Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1883-04-19
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n Jesus celebrated tlse GOalen jubilee Or
hsiiesh anniversary d the foundation Of the
Province q Maryland. The dag was cosn-
memorated in ~. Aloyaus' church by a
High Mus. Rev. Father Jenhins officiating
and Rev. Father Swagers pgeaching the SER
mnn. Il was our intention 10 have given 4
verbatim report of tie sermon but n writ
Ing osas our photographic notes We fund
that = would be tho lengthy for publication
IN paper tie SIZE of the BEAcoz. ard not
being able to condense without marYing il.
ws are forced % give only the following brief
resume If the main points touched On by the
esoqaent Father In his discUurse:
Father SwageEs read the Goxuel aooording
% St. Matthew, Clsap. XIII, and took n III
tiki, the verse, The Kingdom of Heaveu
u IKE unto . mustard seed In wirnt,le
Tut eloquent words he explained how ~
could apply TO the Feast 0f last SUNDAY the
words Of the Saviour; then stating that Il
was the Feast 81 ST. Joseph and also the If
teth anniversary of the foundation Of the
Jesuit Province Of MaFyland---an anniyersa-
~ that conid happen but once ina life-time
he gave brief account &C the life and
iabUrs "a ''that noble knight, Ignatsus IL
L,yoia," reCfting that had bis hearers lived
three hundred and fifty years ago and ira
veaed through beautiful France, they might
have seen the Founder a the Society
u Jesus, wandering beggar through the
streets Of Paris, begging his bread. or had
they gone into the churches they might have
seen him wrapped in prayer, or later on.
have seen a fttlI srvs.,sr,, ,..ss,. =, = - ~
boys receiving instructions, or have followed
him To the cave a Manresa. Next Father
oWagers gave an account Of how Ss. Igna-
tigis gathered arvsifsl him q bard on devoted
nsen aud led them 10 Montmarkre; how they
adopted for their NOTE, '.AD MATORKM DEI
uLoRIAn, and following them through Eu-
rope, Asa and Africa, showed them, caring
not Tor persecution and death, but ever anima-
tai by that motto and ever lab0ring fur the
greater gi0Fy Of God. Then following the
Society until the colonization Of our own
country, gave an interesting account Of the
life anil iabrrs Of Father White, relating that
born in England in 1879 Father White
stuffed nj Duuay and was ordained a Priest
IA 1904; how returning ID his native cunn-
try he WAS betrayed by q traitor, hunted
down anu cast into prison along with forty
other Priests aud in 1907, banished for yer
and ever from illiberal England; how AZ the
age of twenty-cight he became q member of
the Society Of Jesus: how he taught Philoss,-
phy, Hebrew and Geology in Spain and how
frum that time we bear meth NJ If him TN
I'll m 1882, be, along with Fathar A than,
was selected by his Superior b accompany
Lo'd Baltimore 10 Maryland. The Rev.
Speaker followed in their temp sst-tnssed
voyage the two little vessels that lore the
founders Of ou- State; told how they landed
oi the Island OF St. Clements, now Blakis-
tones how still animated bv the motto.
For the Greater Glory of God, they cree
TED rude altar and on the Feast Of the
Annunciation Father White offered I'M
to God the 4 1t Mass ever celebrated in this
State; how they planted rude cross---and
he prayed To God the cross would ever re-
main IN this country. Then, he related how
Fathers White and Altman IaboretI among
the Indians and despite the opposition Of
designing men, converted them to Col;
how, IN l64n, Father Altman exhausted,
Iied how the mission was not left to itself
but other Priests were sent over /; how they
tOlied and IabOred among our fOrefathers
and the Indians. Then he spoke Of dissen-
SONS IN the Colony, told how Lord Balti-
mOres government was subveTted, how
Catholics were prosecuted in the Colony they
themselves had founded, aud Father White,
seized and sent in iruns to England. was
cast into dungeon, again banished aud
how on December 81, 1858, the time of his
reward came, and Is he had lived Saint
and an Apostle, ON the Feast of an Apostle.
he wen to God. Still following the Socie-
~. the Rev. Speaker, told how its abolish
ment was fur5ed upon Pope Clement; how
the Papal bull was refused admission t j.,
Russia; how in 1914 it was re-estabIished;
how Bishop Carroll, himself a former Jesuit.
gathered the Priests If Maryland together
and united them again; how only thirteen
were found; how the Mission grew. until
in 1898, fifty years ago, it was formed into
Province; how the Province grew and
sent out Missionaries to other States; how
six young Belgians entered the NovitIate at
Whiteinarsh and what a glorious destiny
GOd hal for them; how they became in
1873, the Founders Of the Missouri Province.
and he relpiced that he had known them all
finally bringing down the history to our own
day, how the Maryland and New York Prov
inces were united. After speaking Of the
laburs Of the Jesuits in Maryland, and par
ticularly in our own county, the Rev. Faith
or IN conclusion, expressed the hope, that
his hearers might lead happy lives here
anu otis uag lhiShb meet tleiF 1eacueTs De-
fore the throne of God"
TIE Choir sang the KYRIE, GLORIA and
CREDO from C1ncone Mass. aud the Sane
rus and AGXUs DEL from Mercadantes 5.
At the Benediction the TE DEUM was
chanted. This, in our memory, was the
first time that this great Hymn of Thanks
giving was ever sung in st. Aluysius'
Church. Though we profess not to be
judges of music, we thought the singing was
excellent and have since been pleased t.
hear it highly complimented by competent
Judges