The morning times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-03
FEAST OF SAINT IGNATIUS
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Anniversary of His Death Observed
At Saint AlOySiuS'.
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He Was the Founder of the Power
full Catholic Order of
JeSuits. [

The feast of st Ignatius waSappropriatcly
celebrated In st AioysIus Church, at Nortn
Capitol and streets northwest, yesterday.
81. lguaIlus III Luyois ui,i Ia tne siAIceutn
century, hut his menlory Is COMMUNICATED
in all the Jesuit churches throughout the
lana, FOR il was TINS saint whose teaching
was the means of establishing this brancn
OF the Catholic church, anu wnich Is today
one OF the largest branches OF the Christian
church III the world
Tue services yesterday consisted :. Z the
celebration OF mass ut 6, Z s, o and 1880.
Tue latter was the principal mass OF the
day, the Rev. Father Cornelius Gillespie,
S. j., being the cclebrant. Owing 10 the
TACT tnau tne cnoir mas peen dismissed tor
thes umncr here was nomusic. Inc church
was TILED 10 its utmost capacity and many
OF those in attendance We're compelled To
stand
Tue sermon was dstinctivcly an anui
versary S errnon, u nd WAS preachcdpyF ather
Gillespie. Laying aside the history OF the
saint netook UP the principal or not,oof ST.
Ignatius-Omni ad ma Iorem del llori.H-
and explained this by saying that II was II
for the greater glory OF God; that the prin-
tipal was identical with the plan or God for
the redemption of the world.
The mind of st. irnalius'' said the
father. ''Ilc principal which he carried,
meant that We should not he content with
the mere saving of our souls, but that We
should rise higher, soar loiuer and enter
more chcerrGlly and Christian like into the
plans of Almighty God.
The Thoughts Of the saint. as were the
plans of the Almighty, were that the
children of God should not tie satisfied
10 live in doing that which We Were
obligated to do, and feel that We had
performed our whole duty when we had
done the few everyday requirements
. mat come to us. The teachings of st.
IgDatius were that we should lie ready at
all times TO forward the truth, even where
there were no obligations. That we should
be ever ready TO spread the knowledge
OF God by wardips the works Of eduta-
ton and the works Of charity.
The principal practiced in his own life
was Of the highest degree and was i'm
planted in the order which he founded. His
chief object was the spreading OF the
Kingdom OF God by works of education in
schools and in colleges and by the spread
lug OF the gospel OF Jesus Christ abroad.
Prac,icing this principal was possible and
easy for all no matter how obscure and
III borious the opposition in life might be.
1t was possible To offer our lives and our
Ia Dor whether done for ourselves, our
family, or for the public, to Almighty God.
Whoever offered their hearts and actions
10y morning pra yer We're filling the precepts
Of God TO pray always. They were, more
over, spreading in their own hearts the
love of God. Aud of the words in their
hearts and in others who SOW the piety
OF their lives wheresoever they go. This
was, after all, the great principal of St.
Ignatius.''
Solemn benedction was pronounced last
night at the church by the Rev. Father
Gillespie. at 7:30. The Rev. Father NJ. c.