The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1871-05-07
Holy Week in Paris.

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For some years past the infidels Of PAsis
| have done ali they could do to express tbeas
hatred of Holy Week. NJ: de ST. BeDvo
dinner on Good Friday, at which I5oe'
guests partook, as q protest against the
Church and her Divine Founder. 1bs.
ceremonial of Holy Week this year han
been still more awful in the City of the
Revolution. Early in this week, at A. Ms
we believe on Tuesday, the Jesuit College
in the Rue des Portes was forced open and
visited by the agents of tho Commune.
Three or four Fathers were made prisoners
and the canaille 10 into the establish ment-
About tho same time the house of the
Dominicans on the Boulevard st. GermaiIo
was invaded, and the house of the Cspu-
chins and of other orders pillaged. 0n
Maunday Thursday the Archbishop of PariR
was arrested at p. NJ, together with nia
sister, Mile Darboy, and all his households
says that the Archbishop received notics.
several hours before that he was to be ar
rested, but that he declined to take fiighss
and preferred patiently to await the end,
reminding us herein of an incident in thx
life of st. Thomas of Canterbury, whose
history he had published many years ageG
man with a red scarf, accompanied by n
number of armed men, Threatened death: as>
any one who should interfere with ttIeIz>
making him prisoner The archiepiscopn3
pdiaCc was Cucu SACkeu uIRuC, anu CdEAA-
were going and coming till six o'clock the
next morning. The Archbishop has sines.
written letter to NJ. Theirs, asking TO,
lenleDt/ measures towards the NatiODnt
Guards, and recommending cOnciliatiOD-
On the same day, at half past 0-o'ofocR IN,
the evening, another band of NatioDo1
Guards, led by delegate of public instrao-
ton, forced their way into the House Of ths
Jesuits in the Rue de Sevres. The Fathers
were just sitting down to supper; the SOL
diers entered the refectorS, and said they
were thirsty; the Fathers helped them Is.
wine /; q search then began all over tbs-
house for arms and money, which lastel3
till III r. N. Finding nothing, the carried
off to the prison at Mazas the Pere OIivains,-
very well-known and highly esteemed
Father. and p. Caubert, rs hostages. Oez->
Good Friday the Jesuit School in the Rasr
Lhomond was broken into, guns were fred
and threats heard to bring up cannon il tko>
doors were not instantly thrown open. Yhs7
gentlemen of the Commune rushed in de-
stroyed everything they could lay their
furniture, and destroying the chemical
laboratory they then went down TO THE
cellars, and having gorged themselves with
wine, led off number of the Fathers an
captives to prison. The Infamous dinnersr
given by the freethinkers in former yearrs
on Good Fridays were exceeded in horrosf-
in the announcements to be read on thar
walls. The advertisements ran that &n
certain places on mdngerat du pretre, priee4
3 francs; children also Invited. What at
tually took place we know not yet. Il III
said that about 1000 persons have been eas5E
into prison, the greater numbey during
Holy Week many of these were ecelesiaa-
tics. taken simply in odium religions.
Among them were Mgr. Maret, Bishop OF
Sura,; M. de Query, Cure of the Made
leine, n venerable old MAJ of seventy
years of age, who has died of their treat
ment the Cures of st. Snlpice, St. SeveriDs-
| st. Angustin, some twenty Jesuits, and "a
number of other priests and religious"
| They have been crowded into small ND
Wholesome cells. From one of them Fa-
tier Hogan, an Irish Jesuit, was delivereS
| at the instance of the English Am bassadOH
| The Commune holds them as hostages, aDr@
threatens to murder them one by one II thes
Versailles Government are severe npoHs
their prisoners. 1t is not unlikely that, Ia :
the event of thorough defeat, the revoLC--
tionists will butcher them all IN the confn--
sion aud desperation of their last thrOes' o.
vengeance and hatred. Many OF tns
, churches have been sacked, among them
Notre Dame and the Bien Public says thoS
/. The most horrible profanath,DS cOnceivabfes
! have been committed ON the Blessed SacSS--
ment. On Holy Saturday a telegram an
! nouuced, as though to complete the series"
of acts OF hatred and mockery Of religions
r that the Commune had issued y decree 90
close the churches, and: THAI che pu Biz
. worship of God was forbidden. 0ue me- F0s-
, her of the Commune proposed to "re-
, establish the worship of the SuprenS1
Being" and another that of the Guddess ee
Reason. Both propositions were tiuaRy rs
jrcted az being, each of them, g tTOlS SsGS-
> tionnaires." In this manner then wa1
ushered in, in Paris, the Festival of Easter,
the mUckeTy of the Passion hring carries
, on beyond even week.-Tablct.