The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1888-04-28
BLESSED PETER CLAVER.
Miracles Performed at Various Times
and Places in This
Country.
RESTORING A PARALYZED HAND.
Curing Ig1atius strecker Of Rottenness Of
the Bones, Diseased Throat and
Pulmonary Consumption.

Pulmonary Consumption.
Fr. 7Neninger, s, j., in Messenger of S. Heart.
Devotion to Peter Claver IN tn
United States began with his beati{ica
tion. At that time, preached a mis-
sion in the Church Of ST. Joseph, at St
Louis. AS Christ bade His Apostle
preach, and lay hands Oh the sick, re
solved to do what Christ admonishee
the "Heralds Of the Gospel to do, ant
to place the relics Of Blessed Peter OF
the heads Of the sick. But in order MOI
to interfere with the order and quiet O.
the mission, I announced to the people
that would attend to the sick onl,
after the conclusion OF the mission
that they must first take care of thei1
souls, making the exercises as we'll a..
possible, and then continue the invoca
ton Of Blessed Peter Clayer every da,
till his feast--the 9Th of September.
At the end of the second mission al
st. Joseph's, they brought among ths
sick Child born blind, that did no.
move the pupil of its eye when the flame
of candle was placed before it. The
following day the parents came ant
thanked me, because the child had go1
the perfect Use Of its eyes. told The
parents to thank God and His servant
Blessed Peter Claver; but felt no I'M
pulse Or inclination to speak of the favor
to others.
After that I gave missions uninter
ruptedlY for many years, imposing Cht
relics over and oyer again at the conclu
sions of missions and cures followed
cures almost without interruption; *
that the veneration of Peter Claver wa.
spreading and increasing throughou
the whole of the United States, ovel
which I constantly travelled; but still
felt no impulse to notify Rome of these
cures.
Finally, during the year 1862 I gave {
mission at Melrose. near New York
There a woman came, afflicted with q
rotten hand. One finger especially wa
putrefying, and the whole hand was {
mass Of corruption. Gangrene had sci
in, and the hand was to be cut off.
placed the relics on the sore hand anC
told the woman to come next morning
to Church. and that meanwhile / woulc
recommend her to Blessed Peter Clayer
She came, and during Mass felt heavy
stroke on her hand.
At once she rose up, and, anxious tt
see what happened, went out into The
street and removed the bandage, when
she saw that she had, as it were, a new
hand, for the flesh was tender and frest
as boiled egg without the shell, anc
no more corruption was visible. Seeine
this change, she began to cry in a lout
voice. ''Glory, Glory to God! I an
cured!" At this, q crowd quickly as
sembled, aud among them an apothe
cary, who had a drug store on the cor
ner opposite the Church; as he knew
the previous condition of the woman's
hand, he said to the people: II don't
know what the priest did to cure that
hand, but one thing / say,-that is q
wonder
Even this case I did not feel disposed
to refer to Rome. Butproceeding from
Melrose to the neighboring parish of
Manhattanville, was standing in the
sacristy, when, suddenly, I felt my
finger pierce as by lancet, and the
pain almost made me siuk to the floor.
My finger began to swell. Then 1 began
to tnink that possibly Blessed Peter
Claver was thus affecting me, for not
needing the fact that these cures were
wrought by God to promote his canon
ization.
So I addressed myself to him to cure
me, and promising, in turn, that I would
immediately inquire from Rome what
was to do in regard to many, nay in
Vulnerable cures, worked through the
application of the relics of Peter Claver.
Father Boero, who was the Promoter of
the Processes for our Venerables, re-
piled that had only to state the facts
to the bishops and send the cases to the
Congregation Of Rites for examination.
Father Boero added that two evident
miracles of the first class would suffice,
if it happened after the beatifcation.
So sent only five miraculous cures to
Rome.
OF these, the Congregation selected
three and sent the Instructions to the
bishops. The first was that of a lady in
Milwaukee barbara Dressen), eighty
two years OF age, who had been afflicted
for twelve years with cancer on the
right cheek. The second was that of a
girl with broken collar bone inNip-
pinose Valley, in the diocese Of Phila-