Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-08-11
HELD
BY THE BISHOP
FIRST DIOCESAN VISIT Is MARK
ED BY IMPORTANT EVENTS IN
BOTH OF BROWNSVILL'S CATH
OLIC~ CHURCHES
BISHOP NTSSBAITM breaches TO
LARGE CONGREGATIONS IN
ROTH SPANISH AND ENGLISH
CONFIRMS 80 ASPIRANTS.

| The first service held in Brownsville
by Right Rev. Paul Joseph Nussbaum
| of the Catholic diocese of Corpus Christi
was at the Church of the Immaculate
! ConcC ption Sunday morning at half past
! seven O'Clock. when he celebrated mass.
After the mass. the bishop preached a ser
mon in Spanish.
The chlldrenS mass came next, ut min
O'Clock. Fully eight hundred children fill
ed the cdifice at this mass The bishop
spoke also in Spanish to the children
after the mass. The sight of the church
filled with al those hundreds of little
children was very impressive.
At ten O'Clock. the bishop held mass
for the men of the church This was n
high mass at which Rev Father Francis
Bugnard, superior. and two other priests
assisted. Several hundred men were pres
ent. The sermon. was also in Spanish. he
bishop being fluent scholar in this Ian
guage. After the sermon. he spent some
time meeting the men Of the parish in
the church, and mingling with them.
At every service the church was filled
TO capacity. and the Spanish speaking
Catholics did their utmost 20 show their
interest i'll the visit of the father Cf the
diocese.
At The Sacred Heart Church
At five O'Clock in the afternoon, Bishop
NuSSbaum visited the new Church of
the Sacred Heart, corner of Elizabeth
and Fifth streets. The congregation net
at the church and procession Of fifteen
automobiles was formed to 90 to escort
the bishop to the church. The occupants
of the first few automobiles were Iittlc
boys and girls, while the pupils Of the
Incarnate Word Convent. in their red
and white uniform, filled several others
\ number of the young men and Young
ladies ofthe congregation followed. The
automobiles met Bishop Nussbaum aad-
the attending clergymcn at the door of
the Church of the Immaculate COnccp-
tion. He entered the last automobile. re-
served for him. being accompanied by
Very Rev. III A. ConStantincau provin-
cial Of the OblateS. and Rev Father
j. b. LavOic. pastor Of the Sacred Heart
Church. and Father Tcodoro. secretary
to the bishop. occupied the automobile
preceding that of the bishop.
The procession passed along Twelfth
street TO Elizabeth. and up that street
to the church. Here they were met by the
entire congregation assembled ut the an.
rance The Obrcros band was also await
ing the arrival of the procession. ana
played several solemn and patriotic sci
ectionS as il approached Over the broad
entrance to the church. extending from
one side To the other. the words Wei
come to our Bishop" painted in red and
yellow OH white canvas, spoke the vel
come of the congregation. Following the
bishop and attending clergy. the congre-
tiOn entered. I'm front of the altar. the
bishop was met bv Albert a. Browne.
who. on behalf of the church. extended Il
welcome to Him. Mr.. Brownies greeting was
couched in eloquent terms. He spoke of
the JOY of the Catholics in receiving
the bishop. and promised him loyal obe
dience and cooperation Oh the part of
the Sacred Heart Church. Speaking of
the PaSSiOniSt Order of which Bishop
NusbSaum is a member Mr. Browne told
Of lis Importance III the Catholic world,
and said that the loss of the order i'll
giving up Bishop NuSSbaum would be the
gain of the diocese of Corpus Christi
The work of the Oblatc Fathers. during
Il period Of sixty years Oh this frontier
where they. as pioneers worked TO cstab
L., -L.,+
wilderness for many years. was told
Of. and words Of sincere praise SpOker for
the sacrifices Of those early priests. The
work OF the English speaking Catholics
III building the new church was told Of.
and the speaker expressed the hope that
the church would continue to grow and
promised that the members would do
their utmost TO promote the work Cf the
bishop IN his new diocese
Bishop Nussbaum responded in the
most feeling words. expressing the deep
est appreciation Of the sincere welcome
utmost to develop the new diocese. He
promised 10 visit Brownsville often and
expressed very favorable Impressions of
the importance of the town. which he
\ also described as neat clean and attrac-
tive.
7 The bishop then preached power
charity and love. and bade his hearers to
ful sermon, his subject being Charity"
He dwelt upon the words of 1T. John on
remember that they should practice char
itv of speech as well as that of giving
aims The tongue, he said, could work the
g,tRus harm. unless directed by cha
rity. He urged the members TO be fa tn