The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1877-02-04
Dedication of St. Vincent. Church, Mobile.
CONDENSED from the Rsasste,

CONDENSED from the Rsssster,, .
This grand and imposing SSfemony was
witnessed last Sunday by the largest gath
ering ever assembled on a religious occasion
| in Mobile.
AT 10 o'clock an immense procession,
headed by the CleburDe Guards, started
| from the appointed ground on Government
! street TO the new church. Every nationality
was represented, and all marched under the
banners of their respective charitable and
literary associations, followed by large
concourse of citizens, who, not having time
TO organize in regular bodies, came to tes-
tify by their individual presence, to the in
terest they felt in the ceremony which was
To place new temple under the invocation
OF that name which every creed, Q 1ery ma
ton, wherever Divine charity was known,
holds in loving reverence-the name OF st
Vincent de Paul.
When the procession finally reached the
edihce, the long array of prelates, priests
and acolytes issued forth from the residence
of the Very Rev. c. T. OCallagban, the |
popular pastor of the parish, and through
the crowd which opened before them, en- |
tered the enclosure surrounding the church. |
In their ranks marched the Rt. Rev. |
Bishops Fitzgerald of Little Rock, Psllicer
of San Antonio, and Quinlan of Mobile, to.
gether with the Very Revs. T. B. Bsasen |
and J. }. Keeler, acting IS Masters of
Ceremonies, the Very Rev. Canon Moyni.
han of New Orleans, Fathers Brown and
as Deacon and Sub Deacon, the
Rev. Fathers lmsand, Sierra and Deynoodt
of st. Joseph's Church, and their brothers
of the order of Jesus, President Baudequin,
and Fathers Antonio, Roduit, Antioch and
Holainde of Spring Hill College, amongst
whom were found Father Smith, of Little
Rock, Father KeFwan of Tuscaloosa and
last, not leasE, the prince of Southern poets,
the Rev. A. J. Ryan, of the Cathedral.
The ceremony OF blessing the grOuDda
a.
formed by the Right Rev. Bishop QuinlaU,
the clergy formally entered the sanctuary,
and, in conformity with the ritual, pro-
seeded to the puri6cRtiOn and dedication
IF the sacred precincts, by the sPrinkling
If holy water on the Wslls, commencing on
he Gospel aide, recitiDg aloud the LitsDy
II the SSints, and with united voice.
chanting the grand verses Of the 18th,
2uGh and l2IsC Psalms, 90 we'll calculated
o remind man that "the foundation of ell
wisdom is the fear Of God"
Right Rev. Bishop Pellicer celebrated
he Pontitical Mass with all its pomp and
plepdOT. Right Rev. Bishop FITZGERALD
preached sermon, which in taste, learn
Dg, elOquencs, and true Christian spirit
vas never surpassed by any of the princes i
Il the Christian pulpit. HE words breath l
ID that true Catholic charity which throws
to azure mantle over errors and ignorance, G
md brings within its ample fOIds those 9
VbOm the world has bereft Of any other .
consolation. His picture of the primitive Q
meeting in the dSIkDess of the =
stacombs and confessing their faith under n
he fAngs OF the beasts of the CIrchs, com 4
al ed with the modern temples and the 80 n
nrity which TO dAy-in our own country Fl
& least--surTounds the exercise Of Christina y
7Orship, was a gem of touching eloquence, Il
pie patbOB, aud heart moving logic. n
AT the conclusion of the Mass z gnt Rev.
shop QuinIan made n congratuIatOTy =.
ddress to the pastor, the congregation, and G,
II who contributed for the object. 81
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ny three churches" the peoples friend M e. H. ~
dana. enjoys the pleasure and prodt Of farnahihg d
. goods % members Of the congregations Of oil mp e
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