The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1892-03-19

| tellectual young men of the higher
| classes, who subsequently became asso-
ciated as missionaries with him. Such
was the influence of st. Patrick in this
| Easter Sunday discourse that many
young maidens, Sc charmed with the
beauty OF the doctrine declared by st.
Patrick, became converted and en-
braced an ascetic life. Soon st. Patrick
went to Connaught where he remained
several years. The result of his teach
ings was so fruitful that large numbers
we're added to his faith.
SOME OF HIS GREAT WORK.
In the year 455. near the end of his
life. he received from a wealthy chief a
tract of land for the erection of a cathe-
dral in the neighborhood of tho resi-
dence of the kings of Ulster. Soon
there sprung W a town, which became
the ecclesiastical metropolis of Ireland,
and at this day is known as Armaugh.
Previous to this, however, he had found
ed the Monastery Of Saul. and between
Saul and Armaught he spent the remain
ing days of his life. After the erection
of the Cathedral of Armaught he held a
council and enacted for the government
of the infant church many useful
statutes. In all of these cnactments
controversies that were not settled under
these laws were referred to the church
at Rome. In the closing years OF his
life, after having converted nearly he
whole of Ireland to the Catholic faith,
he withdrew to the Monastery of Saul,
where he wrote his Confessions In
these he relates his great life work. In
addition to having preached the gospel
himself he ordained priests and cstab-
lished them over communities which bad
become members Of his faith. Having
finished the work known as his Con
LESSONS" he passed his last days at the
Monastery of Saul and on the 18th day
of March, 40, he passed away.
THE PROGRESS Of CATHOLIC
church and of the Irish people generally
was rapid and wide spread, and it's in
%fiuence reached the remotcst parts of the
earth. The influence of their faith
brought them to higher and better occu-
pations: checked their wandering habits;
new notions of life. and start
ed their energy to hat extent that they
we're soon labOring not only for their
spiritual but their TEMPORAL welfare in
broad and more comprehensive ways.
n arly all of Europe was in the same
condition AS ireland before the arrival of
It. Patrick. HIS disciples went to all
the countries of Europe, and there being
inspired bp the simple and devout life of
Patrick. followed his most illustrious
example till, through the influence of
these disciples, all of Europe were grad
ually receiving the results and blessings
Of that early teaching which had been
inspired by st. Patrick.
THE SPEAKER THEE
on the enlargement which grew
up between England and Ireland as "A
result of the invasions of the .Anglo-Nor-
mans. From the time of the Northmen's
there gradually grew up be-
tween the inhabitants OF Great Britain
and Ireland an estrangement. This was
carried to such an extent that the Eng
fish forbid any Priest of Irish birth to
participate in the rites of the church.
The same disposition was shown in re-
turn. This estrangement continued and
each succeeding ruler was unable to
allay this widening breach between the
fWO npDuIa MANY of the aa1nr ct,lUht
to widen tbe breach bct,vaen them and
we find in Henry Wits time This oreat
.ino or tvrant AZ he mirbt nrnnnriy he
allied. took advantupe If some nretendrd
If some IF thn rlergv IF
hec church and to satisfy his own Gread
mower established t~hrongbout Great
Rr;tain whot is sometimes called .Tbn
Oliver Cromwrll lent his
wild career to the destruction ar snn-
of the Catholic cburcb, MANY
effnrts we're made IN nrncl.;,n
the official est~ablishmont of Protestant.
and the same was established in
l5Ji. Thus il was that the fri great
break was made from the faith cstah,
.ishnd hv ST patrick loon Years
,revions Tho Cathniic rhnrcb rn
.a;vad MANY sovorn BLOWS ot ,ha h.nJs
EI;yahntb. and Tho nniv th;nn that
Kept Ireland close to the faith was the
,]eeninc nm the adherence 70 the Roman
OLIVER CROMWELL
n his peculiar and cratic career started
mi Tor Ireland and nnastnH s,,nh paI,nrn