The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1871-07-09

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turess no matter what their color or nation.
afity, as beings having souls to save. She
mas never been slow to place within their
! reach the "glad tidings" of salvation
catholic missionaries have sacrificed their
hves In Asia, Africa and America in the
noble enort to instruct the natives in the
doctrines Of Christ and free them from
their spiritual bondage. In our own day
and country the noble work continues, and
great missionary move is being made in
favor OF the emancipated blacks. No sooner
vas the Emancipation Act passed, than the
torai urging immediate preparations for
tue instruction of the blacks. The learned
bishOp of Charleston at once conceived the
idea of colonizing the blacks and of giving
them immediate religious instruction. In
Cnerieston the blacks have now church of
charge of Rev. Aloysius NJ. Folchi. In
Baltimore the large church of st. Francis
Xavier, under the pastoral charge Of Rev.
Peter Miller, 8. j.. is for the exclusive use
Of the colored people. In Louisville, KY,
Rev: ;. L. Spalding,. s. T. L., (nephew Of
has just erected st. Augustine's Church, for
tho coiored people. In Warrington, d. c.,
the chapel Of Blessed Martin de Porras, at
tended by Rev. Felix Berotti, 10 for the ex-
elusive use of the colored people. These
are few of the churches that we now re-
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nee Of colored Catholics, but let any one
enter the Cathedral in Baltimore, and
within the walls of that sacred edifice will
be found large number Of pious and ex-
empiary colored people worshiping there
sunday after Sunday. Rev. F. E. Boyle,
the eloquent Pastor of st. Peters, on Capt.
tol Hin, Washington, has been appointed
by the Most. Rev. Archbishop Of Baltimore
to look after the spiritual welfare of the
colored people of Prince Georges, st.
Mary's and Charles Counties. This por-
ton of Maryland is filed with colored Ca
thollcs; Father Boyle has found them to
be good, practical Catholics, and he has
been warmly and gratefully welcomed by
them as the representative of the Most Rev.
Archbishop.
Father Boyle will proceed in q few days
TO Charles County, where he will give six
Conferences, and thence to st. Mary's
County, where he will give some Ave or six
more. Father Boyle has entered into the
work assigned him by tho Most. Rev. ArchH
bishop with the energy and good will of q
true missionary, and he feels confident of
the most successful results, and as an evil
dence OF the great good thus far accom-
piished, it may be mentioned that q colored
woman in the Marlborough congregation
has been the means of the conversion of
more than fifty Of her own race and color.
simply by her ability to read and explain
the Catechism to them.
Besides the labors of Rev. Father Boyle
the colored people are working among
themselves, quietly, it is true, but effectu-
ally. Since 1923 the colored Sisters of
Providence have been established in Balti-
more, and have been very successful in the
good work they have in hand. Tho same
order was established in this city lat 43O
Lombard street) in 1863. In New Orleans
there is an asylum for colored girls con-
Quoted by the Sisters Of Providence, while
tho Sisters Of the Holy Family devote
themselves, besides teaching q school of
colored children, to preparing great num-
Dor OF Catholic colored girls and women
for their First Communion.-Baltimo
Mirror.