The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-03-17

mas already two DfOlnSis
priests in the Vicariate OF Indlan Ter.
ritory: in less than a year he himself
expects, God willing, TO be laporlng IN
that not very inviting heid.
| After the ordinations, later in the
! forenoon, the Eishop gratifted the stu
dents with an address, He commenced
by talking in French, but after the first
words he said, laughingly, in English:
well, l have for the last few weeks,
out of necessity, been talking French,
and here l catch myself talking French
when there is no need ana In an Amer
ican college at that and to American
students; that will not do" Of course
the remainder OF the half hours de-
lightful talk was in English. To say
that the students enjoyed that half
hour is to say very little for they
We're actually delighted, and more
than delighted, especially the
twenty or more American boys;
for, TO lisen to an American Bishop SO
far away from their beloved American
homes is the next best thing to being
in America: inded, it makes them for
get, for awhile at least, that they are
not there. Among other things, His
Lordship eaid that he was delighted to
see around him evidences of the Ameri-
can spirit which is one of progress, in
the grand new chapel and in the state
ly buildings which did not exist at the
time of his studentship in the college.
These evidences of progress were also
evidences of the services the Louvain
American College was rendering to the
American missions and a pledge that
these services would be continued for
years to come. The Bishop recalled
also with evident feelings of pleasure
his own student days spoke of the
spirit that reigned then in the col
lege, which was essentially a spirit of
charity and took occasion of that
souvenir, TO urge upon his hearers the
practice of that virtue which inspires
all sacrifices. As they intend to be-
come priests they must seek perfection
for priests must be men of sacrifice;
they must be men ever keeping before
their eyes the cross, symbol of the
grandest of sacrifices that was ever
made. "The prest who never loses
sight of the cross is the man who ac-
complishes great things for the glory OF
God and of the Church. l have known
many such students of the American
College, L have feen them at work in
the west, even as far west as Alaska,
they were a credit to the institution
that sent them forth to the American
missions" Among the Apostolic men
of his present diocese. the Bishop men
toned Father f Desiere, the pastor
of Butte City, Who, after establishing
the parish of Anaconda, was called to
Butte under peculiarly difficult circum-
stances. A deb of $4,000, increasing
at the rate of 8 per cent per annum,
hung over the Parish, and there was
little or no disposition on the part OF
the people to do anything towards the
payment of tha debt; yet Father
Desiere accepted the situation in /
spirit of sacrifice He prayed, worked,
and suffered unil the sentiments of
the people veeret around; then in two
months time h, raised the whole
amount and cancelled the heavy bur-
den that weighed down upon the con-
gregation since that time" said the .
Bishop, "the old church has been en-
larged, and on tie first Friday of last I
he vas in the Mother
Church, st. Patrtk, and saw 1,4O0 peo-
pie receive Holy Communion.
When | had ny audience with the
Pope, one of the attendants requested
me not to ask tfp Holy Father for per-
mission to bring into the audience
chamber the priest that was with me;
for, as is quite natural, they want to
spare Leo XIII. as much as they can.
Well, l didn't asl; but the Holy Father
asked me if lid not have a priest
VIII IIlG. j IUlC I'LL lleiQ anu IOlO nm
also what that Sriest, who was Father
Desiere, had Accomplished in Butte.
Then at once the Pope rang a bell and
old the attendant who responded to
bring in the priest that waited outside
'or his Bishop. Father Desiere came
H. and the Pope said. pointing to him,
Is that he?'-Yes, Holy Father-'To
the people to go to confess
,ion and communion that is the means
NrIi IN octa nd ma
1 tell this to my
people, Holy Father? said Father Des-
ere. Yes answered the Pope; tell
hem that Then he lifted his hand in
blessing towards the Father, saying.
Benedico te,' bless thee; but 1 said
l, too, Holy Fatler?' Upon which he
himself, saying, 'Benedico |
'os.' 1 bless you.
The students would have willingly
listened much longer to the Bishop, but
It this point the bell rang and His
Aordship, who remembered that regu-
arity was always one of the virtues
at the college, stopped short,
aging that Bishops must obey rules
ike other people.
To honor the distinguished visitor
Iery Rev. Canon De Becker had in s
-ited to dinner the only two surviving
professors of the Bishop,
Ionsignor Lamy, for more than forty
ears professor of Holy Scripture, and !
fonsgnor Moulart; also the seven pro- {
essors of the faculty attended by to-
ay's students of the American college
nd your correspondent.
In answering to the toast that was ]
rought him by the Rector, Bishop
}rOndel said that he was grateful for
he delicate courtesy shown him in
eing given the pleasure of dining with
he veteran and learned teachers of his s
tudent days and the distinguished
rofessors of the present faculty. He
ad heard on his way through Belgium
rom competent judges that the Amer
an College had at its head man
hose ability and science were guar
ntees for the continued success of the
which, during the well-nigh
of its existence, had
one so much for the American mis-
ons, had given it eleven Archbishops
nd Bishops and hundreds of priests,
no contributed greatly by their faith
IL labors to the material and spiritual s
pbuilding of the Church of Christ in
merica. He also assured Father i
ector," as the President of the Col
ge has always been familiarly called,
lat on his proposed visit to America
2 would be given a heartfelt welcome
, Montana, where there are many Of
Is old stuGents who gratefully remem-
er the pious and learned professor of
anon Law. now also the beloved Rec
II of their old Alma Mater.
This morning, Feb. 5, Bishop Brondel
'ok his leave of the college to visit his !
eople in Flanders, promising, however,
pay it another visit before his return S
America. IDAHOAN.
DEER LODGE.
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