The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1873-06-08


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Departure Of Misdouariss-A Touching Scene.
An occasional correspondent of the Tablet.
writing from Lyons, France, under date Of
May 9th, says: ''..' .'''
There is q large gathering to-day of tie Ca
tholics of Lyons in tho small church Of the
Missions Africaines,n and o great part Of the
assemblage is bathed In tears. The occasion
!; the departure Of eight young French mil.
sierra Leone have already bean long snpplied
with priests and lay brothezs of the !" ConEre-
EasGn Eal;s ;, On tns saini EsPFis da sasre cSaf Dc
At Nata 'ae aed tS de Marie are established
Africanes has six priests q Lagos or on their
way thither. Monsignof Leonard, vicsr-Apos
tolo OF Capetown, hes now enlisted these
9p approves Of and about to be created By Pius
l4.Y In the northwestern and central portions
OF bis district. II win comprise the districts
OF George and Beaufort; Little Namaqua Land
northern part Of the immense Clan william dis
tr1ce; and all the territory beyond, as far.north
as = the 70 tyentieth G degree Or south iatisude. =.
e Is the moment Of onr solemn Farewells"
dn Depart," beautifully described in Lady Her
nerSs translation of the Life Of Father Henard.
FashsI F';ah hHGameEe, G ST.. reme1abered BY 90 many
preached with an eloqueSce the effect of which
1 hope may be seen in the collection plates. As
am writing, nearly hundred priests have
lEIss kissed ~ the feet Of, and exchanged embraces
pious officers and soldiers of the French army,
are pressing forward, nextin turn to offer the
same touching proof of veneration and love.
. l see brave Colonel Lion, an honored Algerian
veteran, and President Of the Catholic Work.
ing Mems Clubs (Cercles) Of Lyons, who ex-
claims, As he clasps each of tho Fathers to his
heart, ne am an African soldier, too we are
I for my country" Another officer says "My
battles are against external enemies, yours
against the foes man has within" OF the holy
ensn nusiasm Of the scene, I cannot attempt to
anything like the sunshiny weeping around
me could be witnessed ont Of France.
Two OF the Oldest of the missionaries now
standing 1s the High Altar-the Rev. John
Devernoiie, Of the Diocese of Lyons, and
tne Rev. A. Yves Outlet, from Nantes, aged
respectively twenty-nine and twenty-seven
sha-i- fIa leaSs Tor EDgland this evening to
the 18th inst. They win stop at 81. Helena,
which belongs to Bishop ards Vicariate,
long enough to attend 70 the Immediate spirit
uai wants Of Catholic soldiers and residents
theres and then proceed 10 the Cape. The re.
maining six win continue in Europe few
SELF when he aaile from London in the month
Of June. Three Aarist Brothers and several
Sisters are to leavo with hiua, learn, in the
same vessel.
An African correspondent of the Times has
lately e1iogiZed, in emphatic, but welI-merited
terms, french African missionaries ss model
pioneers Of religion and civilization. These
young Fathers will have their poor residences
oGsnres a. GeorgetOwn. in the district of
0eorge three more at Oudtshoorn, on tho Dy-
saldep river, In the same province ; and two at
Springbok fountain, in Little Namaoua Land.
Ihence they will radiate-those at George
town to Mossel Bay and the Knysna from
Oudtshoorn to the towns of Victoria West and
beaufort; and from Little Namaqua Land in
Whatever direction Providenco may point out
TO them fields of usefulness. As more laborerS
are neeoeo, ana the means of Supporting them
are found. they will be reinforced by such ad-
natlonaI ald as the Very Rev. Father Augustine
5IsnSue, Inc sanity Superior of the Maison
Vicar-ApostOlic of Benin, may Sc able TO send
them. And these poor founders of churches,
sehoole, and other institutions for the benefit
Of English colonies, which the leading English
Protestant journal Of Europe is compelled to
praise eke ont their scanty hand. 90 mouth ex-
IStence supported by French, and chiefly by
The poor French of this noble city Of Lyons,
never, to our reproach, receiving q farthing
rom Great Britain.
Tho founder Of the Sooiete des Missions
Africaines," Monseigneur Marion de Bresillac,
Bishop of PrQsa, died, with four of his COM
1anions, In 1856, at Sierra Leone, of an cpl
iemic resembling yellow fever, sacrificed in
he performance of the holy work to which he
lad consecrated his life. The Very Rev. Fa-
her Planqne, his successor, is developing the 20
lestgu of his predecessor; but the bare walls
Vt this little church, the meagreness of the ap-
'olntments of his seminary, and the rough
are of his community, tell q a"d tale of puv-
'rty, trials and conflicts f. To-. l7ry of God,