The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1872-11-17
Morning Star and Catholic MESSENGER.
HW oRrRANs, SUNDAY. N0vxNBER II. 1s7a!
IFrom Our Own CorrespondsnSl
OUR IRISH LETTE1.
DunL1N, Oct. s4th, is79.

yeyolt. Indeed ho seems 70 % getti1R SIy
80 30 unfortunately fallen. At the close OF
Isst week the Protestant Journals OF this city
with whom, doubles: the wi.h ~ .t go 1ssnef n 20
Morsn' s1o sID Intended on Sunday, to hurl at the
reverend gentleman and his supporters OF tho
Catholic faith tho aaathema Of tho greater az
tended to retaliate by accommodating the |
bishop The report, however, was false, and |
nsither excommunicatcd the other, Bat Dr. |
ssspei in Calian, and, As Il was the last day |
B1t one Of tho mission, which have aiready
3eld you . number Of the Augustinian Fathers |
have been given there delivered or. $3.50 ser%Sa ,s IN
hsguage warned the people thss Father
O,Keefe had no longer power to act - priess
and those who assisted at or received hi. min
Atration would thereby commit gr1evous
sin and would receive NO spirftusl benenk
II persons stilf adhered to the intsrdieted
Vriest, and to these he addressed ON Sunday.
thor oKsess II se said that the Bishop was afraid
10 excommunicate him, knowing that he,
cation; that he himself had the power to ex-
aommunicate the bishop; that the fourth
Council Of Latsran prescribed certain rules by
these rules had not in this ease been observed;
and he wound up by announcing that within
Ahe week lie would have writ served upon
him . suspended priest. Whether he has kept
his word or not, am not in position to say,
but should not be surprised if he had. True.
The unfortunate Slergyman has already 6yy,,sn an
and others. and ono would think that vas
enough for the present. Bat he is probably
b.oysd mp with the expectation that the Pro.
pathy, but pecuniary aid and, ,perhaps, he
viii not be disappointed. Hatred of the Ca
tAolio Church 10 90 strong feeling with the
Dltra or Orange Protestants OF this country
that any one who fights any sort Of fight
against that church scarcely ever aPpeals In
vein to the pockets Of these liberal and en-
week, the Lurgan Apprentice Boys who
aekieved SO disgracsful Q notoriety during the
-iots in the North and whose political and re-
VKeeffs,s as it is possible for it to be, have
ss Rsos fo1 sSs Is against
asslatioal tyranny and ptomised 70 .tamG ssnd
EAe Orange Journals, too, have commenced nus
case to the favorable considerations of their
readers, and one Of them.the Daily ErprcssI,
she heading Of "the O'Keefs Defence Fund"
These accessions, however,, to his side arc
mere than counterbsianced by the desersions
which during the last few weeks have been
very numerous among his own parishioners.
He could once boast that his own people were
with him, and long as he could do so, ne
position in the eyes Of the general public but
Dr. Moran's energetic measures and the recent
mission IN Cafian have opened the eyes or the
yestu unate business and ON Sunday last, when
she Augustinian missionaries were leaving for
3heir homes In Dublin, the reception that they
IaRd s al Ssass, - sss. I Father oKseffss friends
and supporters were no longer In the majority.
1t is hard to say what will be the next scene
this sad but at sn 1ne Sx
n the ss. extreme, though doubtless he win yes
BE- able to cause some scandal: ~as nea1
sAe National School Inspector who went to
execute some order of his superiors, was re-
pcted by force by Father Okeehe from the
ocisool from the managership of which the
reverend gentleman was sometime since dis
missed.
This unhappy quarrel between = Catholic Il
priest and his bishop Is constant source ol
satisfaction and enjoyment to our Protestant
journalists and Protestant churchnaeu and lay
men. But these gentlemen are soon to have
A long as-and this had. Of course. been tbs
case up to the time when the Protestant
ahnrch was disestablished and (partially) dis
tors, and curates, were certain Of being paid
By tho State; as long as they had State-sup
ported bishoprics and incnnbencies TO pat
sever gave even the slightest hint that they
did not believe in the doctrines Of their church
Bat now when the church is disestablished
from it indeed-but SO managed that they will
Sor the most part fall into the hands Of th'
present generation of incumbenta and tba
3hus the next generation is liable at least to b.
]sft dependent on the voluntary contribution
Of their Aocks our Irish Protestant gentry ar
waking up to the thought that many of tn
most essential doctrines of their church ar
nero fudge or lies and that bishops or indee'
any ordained ministers ut all are unnecessary
1t was all very well to have bishops when yo
lad not 10 pay them, or when you could pu
yOur youngest son into the church at hand
a0me salary paid by the State but the case i
different now when neither of these condition
any longer obtains. OF course, they do no
say just yet that bishops and olergymen ar
eseless. Bat it is pretty clear that they ar
coming to that when they propose, as they do
"that the acknowledgment in baptism of
real and definite spiritual benefit from the OF
dinance should be omitted OF diluted; that 81
4erations should be made in the Office for Hol.
Communion having for their practical effec
nothing less than a declaration that there 10 n
presence ia the elements or connected wit
Sheir reception other than one to the though
81 the memory of the receiver; that the gif
OF sanction of the Holy Spirit In ordination