The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-02-18

soon after as each pastor will find it con-
venient Those who are able, may con-
tribute the full amount-52 cents-or
more if they are disposed; whilst Others
can make smaller offerings When the
amount collected has been forwarded TO
the Chancellor of the Diocese, he will
remit to the clergymen sending 1t, once
every two months, as many copies OF the
Annals of the Propagation OF the Falth
as the sum collected entities the congre-
cation to-that is, one copy for every
| FIVE dollars and twenty cents collected.
These Annals will be circulated among
the members of the congregation. and
will be found to contain many very In
interesting descriptions OF Catholic mis-
sions throughout the world. We sin
cerely hope that both the Reverend
Clergy and the faithful will interest
themselves in matter so worthy OF their
Jealous support.
We also take this occasion, dearly be-
loved brethren, of officially announcing
to you the extension by the Holy Father
of the Plenary Indulgence of the Ju-
bilee. In virtue of the authority grant
ed to US by an Apostolic 1ndult, dated
January oath, 1876, we extend the time
Of the Jubilee in our diocese t. the end
OF this present year, 1876, and we give
to the Reverend Clergy all the priyile-
ges for committing the visits to the
churches, or reducing their number,
which we before granted in our Pastoral
Letter of June "a 1875. -
Ifthen any still remain unblest by these
rich spiritual treasures offered to them, no
so easy term, we beg thems, nolOnger to
despise or neglect the proffered mercles.
The prolongation Of the Jubilee Year is
a new and striking evidence OF the ma
ternal sollcitude with which the Church,
scourged though she herselfis by the rod
of affection, Is filled towards all her
children. May none be found so careless
and hardened as to refuse to respond to
this her maternal affection.
In view of the continued prosecutions
against the Church in so many lands, there
rests upon US all, beloved brethren,
sacred duty of pleading every day for
her deliverance from the powers of
wickedness which every where Expresses
her. For this end, the Reverend Clergy,
disseminating the collect Pro Pcpa, will
hereafter say in all Masses in which the
Rubrics permit 1t, the prayer Deus refug-
inn; and on Sundays and Holidays OF
Obligations, as well as on week days when
they officiate at any station, five Our
Fathers and five Hail Marys Immediate
ly after Mass.
We can not close our Pastoral letter
without admouishing all the faithful un
der our charge of the grave obligation of
complying with their Easter duties. By
a law Of the church which binds under
the pain of mortal sin and of threatened
accommodation each one of the faith
full who has reached the proper age is
obliged to receive the Paschal Commun-
ion. The time during which this Com
munion must be made begins on the first
Sunday in Lent March 81, and ends on
Trinity Sunday June ~. Parents
must see that their children who are o d
enough to make their First Communion
are duly prepared to receive it, IN order
that they may comply with their Easter
duty.
The Rev. Clergy will read and explain
this Letter and the accompanying Regula-
tions to their congregations before the
beginning of Lent.
In conclusion, we pray, dear brethren,
that the blessing of God. the Father, Son
the Holy Ghost, may descend upon you
and remain with you forever.
Given from our residence in Wheeling,
on the Feast of the Publication of the b.
V. Mary, in the year Of our Lord 1876.
+ john JOSEPH,
Bishop Of Wheeling.
JOHN T. SULLIVAN, Sec'y.