The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1871-02-05

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;, deacon in T. Protestant Episcopal Church.
= We have sSe received intelligence Of an
other casaG the ,sause- Kind. in. the person
of Mr.. Pc. Seabrook, late of Burlington
NORTH sEolina, where his father, an Epis-
copal sargyman, is still preaching. He had
nearl completed his studies for the Epis-
! cOpa &mlnistry when his attention was
direbed to the perusal of the Fathers of
thesarly Church and the lives of the Saints
Tese opened up in his mind new
ln to abjure Professionalism and cast
Ihs lot with that of the saints and
martyrs whose lives and sufferings
nave led him into the one true Church
EOn Sunday, the Sth inst, he was publicly
received Into the Catholic Church at st.
Paul's Church, Burlington, and received
his First Communion on the 18th inst. in
the same Church, at the hands of tho pas
tor, Rev. Father Kirwan. Mr.. Seabrook
will. continue his ecclesiastical studies at
Seton Hall College, South Orange, N. j.,
preparatory to his entering the Catholic
priesthood. Rev. George Drane, the Rev.
Chancellor of the diocese of Newark, was
ordained from the institution. May we not
hope it will yet become the alma mater of
many convert to our holy faith.-Catholic
Standard.
The following is the account referred to
above:
South BctlGehcm.-The Feast of the Holy
Name was celebrated with unusual solemni-
ty at the Church of the Holy Infancy, Rev.
Michael G. McEnrOe, Pastor. a very i'm
portant and gratifying feature in this days
solemnities, was the reception into the Ca
tholic Church of the Rev. William T. Boone,
Al, Al. II
"a newspaper published in this town. and
formerly a Deacon in the Episcopal Church.
In the presence of an unusually large con-
gregation, he ahjured the errors which
heretofore he prOfessed, and prayed for adj
mittance into the one true fold. Mr.. Will
liam T. Boone was born at ST. Johns, New
foundland, aud is the Oldest son of Rev. j.
Boone, rural Dean of that diocese. He
studied theology at Kings College, Wind
sor, Nova Scotia, to the curacy of which
parish he was ordained December 23d, 1866.
He subsequently, served temporarily la the
diocese OF Albany as minister of st. Paul's,
Oakhill, N. Y. After months of hard study
and anxious cares, he became firmly con-
vinced that the Roman Catholic Church il
the one true fold, outside of which there 10
no salvation. He Immediately resigned his
letters of order, September, 1870, and be-
gan to prepare himself with the greatest
austerity and care to enter the Catholic
Church. His efforts were crowned with
success, and on Sunday, the 18th inst, he
became an humble member of our Holy
Church. The ceremonies were solemn and
impressive, and from the deep and earnest
attention paid to them there is no doubt
but that those present were deeply i'm
pressed and highly edited.
Bishop Mcfarland as Lecturer.-Some
of the most eloquent, instructive and at the
same time interesting lectures OF the sea-
1alv hu tho
Bishop Mcfarland since his return from
Europe. A few weeks ago he delivered,
at ST. Joseph's Church, in this city, a lee
ture on his travels through European coun-
tries, which was, the least to say, a per-
feet master piece, and was admitted by all
who heard it the most able and interesting
lecture ever heard by them. In accordance
with the repeated requests of many literary
persons of the audience, the good Bishop
has consented to repeat the same lecture at
his own Cathedral, on Sunday evening, the
22d inst, the proceeds to be devoted to q
charitable cause.-Proridence IN. H. Re
lteiU.
A large and influential meeting of Ca
tholics took place in the city of Detroit on
the Did ult., at which the Rt. Rev. Bishop
Burgess presided. An address was adopted,
expressive of sympathy for his Holiness,
and resolutions passed condemning Victor
Emmanuel's conduct.
a NeU CGthOHc Cnufch IN NcUdfh, ". u.
The Newark Journal says that plot of
ground lib feet on Broad street by 21S on
Emmett was recently purchased of John
Watts Kearny, Esq, Of Louisville, Ken
lucky, as the site of the Catholic church
in that section of the city.
Mr.. John Carse, a Protestant gentleman of
Erie, Penn, lately presented to Ri. Rev.
Bishop Mullen, of that diocese, a magnifi-
cent gold headed cane, for the kindness of
the Bishop extended to the donor during
his visit to Rome last winter.
The Catholics of Waterloo, N. Y, con-
template the erection of u new church edi
fee, during the coming year, at n cost of
twenty-fve thousand dollars.
The Italian Catholics of st. Louis are
about to build church in that city.
A new Catholic church has just been
completed in Emerald, Kansas.
ST. CHESS AT Observation-Disclosures
one of the bleakest and hardest days which
it is to be hoped, the present winter has in
store for MS, witnessed the first of the dim
ners which during the winter months the
Rev. G. w. M'Cree gives weekly to the
starving children of St. Giles; How he