The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1877-02-18
ARcHBlsHoPRIc OF REV ORLEANS.
FFTIETH AENIvERsARY or THE ErISCorAcf
OF PIIS IN.


Plus TX. was conaecrated Bishop. This
event, so rare in the Episcopacy, ia unparel
lelled in the history of the long series OF
! P1pes. Wherefore, oil Catholics through
out the whole world desire to celebrate II
inSe manner worthy of that grand aud holy
| PonNH in whom God has concentrated all
| gloryand Distinction, as he has at the same
| time gathered together upon i1is head every
trial and every grief. Plus y. is the greatest
man of Aur era, even in pnre'y human
point o: viAw. Itis he "ho Will give name
t. the My. Century. And when the little
great Men who strut upon the stage OF to-
day, to disappear to morrow, shall have
undergone the Judgments of God, AID when
their dust shall lie forgotten in the dark
ness of the grave the name of Plus IN,
forever fresh and g!oriuns, will be repeated
with love from generation to generation,
and his memory Will always be dear to
those who love Jesus Christ and HIS
Church. And truly. for thirty-one years
this noble old man, a king dethroLei and
despoiled, without earthly power, without
an army, without a Treasury, has been
stronger than the potentates of the age. Ry
his untailing sweetness, by his irvlnclble
patience, by his unconquerabIe energy, by
his speech full of power like the truth of
which it is the expression, Pius IN. holds
in check the spirit of Revolution unclaimed |
by Satan.
And hy q kind of miracle which every
man of faith recognizes with gratitude, God |
reserves aud llarveiIoHsiy pr"l0ns- that ,
lite already 90 foil, upon wuich IT," moral |
des.inrcs Of the world for the time being
seem to GcPcud. Aud aftcr having loug
since celebrated the tiftictil nnniv"rsary of
the priesthood OF Pas IN, then the
twenty iifth anniversary of hts coronation,
with the thirty first now almost at hand,
are called upon to celebrate the
FIfteth anniversary of his Episcopal Con
secraton.
Under these solemn circumstances the |
Diocese of New Orleans cannot remain in
diocese which has ever been
for its attachment to the
Holy See and by it's veneration for Plus "
1t is true the poverty to which our enemies
have reduced does not permit of our
sending abundant gifts to our Father. In
Iced We have abstained from taking any
official action in this matter, out of regard
FOR the prevalent distress of our fellow citi-
zens, aud although we have encouraged and
blessed the pious ladies who are charged
with the otliae of collecting offerings to be
sent to the Holy Father, the result will no
doubt be far below what we could have de-
sired.
Bat that about which we arc chiefly
solicitous and which will most sensibly
touch the heart of Pins IN, is that the
Catholics of our Diocese should, in All ad-
dress dictated from the heart, express their
and their devotion towards Il 9
august and glorious Pontif. Therefore we
would like that the Catholics of this city
capable gentlemen should he selected to
prepare nn address to b. sent to the Holy
Father IN tie name of our entire Catholic
population. Aud while we, who have been
Thereto authorized Ivy our brethren, the
Blshops nf the Ecclesiastical Province of
New Orleana, SHALL individually express to
the Holy Father i'll their name, in the name
of all their priests and of their hOcks, our
admiration, our vcucration and our lov" for
him, the address presented by the laity will
serve to show that We have been but the
faithful interpreter OF their feelings and
wishes. And the Sovereign Poptif will
know that, though We have greatly de
clined from our former prosperity, our
hearts and minds are not therefore changed
that we retain unweakened the same re-
spectful devotion to the,Holy See, the same
fidelity to the chair of Peter, the same do
Citity under the infallibIe teaching of
Christ's Vicar, and that We preserve un-
changed our veneration, our love and our
devotion for the venerable person of Plus
TX. NAPOLEON JOSEPH.
Archbishop of New Orleans.
Nsr Orleans, "A Feb., 1877.
Plus TX WAS appoint Archbishop Of Spoleto NAV
2tst, ls2i hut lao only tho 2rd OF
June following in the Church of ST Peter. Chains At
Rome.
Father