The San Francisco call., 1899-08-11

TO FORM A
NEW PARISH
His Plan for Ending the
Difficulties in the Belle
Vile Diocese.
LETTER FROM KIELTY
The Aged Pastor of Holy Angels
Church Advises the Bishop on
the Best Course to Pursue
Special Dispatch to The Call.

NEW YORK, Aug 1O.-A special to
the Herald from Belleville, ILL.,, says:
Bishop Jannsen, who communicated
700 Irish parishioners of st. Patrick's
Church, East St Louis, is done with
that congregation and will organize an
other church This information. COM
ing from sources close to the Bishop, Is
said to be his method of solving the
church war now on in the BelIeVllle
diocese.
A hall will be rented until perma-
nent church. which will be named st.
Patrick's, is built. Vicar General Cluse,
who has been appointed rector OF 81
Patrick's, will be in charge of the new
congregation.
Rev. Father Kielty, pastor Of Holy,
Angels Church, st. LOUIS aRd z;dosa one oL
the oldest priests in that archdiocese,
wrote a letter to Bishop Jannsen re
Gently, urging him to desist from his
position. The letter was made pubhc
to-day and is as follows:
Bishop Jannsen, Belleville, Ill-Dear
Bishop: Proprio motu L send you TINS
friendly suggestion. | see from the morn
ing papers that no satisfactory conclusion
has been reached between you and the
trustees. There are two proverbs WhiGh it1l
say, Past counsel, past grace, ana, IL
is the part of the wise man sometimes 10
change, but the foo. fool never ever o. no,d 80
Eleury says: 'Such need was pald 10
the assent of the people in the first six
ages of the church that if they refused
to accept a Bishop even after his conse-
Grafton they were not constrained and an
other more acceptable was provided.
Disc. l, sec. 4, st. Augustine gives rea-
son addressed in these words to his peo-
pie: I'VE. are Christians for our own
sakes, Bishops for yours" Now, here is
my friendly suggestion Have Father
Cluse decline the place on the ground of
the congregations great dislike to him
and appoint Father DoWney administra-
tor indefinitely. In doing this you will
put stop to the already terrible scandal.
By acting thus you will uphold your au-
lower weaken nor dishOnor your episcopal
dignity. On the contrary, 1t will greatly
elevate 1t before the religious and nom
religious world.
We depend on the people not only for
our own support but also for the accom-
plishment of those works that develop the
action of the church. In other countries
the clergy calculate on the benefactions of
a rich and generous aristOcraCy. In this
our reliance is on the people, properly so
called We cannot therefore afford to
ALLEVIATE their affections If we do so they
may not only withdraw their support from
the church but they may league them
selves with our natural enemies.
Take down your books, my dear Bishop,
and there read of the terrible and inter
minable scandals caused by the trustees
in New York and Philadelphia What has
happened may happen again. You are
familiar with the language Of our divine
Lord, Vac homini ILL per quem scandal
um Venit.'
Totus tuus in Domino, F. NJ. KIELTY.
The Latin phrases used in the letter are
translated as follows: Pro prio motu''-
on my own initiative. Vac homini ILL
per quem scandalum venit''-WOe to
"Totus tuus in Domino'-Yours entirely
in the Lord.