The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1872-12-15
Record Of asrman Persecution.
LIBERTY AS uspxRsroop IN PRUSSIA.

With his parents near sse!nfurt in "a
hsying obtained permission from his religious :"
superiors to say his first Mass IN the PHii III. n
family. On tho morning following ms sIrt tn
= messenger came from the civil authorizes pl
with dspasch which Prov ef1sst that the Sc =;
Young man must declare, within twen!y-.UI b
hours, before the "Amtmann" (the civil anu ~ b.
by letter 20 the Same authority, whether no :,
was q Jesuit, OF in what relation ne stoou ~
the Society. The Father instantly ~g Iasuit. =
adding that he only proposed to remain = ie
days in his home for the benefit OF ms nea H. s
as he had done several times cei h;eS he was
told that he must on no account say n.ass, ;sh Z
at the same time orders were sent TO the paLssn :
proceedinr was not to be permitted. The an-
thorities assured the Father that these mea-
sures not taken by them on their owh ha as
sponsibility, but that strict orders had oeen {
sent to all mayors Of towns and other otncials ,
| "to keep any Jesuit under strict snrveiilahss,
and not to alloy them to Say Mass, Or Of. exercise
phalian Mercar cells this tale, adding thas .ne
IA a.neY q. question is we'll known to the eoito.
of that paper, We hear . great dea i nt1 The
| solidity of tho new German Empire: euch Plo
| ceedipgs as the above hardly bear OUT tnese
statements really strong empire, pre- ene
strength, woald hardly need to take suca IN
fniteIy petty precautions against oooS Of
peaceful po alsnsss ;,lorieai who
ssv with . face of terror, "For Heavens sake,
don't pray for our conversion"
CONVENT SCHOOLS CLOSED.
The town of Constance has in vain attempt.
to as
;. from Paderborn-whose convent school Tor the
= higher classes was, and has boon for years. the
: DO allowed to remain there and keep their
r school open. The Government has refused,
% and has notified to the Sisters that they arc
II forbidden for the future to open or keep open,
"a any educational establishment, or to exercise
= the Office Of teachers of any branch of know
:, ledge. So the Sisters will have to close their
> school Immediately, in the middle of the scho-
lastic half-year. &
=. PROTESTANT VIEWS OF THE FuLDA MEMoRAN-
VI DUN.
y, The Cologne Vo1ks Zeitung, of the 9th of No.
a. yember, contains the following correspondence
Of from Fnlda: The appearance of the German
~ Bishops Memorandum, and the discussion to
which it has given rise In the press, has led to
the veriGcation of this fact, viz, that all those
no of the German Protestant pastors, who have
nd not completely turned their back on Christian
,ir ity itself, take exactly the same view OF the
h. present struggle between Church and State as
y" the Bishops, and have adopted precisely. the
same standpoint that which the German
Episccpate openly and straighfor ardlJ de-
clares it has adopted and will maintain. The
N, Hcssischen Blafter, which is the organ of the
Evangelical" clergy of Electoral Hesse, ex
presses precisely the same sentiments, The
ts Catholic Episcopate only asks of the state thai
ed which the Evangelical Church niust also de
g- mand, that the Catholic Bishops in the par par
. which they have taken in favor of Christi anity
which is attacked by the State, are quite ~
IN the ri ght, ant. that by the position they hay
md assumed, they have stood. forward as tho de
in tenders Of the whole fabric of Christian mol
of Atty" The Cologne paper adds that sue
ear honesty is very pleasant to mees anu VI, IL,
in it is rejoiced to see sincere So
tn scious Of the fact that it is Oh heather
nts ism against Christianity in ever form, Protes
;. 80 ant as we'll as Catholic, which Is no" De'n
- | carried on
- s11ppREssroN OF CATHOLIC CoNFEATERNIr1l
.Sn' AMONGST STUDENTS.
The Ge,mania of November 5, reports TIL
az a few days back, o ministerial order arri1s
inc at Bonn, by which the "Confraternity OF ..
Say, LADY for Students was declared to be "di
ion, solved" The Rector Magnfcus, Dr. Mas
etc. the head of the university Tor the tithe .
Ion ing-sept for all the students who were mel
two bers of the Confraternity, ard read the law
a re- the 4th of July to them. by which all cong1
ax cations or confraternities which were IN
tha iation" with the Society of Jesus, We're
, 'no clared dissolved. The students observed tn
~. the confraternity had not even been found
have by a Jesuit, but by Canon of Bonn, Dr. La
most merit actually parish priest of St. Peters
the Bonn and was not even directed by Iesn
and The University Judge-lthe students a
8 en- Professors have speciai CouI', piesuou q,
f the by judge, Tor Trying az Sucn
present observed that at all events the G
fraternity was affiliated to the Prima
o,e maria" in Rome, which was directed by Jesu
the The hector assure .ne .. III hi only.
t our hao Lo n1hu =. ~ ~. - go q, nostive order fir
dis us MS Snrernment Tbereupon the students
ames clared that they should appeal, and reqnefs
cted, a written order of dissolution. This the
pos tor was constrained to refuse them ne nay a
It the had special orders also to tnao ense' 80
nina result Of this proceeding ~ Ln4 ~ t%e anne
as a have no power Oh spp a dsc,arsd fiat II
their courts, 9nu, as f'.ysd then they will dec
alone s;5er shs confraternfty as dissolved
occa- sIon soon. "contipues the Germdnid,
Arch the pleasipp spestacle of between two
emily, three hundred German students being esco
vious over the frontiers of tho empire oy tne Pc
sdraf. and this will happen at all our roTor
ebra for in almost al mere 81, - s;m;as canfrste
clave OF Catno among s'"ueH'0' "DN
ed to Ties eAl'' -. ,,,c1sr
presi- CLOSING OF CONVENT sohooiS
IRA The Convent schools here, TOO, nave reoe
"A lNu | orders to close ana wlLnln u