The New York herald., 1873-09-25


and Cambria have organized pilgrimage to
| Amettes. Between 5000 and 10000 persons
sembied, under their guidance, to venerate the
so great and so densely packed that the Bishop OF
Limoges preached to 1t from an improvised pulpit,
set up In the midst oil some neighbOrng fields.
The bishops OF Agen and Sts Claude have issued
pastoral letters to the faithful in their dloceses,
| recommending all those who unable to 60
| pilgrimage to Q distant shrine to proceed to the
shrine nearest their homes.
The Archbishop OF Bourges and the Bishop OF
| Nevers. Archbishop elect or AK, have publicly
blessed the work OF the pilgrimages and expressed
the,r ardent pien sympathy ~ ;. with it: -. ,.,,
diction to the pilgrims OF Paris and Lourdes who
visited the shrine o St. Vincent de Paul. They were
The Bishop OF Perpgnan has given his benedic-
ton to the numerous pilgrimages which have
| visited
| OUR LADY OF FONT ROMEU,
the most celebrated sanctuary within his diocese.
The Archpishop Of Rennes has expressed his COM
| plete approval or the pilgrimage movement and
| has designated the shrine OF
OUR LADY GOOD NEWS
and five or six other churches within his diocese
as places to which pigrimages can be made under
| his archieplscopal blessing.
The Bishop Ol Vannes has given his blessing aud
| encouragement to the pilgrimages. at LOus-le-
| Saulnier, The hermitage OF MOnJcel, has been
designated by the Blshop Of the diocese as an OBJ
| ject OF pilgrimage; at Dole Our Lady OF Mont Ro-
land has been named AT St. Lupicin, Poigny.
Mleges, Arbois, Salins ancient shrines have been
| th0rlty. To give an approximate idea OF their
Specification II s proper TO add that no less than
10000 pllgrlmS visited the shrine OF virgin
Font komeu on The night OF the I'd Of July last be-
| fore the general movement Of the "Month OF Pill
| grimages" had begun.
The Bishep. OF Gap recently preached sermon
| at daybreak to an immense multitude OF pilgrims,
who had assembled to worship At the shrine Of
OUR LADY OF LAUs
and who had passed the night in prayer and fast
ing. The shrine OF st. Radegonde at Poitiers, to
| than thirteen centuries, has attracted pilgrims
| from all parts OF France within the pas. month.
Canon Saladin and NJ COstes, Vicar General OF
a IN tn
OUR LADY OF CEIGNAC
| under the sanction OF their Bishop.
The Bishop Ol Jarentaise has organized a large
pilgrimage at Albertve. Bishops Magnin Gros
! and Mermillod have promised to be present.
Two thousand pilgrims under one parish priest
(the Cure de st. Ddier have made pig image to
the shrine OF
Numerous pilgrlmages have set out from Lille
and st. Omer to the shrine Of Our Lady
Miracles, and to the shrine or Our Lady OF
Treile.
The Bishop Of Beauvais has led an immense con-
course Of the faithful to the shrine OF
STE. ANNE OF CHIRY,
Two thousand six hundred pilgrims have gone,
under the guidance of their Bishop from Mines to
LOurdes
The shrine of
OUR LADY OF HAPPINESS,
situated at Vigan in the highest habitable point of
the Card has attracted 1000 pilgrims from ArreZe,
Rochebelle, valerangue, DOurbles, Lannejols and
An enormous concourse OF pilgrims inscribed
their names Tor the pilgrimage to the shrine OF
Our Lady or BOulOgne.
