The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1870-05-08

itself over the Australian continent, and
the neighboring islands, carrying with It,
wherever it 10 found, innumcrable spiritual
and temporal blessings. St. Bridget's Con-
vent Ventd AOg sy, ::yssshe a. Mvosa, will be
The Right Rev. Dr.. NJ. Quinn, Bishop of
and the Right Rev. DR.. Murray,
Bishop of Maitland, viii be present on the
auspiciOus occasion, and it is hoped that
bis Grace,>the Archbishop Of Sydney, will
ind it convenient to preside at the cere-
monies. The Very Rev. M. McAlroy, V. g.,
of his labors to provide the
people of Albury with the invaluable
of the Sisters of Mercy, and
the good Sisters themselves may jueUy be
felicitated upon beginning their career in
Albary under such encouraging auspices.
The organization of Catholic societies APP
pear to be proceeding with remarkable
success in the Archdioceseof Sydney. The
half yearly meeting of the Brethren of the
Holy Catholic Guild of St. Mary and St.
Joseph took place in the hall of st. Mary's
Seminary There were between three and
four hundred members present in their
Guild costumes. The Chaplain, the Rev.
M. j. Dryer, took the chair, after which
the Secretary then read the balance sheet,
which showed that, after paying all ex-
penses, there was q considerable sum
carried to the credit of the Society's funds,
which now amount to over $4,000. Not
withstanding the large amount paid for
sick relief, over f25O during the half year,
there remains to the credit of the Society's
funds, after paying all demands, the hand
some sum Of G442 22s. 1Od. Of this sum,
eos 12s. Cd. was added to the Widow and
Orphan and Totally Destitute Orphans
Fund. Respecting the wish of his Grace,
the Arch bishop, and more especially in re-
gard to the interest the venerable prelate
&<>1 1,011 thx,
report says:-" Whoever is for ignorance,
we are for Neutrality-suspicious. breads the
light, we love it. Again, we must be astir
if we would carry out the intentions of our
venerable founder, who would have this
Guild of ours q reflex of the best Of these
venerable Institutions of our fatherland,
with its hall and library, and various other
adiuncts, in accordance with the progress
of the age, for the moral and social i'm
provement of its members"
The annual examination Of the children
attending the school of st. Mary's Presenta-
ton Convent, and presided over by the
religieuses, were quite satisfactory. The
Cork, was the first to establish Convent
schools after the Reformation, and the
sixty eight converts of the order in Ire
land, with many branches in England,
India, America and the colonies, will per-
petuate the name of this illustriOus lady.
The Presentation Nuns in Hobart Town,
true to their calling, on their arrival in
children, and their efforts have been bless
ed with the greatest success. The infant
school alone commands an attendance of
upwards of seventy children, making, with
the two other free schools, an average at
tendance throughout the year of about two
hundred and forty. The Very Rev, the
Vicar General, and the Revs. p. r. Hen
nebery, Woods, and D. F. X. Beechinor,
conducted the examination of the children,
and the answers elected displayed in a
most satisfactory manner the great progress
made dnring the year. In the afternoon
the children again assembled, and were
entertained in a most kindly manner by
the Lady Superior.
The Sydney Freeman's Journal, in dis
GUESSING the glorious results of the school
examination, says - The result of the
school examination has been to u.s. and, we
feel sure, to all Catholics and lovers of
progress in this country, source of the
greatest qualification. AS most intimately
connected with the welfare, spiritual and
temporal, of Catholics are the records in
teresting of the good work done by the
Catholic seminaries in New South Wales.
The reports of the examiners of the class
exercises of the students of st. Mary's
College, Lyndhurst, of the pupils of St.
Stanislaus' School, Bathurst, and the COM
Bath urst, and the Dominican Convent,
West Maitland, shows the very satisfactory
advancement made by the pupils in these
schools. On these schools the Catholics of
this country look as the foundation of a
great system of Catholic education, the
continued development of which will be
intimately connected with the spread of
enlightenment and Christian knowledge to
the most remote districts of the colony.
On the progressive prosperity of these
schools everything which we value as Ca
tholics will, for the future, depend, and
our hopes will be centred in the salutary
influence which we may reasonably expect
to see exercised by the pupils on the
social habits ard opinions of this cOmmu-
nifty. Some of these schools have been
only very recently established, and their
wonderful growth is, on that account, the
more surprising. The converts in Bath
urst and Maitland have not been in exist
ence more than couple of years, and from
the reports from these institutions will be
seen the eagerness with which Catholics
avail themselves of the advantages which
they offer. They also show the great want
that must have been felt for first class Ca
tholic schools before any were established
in these districts. The nuns who conduct
these schools are, as is well known, ladies
of high ability.
TEN CENTs.-This is only a dime; yet Judi
number OF cents In these days, when taxation bids
fair absorb all the lie blood the body polite and
abe physical body we'll behooves every person but
especially heads OF fames 60 look around and adopt
which will leeaen exDeHses i,h tha