The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1872-02-25
Morning Star and Catholic messenger:
EBW ORLEANS. SUNDAY. FEBRUARY ". ie'I
DOKEsTIc CATHOLIC INTELL1GENcE. --

Reception of Choristers at tho Faut'sts'
Chwrch-On Friday evening, February
I'd, the Festival of the Fabrication OF the
Blessed Virgin Mary, an interesting .h Giu anu
of the Paulist Fathers. AS we have al
ready reported in our columns, the paa!ists
have made quite a thorough reform in their
church music, having adopted the Gregori-
an chant for all their services, chanted by
q chorus of forty-two voices, half men and
half boys. Under the tuition of the Choir
Master, Mr.. Edward Hurley, these choris-
listers have become in q very short time
competent readers and singers of the chant:
The result has been most favorable, and
listening to their singing at Mass or Yes.
pers, one can appreciate the language OF
the learned Archbishop of Westminster
who styles the Gregorian Chant .'the
sweet, devout, intellectual music of the
Church." On the occasion to which we re.
fer, the members of the chorus, associated
together under the title OF the Chorus OF
st. Cecilia" were solemnly received by the
Very Rev. Pastor, Father 'Hecker, as
Church choristers, in presence of the clergy
of the Community of st. Paul, and the
patrons of the chorus. The young men
and boys were all vested in chanter's dress,
consisting of cassock and surplice, and
ranged in seats prepared for them in the
Sanctuary Choir, where, henceforth, all the
singing is to be performed. The effect of
the chant heard from this part of the
church was truly grand and imposing. The
ceremony began by the singing Of the Veni
Creator Spiritus, followed by an invocation
of the Holy Patrons of the Chorus, namely,
the Blessed Virgin Mary, Conceived with
out Sin, as the PatrOness of the United
States; st. Paul, as the Patron of the
Church; St. Gregory as the one to whose
labors is due the system of chant adopted
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the Patroness of Music. The Rev. Father
Young, the Project of the chorus, then
read the constitutions of the chorus, and
made few remarks upon its organization
and spirit, adding that the Most Rev. Arch
bishop had heartily approved of the same,
and had appended thereto his distinguished
signature in token of his official sanction.
The members consist of, LIST, the Senior
Choristers; Cd, the Junior Choristers, and
Sd, Patrons, or affiliated members, who are
gentlemen and ladies of the parish. Father
Hecker then gave them his blessing, and,
all standing, the Te Deum was solemnly
chanted in alternate chorus by the Senior
and Junior Choristers. We have heard the
Te Deum arranged to music by different
modern composers, but to our thinking,
nothing 9 IN surpass or even equal the sub
lime old Gregorian melody. Whatever
may be the popular Judgment Concerning
the church cfants as style of music for
our churches and people of this age, we !
cannot but rejoice that there is an oppoItu-
nifty offered to those interested in the mat
ter, of hearing it sung SO devoutly as it is
by theSt. Cecilia chorus of the Church of
St. Paul the Apostlc.-N. y. Tablet.
The See Of Baltimorc.-Au of the secular
Journals and many protesting to be Catho-
lie, that have noticed the death of the Arch
bishop of Baltimore, give him the title of
Primate. He held among the bishops of
this country no such Office. He had, as the
Of al
honor but no primacy of jurisdiction. In
the National Council of Baltimore he did |
not preside as Primate. He was Apostolic |
delegate by special rescript for the occa-
sion. The oldest bishop in the United
States once requested Cardinal Barnabo to
obtain this dignity for Baltimore. The
Cardinal Project of the Propaganda re-
fused, intimating that the Holy See was OPP
posed to the establishment of n primacy in |
any country, whore it had not formerly ex-
listed. In the history of the Church it will
be found that most of the hereses that
gin or their encouragement in the prima-
tial Sees. In many other ways they have
disturbed the peace, broken the harmony
and impeded the progress of the Church.
1t is not probable that any superiority of
authority over other bishops of this coun-
timore. Certainly Archbishop Spalding
does not need the fictitious title to eild his
name or to enhance a reputation which is
all that his many admirers could desire
Cincinnati Telegraph.
Conpersions.-Rev. NJ. Marco, of St.
Patrick's Church, Long Island City, re-
ceived into the bosom of tho Catholic
Church, on January 2lst, John Travers,
formerly Baptist, and Daniel T. Ball,
Methodist; and on January 18th, Henry |
McEvoy, an Episcopalian and Thomas
Clarence, q Methodist.
The Report Of the Commissioner of Edu-
cation, besides certifying to the lamentable
fact that there are three millions of litter
ate natives of this country, shows that the
Catholics, beyond all the religious denomi-
nations, are cudeavoring to disseminate
education. OF colleges, the Catholics have
50 of theological institutions the Catho-
lies have II, with - Professors and s62
Students. No other denomination main
tains SO creditable a rank in tho Report for
1871.
SOLEMN CONSIDERATION OF TIE SOCIETY |
OF JESUS TO THE SACRED HEART.-Au
ordar JHas issued at the end of last wear, |