Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-07-03
st. Peters Church.

feast of Saints Peter and Paul, the new
church just built by the Irish Catholic
congregation of Rutland, was dedicated
to the service of God under the patron
age of Saint Peter.
The ceremonies began at 1915 a. M,
with the forming of a procession at the
old church on Meadow street, which |
moved in the following order;
Father Mathew Total Abstinence So
ciety (juvenile) with banners and regalia.
Hibernian Literary and Benevolent
Society (adult) with banners and regalia.
Sodality Qadies in white), with ban
ners.
Members of the congregation.
Bishops and clergy, attended by AGO.
lytes and chanters.
The procession passed through Meadow
to School street, through School to For
est street, through Forest to Mechanic
street, and through Mechanic street to
the site of the church, where the throng
in waiting was immense. The process
sion separated into two parallel lines be-
fore the church, forming an avenue,
through which passed the Right Reyer-
end and Reverend clergy and their at
tendants to the center door, where the
conservation ceremonies proper were
commenced. After the services at this
point circuit of the church, from the
right, was made, in the progress OF which
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holy water, and on its completion the
AsDerqals was intoned at the principal
entrance, and the officiating clergymen
and attendants were admitted TO the
building and the blessing of the interior
proceeded with.
At its conclusion the doors were
thrown open and the impatient crowd
rushed in and very soon filled the edifice.
No seats were reserved, and but a few
minutes elapsed after the opening of the
doors before there were none vacant.
Many besides the congregation and sew
cral representatives of other denomina-
tons were in attendance.
The following clergy were present:
Rt. Rev. Louis DeGoesbriand, Bishop
of the Diocese of Burlington.
Rt Rev. John Loughlin, Bishop Of
the Diocese of Brooklyn.
Very Rev Father Lynch, Vicar Gen
eral, Burlington.
Rev Father o Reilly, West Rutland.
Rev. Father Boylan, pastor), Rut-
land
Rev. Father Cardinal, Rutland.
Rev. Father Gaffney, Dorset.
Rev. Father Mclaughlin, Brandon.
Rev. Father Cassidy, Brooklyn, N.
y.
Rev. Father O'Beirne, Brooklyn, n.
Y.
Rev. Father McEenrno, Brooklyn, n.
Y.
Rev. Father Flattelly, Canton. Mass.
Pontifical High Mass was celebrated,
the following being engaged:
Rt. Rev. Bishop DeGoesbriand, Celc-
brant.
Rev. Father Gaffney, Deacon.
Rev. Father O'Reilly, Sub-deacon.
Rev. Father Cardinal, Priest of honor.
Very Rev. Father Lynch, Master of
ceremonies.
After the gospel the Rt. Rev. Bishop
Loughlin preached the dedicatory ser
mon, taking his text from the first
Epistle of Paul to the Thcssalonians, and
basing his discourse upon the words,
For this is the will of God, even your
santification." He said it must be
consolation to know the will of God.
He created the whole universe, mighty
and grand as it is. Every part of it
bears the stamp of His divine workman
ship. All move in accordance with the
laws He established. But of all His
works the greatest and grandest IS Man,
created little less than the angels. All
other parts of the creation are subordin-
ate to man-in fact, minister to his
wants. And it is the will of God that
this man should be santifed.
How can we be satifed God at
sundry times spoke to the people of an
cient days, through the prophets, in
structing them in the means of santifca-
ton, and later through His only Son.
We know that God win provide way
for our sanctification. We learn from
His Son the great lessons of truth and
behold in Him examples of grace
and we know that sanctifcation is
vouchsafed us in the grace which Jesus
Christ merited.
After doing all that be had done for
man, the infinite mercy and bounty of
God was not satisfied until His Son made
the infinite sacrifice, that is for us of in
finite and universal good. He was in
finitely merciful, infinitely wise, infinite
ly good and infinitely powerful, and
showed his will for our sanctifcation.
He was pleased to speak to us, as a
man and God, telling us the way of
sanctiication. He taught us the way by
the communication of the Word received
from His Father, given for our sanctifi- !
cation and enlightenment. The pages of !
the Inspired Book contain the record in |
indisputable terms, and the most per-
verse ingenuity fails to torture from
them any other meaning.
lie gave many evidences of His power
while on earth. But the grandest was
when, after His resurrection and tri- |
umph over death, He sent His apostles
on their mission to the four quarters of
the world, giving them their commission
in such unmistakeable terms as $50 |
teach ye all nations" and promising
them faithful companionship, saying
Il am with you all the days even to the
end of the world, and comforting on
them such powers as only an omnipotent
and all-merciful creator could confer.
when he declared, "whose sins you shall
forgive they are forgiven them, and
whose sins We shall retain they are re-
tanned" Thus were the nations to be