The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1870-03-20
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ay4:.ned the father, who conducted =. ono- A.
=. " as portions of the magnificent ahbsu u
ance i onks nous. s,ize and il external sppear
Inc peaceful home of q refipions 1,rnth
BILLS. as you walk through it You sea f@,,. e5
Which Il oS %aa it is for the purposes 70,
conrt-yards and splendid cioistars ~ ~ spacious
49,, Win the brothers cells opennc nf oos
pIiceless treasury of manuscripts ana len
nrecio"s Zen, enshrned in richly carved cases os
tphano; wood, its world -renowned arch;. "
wherein are preserved the records Of t6a
of ~ .ne greatness and the varied yicissitnSo.
pre sae abbey from the earliest down to tha
na souhS ecclesiastics> its COLLEGE f"r mar.
ues.lhed for secular life it's w,s.st 10y oa r
ssers who ask for sheter-a these spe sJf
the Order and of the means the, i In ahlnates
LOT tne effective accomplishment Of tbp.
More than twelve Centuries bav.
away since Benedict went fnr.h f. lave passed
at Subiaco, and. traxai; AIN MS hrst
YARD " rested ut Monte Casino. Haras south
.bbey and ,;Ha Of his second and more famous
rad angel of Death summoned him to- H. s.as
"a Tho soil around is holy. for not f s re-
title s moan S. s Sa bait for herself
eath almost within ana si sae closed her eyes in
bse above Casino. Not many miles q sn;s
rea 1r e. Th OF Aquino, wherein was born the
an Order equally OF the ligh.s and glories
enedict, and DOUBTLESS the a Win Shat OF st.
, sory OF She holy, illustrious abbot wara nos
he cell Of 81 0fBs ssoa AinsG i Of the schools
Iaes, although the monastic pile tbat s's
u Ia.t was more than once shattered 70
y ~ ~ ,,as size incsssirsrs DC North
yium OF art and civilization. and 80, .n1 iasS
.s pissed onward in their way Of ranine tt,s,,
rts WI, ,vits envy and with rage the strong ram,
scious boor Mn'ch religion had guarded it's
Z, WI men we had fnished our sieht.seeioo
ed refsn. to the large and finely deco.
been cot IN ~n rena;a welcome refreshments
,n n,aae large apologies for what he called
poverty of the fare they gave nsWthansS
ugh tb e sars say that in any, case, even
lerate than it was, we could hava l'ole
aiwars ApecC an apology. He said it was
az "ss,:I 80 at Casino, and it was from mo-
ian Governmen,tn I ha II was so now. But tho
rtar SlPuBn guaranteed to them bv roval
ieft th hg every possible human seouritv
proceeds y" eS g se.; on as best they could BY
- OF their educational Establish
=, ana Dy the cultivation of little ~ronnS
aid ra neighborhood of the abbey
,selves w ~ was r. almost certain that they
~, tes would have been driven from tbe;r
,sned and venerated home but for the Gor
20 cnance that although Benedietines
as ' e 1dnoms OF the diocese, aud their Ab
90 oplscopal jurisdiction over the distr;ce
!. Germano. In this way thew hold ranI
u una; priests, and have thus escaped the
10 nr A.. inc ~, nkase that suppressed the re-
sterv ahe,. mere f are at present in the
% ABOUT TOUR and twenty priests al 0bt
10 noslces, SIX or seven Law brotbers
anS =: solnlnarists belonging to the dio.
RIM "1 for an equal number of coilegians.
"'ceis. Inc library consists of 40 O0n
res, many of them printed at the abbep
nte,s ps sHeh beng magnificent edition
''A hptcS, ana the content ia of n he
are almost beyond counting
= ICaQalenas Day)-This morpipo the
oeil pealed forth at five o'clock and call
inmates to their morninS n,; ann caHr
, '? SIX O'Clock, just as the first stre,Ls
'n 81. HIe making their way in through
rtar l windows of my room, and.
'O1, was out upon one of the terroco,
abbey. The mountains looked cold 90
/, ana and the valley at my feet was covered
b Iniok kd mist that hid every object from
'gers making their way up the hill side
IIklhg toward the church, for Caudlenas
lay, lay Is q strict holiday, and in Casino
90 ~ WIN peculiar veneration. The
.! the abbey is a glorious structure.
,SIeu the Carthusian Chapel of St Mar
NnPIes, mad reached to the very perfec-
= ti of In ecclesiastical decoration;
u OF Casino, think, transeends it, The
Oh Its pavement arc brilliant as the
piece OF the costIiest carpet while
iae form its walls bright as the
y! superb painting in oil the pillars
II marble in every variety of coIor-tba
ceiling, and every other ayatlabIe
% covered with exquisite frescoes the
re lnlaid with Lapis lasMH and the most
OF precious stones, and the effect of
re combination is exceedingly strikinn
ntiiul. The front of the organ ra!lery
ses up behind the principal altar. ~
IL Ghastely gilt, aud the carving of the
Tue monastic choir underneath il 10
i, very marvel of art and patience. Tho
ilSn Mass of the day was sung at III
'nu ,the picturesque scene which the
presented as they worshiped during
hot readily forget. At the close of
each one took blessed candle light
II hands, and a procession was formed
ne cIoisters outside the church. The
; very strange and very beautiful bra
lotoSraph could convey to you an ade
,,"n OF its picturesque character. r.
tue ceremonies had concluded il wac
or us to be thinking of our train, foD
q after another glance at the venar
stately old abbey and the olorio,,s
the midst of which 1t stands aFter
perfectly expressed but de.niv feIt
lgment of the kindness we h ID ra--z--
IN It's venerated fathers. we turned
'nce again towards st. Gerrnano. and
oil 10 Monte Casino.