The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1871-12-17
DIOCESE OF xArcHrz.
VISITATION.


VISITATION.
Since the 18th Of November, the Bishop has
been visiting the congregations under the care
Of Rev. F1orimond J. Blanc, in the northeast
ern portion Of the State.
Sunday, November 10Th, Confirmation was
administered in tho Church. Of st. Francis. dc
Sales, Aberdeen, Monroe county, Miss, to six
persons, of whom five were converts. This
little congregation numbers in all about thirty
/ souls, of whom eleven are converts. The
church was bought from the Primitive Bap-
fists, and blessed on the feast of the ImHacu-
late Conception, 1866, when the first convert
was baptized and confirmed.
Thursday, November I'D, at the house of
Mr.. Hugh Carr, near Comargo, in the Same
county, were confirmed five. At this place,
there were no converts, properly speaking, but
| it gave extraordinary satisfaction to witness
the recitation, of the cstechism by the children.
| At Father Blanc's first visit, in February last,
| none Of them knew any part Of their cate
chism. and now, in November, they were able
| to answer correctly and readily to every ques-
tions in the book.
Friday, the Path, ut the house Of Mr.. Daniel
Brady, near Mooresville, in Lee county, were
| confirmed eight. Here again the children had
learned the whole catechism through in Q few
months.
Saturday, the 25th, at the house of Mr..
Daniel Long, near Juyelo, the number of per-
sons confirmed was five, Of whom. one was
convert. A second convert was baptized, an
adult, but there WAS no opportunity to give
her confirmation. The entire congregation
numbers twenty persons, of whom six Of
one family lately received into the church.
Sunday, 26th, at Corinth, Alcorn county, five
were confirmed. The plumber OF Catholics is
between Thirty and forty. A very fue lot has
been lately bought for building church.
Very Rev. j. B. Mouton is soon to resume the
charge of this place and Iuka.
Monday, Nov. Goth, at Iuka, Tishemingo
county, three were confirmed, all converts,
married persons, whose five children were bap-
tized recently.
Wednesday, Nov. goth, at Saltillo and near
it, confirmed sixteen, converts five three Of
these were mothers and their ten children
were all baptized within the past year by Fa-
Their Blanc. Here again it was edifying to see
four children recite the entire Catechism per-
fectly well, and four others who were nearly
equal to them. How is it that our children in
in their Catechism, after they have been learn
ing it two or three years; these children liv-
ing in the woods, poor and almost without
school, have in fewzmonths, learned the
whole of it SO perfectly 1t 10 the fruit of their
industry awakened in them by the zeal of
their pastor and the attention of their parents.
Father Blanc stimulated them by exho,tations
and admonitions- to both parents and children.
out of his scanty means. He was punctual in
never failing to ask the lesson, at every visit;
and he did it when parents and all were pres
ent, SO that their presence was itself stimu-
lus to the children. And it was no little bene..
fit to the grown persons themselves to listen to
the recitations and refresh their own memory
of the chief truths of religion.
Saturday, Dec. I'd, at Black Land seven were
confirmed. Here again five children went
nearly through the whole Catechism in a very
satisfactory manner. One of the families We
met there had not seen priest in twelve years,
but Father Blanc found them out.
Sunday, Dec. Sd, at Pontotoc, Pontotoc coun-
ty, four were baptized of whom three were
converts, one was confirmed.
Tuesday, Dec. 5th, at Okolona, Chickasaw
county, one, convert was confirmed.
Thursday, Dec. 9TH at the Chuckatonche, one
was confirmed. On the previous day three
were baptized of family which had not seen
priest for twenty-seven years till within the
past year. Thus during this trip over eight OF
nine counties, fifty eight persons were confirm
ed seventeen of whom are converts.
PRoDUCTs OF FRANCE.-France, with an
area of 1872 100000 acres-22, 000, OF less than
Texus-p produced in 1868 $50, 600, 600 bushels of
wheat the United States in the same year
produced but 240, 900 bushels. In 1867 we
while France exported $l1, 000, 600 of butter
alone to spread upon it; or more butter in
money value than al our breadstuffs together.
against i7OOOOOOO for the United States; TO-
DOC, 600 bushels rye against our 90, 100000 co.
100000 bushels barley against our 70 600, 600;
100000. And though her grazing area and