The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1874-06-21
LETTER FROM OUR d" p1IGR1M.
PARIS, Nav 2Stb. 1874.

New York. You have doubtless received
through the Catholic papers of that city full
accounts of all the particulars of that memoir
able day. 1t were idle, therefore, for me to
repeat all SUCH But your correspondent can
not help paying tribute of gratitude and of
heartfelt thanks to the New York COMMITTEES
for the very faithful performance of the duties
connected with that holy work of the first Amer
lean Pilgrimage to Lourdes and Rome Major
j. D. Kelley, Jr, Chairman of the New York
Committee, and Mr.. Patrick Farrelly, Secre.
tary. of the same, if they had through their
whole life done nothing else than work zeal
ously for the success of this pious undertaking.,
| have merited from their fellow Catholics of
| the United States of America their respectful
consideration and heartfelt sympathies.
have already informed you how the Pilgrimage
Committee had to be recognized and how the
Craftsmanship of that Committee was forced
upon my colleague from Louisiana. shall
state, however, that Judge P. E. Theard, con-
| sdering that the New York Committee had no
| authority to delegate their power without
consulting the pilgrims themselves, accepted
the office merely Professionally until the pill
grlms would, on their way, judge proper to
make any changes they might think necessary
But scarcely had we lost sight of land when a
great plumber of pilgrims became victims of
that painful disorder "sea Sickness" The
consequence of this was that we could get no
quorum TO: a meeting nor have any regular
exercises of piety on board of the Perere."
This, however, lasted only two days, and on
the third day most of the party were out
meeting was then held at which thesame com
mittee was retained with the addition of three
more gentlemen to be selected from those who
had most experience in travelling. here give
you the names of the gentlemen forming said
committee:
Committee Of Arrangemsnts.-Hon P. z. The
ard, of the Diocese of New Orleans, Chairman
Patrick Farrelly, Diocese of Newark, Secre- |
tary; DR.. Jas. P. Broiderick, Diocese of Balti- |
more; D. J. Murphy, Diocese of Baltimore;
Jas. B. Falley, Diocese of Fort Wayne DR.. c. |
Meiles Willett, Diocese of Nashville; Matthias !
Rohr, Diocese of Buffalo.
To whom were added: Very Rev. A. d, |
Pellicer, Mobile Very Rev. E. Sorin, Superior
of Holy Cross, Indiana; DIR. August Jansen, |
Buffalo. i
1t was also advised that committee he !
appointed to draft address to the Holy Fa-
ther. That committee is thus composed:
Hon. P. E. Theard, Rev. j. Benoit, v. G., of |
the Diocese of Fort Wayne; Rev. P. J. Dealey,
S. j.; DR.. H. j. Anderson, DR.. c. MeiIes Will
lett, Mr.. Richard Power. DR.. Emile bouncing.
1t is understood that the address adopted by
the committee will represent the whole pill
yrimage and the American Catholics at large.
The Right Rev. Bishop Dwenger, of Fort
Wayne, will also present an address in Latin
to the Holy Father expressive of the sympa-
thes of the American clergy.
You oubtless know that on the day of our
departure the Holy Father sent by cable his
bessn to the pilgrimage; appointing at the
same time Bishop Dwenger Spiritual Director
hereof, and empowering him with full .juris-
LECTION during the voyage. Allow me to say {
hat if the pilgrims are not better than when S
hey left they can blame themselves only, for
he good Bishop has indeed done his share.
The following is the list of devotional ex ercises
IN board the Pereire: At o'clock, Mass and
morning prayers in both cabins; at ii O'Clock,
meditation at o'clock, P. M, Rosary and
prayers of the Novena to our Lady of Lourdes
It o'clock, p NJ, meditation and night ,
prayers. The weather having been favorable
throughout, we suffered no in interruption in our j
eligious exercises.
On Pentecost Sunday five Masses were cele-
rated on board, at the first of which, celebrated I
y Bishop Dwenger in the first cabins, one
alf of the pilgrims received Holy Communion
Ve arrived at Havre Wednesday evening
nd left the same evening for Paris where we y
rived this morning. S
May Goth, 1874. S
1t was the desire of our Spiritual Director C
nat the pilgrims should keep together as n
luch as possible, but it was materially impos-
BILE to find room for all in the same hotel
he consequence is that we stopping at
iferent places and the committee find it not
n easy task to reach all.
We were officially received this morning by
is Eminence, the Cardinal Archbishop of r..
arts, Monsegneur II. Guibert, at his Archie. "
scopal palace and in his piivat, chapel, b.
here we attended Mass celebrated by himself tn
ad received Holy Communion from his vener- CT
lie hands. After Mass His Eminence ad- Pr
essed the pilgrims in French. He alluded ~
the miracle wrought by the Apostles on the :
" of Pentecoat md wished he could be heard