Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-02-28
MISSION AT ST. JOHNS.
Redemptorist Fathers Open Services tc
Continue Three Weeks.

A three weeks mission, under the au-
spices Of the >Redemptorist Fathers, was
successfully opened at st. Johns Catholic
Church Sunday morning at 10.3O o'clock,
with solemn high mass, which was cele-
brated by Rev. j. A. Hurley, the new
curate at st. Johns, who was assisted by
Rev. C. S. Sullivan as deacon, and Rev.
Patrick MulhaA, one of the missionaries,
as sub-deacon. The church was crowded
to the doors by an immense. congregation,
which filled every seat and occupied all
the available standing room.
The missionaries who are to conduct the
services for the next three weeks are Rev.
Rev. William Hogan and Rev Patrick
Mulhall, the band being in charge of FIR.
Delargy, who is an eloquent and forcible
preacher, as was shown by his opening
the words, Behold, now is the acceptable
time. behold, now is the day of saliva
ton. He made a powerful appeal to the
people of the church to attend the mis-
sion, saying: If those words were ever
true, they are true on this beautiful morn
ing, for within these days of the mission
we VIII take our treasured souls in our
hands and look at them on every side, and
see II there is anything about them that
would be displeasing to God. The mission
band Is sent to this church at this time to
preach 10 the people and to bring them to
sense OF duty, and to place them in the
narrow road of righteousness. God is
ever ready to extend his grace to mankind
and mission is an extraordinary grace
because the effects are of an extraordina-
ry nature. The missionaries have come
TO explain to the people of the church that
unless they are Catholics in work as we'll
as IN name, God will say to them on the
last day, Il know you not" The band is
here to enlighten and resuscitate the souls
and to teach them the manner of never
AGAIN falling into sin. Woe betide the
man who does not embrace this golden on
portunity TO make his peace with God
Perhaps this is the last mission for some
OF the people here at this time; therefore
all snoutu take advantage of it's oppor-
tuhlties for confessing and making their
peace with God. The mission is for an
learned and unaearned, rich and poor, and
$500 and wicked. God does not hate the
SINNER VINO wishes to return to grace but
ne has no love for the man who persists
IN his sins. A mission. is necessary for the
good to make them better, and for the
more feryent in their faith
IT. .Delafgy then went on to explain the
exercises OF the mission, the first week of
which will be devoted to the married
women of the parish, the second week to
the unmarried women, and the third week
10 the men. The exercises will consist of
mass at . a. m. every day, followed by
a snort sermon; mass at $50 a. M,
followed by a sermon and the rosary; a
sermon and the benediction Of the blessed
sacrament every evening at 7.30 For the
hrst three days Of this week there will
church who have made their first COM
munion, the sermon being preached TO
them at 8 o'clock in the afternoon. A
siinMar service VIII be held for the boys of
the church during the last week of the
mission.
The womens $ mission opened Sunday eve
nlng at $50 with an attendance that more
than filled the church, many having to
find places in the vestry. The opening SER
mon was preached by FIR. Hogan. who
spoke on The Importance of salvation"