The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1875-09-26
Inc Star and Catholic Messenger.
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FoRLEANs, SUNDAY. SEPTEMBER 90 1875.


fORLEANs, SUNDAY. SEPTEMBER 90 1873
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necessary. A man must be blind indeed,
fsyoid of all religion and feeling. to make
hchristian and inhuman o remark. This
- want should have been supplied in st.
Ionsus Parish 25 years sgo-certainly after
Itreat epidemic of the year 1858. While
J year added to the number of our orphans,
INC was or could be done to procure them
|os In the meantime, the Israeiites, TIE |
|erans, the Episcopaiians, and other de-
nations of our District, though less nume- |
than ourselves, have erected commodious |
snages for their children. Our worthy |
Sren. the German Catholics of st. Mary's |
nption congregation, have long ago given
4 example deserving of admiration and
Btion. For the last 20 years they have a
kdid and fl ,urishpg asylum with SOO Ger
Iorpbans, within q stones throw OF st. AL
IN, Church. All our Redemptorist par
Iin the North have asylums for orphans,
bh far less in need of them than we 10 the
8 We alone still lag behind. But it Is
4 we too can and shall do with Gods grace,
IIy all have good will and make united
fnerseyering effort. Heaven always helps
3 that try to help themselves.
q few of our parishioners are aware OF 6he
kxtent of the evil and the great urgency OF
|bedy. Hundreds OF Catholic 9hilaEen nave
.sdy been lost to God and the Church In con-
.knce of our fatal hesitancy to rush to the
- 'Tis true some of our orphans have
admitted into private families but these
Samaritans have now become unable to
e,,d clotbe their own children and depend
~ "A few others have, from time to time,
received Into the orphanages of other
es but, alas! all these charitable in
Lions are now SO over-crowded with in
| ! aud SO impoverished by the war and the
Ii times that they have neither room nor
As to admit or support any more. AS g
fha Of
Rnates are either left TO the cold charity of
1gorld to roam the streets and go to ruin,
|khey are lured into anti. Catholic institu-
s where they are taught to ignore and ne
| !, yea, to hate and despise the holy Reli-
/ of their Catholic parents and ancestors.
hesitate any longer in building and sup
hing this muoh-needed asylum for the
.aish-speaking orphans in our District,
Id be crying ain aud bnruing shame.
not say: The times are too bad to think
building now. We know the present sad
b of affairs. myself have heard this in
ant complaint for the last nine years; and
/ during the ten years. that have elapsed
Ia the war, more has been done in New
BANS for religion and charity than during
|twenty or thirty years previously. If we
It till everybody becomes wealthy and
Rented, We may well wait till doomsday
ask no one to contribute above his means
only what you can and give as much as yor
spare, be it ever so little at q time; snt
narantee, in o few years this asylum will b'
lt, completed, and paid for.
remember, We are Christians and Catholics
AL believe and trust in an Omnipoten
and an ever-watchful Providence. N
hat has trusted in Him has ever beel
Anded. Do not fear, the arm of the Lore
been shortened. He that has created
ppbrts the universe; He that feeds tn
the air and the sparTows on the house
70 that clothes the liTfes of the field il
glory than Solomon's, will assuredl
Slsgck means to feed and clothe both US an,
dear little orphans. God has helped Us il
! past. He will also help Us in the future
nee repeal at the end what 1 said in tn
ginning of my address Our help and II as
n the name of the Lord who made Heavel
ID earth"
En conclusion, beg to convey the united an
ERNEST thanks of the Redemptorist Fathers
the first place, to the Very Rev. Fathe
ymond, the Administrators and acting chic
stor of the Archdiocese, for honoring us to
y with his happy presence and appreciates
Fvlces in the second place, to the presidents
Rrshals and members of the various societie
ho have added so materially to the beaut
ID splendor of our solemnity lastly, an
|st particularly, to all the kind, generous, ur
'ing, self-sacrificing patrons and benefacto1
this newborn institution to whom we ow
pre- than to all others. To these l say: Ma
Paven's choicest blessing descend upon all th
nefactors of ST. Alphonsus Orphan AsyluI
past, present, and future!
1t the conclusion of the address, q ymn wa
toned by Father Neithart aud sung by tt
Ale members of the choirs of st. Mary's, S
phonsus' and Notre Danes Churches, hea'
by their respective organists, Messrs Dele
hlliet and Zorn. Though nothing of a criti
writer desires to place on record his opinic
at nothing in the line of music is 80 gran
ID impressive as Catholic compositio
ng by full choir of male voices, and
INJURIES to assert that in this opinic
ne-tenths of those present last Sunds
Fening, will coincide.
The ceremonies of blessing and laying Il
rner-stone were then proceeded with by Il
Bry Rev. Vicar General. In the box enclos,
the cornerstone, among other things, W
Aced an official record of the event, WRIT,
Latin, of which the following is an exa
anslation:
J. n. j. A. r.
In Perpetual Remembrance Of the Erent.
In the year of our Lord Jesus Christ eighte,
undred and seventy-fve, on the nineteen
Ay of September, the eighteenth So
BY after Pentecost, on the Feast of the Sew,
olors of the Blessed Virgin Mary, at Fl
Clock in the afternoon, in the hundredth ye
the Declaration of Independence of Il
nited States of North America His Holiuel
Cpe Pins TX ruling the Church of God
thirty fnr EUn no