A memoir of Father Felix Joseph Barbelin, S.J.
Subtitle: who lived and labored for more than thirty-one years at old St. Joseph's Church, Philadelphia.
Publisher: Christian Press Association
Published: 1886
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Table of contents: title: TABLE OF CONTENTS.; title: DEDICATION.; title: INTRODUCTION BY REV. DR. HORSTMANN.; title: PART I.; title: CHILDHOOD AND YOUTH OF FELIX JOSEPH BARBELIN.; title: Chapter I. — Felix, the First Born — His Baptism — His Relatives, 1; title: Chapter II. — Family Life at Home — Felix goes to College in Lanesville, 10; title: Chapter III. — At the Seminary of Nancy — Felix becomes Prefect of Studies at Pont a Mousson — He Receives Minor Orders, 20; title: Chapter IV. — The Revolution of 1830 — Felix draws the Unlucky Number — His Departure for America, 30; title: Chapter V. — The Professor at Poltava — The Barbelin Sisters, 40; title: Chapter VI. — Father Ignatius Xavier Barbelin, S. J., and the Apostolic Schools, 68; title: PART II.; title: THE RELIGIOUS LIFE AND LABORS OF PR. FELIX J. BARBELIN, S. J.; title: Chapter I. — His Voyage from Havre — His Arrival at Norfolk — His Novitiate — Georgetown College — His Ordination to the Priesthood, 71; title: Chapter II. — Father Greaton's "Popish Chapel" — It is rebuilt in 1757. — Its Pastors and Priests, 88; title: Chapter III. — St. Joseph's from the American Revolution until 1838, 106; title: Chapter IV. — Sketch of Sir John Keating — Arrival in Philadelphia of Father Felix Joseph Barbelin, S. J. — His First Sermon — St. Joseph's Rebuilt in 1838 — The Early Sunday Schools — Consecration of the Church in 1839, 124; title: Chapter V. — St. Joseph's Temperance Society — The Sodalities of the Blessed Virgin Mary — The Bona Mors Confraternity — Death of Bishop Conwell, 138; title: Chapter VI. — The Religious Riots of 1844 — Father Barbelin appointed Superior at St. Joseph's — The Sunday School — The Old Basement- Stories and Hymns, 148; title: Chapter VII. — Catholic Hymns first made popular in Philadelphia- Christmas at St. Joseph's — The Shepherds' Processions — The Idyls of the Queen, 159; title: Chapter VIII. — Father Barbelin's Stations of the Cross — The Sunday- School Picnics — The Little Ambassadors of the King — The Triumphs Of St Felix's Day, 167; title: Chatter IX. — Instructions for the Sacraments — The "Double Sermons" — First Confessions — Socialists, little and big — St. Joseph's Music and Musicians, 178; title: Chapter X. — The Drama — The Temperance Society — St. Vincent's Foundling Asylum — The Irish Immigrants and the Fever of '48 — Inception of St. Joseph's Hospital — St. Joseph's College Built — Father Barbelin its President in 1851, and Father Villiger, Prefect of Studies, 186; title: Chapter XI. — St. Joseph's Parochial Schools — Catholic Free School for Girls — Home for Young Catholic Servant Girls — First Conference of St. Vincent de Paul in Philadelphia — The Italian and French Catholics — Father Thomas Lilly's Black Sheep at St. Joseph's — Death of Father Barbelin's Parents — Letter of Father Felix to Father Xavier, 194; title: Chapter XII. — Promulgation of the Dogma of the Immaculate Conception — Its Celebration at St. Joseph's — The "Rosebud Association" — Another Interesting Letter — Death of the distinguished Orator, Dr. James Ryder, S. J., and of the venerable Jesuit, Father Vesprs, 210; title: Chapter XIII. — Father Francis Xavier Di Maria, S. J. — Anecdotes of that Holy Man — Hon. Joseph R. Chandler's Parallel between Fathers Barbelin and Di Maria — An edifying ex-State Representative — An old-fashioned Sunday at St. Joseph's, 219; title: PART III.; title: THE VIRTUES AND CHARACTERISTICS OF FR. FELIX J. BARBELIN, S. J.; title: Chapter I. — His Faith and Hope, 237; title: Chapter II. — His Love of God, of His Blessed Mother, and the Saints, 252; title: Chapter III. — His Love of his Neighbor, 267; title: Chapter IV. — His Love of his Neighbor (concluded), 283; title: Chapter V. — His Practice of the Cardinal Virtues, 294; title: Chapter VI. — His Practice of the Cardinal Virtues, (concluded) — His Virginal Purity, 315; title: Chapter VII. — His Humility and Simplicity, 332; title: PART IV.; title: HIS LAST ILLNESS AND DEATH — HIS OBSEQUIES — MEMORIAL TRIBUTES.; title: Chapter I. — In the Valley of the Shadow, 358; title: Chapter II. — Lux Perpetua luceat ei! 366; title: Chapter III. — Funeral Rites at St. Joseph's, and at the Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Paul — From the Catafalque to the Cemetery, 380; title: Chapter IV. — Homage to the Sainted Dead at Home and Abroad, 407; title: Chapter V. — The Month's Mind — Eloquent Discourse by Rev. Dr. Horstmann — The First St. Joseph's Day without Father Barbelin — The Tablet on the Wall, 421; title: Chapter VI. — "The Sincere Man" — A Memorial Tribute by the late Hon. Joseph R. Chandler, 444