The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1876-10-08

De forever eitet CT tho cOndesceueion with
watch it receives our feeble homage after
having stirred it up in the hearts of Its
servants IN the Fact. May IL now peri ct
and increase these sentiments until the end
OF time"-The apostleship is doing good
work in Poland too. Father Michael My
| cielski, the General Director there, writes
! IA follow: "The ApostrshIp ia spreading
in Galicia, in Polish Silesia, ard even in
many parts of old Poland, though it js per
| secuted in the latter County. There are
already $50 parishes and congregations en-
rolled ; our little monthly publication has
already more than $4,000 snbscrihers. /
! hope that daily increase in the nnm her of
euhscribers will enable me, from the LIST
of next January, to give our little publ
cati"n 80 pages, without any Increase in
price"
We must say something too of the pro
gress of the Living Rosary. The local
director at Pignataro writes to ie General
Director for Italy: " / cannot describe tie
fervOr of our people, AL classes q, in the de-
votion of the Living Rosary. In "A popu-
!ati"n of 5000 souls we have 81 bands Of
fifteen"
bands Of fifteen. The Rosary ia aaid every
Friday, before the altar of the Sacred
Heart.
The local director at Canine says: "The
Apos;leship Is prospecting here in "a wonder
fnl manner. We have twelve bands of The
each month the leaders of the bands meet
in church, aud are told what they are to
communicate to the other mem ers. Then
the little sheets for the Rosary are dis;ri5ut
ed TO them"
AT Chieti there are 262 members of the
Apostleship, five sections for the Commun-
ion of Preparation, and 81 bands for the Liv-
ing Rosary.
In the Archdiocese OF Milan the devotion
to tEe Sacred Heart Ia growing iu fervur, in
extent and in visible fruits of benedictiun.
The various practices of the Living Rosary,
the offices of the Sacred Heart, the Commu
mon OF Reparatlon and of the first Friday of |
the month, are all in regular operation in |
the many religious centres of the Guy ard |
of the diocese.
From zealOus director, in tire diocese of |
Tricarico, we learn that the work of the |
Apostieship is spreading daily more ard |
more. Co the first Friday of every month
the members are present at mass of General
Communion, and the Living Rosary is re-
cited III the evening, followed by q PRAYER
for the general intention of the month.
This prayer is followed by other short ones,
aud the list Of the induigences granted 10
the Association is read. Some prayers are
also said for the special need and nten lions
of the members, the list of the good works
offered up by them la read, discourse on
the devotion to the Sacred Heart ia deliv
cred, and after some reading from the Mes
Senger, Benediction of the Blessed Sacra.
ment is given. The cere -1ony closes with
the singing of the Litanies Before sepa-
rating the members of the Association
receive the little sheets for the Living Ros-
airy.
May this little summary of the workings
Of the devotion to the Sacred Heart, contri
butte much to the greater glory of Cod aud
increase ever more and more the love, the
confidence and fervor of the members of the
Association of the Apostleship of Prayer.