The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1883-02-25
FATHER CURCI.
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ROM, Feb. ST. met Father Curci to-day
at the intersection Of the Via Mernlann and the
Via Buonarotti. He WAS talking animatedly
with an expressman. who had little cart filled
! with books. Father Curci wore q skull cup.
His appearance there was as strange rs would
be the appearance Of Father Quinn In cassock
and beretta ut Broadway and Barclay streets.
I accosted the old gentleman and asked him
whether he was having any trouble with the
porters.
"Oh. no." he replied. lam only directing
him to the Post Office and to the depot. where no
is to curry these books OF mine. They are
copies Of my now work q volume OF 600 pages
1t will appear simultaneously in oil the cities
OF Italy on Ash Wednesday. These nre the
copies for Naples. Milan. and Turin. am
sending them to the booksellers. II you will
walk into the house will show you the book"
followed the venerable priest into his small
pnrlor. 1S Win Duonarotti. md had long con-
versotion with him. He told mo that since the
publication OF his last pamphlet :" In Nuova
Italia ed Necchi Xelanti" he had been on
posed TO insults and personal assaults. The
pamphlet was written while he was in Naples
in the summer Of 1881. After II was published
the Neapolitnn priests refused to hear his con-
fossion. AS every priest Is bound to confess
| weekly. their action gave him much sorrow.
Others refused to allow him to say mass. Fa-
natical women spat ut him In tho streets and
called him an old devil" One woman struck
him with stick. SO the poor old cN-Jcsuit
was forced to leave Naples and domicilc himself
in Rome.
u had written my pamphlet" said hc. with
the best Intentions. but 1t occasioned mo much
bitterness. j wanted to set my mind to some
pious work whereby l could do some good. and
use little Of tho energy which age seems to in
crease rather than diminish. The work Is now
complete. and here II is" passing me u tome.
took the big volume in my hands. 1t wns
entitled II Saltero Vogarizrato DALI Ebreo ed
Esposto in Note Escactiche Morali." or " Tho
Psalms Translated from the Hebrew. and Illus
trated with Moral and Excsetic Annotations."
Il have done my best with this work" Father
Curci observed. - 1t Is tho testimony Of tho
ardor with which for ton centuries Christ was
expected. l thought that by reading it our
generation would be brought back to the same
Christ. have carefully translated the Hebrew
text word 10y word. and submitted tho work to
the Vatican. Here ia the letter in which Padre
lIanza the Maestro del Sacro Panzzo tho Pope's
ThcoloSinn. permits its publication"
read the letter. 1t is dated on jan. %. 1888.
and it is printed ut the end Of tho volume. 1t
Is very iiatterins document. 1t praises tho
learning OF Father Curci and his knowledge OF
Greek and Hebrew. 1t says TINT tho work is
Wr;iten with great p!cty; cnrefuness. and cru;
Father Curci how many copies had been printed
Only 800. he replied Il made u great
mistake when printed 81 many copies Of my
Nuovo Trsininrntn three hig volumes. Svo. L
have not yet been able to pay my expenses for
printing It. and am nearly ruined. l hope
pay the debts incurred"
Did you not advertise your New Tesla
&" Oh. yes. he answered. Il did and sent
cory to a., the bishops in itaiy put II was not
ment from the Government 1t gave orders
that my hooks shnnld not be overtaNed. al
though their w"i&ht wns above the ordinary
Did The ceclesiastical authorities arprovo
OF the publication of your New Testamcnt"
on, yes but som" parsons insist that am
sured nor SUSPENDED. Wren my publications
to write n rrgunr submission and rctrpction."
was mucn surprised to lind much life in
visnr and fort.tuda from his msiortunes than
most other men would draw from success. He
9d mS at rnse HsSgsn n Wo nskGi h a
clined to d? 40 while absorbed in The nrerara-
Hn d the work S n s he. hr
invitation. As his appearance in pulpit NJ ight
hiring Of hall and no fro ADMISSION.
n I'M, io Ind Father o snsaFa the rrase
will therefore b~gin them on the first sunday
in Lent. The biz hall III the Palazzo Garibaldi
lnS been bred. II seats about 800 persons.
ceipt. VIII IL. dcvoted to some benevolent Oh
Jecl. The SUBJECT Of next Sunday lecture will
be iAmorc della Pa'ra Coordinate cola Re
ligtOnn.' II Is full of interest to Catholics re-
siding in Rome. In the subsequent lectures
Father Cnrcl WI anaiyIe mans moral duties
ns nm individual us the head Of II family. rs the
in,iabitnnt o II city. and IA the unit Of nation.
Whrn nskel whether he Wcuid refer to his
view. published yrars nEu. Father Curci replied
that he should carefully avoid all painful re-
Elections.
Father Curci showed me his house. 1t has
three storics with three rooms each floor.
III" lives on the top floor where he Eus II tIte
chapel. in which, nv permission OF the Holy
Father. he says mass every day. As he rises ut
= o CLOCK every morning. winter and summer.
il would BIO nOns'nsc;'l for him to 20 around
looking for an open church at that hour IN the
Esquain" Til" second floor il occurir, by his
good friend Monsign"r Savarese. n Nenpoiitnn
Ira ate. On the ground floor there are dining
ana reception rooms ard apartments for SER
wants. Tho Kitchen and pantry are in the base
inrh!. The only attendant ~ countryman.
who serves us cook. butler waiter. and valet
Father Curci enjoys good health. His eyes
and he gives orders and dcspa' ches business
while in conversation. Every minute of time
is ccononii%.d. lio bears no i'll will against his
enemies. He seems to have only one sorrow.
Archbishop of florence. will forbid his saying
mass in his diocese Ii no should evor again
visit that fnmous city.
Father Curci is very small md worry thin
sarcastic power Tint created such u stir in
1870. and af,nrward sharpened tho pen that
was used agnnst tho most intimate friends Of
his whole life.
GRd7EFUL MGILLICUDDY.