q
isoer Of love to indOctrinate in such sweat
SS.scapiMe end salutary self-restraint, the
nuG9r9 aa4rons of our country.
The paf1sh church occupies a sita naoss,,,
/ MAD way between the College and Conyanf.
and p dedicased to Sc. Mschaef nm 4
may 70 easily conceived that In resnacs ~
occasional and religious facilities, the in
habitants Of st. James parish are h;ohi,
mvored, and to their credit be it said tha;yy
zeal and devotion are, as O general thin1 4
commensurate with their oDportnni,;as'
And SO. although it was very eratifv;nr !.
cannot DC deemed at all surprising, that on
cnatozS -. snS oay on which, according to our
Is ceiebrated, the church building and adj
JacenG grounds presented O scene bustlino |
YET tranquil; animated, but of subdne9
animatlon and characterized by an ear
h hes.ness which only that religion whose be-
nests brought together the vast multitude.
could inspire and which only the sanct;ty I
OF the place and of the events. ia eff,c;ant
to restrain. 20 eAnolen' I
A. IN the morning, after the celebration of
tnla mo " s ath sixty eight young pos
presented themselves at the railing of ths L
SSanctoary. aud received the Sacrament of I
continuation at the hands of R;shon b
Terche. The First Commandments. on Fl
=; = ri nahJ, sunday, numbered seventy six, n
population were included, c
Inc procession in honor of the Blessed v
sacrament was announced for p. Ar. Int n
loDg before that hour a vast conconrsa {
.n;e OF them from the extreme ends of the II
parrish, upwards of a score of miles in o. q
ront of the church AZ tLn green IN 81
lonr the procession formed fR;oh appolneed a,
a6iciatina), AMI; maze The .nntNp Eercne Il
pen space-the multitude in H. .r ot tne In
&c sublime NTantnm Ergo .h.; MG 1r OF Il
heir hearts and senses bowiur. aGlor;nc az m
the benediction en- yos,te. at a Tam, al
orary altar erected for the occasion. The 90
Dung gentlemen compos;nS IT, G.,, Lne I'll
rass band put forth their heat efsorts -
onor the Adorable Presence. and Sn t 20 I'll
It were, an exterior eclat to a ceremony in
nose inherent sacredness NO human AZ frs
y magnify. We