The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1873-03-02
aaornjng Star and Catholic Messenger.
N1W ORLEANS, SUNDAY. MARCH E. ie's,<>
DOMESTIC CATHOLIC 1NTELLIoEscE.

DOMESTIC CATHOLIC INTELLIGEbcE.
The ladies of Savannah have recently
yiven a series of splendid Slippers to raise
fnnds for the relief of the poor and to aiu
In completing the Catholic church at Oar
len, Ga.
We are deeply panied to learn OF the
sndd.n death of Very Rev. Francis Bur
laudo. G.. NJ, which occurred at Mount St.
Mary's College, Emmittsburg, on last sun
day night. The sad event has cast gloom
over tho Mountain College aud st. Joseph 9
Academy. The good Sisters have 1nd'ed
Jost a father and an invaluable friend.
Father Burlando was Superior of the Sis,
ters of Charity in the United States anu
has long filed that position with eminent
fitness. Mirror, Fec. -.
A MaqniGsent Chalice.-The Reverend
Clergy of the Baltimore Cathedra! have
lately been tho reel pients of magnlhceht
new chalice from Rome, which Will not DC
publicly used until tho returns OF Arch
f,ishop Bayley from Florida. AS speci-
men of workmanship it's equal has rarely
been seen. The cup IS manufactured OF
solid gold, and the remainder, including
the base, is wrought of rich silver, studded
with precious gems. a gold paten ac'
companied the clIalice, and both are val
ned ut $1,000, the amount stated being the
rift of the late Miss Mary Chatard, for
mer pious and holy member of the congre-
alton.
Rev. James Fox, Pastor of st Patriok's'
St, Louis, died on the 14th ult. He was a
most Jealous and energetic priest, having
built, during the rs years of his ministry,
two churches and several chapels.
The Bishop Nemark.-The Very Rev.
DIR. NJ. A. c ,rrigan, President Of Seton
Hall College South Orange, n. j., whose
elevation to the Bishopric of Newark has
lust been announced, was born in the city
of Newark, in August, 1929. He was ed
ncated in Mount st. Mary's College, Lear
Emmittsburg, Md, and graduated with the
highest honors in 1851. He studied for the
priesthood in the American College at
Rome, and was ordained in 1S'E', in st.
John Lateran, by Cardinal Patl,G; In 1864
he received the degree Of ID. D., after which
he returned to America, and was appoint.
ed ce-President of the institution of
which no became the head on the appoint
ment of the Very Rev. DIR. McQuaid to the
See of Rochester. He was also Vicar
General of the diocese, and since the APP
pointment of Right Rev. Bishop Bayley as
Administrator. While he has held the po-
sition of President of the College he has
endeared himself to Professionals as veil as
Catholics, by his learning and piety.
The Nc,c Bishop Sardnnah.-The Rev.
William Gross, OF the Congregation of the
Most Holy ReGeemer," (Redemptorist Or
der,) who has been appointed by his Holt
ness, the Pope, to the See of Savannah,
Ga, was born on July the 18th, 1887, and
ia, therefore. only in his thirty sixth year.
He first studied for the priesthood at St.
Charles College, Maryland; but subse
quently, in the year 1857 entered the No
yitiate Of the Redemptorists, at Annapolis.
In March, 1868, he was ordained by Arch.
bishop Kenrick. He was first stationed at
Cumberland, Maryland, and afterwards in
Georgia, Florida and New York City,
where lie was connected with the Church
of St. Alphonsus, in Thompson street. In
she summer of 1871, he was appointed Su-
perior of the Monastery of his Order at
Roxbury, near Boston, Mass, where he is
new located. 1t has been justly said of
him that she was necessarily going about
doing good" He will oe most worthy
successor of Bishop Persco, whose rcsigua-
tion, from III health, created the vacancy
to which Father Gross has been elevated.
llO3 pessons were confirmed in st. Ste.
phen's Church, New York on the 18th OF
February.