The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1897-12-16
The JUBILEE.
Interesting Contribution by a
Member of the Catholic
Congregation.

paper to mention the mission given
in the Church of the Immaculate
Conception here, by the Rev.
Father Valentine, a priest from
the Passionist Order of Louisville,
KY, and also Of the silver jubilee
OF the church, which occurred on
the feast of the Immaculate Con-
ception the Sth inst.
The mission was grand success,
full of Joy and happiness for the
Catholic members, and an edifying
treat to the many nonCatholics
who attended it,
The Rev. Father Valentine is a
gifted orator, and an up to date
warm hearted man, who seems to
take with every one. Having
worked as a coal miner in Pennsyl-
vania with his father in his boy
hood days, he seemed to be very
much at home here, and was "In
touch" with the people, and took
great interest in them and easily
won their hearts, and, in fact, the
hearts of all who met him. On the
day after the mission closed he
took trip through the mines, Mr..
White, engineer St. Bernard mines,
kindly escorted him and gave him
all the pointers on mining with the
'Iron men," etc. The Rev. Faith
er expressed himself as being we'll
pleased with his trip through the
mines and the kindness of Mr..
White.
On the occasion of the Silver
Jubilee of the church the members
of the congregation decorated and
festooned the entrance on the out
side and the interior of the church
in a beautiful manner; 1872 and
1897 in wreaths of evergreens, the
figures being silver, were placed on
either side of the sanctuary, and
Just over the front of the sanctuary
in silver letters, on blue back
ground, was suspended the words
"Silver Jubilee
A very pleasant feature OF the
Jubilee and greatly enjoyed by all
was an organ recital, or sacred con-
cert, given in the church in the
evening and a lecture by the Rev.
Father Valentine on Modern Chris
tianity, which was proven not to
be Christianity at all. The Rev.
Father Valentine is a genius, he
says that he never apologies. |
presume like Davy Crockett, he is
always sure that he is right before
going ahead. AS fitting climax
to the mission and jubilee the Rev.
Father Valentine, with the assis-
lance of the congregation, got up
surprise for the Rev. Father
Coenen in the way OF a purse of
silver amounting to four hundred
dollars. In the first place, it was
the intention of the members, by
the advice of the Rev. Father Val
entine, to solicit among the Rev.
Father Coenen's friends and get up
hundred dollars to buy him new
vestments, but during the mission
the boiler of the steam heater in
the church gave out and will have
to be remedied, this greatly wor-
ried Father Coenen, as his funds
were very low and the winter on
us and he did not know what to do,
so the Rev. Father Valentine called
his band of solicitors for the money
to buy vestnents together and had
secret meeting from the
Rev. Father Coenen-and turned
their subscription lists into lists TO
get up money to purchase new
heater for the church, which they
succeeded in doing in a creditable
manner.
On the night after the Silver H.
bilee the members of the congre-
CATION met in the hall over the
parocial school-house, the band Of
solicitors having decorated the
hall with fresh flowers, Japanese
lanterns, banners, parlor lamps,
etc., and called together a commit
tee of six gentlemen and had them
call at the pastors residence and
invited the Rev. Father to meet
members of the congregation and
other friends in the hall. They
came to the hall to find it full of
pleasant faces and the stage beau
tifully decorated, rejecting much
credit on the ladies who did the
work.
Before the Rev. Father Coenen
could realize what was going to
take place the Rev. Father Valen-
tine, who had been chosen master
of ceremonies, made a beautiful
presentation speech, addressing
the Rev. Father Coenen as as ub-
Harlan, and presented him with
four hundred dollars in silver and
promissory notes to buy a new
heater, which was a complete sur
prise to the Rev. Father.
1t was some time before he could
respond. When he attempted to
do so he was overcome with emo
ton and cried like child, which
was picture too sublime for, 1.-THE
writer to draw. The Rev. Father
Valentine called for all the mem
bers present that were here, when