The Archbishop o Rheims and Abby, the bishops
of CahOrs, CarcasOnne, Dion, Marseilles, Painters
and st. Brieuc, with the principal clergy OF their
di0ceses, have added their names to the promoters
OF the pilgrimages, and publicly announced their
intention TO take an active part IN the work,
Ten thousand pilgrims visited the shrine OF
OUR LADY OF GOOD MEETING,
at Agen on the 22d Of July.
s nd RS%s visited ax the shrine
and 10. The Papal NunciO, the bishops Of Nanur,
Montpelier Liege and Luxembourg were present,
10 n1n f1tvrpf frnv
On the 18th .ds inst the pgrmages Of the
resort in thousands to the shrine OF
OUR LADY OF LIEssE,
Se BY ts Bap ds ae ds Nun and
pilgrimage from the diocese OF Rheims on the 19th
inst: pilgrimage; e. from rom tn, the diocese Of
from the diocese OF solssons will also arrive at
These pigrimages will include the populations
OF Jergnier. Laon, Coucy, Noyon, Roubax, Lille,
Carvin Douai, Somain, Busgny, Bohatn, st.
Lillers, Bethune, Neux Maubeuge, Hautmont,
Aulnoy, villers-Cotterets, Coucy-les-Eppes and
| WHAT THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH BELIEVES
ABOUT OUR LADY OF LIESSE
| The history OF this famous shrine may be briefly
told. 1t need not be taken from any black letter
book or monkish chronicle. but from sober docu-
ment presented TO the Sacred Congregation OF
Rites by the Bishop Of Laon and formally
APPROVED BY THE SOVEREIGN PONTIPP
for insertion in the Breviary upon the ist July
ton which the Catholic world has paid to this sane
tuary for about 700 years, purpose to record, as
barely as possible, the iac.s with which It deals
dition, but by authentic monuments now In exist
THE LEGEND OF OUR LADY OF LIEssE.
About the middle of the twelfth century three
noble brothers Of the race Of the Franks set for
| Palestine. They belonged to the illustrious house
OF Eppes, and enrolled themselves IN the order OF
Knights OF st. John Of Jerusalem, One day. while
trying to repuse an attack OF the Saracens, they
taka
with chains. The ruler OF Egypt employed threats
and caresses In vain to induce them to change
their religion. When fOiled he had recourse to a
new test OF their religion, more delicate, but not
less terrible. He sent his swn daughter Ismerle
with orders to subdue their c0nstancy In the true
faith. The knights spoke to her OF Christianity
and the Sultan'S daughter was converted. She
wished to to behold an image OF lin that virgin Mary OF
Alter fervent prayer as the tradition relates
Especially observe Pope and Bishop, they re-
celved rom heaven statue OF the Holy Virgin.
At this sight the Princess, impressed in an eX-
traordinary manner (again note Pope and Bishop,
declared herself Christian, and formed a design
with the knights to escape from the country Of the
inhdes.
the Nile they were transported, together with the
miraculous statue, to the plains which surround
Laon, and near to a fountain on their own prop
Their unlooked-for return caused such great JOY
In the neghborhood that their vassals determined
honor the miraculous image OF the Virgin. 1t was
consecrated by Bartheemy de Vir, Bishop OF Laon,
under the name OF Our Lady oil L1esse.
Not long afterwards the rumor of numerous
Miracles the
SPECIAL INDULGENCE GRANTED BY THE SOVEREIGN
P0NTIFF,
the rich and numerous presents of princes, at.
tracted hither all the peoples OF France, especially
at Pentec0st to honor the Virgin Mary as source
OF grace, and hither came great kings with an in
Vulnerable host Of pilgrims. This extraordinary
cohcohrse Of worshippers has continued to these
our davs Therefore the Sovereign Pontin Plus
TX moved by these considerations, gave his solemn
assent in the year 1857 to the coronation of the
miraculous statue OF Our Lady Of Lesse under the
title Of
''THE MOTHER OF GRACE"
and commemorative festival will be celebrated
every year, under the same title in the parish oi
Our Lady OF Liesse.
This bold. curt statement OF certain facts is all
that the Roman Catholic Church has TO say, e1
cdthedrd, respecting the shrine OF Our Lady oil
Liesse.
WHY THE ROMAN CATHOLICS BELIEVE IN THE LEGEND
OF Notre Dame de Uesse Is very different qucs.
ton. some modern and medlaval miracles puzzle
one good deal. Many of them are certainly as