The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-03-06
Visit of the
Paulists.

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A Roman Catholic paper, the Tidings
has the following about the visit OF
the Paulist Fathers here:
The Paalist Fathers of san Francis
co have recently carried through with
very pleasing success a series of non
Catholic missions in the Sandwich Is
lands Father Wyman and Father
Stark We're the missionaries. They
opened in the Cathedral at Honolulu
and the interest manifested from tbs
very beginning was very notable. tn.
good sentiment that prevails there il
due entirely to the long years O
devoted work that had been given tt
these island by the Picpus Fathers
In spite of bitter opposition on the par
| of the sectaries, they have steadily
and persistentIy carried on their work
until now they command the respect
and devotion of all classes of the
people. Little wonder that under
these auspices the missions to non
Catholics undertaken by the Paulists
should be gratifying success. The
general feeling of religious cordiaiity
was strengthened and many of the
the church, while quite a number ap-
piled for admission. Father Stark,
writing of the missions, says:
After the successful mission of two
weeks in the Cathedral at Honolulu
was finished / set sail on the Claudine,
small inter-island steamer, which
savage fashion, for the Island of Ma
vi, over a hundred miles from Homo
lulu. Arriving at 4:20 o'clock in the
morning, I was taken ashore to Ka-
hului. the Maui port of entry, in a
rowboat, the weather not permitting
the claudine to go alongside. Father
Maxine, the heroic missionary of this
wild district, met me, and went to
Wailuku, where I Immediately started
a mission. The mission was blessed in
success beyond expectation.
Maui, one of the principal islands
of the Hawaiian group, is remarkable
for the part 1t played in the history
of the foundation of the faith. From
this island Kamehameha III, the eff
fete King of dissolute dynasty, mis-
led by perfidious counsellors, the Pro-
testant missionaries from Boston, gave
forth his prescription of the Catholic
religion April 20, 1887: i have no
desire that the service of the mis-
sionaries who follow the Pope should
be performed in my kingdom, not
at all. Wherefore all who shall be en-
coura ging Papal missionaries / shai
regard as enemies to me, to my coun-
sel,ors. to my chiefs, to my people and
to my kingdom With this royal pro-
clamation all public service ceased.
Several priests were banished, but
Father Robert Walsh, a member OF
the Picpus congregation, remained
under the protection of the British
Consul. he being a British subject of
the Irish kind. In July, 1889. a new
era opened Captain Laplace was sent
from France to break the chains or
the oppressed and to free the beauti-
full isles from persecution. From this
same island Kamehameha III. de-
,lared that the Catholic worship be
free throughout all the dominions
subject to the King of the Sandwich
Islands; that all the members of this
religious faith shall enjoy in them all
1.-THE mission in such famous is
land was intensely interesting, The
mixed congregation of Portuguese and
natives and a variety of other ma
tionalities, their zeal In attending the
exercises and in bringing non-Catho-
lies can not be forgotten. The Protes-
ant ministers also took their part, one
attending the mission and the rest do
ng all in their power to distract the
minds of their members from the in
luence of the Catholic church. The
Question Box was used to the best adj
vantage, novelty here In the islands
ind a successful means to get at the |
mental difficulties of the eager ones
outside the church. The children's |
mission was q boon to the young ones
Many wrote synopses Of the instruc-
ions, and the interest did not wane |
rom the first to the last. The only
.egret of the missionary was that hei
could not spend more time with this
wonderful people, so jealous in the
great cause, SO apostolic in their eff
orts to bring their faith to the sheep
which are not as yet gathered in the
old of the true Shepherd
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