The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1871-08-20

sonaries. forever preaching and teaching:
g ss wSs d q .ss so %:ss
Eo,low ma from Zone to Zone, from the sun. .
lesa cline of the Frigid to the over;heateo
Torrid from the rising of the sun to the SET +
ting thereof and to6 w we n those
tai Vir0ins. those Hand Maids of the Church, =
teaching, refining, elevating their seq s?reaI i1
ing christianity and q" Ct perform
ing their self abnegating, self-sacrfcing works
of charity and mercy, q
Fearing nogeh. but God
Tr Rsstlgr e :n sas sil1n sed I
1t jsa universally recorded and Wen kaown
fact of history, that during those times OF per
s Sv nostsrior historians the dark ages"
| when ali other schools OF science ana OF .esin
| inc were crushed beneath the crimson car OF
h hv the bloody hand of Mars, the Church alone
| preseryed, unadulterated, her teachers ana 9er
schools; and to her is the world indeDse% lon
swept away. and from them have flown the
sc;ences and arts of the world-.GeograRhy'
Astronomy Logic, KhesoI sc;epaes. in Catholic
Paintings, that seem to need but the breath OF
life to make them real are iouno o IN n hut the
pulsing blood to make them move are :. nGas.
In Rome and there alone. Music-the M'se-
that asTains from the angelic
me gnnS the Throne above, is heard in the
= Sixtine Chapel in Rome, and there a.one'
hsUsion and ability Of man. is found in Rome:
poetrv was Graded there. Rome fostered the
! first physicians of any note. our Jaw cuU ,st
are filed with Justnian law The orator mus must
: be Ciceronic to be perfect. How well ana truly
then did Macaulay the greatest OF hisso a1ahs
denominate the Catho1e Gnra re a a. Our Ca
u q shos;c COLLEGES and converts are acknowledged
;, to be the best and most successful schools III
the land and yet they are ct ens nther denomi
= mat;ons and their ministers. But in spite OF
% ali this opposition, and their strenuous EFFORTS
10 to put them down. still tney 4 tha chaSrin
sney d;ssUnontment Of those who would rejoice
~ to see them fail. And here l must say that
- En"wn Of Catholic college OF convent, or
mr. even day school, once established that ever
ts failed. .ho +,,,.
o. inc times Of her late civil war take all her
in cities that had Catholic schools before the wal
and show me the school existing then that Is
Mt not existinp now and that did not, in almost
re every instance, continue during the war AND AND
ID. in most of them, as here in Shreveport you
nd will find many of the same teachers, IN nv ~
mt arduo1s duties you might have seen tneli
CHI ten, fifteen twenty years ago-no poorer, 10
they could not be- no h ioI the face of al
70 hi; S onnosition met with our Catholic school
i've succeed so well, when others fail and pas
cir aways will answer ths queeeioo. Go4,,n,;
The is no mystery; to any understanding Catnol
ay it is no problem difficult to solve Inc reason
md simply this Our schools go hand IN hama er'th on
.ss. ,eIaion wherever you find Catholic Chnrci
een thsra also will you almost invariably find ca
@ tholic school; our schools are but brancnes ~.
ved parts of that tchole the Church, and the Dis,
aar Treator who established the Church, promised
af- he with her all days, eren to the consanmat.o
nm of the ,rorld, and he therefore gave TO thi
by Church the power and wisdom, tbe ele'iieu
the and req urements necessary for the proper III
and snccessful management of all her parts. II
all Telioious organizations known as Orders
of Communities in the Church: the nVes o. VIM .I
"a maubers are devoted solely to God, whose rul
ale. and REGULATIONS are based upon their religit
the and it's principles constitute the main eeme
per- requisite for the successful management Oh I'll
and branch of the Church, her schools. .
With Now, what are the traits and characteristi
,rks of that element, which renders it so eminent
fit for its occupation, ana 80 ;ooy ..
the aimsf Observe their lives read their rul
nag understand their religion, and yon Will at on
know and see the secret OF their succe
hisel First, the Church teaches us that we are I
mar created for this life alone but for another
T. in a better; that each one of us has rood.'0
PAST, that God fits every man and every woman
certain station and calling in life, and gra
hose them the Craces and wisdom requisite for
tain proper filling of that vocation. The mem3
,ring of these communities have satlshed tnemsel
the they have o religious calling-that OF aevot
o the themselves to teaching and works of char
the for the honor and glory of God.
royal The Church, in wisely regulating anu /
Il tell tecting these communities affords her chllo
7e no the means of most perfectly filling those
gious vocations
lamp Their rules and regulations are rigidly
Mann tuous, temperate, self-abnegating; Ihey
nerce make vows of poverty chastity anu opeoLe
/, the vows from the heart conscentlous vows, ~
Us our man. or to each other, but before tne aiVaf
=, to q in presence of each other, and to God
shaft, utter aloud their sacred, solemn vows Id.
d only aside the world, even to their names
him clothing and assuming those the chu oF
man. fers. Hence, you see thelr oGJecO ID nov ~,
Ithless Individually, they do not work for money;
salaries they reSSivs no and pay
Take none. They do not work for worldly fan
% dry glory for the world does not even know e
ntains The world they have forgot
waters Have cast aside SnSr CARP e anu onna
ructify mo IneS Knows not '
us 4 a Their retired life, their rigid rules, their
et;~to nerate habits must satisfy you that they
u.s. his no pleasures. Hence you see, that tnel f
Ssr nf cv not from any worldly or meroenary mt
,e that not from any hope Of reward H. OF gam mn,
y 'ne, nf }a;tbfnlly fulfilling their vocation, tn