The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1885-01-17

nation of morals amongst her own
children; and 3rd, by her solicitude
for the poor and suffering members
of society. And 1 believe that she
never had grander mission in all
her history than she has to-day to
the noble, generous and fair-minded
American people. Therefore we
have ground of hope that she will
be Il great conservative power in .
this young and promising republic
After sermon the choirs sang an
antiphon and psalm. Then the
Apostolic Delegate recited prayer
in Latin; the Litany of the Saints
were chanted; and after another
short prayer and the singing OF
"Veni Creator" the Apostolic Dele
gate declared the council opened,
and all the members of the council
made the profession of faith, by ad-
vancing in front of the altar, kneel-
ing down two by two before the
Bible, and kissing the open page as
they made their profession. Though
the labors of the plenary council
shall not be made public until the
whole work of the Council has been
sent to Rome and reviewed there,
still we know from pastoral letter
of the plenary council all the very
important subjects upon which they
have legislatcd. They are: LIST, the
Vatican Council; 2nd, the infallibi-
lity of the Pope; 3rd, the trials of
the church: 4th, the church and the
republic; 9TH, the education of the
clergy; 9th, the pastoral rights;
9TH, Christian education; Sth, the
Christian home, /. G., what makes
the home Christian: Christian mar
riage, the indissolubility of marriage,
home virtues, 1. e., Christian charity
which consists in the love of God
and of our neighbor, good reading,
the Holy Scriptures, the Catholic
press: 9th, the Lords Day; 10th,
Forbidden societies; 11th, Catholic
societies; 18th, Home and Foreign
Missions. The regulations made by
the Council upon these numerous
and vast subjects will not be made
| public until they have been reviewed
and approved at Rome.
AS divine blessing Of their
labors, one offer of 100000 has
been made to them by Miss Mary
G.. Caldwell, a young lady of New
York city, rs the foundation for Il
Catholic University, TO be established
in New York city or its vicinity,
under the guiding hand Of the Coun-
Gil, for the higher education of the
future ministry of the Catholic
Church in the United States.
This Plenary Council does plainly
show what progress the Catholic
Church has made in the United
States of America during the last
hundred years. From q few thou.
sand we have grown to be eight
millions. Said Bishop Spalding, Of
Peoria, in thanksgiving sermons, il
presence of the members of tht
council =
"Then GOO years ago), we wer'
without organization. Now this
solemn council, more numerous anc
more free than any which could b'
assembled elsewhere, is the mos
striking evidence of our pcrfec
organization. Then we had II,
schools; now nearly half million
children receive instruction in Catho
lie schools. Then churches wer
few and poor, now they are COUNTIES
by thousands, and many of them ar
monuments. Like the growth o
the country, our progress has beer
so rapid and so manifest, that word
but enfecble the impression stampe
upon all minds by the facts them
selves. y Extracts from the Bal
timore Weekly Sum-"
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