The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1876-04-09
Star and Catholic Messenger.
T1Ns. gUNDAY. april 0, 1875.

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'nRrsEAHs. SUNDAY. APRIL o. 1876.
RELIGIOUS ITEMS.
J. RhAtigan, pastor of st. Angus
surch, Brooklyn, died on the e3rd Of
Rankin has sold his entire interest in
<nnah Southern Cross to Mr. Joe j.
10 becomes it's publisher and business
4bIication Of the Southern Catholic, OF
has been discontinued and its sap-
Vas has been transferred to the
+ GpstkerR CroSs. Mr.. W. T. PoWell,
,e Catholic, has accepted position
Ik4eee department of the Cross.
sast of St. Joseph Miss Kate Walker
Iikeh, known in religion as Sister Mary
Hiss Mary A. Collins, of Savannah las
aev Gertrnde, and Miss Anna Cum
81 County Meath, Ireland, as Sister
Do, we're received into the Order of the
~ Joseph at Washington, Ga. Rev.
nm Butler, 8. j., preached on the
nit, at the Convent of the Good
Y, three novices received the
Id seven postulants were admitted
-. Each novice having signed her
lebrant gave her q silver heart,
be worn on the bosom of her habit
ives; and last of all the black veil
The Lady Superior and her assistants
Gown of white flowers over this, and
new nuns lay prone on the floor while
IL held over them, and their sisters in
Wanted o part of the Office for the
bog then arose and each received q
fk1m the celebrant, and all were dis
che blessing.
OK has been gored in Minnesota,
Seq uences are serious. The Super
$f Schools in st. Cloud, MIMI,
4 las introduced a Catholic reading
+ ehe schools under his charge, and
Eeligious instruction to be given to
olic children after school hours. The
nts of the town have addressed the
tpeiintendent, and q local paper ex-
2Ss: "The reading books introduced
echools contain prayers addressed to
GA Mary, and pictures of persons
before the cross. There is no other
IN our history where such an outrage
eommitted in q Protestant school,"
setestant" school, observe. Well, it
= harm to let oar friends know how it
Lon Pilot.
sen reported in some of the papers
Isl McCloskey has purchased the LIE
kwood mansion at Norwalk, Conn
fl&Ee. Here is what his private
Il rev. j. Nj. Foley, says on the sub
he Eumor is unfoupded. 1t is calcu
'e&}aFE en- injurious impression regard
n.sl6nce to the public mind. The
44eD not wish to appear to tie
IS tege amounts of money unnecessa-
mere are so many needy people
prk. Besides, it will be in
's4sI this report that the Cardi-
zsy, whereas he has no dependence
Soinntary offerings of the Roman
i Af this city. The report was proba-
1ded to affect favorably the price of
sxkH. 1t has never even been offered
1lHSa to the Cardinal.
sce5se of Nashville was established in
1pmprises the State of Tennessee.
11A Bishop, Ri. Rev. P. A. Fehan, is
Il klId was consecrated November 1st,
se are twenty-nine churches and
Rymen in the diocese. Also one col
orphan asylums, nine female religious
aSss and six female academies. Schools
aa to most of the churches. In the
nphis there are four churches, viz:
Intended by four priests of the Order
tp; st. Patrick's, with three priests
(Gsrman), ministered to by four
Fathers, and st. Bridget's, with two
xAe Christian Brothers have q college
@ Dominioan Sisters preside over st.
8ny, Notre Dame de Ia Salette Sc
ehe Parish Schools of st. Peters,
st. Budgets, and the St. Peters
nn. The Sisters of st. Joseph
81 st. Patrick's Parish School.
y Convent of the Good Shepherd
circnlar letter in behalf of the
mary, Bishop Gross, of Savannah,
fally than eloquently says: "Many
ln your piety and your zeal, often
&Dly religion spread in tho hearts
Eat eocupied with the cares OF your
not trained for such o work, You
plish this wish. But by assisting
pney the Diocesan Seminary, You
diocese with holy priests who will
faith. You may not be able to
nm reform the bad but by siding MS
seminary properly, you send forth
B rform all these glorious works for
Sve often wondered at the folly be-
e expenditure of money. In wan
9Bgh graveysrds we have seen
eTeoted to the memory of the dead
thousands of dollars. It was no
ender love fer the deceased
ID the living to this lavish out
p grAnder monument, one more
% more in accordance with the
snerable dead, could be erected
l1Sn For the marble shaft will be
cd b the hand of time, and the
ID stone lie defaced over the forgotten
at money given as endowments to such
as the Diocesan Seminary
laced rs permanent memorials of the
.akted. We have often, to our great
- obliged to zefuse the application of
a. who apply to Us for the necessary
.stndy for the priesthood. If the large
n idly on costly monuments and in
Us at funerals would be placed as
nnd, for the education of one or
Il DpiTants to holy priesthood, there
sd be o monument to the dead,