The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1907-07-08
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az 81. MARY thulNil bSiVii5' AAS 7"'o
in part:
Ladies and Gentlemen: We are
here today to lay the cornerstone for
the new rectory Of st. Mary's church.
1T is a simple matter, the laying Of one
stone on which to lay others by the
white robed religious. And yet from
the presence of these white habits
there arises a mystic potency that car
ries our minds up and down our own
country from the Arctic to the wllds OF
Patagonia, from the Atlantic to the
Pacific. 1t carries us to England, Bel
giun, the Netherlands, to France, the
once beloved daughter of the church,
to Russia, to the lands of the Sara
Gems, Syrians, Philippians and our own
Philippines. Everywhere we find as
semblies of the white robed religious
whose work has marked the epochs Of
civilization and brought honor to the
mother church.
and if l indulge in any unseemly
phrases, you will excuse them as the
praise of an admiring son telling of
the deeds of a wondrous mother, as
the story of soldier speaking of his
beloved general or the speech Of an
ardent lover telling of his lady fair.
"The order of preachers was founded,
as its name indicates, for the training
of preachers by st. Dominic in the
| thirteenth century and at a time of
great political, social and ecclesiastical
| agitation. 1t has always maintained
Its militant character and been in the
forefront in every movement for civ
ilization.
mot only has it been militant or
der but it has earned for itself the
name of the order of truth. Many
have been its apostles who have given
their whole lives to the study Of sell
ence and to teaching.
St Dominic has been called the mas
ter of preachers. He accomplished
wonderful results in France and Italy
and even in Rome itself. 1t is only
natural that one who aspired to found
such an order should be himself a
speaker par excellence. He was called
the torch of Christ and the Sustainer
of the Faith. His design was one
lsuch as had never been heard Of before
/ 1t was to found an order In which the
monk and the preacher should be
united. He saw a need and its succor,
This was his genius, nor to use bet
ter and more truthful word, this was
his inspiration and Of the success Of
his efforts the ages give their answer.
THE confirmation of the order was
given by Honorius III in 1916 But
Dominic was not satisfied with merely
founding an order of preachers. He
founded an order of sisters also to ac-
complish that which the quiet preacher
could not perform. And beside this
order he placed third order.
I'VE can best sum up the ambition of
his life in his own words. 1t was to
contemplate and to give to the world
the results Of our contemplation. He
devoted his days to preaching and his
nights to prayer, penitence and medi-
tation. No man ever saw in such a
short time such good results of his
work.
He sent out sixteen men and In four
Years time was held a convention with
Representatives from eight provinces
and from over sixty converts, with a
! host of delegates. In a short time
after forty-five provinces were includ-
led and in some of the provinces were
more than fifty houses.
| "The rapid increase of the order was
mot due to the novelty of its doctrines.
1T was due to esteem for an order
which satisfied not only the needs Of
the thirteenth century but for the fu-
Iture. The order has outlasted revo-
buttons or rather has seemed to rise
with renewed vigor from their ashes.
III the priests were banshed from one
lcounty, they flourisEed fourfold in the
Iother provinces. They neeer separated
lone branch Of the church from the
trunk from which it proceeds. After
IAN the centuries of its existence, the
lchurch is under one and the Aame gem
1eral.
1T is difficult to end a country which
has not been trodden by the feet of the
/ Dominican fathers 1t is more difficult
TO count the thousands who have sacri-
4
tories call to mind St Hyacinth, who
was killed among the Arabs; st. Peter
of Jerome st. Vincent, and Savanaro-
Ia, the greatest preacher that the order
has ever produced. His virtues and his
Iglories have risen higher than the
Flames of his funeral fires.
| THE order of st. Dominic was the
first to carry the torch into the new
world. The first martyr of China was
la Dominican. Between 1894 and 1853
more than $4,000 Dominicans shed their
lblood as martyrs and besides these were
Imany others who gave of their blood
freely for the cause of Christ.
Another sphere in which the Domin-
iicans have been active in spreading the
truth has been in teaching. There is
scarcely university in Europe that has
mot had, at some time or other. a Do
lminican holding a chair. One of the
tgreatest apostles of learning was Albert
the Great Picture a professor of Yale
university so popular that no class room
lcould be found large enough to hold the
throngs who wished to listen to his
teachings and who had to resort to the
green to find room enough for his hear
ers, and you will have a picture of the
esteem In which Albert the Great was
held.
art Is another field In which truth
is manifested The Dominican order
has had architects and artists without
number. There is the church Santa
Maria Della Plave, which Michel Angelo
so loved to Wis., and whose architecture
he declared fapfless. 1t was built by
members OF the Dominican order,
II PASS over in silence the service
done by the Dominicans for the church
in the council. The order has furnished
many cardinals and bishops who have
aided in church management
The laying of this cornerstone calls
to mind the past To-day we begin a
monastery which is not a whit different
from those built in days gone by There
may be an opportunity for a Thomas, a
will again send forth sons worthy OF
the members of the order and who will
be a credit to this diocese and TO This