The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-01-28

good improvements = hools. and churches on
il. which nre not only self support NJ. but aid in
swelling the funds of the diocese and also the
10 rturn 10 Nomination Island and to the
hdipr,''e oi w lorh-to ~ Tvs churchrS
and 80 chap"-, il colleges and thcoloIi al
srminariea. a.. dirty solicit schools ana aHdr-
mics; iis paro ,hial 'hQos. on" 10 nearly every
muir IA MS nSylums and hospitals ia religious
clmmuntlpS pf m n and women living in their
81 iatauUul and frequently splendid clustered
houses But this cnum ration conveys but u
slight idea Of the flris All over TINS island. or
10y the wat ~ n'nr il. when you observe spot
where every natural advantage and charm ~
found. YOU Will oft IA ilnl that the Tor sight anu
enterprise of that won lrriul organization. tho
Roman Catholic Church. have placed upon II
something solid. enduring. or magnlilr ont. with
cross rising over Il. The mnrbl. cathedral.
which Is - accommodate" 900 wurshipp RS at u
tune. il nearly compct,d on Fnth nvrnuc.on
the very best spot for the purpose =" Ion. IA the
city stands. NOnc but an Astor. or n Roman
Catholic archbishop. would have igresrcn the
value of the sitr when II WIS lie ted years ago,
a rocky Wild vast. beyond the then cattl. mar
KIT of the city. 80 when the Paulist Fathers
chose the site of tnrir house and church ON
Fifty ninth street and Ninth avenue they bought
IA whole block. Then th"r' is the old LOrillari
country cat now the beautiful domain of the
Ladies' Of the Sacred Heart and the ati more
nngnlll.rnt possession ~ th" Sisters OF Charity.
MI ST. Vincent ON the Hudson. where Edwin
FOR ~ buit hi- Toy cnst.. an, n,nin IN" ruined
Pu"kskill, now the pose ssion Of the y 'rs OF
the Good Shepherd. and 10y them bcing rapidly
restored to its pristine beauty what fore
Thought and good -'n-e and financial ability
prevailed over thu-e ur,ha-rs and directed the
improvements madc upon them.
Whore do - all the money come from TINT
bought ana improved these possrs-ipnsY Say
onr-hnli was raised by the increase n the
value of the property. how WIS the other half of
these grcat estates accumulated IN hall con
tury by AN organization whose glory In that the
most 81 liS p.nl, hI' poor liiu tuM ~ r,,,N'nu.S
are not drawn from the rich. hut chiefly from
mechanics. small slorekccp"rs iHborcr-. and
servant girls; BY the simplest sort Of an ar
rnnsem"nt and that, too, without laying
heavy burden on any one.
Tho revenues Of u Catholic church in this city
are not small neither are they drawn entirely
from the rich Each church has a daily IN .nmr
from the poor us we'll ~ the rich. Catholic
churches are not closcd all the week ns Protest
ant ones are. We viii take tho Church of the
Jesuit Fathers and mike rough estimate.
ENat figures W. cannot arrive at In TINS
persons. there ar" I'VE regular masses every
Sunday morning. and three or four every day
~ the week. Every Catholic. man. woman, and
child ii obliged 10 40 10 niis~ every SUNDAY and
holiday Of obligation in tn year. under penalty
gi mortal sin II lac or she wliully neelects this
duty. Catholics must assist nj mass once n
week. and sometimua twice. and at that mass
every worshprcr drops into the basket nj
least on" penny. At the early or low mass =
there T. rarely anything paid at the door for u
seat. but ~ the eight. nnr and half past tn
nn-srs the fe" eNprctcd. hut not eNa'ird. -
from fy" 10 ilftorn '-'nts. This IL paid willingly
by all who enter the church, except the pow
holders. who rarely go To- any of the cartier
in~-'-. II n -.t" "-timtto To- say that 900
w'r7hippnt- dfop l.rD pennies into the mls1 II
M DO" first 'rI ..- - la ~. Fran 'i- Aaylcrs
tluf 't.iy sunday mornin--thut i~ so.
I.r the tAuh Vt mass -. crll Nrat'd nj and .
O'Clock. $50 wl say tler' - collected In the
IW-N'f g'lf af f tliYr- SD 3 ~ 900 10 sorry i.'n
40 h.sh iu'.-- sio. ani m vr-p"rs SO; at thr an
w"h-'iu miss -. IN all say So; total ky
lu '1fu" .l-'. lf1Ifiu tIr rVl.'S ulunr. This H.
ciiuit 90 s-.lr1 20 year. AMI this j. mostly tine
contributions ul pAor tatu"lcs. I'll" r. 'il on rs
EN' IN 20 lHdhn' lN'i Is utmost liNi-n. ana ln.N
r' frequently "N"hei "a their donations hy
and wolrn Add To- .his the pow rrnis say iVl
p"w- AT SO upir'e-s n.oVp. In al AN in Home of