The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-08-31
ARE NOW CHILDREN
OF TIE CHURCH..
Those Who Received the
Sacrament of Con-
frmation
FROM THE ARCHBISHOP.
Solemn and Impressive Cere-
mony at St Agnes
Church.
a SERMON TO PARENTS.
When Confirmed the Boys Unhesi-
tatingly Joined the League of
the Cross.
a SERMON TO PARENTS.

Yesterday, for the first time in its his
tory, st. Agnes Church, on Masonic ave-
nue., was visited by Archbishop Riordan.
Some fifty intelligent children received
the sacrament of confirmation from his
hands.
II am glad to meet you all and to greet
you," said the Archbishop to the large
congregation assembled, under such au-
spicious circumstances. The conirmat
of the children, which you have come to
witness. is a momentous event In your
lives and theirs. 1t marks period in
their lives when they must be guided in
their daily conduct chiefly by their own
reason, and can rely no longer solely upon
the counsel of their parents and teachers.
THE children are now entering upon the
most dangerous years OF their lives, for
they will soon be leaving home, forming
new associations and encountering many
new mptations. The practice of virtue
is not always easy. We are often COM
PEELED to mix with good and evil company,
and our children when leaving the home
of their parents need to be strengthened
with virtue. 1t is for this reason that the
holy church administers the sacrament of
confirmation.
1.-THE dear children know what is right,
and God, coming in the sacrament, will
give them the moral strength and courage
to do what is right. 1t is in the home that
the spiritual and intellectual training of
children should ever be continued. AS q
rule boys are like their fathers and girls
generally take their characters from their
mothers. If the parents are sober, indus
trious, God-fearing Christians so will the
children be.
Next to the home the best source of
instruction is the church. and l urge upon
your attention the necessity of maintain
ing in al parishes well-organiZed Sunday
schools, taught by earnest and intelligent
teachers. Ii we don't look after the moral
welfare of our little ones how can we ex-
pect them to become good Catholics when
they have arrived at years oil maturity and
taken our places? In TINS skeptical age it
is no easy task to bring up our children in
the way they should 60. We Cath olics
cannot be hail-fellow- well-met with every
body, for there are sacred obligations, ike
the ten commandments, resting upon US
which we dare not disregard. Conse-
quently let US take heed in time and by
properly training our children, provide
wisely for tbs future.
The girls waiting to receive the sacra-
ment were dressed in white. They wore
white lace wells and around their heads
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collars and knots of white ribbon around
their right arms.
Upon the conclusion of the Arch
bishops address, the children knelt In
front of the altar-rail and received the
sacrament. The Arch bishop, assisted by
Fathers Mulligan and Mcmahon, extended
his hands over them, prayed that they
might receive the Holy Ghost and
anointed their foreheads. with oil in the
form OF a cross. Following is q list of the
boys and girls confirmed:
John Paul Dunn, John Louis Bertrand
Whelan, Bert Vincent Doherty, Joseph
Hugh Quigley, Joseph Emanuel Curley,
Donaghy, William Joseph Carrick, Ed
ward Patrick Finn. Peter Joseph Descalso,
James AIoyscus, William Patrick Neeson,
Montague Curry. Eugene Francis Reilly,
Robert AIoysius White, Leo Joseph Nc
Donald, Cleveland Edward Lundy, John
Leo Martin, Philip James Martin, Edward
Louis Hunt. Walter Francis Dunn, VIM
cent Henry Ryan, Thomas William
Lundy, Henry Vincent Mcdonald,
Thomas Joseph Carew, Roscoe Conk-
ling Fenton, Walter Joseph Foley,
May Alice Dunn, Felicia Helena Arel-
lance, Henrietta Magdalene Williams,
Katie Agnes O. Brien. Alma Emela Smith,
Maggie Agatha Fltzsimmons, Mary Ellen
Walsh, Lizzie Gertrude Ryan, Rose Maria
McGrath. Margaret II. Ruddick, Alice c.
Whelan, Mary Clare Moran, Alice Gertrude
Moran, Anita Josephine Black, Irene
Agnes Doherty, Bella Genevieve Birch,
Emma Maggie Donaghy, Gertrude Clare
OToole. Gertrude Alice Valentine, Caro-
line Frances, Agnes Butler.
After confirmation, the boys all Joined
the League OF the Cross, pledging them
selves to abstain from all intoxicating
DRINKS and from visiting places where
liquors are sold, until 81 years of age.
With benediction, pronounced by the
Archbishop, the services were then con-
Guided.