The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1871-11-12
1 THAT BRING GL2BlTTDINGs OF GOOD rHINost"
sG. NOVEMBER IL, 1871.

r. . q = !
and the blasphemer, the inqusitive sigat-seer,
all are inside the sacred walls, by authority of
the King, aud in defiance Of Almighty Goa
This is what hsppened in Rome on the snni-
versary of the battle of Lepanto, Oct. 11th, Mt
the very threshold Of the Quirinal and st.
Mary Major. This is how such crimes are !
committed; and this is how the Lord takes
care that they SHAH have witnesses. hardly |
know what attraction led my steps towards |
st. Mary Major; vas not thinking about the |
anniversary of Lepsuto nor about the general |
Catholics to that noble bssiiica, nor about tho
body of st. Plus ", TINT day, by Papal pri-
viiege, exposed for the venerasion of the faith
ful but vet my eSrly walk brought me to st. |
Mary Major. and whom had entered, / seemed I
myself il the midst Of those grand functions.
body Of the saiated POPE lpias ),awhsab do.
cay still spares and compared the features, |
still 80 marvellously perfect, with thoae Of the
watch 30 calmly and confidently over the holy |
tomb. said prayer, took one moro look At
the relics, and then walked out Of 81. Mary
the snhiugat{on of hsresy, the beaati6ostion
| and rsatorAttoc of Rome, on the triamphaof
| the hne arts, and all the othor grand sss0eiA-
| up. You win ssy am one Of those who i've
| in the dreams of the pest, bHt soon yon shall
have q taste of the realities Of the present.
stands tho Convent of Camaldolsse Nuns Of st.
Antony on the Esquiline. 1t 10 large edifice,
I and stands upon land that once belonged TO
the cssE 81 Masy Mais .n shs s.sn
from Dauphine, hence called aAlfsssi;s subxs-
quentlyit was made over to another community,
and came, after several other yicissitudes in
the reign of Plus vi, into the hands of the
u Camaldolese Nuns, who still reside there in
strict enclosure. The Convent is extensive
bess named Donna Msria Angela di st. Filippo
Apostolic, who belongs to the noble Roman
house of the Ricci. There are in it fifty Rel-
who educate large number of girls, and be-
, stow large aims on the poor ont of very moder-
; ate resources. As was crossing the Piazza Of
! st. Mary Major, generally 80 calm and still, /
7 of persons collected here and there, men in
3 military costume were hurrying to and fro,
r choristefs about 1 mixed in some of these
groups, and heard such EXPLANATIONS as these
/, "They are not Romans" Look ut the ches-
q nut dealers" Ga name Of contempt for the Pied
STATIONS all aronnd of anger and indignation.
: was now sA. NJ. 1 went into the Convent,
q and there found Garavaglia, Colonel of En-
u gineers.fn civilian dress; two officers in uni.
Y form, and o score or so of soldiers, gendarmes
4 and pioneers, who were standing before the
}; door Of eue!cs.re.' With them was the notary
u process -rerbal of the proceedings. heard thes,
> men ask to see Donna Maria, and on the up
l. pear ance of the Lady Abbess they proceedet
9. to demand, in the Kings name, entry into tb
p house. The Abbess replied that the door
d were closed by order of the Pope, and that sh
c. could not open them except on production @
a. an order from the proper ecclesiastical authoi
:, ity. The Colonel repeated his demand twc,
40 but the Abbess still made answer that it wa
" not lawful for her to open the doors. The
o. the portals of the convsntnaI enclosure wer
E.,nn nap wit nn nrt1f
to soldiers and number of vehicles entere,
st Notice was served upon the nuns that the
CHI had eight days to leave the convent, and thu
ga an aliniony of $3.50 lire was assigned them Fl
al their support as compensation for the abot
% they were about to be deprived of. In En-
~, ea iish money ESQ, or "a per aHmam for each
oe the so clustered nuns i; to say nothing of ii
IA novices, lay-sisters, and the poor.1 Tho Poi
A has, x hear) given them an asylum in the Co
!iG went of Santa Savannah in Porta Pia STh
p-1 was but the second act of the tragedy. II
or first had come off two hours earlier in the neig
If borbood Of the Qnirinal. At the Convent
"a the Carmeiite Nuns of st. Theresa, at 6:30 th
10 same morning, the above named Garavagl
eie and Bobbio, had gone with their trus
ne attendants to the gate. enclosure
a TO the Cardinal-vicar of Rome, who Inform
of them in the name of the Cardinal Vicar,
,ad reply TO their demand for admission In t
h;a Kings name, that the ecclesiastical enclosr
.hs could not be thus violated. delegate
Ine public safety" in q scarf then gave three su
as monses, the Vicarial Secretary replying to ca
cir by q protest in the name Of Catholic law, ci
cry law and natural right. He was ordered
is.n hold his peace. Crowbars and hammers W
then brought into requistion and an en-
effected. Then the unsatisfactory p
GNU nounced the following words: I" Now that
we sacrilegious deed 10 completed, now that n
a Of have broken down with axe apd hammer
tha copsecrated gate of refuge Of tie virgins of
. .no Lord-men trampling under foot the sac
lts rights of property-I protest against the sci
reed the name Of outraged religion, in the NAME
The humanity, in the name Of these poor, defer
1Re- less women" About noon visited this Q
COR vent, which only q few hours previously !
ava- be "a the abode of prayer. Tho workmen
en- ALREADY thrown down the partition Wala
andI the interior. took aud kept an image Of