The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1890-07-24

Golden Jubilee of Venerable Bishop de
GOesbriand


Golden Jubilee of Venerable Bishop de
Goesbriand.
BURLINGTON, July 1.-THE jubilee
celebration of the golden jubilee of Rt.
Rev. Bishop de G6esbriand was ushered
in at 6 o'clock this morning by the firing
of salute of fifty guns at Battery Park,
overlooking the lake. At an early hour
the streets were well filed with pedes-
trians hurrying towards the historic
ground, many of them being unaware of
the din and noise resulting from the
ringing of so many bells, and the firing
of cannons. Sunday last was the fiftieth
anniversary of the Bishops ordination,
which was celebrated at the Cathedral
at 1880 a. M, by a solemn pontificial
high mass, the Rt Rev. Bishop being
the celebrant, Very Rev. Thos Lynch, V.
g., assistant priest. Rev. FIR. Carly of
this city delivered very impressive SER
mon on that occasion, his theme being
the origin of the priesthood and its rela-
ton to God and man.
Large numbers of lay delegates from
all parts of Vermont began to arrive last
evening, the mail train from the South
bringing nearly 80 priests. AT 10 o'clock
this morning the Cathedral was crowded
to its doors with men, women and chill
dren, representing the Protestant as well
as Catholic community, all anxious to
witness the impressive ceremony. With
in the sanctuary, which was beautifully
decorated with the choicest exotics, were
Most Rev. S. j. Williams, Archbishop of
Boston; Rt. Rev. A. j. Healey, Bishop
of Portland, Me-; Rt. Rev. p. L. o. Reiley,
Bishop of Springfield, Mass; Rt. Rev.
d. A. Bradley, Bishop of Manchester, N.
H.; Rt. Rev. Matthew A. Harkins
Bishop of Providence, r. l.. and Rt. Rev.
Edgar J. Wadhams, Bishop of 0gdens-
burg, n. Y. The bishops, resplendent
in their mitres and purple robes, and
the surpliced priests and acolytes pre-
sented a grand and truly impressive
spectacle. A choir of 30 voices sang tic
sublime responses of the mass, which
was celebrated by the Bishop, assisted
by the following officers: Assistant
priest, Very Rev. Father Gabriels, d. D.,
director of Troy n. Y, Seminary; first
deacon of honor, Father Westerbold
second deacon of honor, Rev. j. I. Bray
p. S. S.; deacon of mass, Rev. Thomas
Gaffney of Rutland; sub-deacon, Rev. J.
A. Bossonnault of st. Johnsbury; first
master of ceremonies, Rev. ID. s. O'Sulli
van of st. Joseph's College, Burlington;
second master of ceremonies, Rev
Joseph Poquet; censor bearer, Rev
jerome Gelot; acolytes, w. V. Sculley
E. b. Dorley of Burlington.
Rt. Rev A. J. Healey, Bishop of Port
land delivered very impressive sermon
taking for his text the words in th'
l47th Psalm, 81 remember the days o.
old, | mediate on all Thy works" The
| D,,h.,,N Ia 10. hot
"In that book which our venerable
brother has placed in the hands of th'
clergy as guide and exhortation to tn,
sacerdotal order, | find that the autho
there represented God as from eternity
For every Christian soul st. Paul said
He loved us from the foundation of tn
world How can better on day lik
this speak of the depths of the past thai
draw aside the curtain of what has beel
considered these things alone. Their
: are certain days above all Others whicl
seem to be like monuments in history
From them we start and our progres
begins afrcsh. Il remember the days O
old, | mediate on all thy works
I "An old family living in the provinc
: of Brittany in France, distinguished nc
! more from its ancient lineage than fo
its piety, possessed living son. He wa
= youth of generous nature, chivalrOu
impulses and noble purposes. ACCORD
|, ing to the old traditions the bells of tn
church announced that child c
7 Adam had become a child of til
/ church. Who then would have though
that his destiny would have called Il
> gether this vast multitude? Who wOul
have thought, seeing the little processio
= of children precede the family to til
= parish chhrch that there was one anon
5 them who some day would be kin
among his people, veritable Davi
among them. A few years latter this DO
y having gone through the temptation
which followed the great French Revolt
: ton, was presented to the priests at S
Sulpice for great ceremony. The gre;
y Cathedral of Paris, that had looked dow
y upon generation after generation, I'll
,, floor OF which had seen so many diffe
ent phases of human history, the solem
70 chant of the laity in which the mercy
I God is invoked upon all who are pro
v trate-there associations connected wit
y it we all remember.
10 "a few days afterward our broth,
-, was ordained in little chapel by speci
permission. Hardly had the ceremor
been completed when the voice of tl
+ Lord was heard, Go forth and preac
the Gospel to all the world The voiC
I, of God called our brother elsewhere, an
!, he departed for another land; comm
- to America to preach the Gospel ,
Christ to men, where there were fe
priests, fewer churches, but many sou
TO save. How wonderful, how beaut
n full is the mission of the true missiOnar
W Home and else is sacrificed on the alt
AZ of God by those who are willing an
n bound to labor where God requires theT
,r In this new land our brother began Iii
ID as a missionary.
a. Success always comes to the piol
O. and the devoted. Fifty years ago he wi
,e ordained a priest-a long time TO loo
II back upon, few now living could give {
le intelligent account of it. There can
. the other day voice from the Eoi
r, which said, Ascend higher After
years, one of the three who thus heai
the order sits beside you to-day, and Il
e, Bishop stands before his expectant flo,
'p as their ruler and their prince. A Bish,
must be Just; he must Judge, interpr,
bless, consecrate, baptize; and with th
burden before him he goes forth as fro
r. the Lord to Gods people who are col
he mitted TO him.
vs 'If you recall that time when the /,
Sc priests came 10 minister to the scatter
in Catholics of Vermont and look arou
you to-day, you will admit that the hal