The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1870-11-27
Star and Catholic Messenger.
eLEANs, SUNDAY. NOVEMBER 81. 1874. .
xsT1c CATHOLIC INTELLIGENcE.

#2 KsT1C CATHOLIC MTELLIGENCE.
ation Of the Ne,o Church of Notre
q "a Porte.-On Sunday afternoon last
bw Church of Notre Dame du Porte,
ktreme western church of the city,
SG oolemnly dedicated to the service of
aUSk under the invocation of dis Most
Ae1y Mother. The original church of the
present suburb of the city known as Port
land, was dedicated more than thirty years
ego. In ls4l, its pastor was the present
Archbishop of New Orleans, the Most Rev.
DIR. Perche. Portland (below the falls)swas
originally settled by q colony of French
immigrants, many of whose descendants
nre still surviving and are still occupying
the lands of their progenitora. In the pas
torship of the Church of NOtres Dame du
Porte, after DR.. Perche, succeeded the late
Father Vital, man of truly apostolic
character, who continued the pastorship of
the church to the close of his life, some
formed by DR.. VIM. McCloskey, Bishop of
louisville. After the ceremony of blessing
the church was concluded, solemn Pontifi-
cal Vespers were sung, the Right Rev.
Bishop officiating, with Father MOugin and
Montariol acting as deacon and subdeacon
caster Spalding assembled the pulpit and
preached an eloquent sermon.-LouisrilIe
Catholic Advocate, NoU. 10.
Greeting to the Bishop of BuGalo.-The
holy and beloved Bishop of Buffalo, Right
Rev. DR.. Ryan, had pleasant surprise on
the 9th inst. The students of st. Joseph's
College had prepared sumptuous chair,
and an address for the Bishop, which they
presented ON that day. The Bishop thanked
the students for the kind terms in which
they had seen fit to address him, and for
their handsome present.
Ne,c Church in Jersey City.-The corner
stone of the new church of St. Patrick was
H.
the 18th inst. The procession consisted of
the st. Patrick's T. A. B. Society, of Jersey
City, st. Peters Society of Jersey City, and
the st. Patrick's3Rnd Young Mems F. Nj.
Society of Elizabeth. Besides these or
CARNATIONS, which numbered upward of
twelve hundred men, there were the Boys
st. Aloysius Temperance Association and
four hundred neatly dressed little girls be-
longing to the Sunday school attached to
the church, all of whom had been confirm
ed on that morning by Bishop Bayley.
The religious services in the afternoon
were conducted by the good Bishop him.
self, attended by a number Of his clergy
and some from the city. The new church
will be capable of holding two thousand
people.
Archbishop Spaldings Reception in Bait
npore.-BaltimOre, Nov. lO.-Archbishop
Spalding arrived here this afternoon, on
his return from Rome, after an absence OF
little over a year. On his arrival on the
train from New York, an enthusiastic re-
ception awaited him at the depot. Many
Catholic societies, thousands of children
from Catholic schools, and number OF
citizens, were there to welcome him. The
Archbishop was escorted to his carriage
and thence by grand procession through
Broadway, Baltimore and Charles streets
to his residence, adjoining the Cathedral
The procession, about two miles long, was
composed of various societies and schools
with banners and bands of music, the
clergy of the diocese and citizens i'll car
riages. The Archbishop appeared in fine
health.
After the formal reception of the Mos
Rev. Archbishop, q meeting was organized
in order to afford an opportunity to thu
clergy and laity to enter their most solemn
protest against the late invasion of the Ro
man States by the Florentine Government
On motion of Very Rev. DR.. Cookery, V
G., Hon. T. Parkin Scott was called to pre-
side over the meeting. Joseph S. Huesler
ESQ.,, then read long preamble, and reso
lutions were offered, which were unanl
mously adopted by all present in the Ca
thedral rising in their seats, and those OF
the outside raising their hands.
On the 9th inst. Rt. Rev. DR.. Becker lait
the corner stone of a new church under tn
patronage of the Holy Cross, at Dover
Delaware.
Dedication.-On Sunday, the 3Oth ult.
the new church in Mystic Bridge, Conn.
was dedicated by Right Rev. Bishop Nc
Farland, under the patronage of st. Pat
rick After the dedication, the Right Rev
Bishop administered confirmation to ii;
persons.
The Right Rev. DR.. Ryan, Bishop o
Buffalo, the Right Rev. DR.. Goold, Bishol
of Melbourne, Australia, and the Righ
Rev. DIR. Shiel, Bishop of Adelaide, Aus
tralia, arrived in New York. Bishop
Goold and Shiel left for their homes Oh
Friday, November A, via San Francisco.
Dedicatiom.-The grand and imposing
ceremonies atten ding the dedication of st
Patrick's Cathedral, Rochester, N. Y, tool
place on Sunday, the 9th inst. The cere
monies were performed by the Most Rev
Archbishop McCloskey, of New York
High Mass celebrated by the Right Rev
Bishop McQuade, of Rochester; a sermon
by the eloquent Father Hecker; and In tn
evening Grand Pontifical Vespers: Tn
sermon by Rev. Father Hecker, Principa
of the Congregation of st. Paul, was ON
of the most able pulpit productions eve
presented to the citizens of Rochester.
FROM ROME.