The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-06-03

' D0man Catholc 0ergy nowadays receive
their education at Maynooth College, near Dub
Nm. 10 wa established q hundred years ago.
and bsfors thsS time the boy who felt called to a
prisstjy vooAtlon went to France. Belgium or
Spain for. MS education. In the penal days,
whn Sddcattns bis son for q priest would mean
conA6cstop Of . fathers property. the bold
youne fellow. after getting a smattering Of
Latin ct homo by stealth from the outlawed
hedge schoolmaster. was carried aboard a
smuGslins smack. which rode in some forgotten
bay. at dead Of night. and was thus borne to the
Coutinsnt. In a smuggler also, and under cover
81 nisht,Nke . thief. he stole into Ireland again.
when be had been ordained. and. disguised as a
49,. ntsd to minister In private to an lived
Except In the case Of our mountain priests.
the Maynooth man OF to-day Is not the same
Sc6oolSd predecessor was.
Our parishes perhaps average ten miles
square. and contain, say. 5000 souls; for whom
parishes arc twenty miles long and even longer,
And. - every one appreciates the duty OF regu-
Ia, attendance at mass, six, seven and eight
disSnos for msn. and women Of 10 to walk
70 chapel on Sunday. In sun and In storm. rain.
ball or snow. Topcoats are almost unknown
s.ss. " ba aea our sne p wS%sS s WHe f iittIs S eonsern to are q
drenching and little care to a cough.
In one case with which I was quite familiar
e ns! DG snd p srpISins a drsne tfRsIdp wIgb T Msn1 or m 1noS
or reeking with perspiration. knelt down upon
the Crsss field bsreheaded under a scorching
sun b. Q pitiless storm and heard mass read by
the priest under the protection OF a matched
and open shed. This kind Of mass shed is
known q. q scalan, and Is the last link that binds
W p the days when no chapel was allowed In the
iow. 81 Is hilis. with his alter a rock. and his
roof the dome OF heaven.
Ip the cass Of this scalan, one OF the last Of
brought With him a little bunch Of hay. to lay
which tSsykn Think God always SeardttHe
tSis scsian was superseded by a chapel, built BY
want iiris andlaborins hoys N America.
IN prsyinS. IN turn for each person sick IN the
parish and then for the repose OF the souls who
died during the week, each being specially an
n' Ts:s s: sHS s:s &. s crIs.s,. a i igsS 6 Dr 81 .lhv-
MOVING effect. The emotions OF the celt are
1T rsspo % snT u Is a s9 conn % sunday ,Sa ex;
convnlsed with sobs; and ! have innumerabe
timss besn thrilled to the soul by a chorus Of
Swti!nSs Shich; rising and falling in waves
Approaching Easter and approaching Christ
nas. tho priest begins the stations that is.
holding q confessional in each district Of the
Roshonf q ohu'hh,'N Nv ni'di .'H phi-
dav the name OF each person in whose house he
proposes holding q station on each. day Of the
veal following. Every woman who receives
the honor OF having a station called in her
house goes TO much expense 10 have the house
and Ito SURROUNDINGS fitted in a manner that will
reflect credi: on her and force a word OF praise
from Fsther Dan-and TO have the best and
most elaborate breakfast the country can afford
The men and women and children Of the
townlAnd, dressed In their ~neatest, are col
lectod At the station house when Father Oar
Arrives on his rickety ~launtinH car at s O'Clock
has been prepared for him. and when, sitting
here, he has lightened many oppressive bur
denS by his counsel, he saws mass, ad.
ministers holy communion and delivers 10
the penitents a gentle and touching homily.
After breakfast. TO which he sat down with
the heads Of the household and the school
9ssses. he collect. his ,tipends, each, father
Nth be dollar-some farmer more ON
lns EoluntariIy, $50 Or 81; This a,
pada but once a year. Other fees which
Father Dan receives are half a dollar Tor more
O each christening, and S. AZ a marriage
According TO the circumstances NJ q parish
priest receives from sSp to $3.50 q year.
Formery the priest. went TO the house tc
perform the baptismal and matrimonial ser.
yces, and remained TO share in the merriment
But now no IL snjotned to perform both cere
monies In the chapel
TIE mssl trying duty Of the priest il tn,
qck CAL He Is never sure OF Q nights quiet
p ne door. which may order him on pos