The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1878-09-01

Rochester, New York. Thence he went to a..
| Novitfate OF the Lazarist Order at Gern.n,
town, Pa, where he signified his inteutio, =.
sssociating himself with the Congregation a,
the Missiors. This was In the year 1870. AT,
| q Theological course Of three years, he va. a,
dained on the 24sh day of August, ls73. Th,
next day he was sent upon o mission No,,h
| which lasted for nearly ono year. He CANA -
New Orleans in 1874. and was stationed a. a,
Joseph's Church, Common atreet, where bs =.
mained mp to the day of his death maxim.
period of four years' stay among our paon,.
ministering to their spiritual wants, and s.'
dearipg himself to all by his piety and am,h;
lity.
An immense congregation attended ~.
| funeral ceremonies which took place In 81,
Joseph's Church last Sunday immediately afte,
High Mass. Very Rev. Father verina, G. M
oficiated, assisted by Father Abbott, c. N. ana
the Fathers attached to st. Joseph's.
Father Doyles remains were inferred in 9.
Vinoent's cemetery, Sixth District.
DEATH OF FATHER REEcHKR.
Last Friday evening, ct fifteen minutes after
five O'clock, the Rev. Charles J. Beeoher d;sd
! at the Hotel Dieu, after an illness Of only six
N. Y, and died st the age Of AZ years, in thu
prime of his life and usefulness. For MANY
years he was one of the assistant priests at a.
Joseph's Church, Common street, but during
the past two months had been assisting at 81.
Patrick's Church. Father Beecher was man
of great zeal and piety and was universally
respected and beloved by the people among
whom and for whom he worked so long and
we'll. His funeral took place from st. Patircks
Church, Saturday morning at 10 O'Clock.
DEATH OF SISTER OF MERCY.
Died, of yellow fever, at the Convent Of
Merov. st. Andrew street. at 2:40 q M, August
81. 1878. M'dlle Marie Azelie Vienne, in reli.
gion Sister Mary Thefess, in the twenty.ffth
year of her sge, and the fourth of her Reli.
gious Profession. May she reat in peace.
Two of the Sisters of Mercy were stricken
by the bedside of the dying during the past
week. The above closes the brief record Of
the first.
Sister Mary Theresa wss born in the Parish
Of Natchitoches, on the Feast of st. Patrick,
and educated partly at home, and partly at
the Convent of the Sacred Heart. From
childhood she seemed o creature made to be
loved. Beautiful in mind and body, and the
idol Of those who knew her, while still mere
girl, she repouuced all that the world could
offer her, and the sinless charms of happy
home, to consecrste herself for life to the sui.
fering and the ignorant, in the Order of Mercy,
Of which che became one Of the fairest orns-
ments. The widowed mother who made this
beautiful Offering to God, and the only sister,
who quickly followed this beautiful example,
still live. May God comfort them. The sick,
the sorro wing, the ignorant, the imprisoned
will mourn the early departure of this sweet
Sister, as we'll as the bereaved inmates Of her
convent home; for her life WAS spent and lost
in the endsavor to alleviate their miseries.
No doubt her ears have already heard the
couso!ing words Come, blessed of Ny Father,
possess the Kingdom prepared for You. For
was hungry, and yon gave Ne to eat; was
thirsty and you gave Ne to drink I was
stranger and you took Ne in; sick and in
prison and you ministered unto Ne
Amen, I say unto you, as often as you did IL
to one of these, Ny least brethren, you did il
unto Ne.
God is the Supreme Master of all. When
He chooses to fill up his "many mansions" BE
has right to the faireat and the best, wheth.
or of q community or . family, and we often
see that it is suoh He selects just as We pluck
the brightest aRd most beautiful flowers ofa
garden. Fiat voluntas Tua.
Seldom has God summoned from earth
soul better fitted to "deOk His paradise"
DEATHS OF THREE SISTERS OF CHARITY.
Sister Loretta Mckenzie died at the Charity
Hospital, Thursdsy, 295h of August. She
was a native of Wisconsin and was twenty
five years of age. She had been four years
connected with the hospital.
Sister Mary keenan, died in the Charity
Hospital Friday, August Soth. She Was born
in Illinois, was twenty-three years of ags
and had been connected with che hospital
only eight months.
Sisters Corsina Keegan died at St. Josephs
School, opposite the Charity Hospital on Fri
day, August 30th. She was tweDty-one years
of age, and had been in this city about four
years. She was a..niece of our respected FRIEND
N. R Keegan, Esq, of Chicago.
LETTER FROM WHISTLER, Ala