The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1871-03-26
Morning Star ana Catholic Messenger.



Obisuary.--Died, ct the Mother House Of
the Sisters of Charity Of St. Vincent de
Paul, Emmeteburg, Nd, OH the morning OF
Friday, Dec. 3Oth, 1870, Mary Shawn re-
hgion Sister Anselm-the well-beloved Sis
ter Of Father Thomas A. Shaw, c. NJ, the
Rev. Director Of Seminarians. Sister An.
selm was possessed of truly religious
spirit, which had been fostered in pure
heart. It/found expression in manifold
acts of Kindness and benevOlence towards
the entering, as we'll as in self-denlal, ana
q reference of her every action to the great.
er honor and glory Of God. When Y. en-. D mt
shadow had obscured the brightness OF her
life, when the advantages and comforts
which she might expect seemed most al
Turing, when, in fine, the painful reality OF
o complete separation from her cherlshed
parent impressed it's awful truth upon her,
Mary Shaw did not turn from the sacrlhce
which she felt called upon, before God, to
make. And her parents, worthy OF 80 no.
BILE q child, bowed in pious acquiescencet
before the heavenly summons her child had
received. The young postuiant entered
After years saw her stationed at Syracuse,
N. Y, and in 1864 she made her vows at
Albany, N. Y. Sister Anselm will be fond
" remembered by some of our readers who
were associated with her at Dedham, Mass.
From Dedham the beloved deceased went
there was comsummated the holy pilgrim
age which had its first beginning eleven
years previously in La Sale, Ill. It's con-
clusion, sweetly sad, was marked by t. e
breathing forth of her spirit into the hands
of Him for whom that pilgrimage had been
performed. Among the consoling circum-
stances preceding the demise of Sister An
selm, was the visit which her brother, Rev.
Father Shaw, G. NJ, paid her several days
before that affecting event. Sister and
brother, united here below, as well by nat
ural ties as by q higher and hOlier union in
Christ, communed with one another for the
last time upon earth but it brought bless
ed contentment and resignation to both
hearts. Nowhere is Catholicity more
grandly great than at the death bed when
it there ministers to its own ministers it as
sumes o character which assimilates the
church militant to the church triumphant
even upon earth. Tho Catholic heart feels
keenly the sorrow which the death of be-
loved ones brings, but while it mourns it's
loss there is ever blended With its mourn
ing the cheering assurance which the
Church's final blessing brings.
Jesuit Missions in Brooklyn and Ne,c
York; most remarkable Mission has
been given, during the last three weeks, by
the Rev. Father Damen and other Jesuit
Missionaries, at the Church of Our Lady of
Mercy, Debevoise street, near De kalb
Avenue, Brooklyn. 1t closed on Sunday
and communions, of whom there were
about three hundred adults who made their
first communion, and were confirmed by
the Rt. Rev. Bishop Loughlin, on Wednes-
day, March 9Th, when the Sacrament OF
Confirmation was conferred on GU persons,
old and young. There were, also, as the
fruits of this Mission, thirty-five converts
who had never even in infancy, been Ca
tholics. Wherever Father Damen goes
there seems to be special gift of graces
and inspirations from on high, attending
his labors. He is eloquent, he is logical,
he ia holy in his life and his doctrines. But
there are more than these things accom-
panying him. The prayers, and self-deni.
ais, and penances, of the grand army OF
the Society of Jesus, are pleading before
the Throne of God for success to the Jesuit
Missions. And the long array of Saints
that belonged to the Order on earth, now,
in heaven, beseech God to make His way
known, and His name adored, among all
peoples. This is what makes the MISSIONS
of Orders and Congregations founded/by
Saints so especially successful The un-
sparing labors, and the earnest and loving
appeals, of Father Damen and his compan-
ions are a sweet odor rising mp to heaven,
but it helps all of them to keep their hui
mility, to know that the grace Of God,
without which all would pc vain, is due,
largely, to the prayers e thq Psee o. them
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES OO AnSes, 1so'
Rev. s. v. Ryan, Bishop Of Buffalo, con-
ferred Deaconship on Rows. Thomas ?.
Brougham and Eugene Cuseon, and Sub
deaconship on/Mr. John Gladden., in St. Jo-
seph's Cathedral, BufEalo. On the follow
ing day the Rt. Rev. Bishop visited the
Seminary of Our Lady Of Angels, suspen'
sion Bridge, N. r., and conferred orders
! on the following gentlemen: Priesthood
/ Reys. Thomas p. Brougham, Diocese o.
Buffalo; Eugene Cusson, Vicariate Apostle
lie, Nebraska. Deaconship-Revs. james
./O'Malley, Diocese Of Green Bay; p. F
Sheridan, and T. s. O'Reilly, Diocese o
Brooklyn; Martin Ryan, Diocese Of Buffa
10; John J. gladden., Diocese of Dubuque
Iowa; Ed. L. Mcclure, Diocese of Boston
A beautiful monument has been place
over the grave of the late Father Van de
Plas, in Blandford Cemetery, by the con
gregation of st. Joseph's Church, of Peters
burg, Va. 1t was during his ministry a
this church, and the absence of Rev. Fa
Their Malvey, that Father Van der Pla
died. He endeared himself greatly to tn
congregation, and, in erecting this monu