The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1872-10-20

II monk or nun OF Ol0 VINO went preaching |
the gospel to the heather. or who went es-
Y tablishing hospitals and taking care of the |
bpsick and wounded will find his OF her fac |
Il siaaile in the monk and nun of to- day. We
~ have among Ms in Brooklyn such men and
pgwomen, who, having renounced the world,
sIwith its pleasures and joys, seek peace
3 and qniet in the shade Of some convent
;ss wall, but whose works stretch far outside
,sof such walls. Though only short time
z among Ms, they have earned for themselves
/ passed away to that holy and blessed
I. country, which will surely be theirs, will
S their holy counsels ring in our ears.
81, In Brooklyn we have three orders Of
q nonks-Priests of the Congregation of the
i q Mission, of Christian Brothers and Francis
q can Brothers. The work done by this
( sarily be great. '' = -'
4 PRIBsTs OF THE CONGREGATION or THE
~ Only . few years ago these priests ar
b rived here still, In tho short time that has
b elapsed, they have erected the large and
81 eommodions College of St. John the Bsp-
capable of accommodating nearly two han
81 dred students. The educational capacities
! Of these renowned Lasarist Fathers are
4, we'll known. Herd by the college stands
s4 neat church, presided over BY these Fathers.
L II
these Fathers were mp in their standard Of
education with any educational establish
y ment in the States. -7 *
CHRISTIAN BROTHERS.
Those black-robed and white-rabated
sons Of De LasaIIe conduct the aoarishing
n school attached to tho Cathedral, which is
- situated in jay and Chapel strsets. They
/. AcDonough, and since then have been
!, educating the male portion of the youth of
that large parish. They have on an aver
age Ave hundred pupils. The learning
Z impaired BY this order is world renowned.
70 ''They are" says John Maguire, "ths in
% heritors of one Of the best systems of eda-
\, cation in the world, and devoting them
8 selves exclusively TO their self-lmposed
work, their success is necessarily great"
The teaching of the Brooklyn branch is
Z and SO fully appreciated, as is seen by the
III large number Of students in their different
w. colleges and academies in the world.
W FRANCISCAN BROTHERS.
Archbishop McHale, at the urgent re-
quest OF Bishop Loughlin, cent two Broth
q ers to Brooklyn about thirteen years ago.
4 Immediately on landing they set to work
I to instruct the youth of this Island, and
before long they erected large academy
and monastery in Baltic street, nesr Court.
Y Here they taught quite u number of pupils
BIZ in all branches of education, besides having
o,g charge Of some Of the parochial schools Of
Il the diocese. Their popularity rose, and
4 with it the mum Der of pupils, so that new
wing had to be added to the blilding to
e accommodate the large number who sought
for admission. 1t was raised to be a COL
Z lege few years ago, and now . better edu-
d cation cannot be obtained in all the land
than at this popular ceuter. Besides the
above they conduct st. Peters Academy,
st. Patrick's Academy, St.Joseph's Acade-
! my, and st. Mary's Academy, Williams
] burg. They teach the pupils Of the follow
d ing schools: st. Paut's, St. Mary "Star of
I, the Sea-" st. Peters, St. Philomena'e, st.
I Johns, st. Marys immaculate Conception,
o. Williamsburgh ST. Joseph's, st. Michael's,
e. Flushingj aud Our Lady of Mercy. They
d have also in charge st. Vipcent's Home
/ tuition is to provide home, with religious
u and moral instructions, for friendless and
= destitute boys who are compelled to earn
. a scanty livelihood by their daily labor,
~ and to enable them to become useful and
memorable members of society. 1t is situa-
ted at No. 10 Vine street. The college
. building, u Baltic street, has recently had
: another addition, in which is splendid
= community chapel, endowed with all the
70 blessings Of celebrated Franciscan shrines.
~ at present the community numbers sixty.
THE NUNS.
!. Noble indeed is the heroism of that
young woman who leaves this gay world
y, leaves father, mother, brother and sister
for the quiet OF the cloister; and happy,
r thrice happy is that family that counts
4 among it's members q handmade of the
cloister. Heaven seems more closely allied
4 with it; for who is the spouse she has &C
cepted All, it is Jesus, the lover OF vir-
: gins. Oh glorious exchange! To educate
the children. to tend and shield the or
: phans, to visit aud care for the sick, to af
& ford shelter to the aged, to reclaim fallen
femafSs-these are the works of the good
! Sisters in our city. Noselese and unob
trusive, they devote themselves to the
work they have chosen. 1t is certainly
cheering to witness the quiet but sublime
heroism of those virgins who having re-
nOunced this world, without any other in
at the last day these sweet words, "Venl
spOusa Christi, accipe coronam, guam tibi