The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1874-04-12
DOMESTIC CATHOLIC INTELLIGEycE.

SETTe cOmmenccu inc aSuatloh VI Wv ,
md library question. AS they number
shout 10000 and have leaders OF zeal ano
,esaergy they will, no doubt, succeed III
sssilding a fine hall by next st. Patrick
Day.
During the past year the Catholics OF the
,siooese of Philadelphia contributed S2S,||3
sSr the support of their Seminary, s2o'o|
~ which WAS received from the city
churches. The Cathedral alone gave S3,oaa'
Nfliio i've other churches each gave over
"a 100.
uIBERNIAN SOCIETY IN CINCINNATI.
The Order of Hibernians, that counts q
,s~ea, bership of several hundreds, we be-
5isye. made the annual Communion II CURED
sy the rules Of the Society, in the Cathe-
dgal. on Palm Sunday. There was much
ssrrer attendance on this occasion than
vas anticipated. 1t was highly gratifying
to see the Catholic men of Cincinnati ming
$Gae Cathedral and approaching the HOLY
Table. 1t was not only formal express
+ior of their faith, but of the practice OF
mat faith, which the Church at this season
s,s,,ecially epioins upon all its children. 1t
"a the reception of the Sacramento, that
will alone save this and every other organ
:yation to which Catholics belong, from
1.cinp source of danger to individual souls
ard to Society. The hand of religion
blessing the association, with the religious
'5fa infused through the divinely instituted
c:lgnnels of grace, will bar out dangerous
principles and IN. Catholic tendencies. The
n;H ects of the society will thus be such as
- cd and the Church can approve-and all
ii G evils OF associations divorced from
-@Igion will be happily avoided.-Ieio-
trNEph.
MADAME LANCASTER.
Radame Catharine Lancaster, of the
society of the Ladies of the Sacred Heart,
dled at st. Louis on the morning OF March
18th. The Western lEdtchmGn says of her
f he was born November %, lS40, in Next
rs,r Co., kentucky. She was the grand
Gaurhter of John Lancaster, who Is notorl-
GUS in the history OF tho earlier pioneers OF
she West. lie made his escape from the
ladians, near the site of Marietta: by them
50, had been taken q prisoner, about the
Ncar 1884, and was to be put to death.
= swing reached the Ohio river he dashed
1o:rother two logs with grapevine and on
sfsem floated down the stream for several
Se.ys and nights, his only food during this
ITO being four turkey-eggs: He was
7>eecued near the falls OF the ONO.
c2ac Sacred Heart in the year 1868, and she
,.z.ok her final vows July Dist, 1873, at
&cryville, in st. Louis. She was very
IL .crted, and was highly educated, but
cough she possessed superior gifts both
q head and heart, she wac called away in
E-v very primo of HE; beng made
s,eriect in a short space, she fulfilled long
/. SsIrt,"
MONKS OF LA TRAPrE.
Tho monks of La Trappe, who emigrated
from Me!leray Monastery, Ireland, to New
I.,leray, near Dubuque, Iowa, about
sScnty years ago, are now the largest and
sxost successful farmers in the Mississippi
Railey, There are about sixty lay brothers
4ss<i several priests in this monastery, and
sItey are building new monastery which
E.ti cover an acre of ground. They have
4. Is.r,u of three thousand acres, and every
sE.!ug they raise being the best quality
,ss,:s,rn ands the highest market price. Like
<.6S,ir brethren in Mount Melleray, County
~ aterford, they observe strict silence, and
y1ssver eat animal food-7elegraph.
CROSS OF FIRE.
The spire of the new St. Stephens
,cuurch in Brooklyn, at the corner of Sum-
alxIt and Hick streets, has been surmounted
5y-- & transparency in the shape of a cross,
Ms uy $50 gas jets, which was illuminated
s.al the first time on the evening of the
sst ult The streets in the neighborhood
81 tho church were thronged with people,
szn:sy of whom had come long distances to
" Tho pillar of fire. 1t could be seen at n
.-l>gt distance down the bay, and was
xsacn admired by ferry passengers and
r.sriners passing up and down the river.
tho cross is about eight by Ave feet, the
Same being made of cast iron; corners
aE,out one and one quarter inches square,
rE.l galvanized iron panels closely studded
* either side with glass studs about one
sal half inches in diameter, and of a
convex shape; they were made expressly
ixr Ghe purpose by Mr.. Lewees Of New
York, and patented by him. There are
a5out seven hundred and fifty of them in
xle cross. The iron work is gilded over,
sud the contrast with the glass, or diamond
.sauds as they appear to I've when lit up, is
stplpIy grand. Tho cross will rest on q
large gilt ball, supported with suitable
ss:naments. There are sixteen burners
ca the inside which will be supplied with
gas through suitable pipes from the meter
5seIow, and all will be lit simultaneously
IVY electricity.
To the interchangeable zeal of their pastor,
Father O'Rcilly, the people of st. Stepheus
fra-ish are indebted for one of the hand
soonest churches in the City OF Churches
l<xsH American.
.-gEE ORANGE COUNTY n. }. CHURCH UIFTI-
CCLTlES.
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