Ecclesiastical history of Newfoundland
Publisher: Boston, Doyle and Whittle; London, Burns and Oates
Published: 1888
Language: eng
Table of contents: title: CONTENTS; title: CHAPTER I.; title: INTRODUCTORY.; title: Spirit of Geographical Research Aroused in the Fifteenth Century — TheArt of Printing Invented by a German Catholic — Unfair Criticisms of Protestant W riters — The Polyglot Printing Office of Propaganda — The Popes the Encouragers of Science and Discovery — Their Great Political Power — Character of Columbus — His Desire for Gold Explained — Missionary Spirit of the Early Navigators — Champlain — His Religious Sentiment — Pere Le Clerq, O.S.F. — Captain Richard Whitboume — His Enthusiasm for Newfoundland — His Anxiety for the Conversion of the Red Indians — The Institution of the "Propaganda Fide " — Contrast between the above-mentioned Voyagers and Sir Humphrey Gilbert 23; title: CHAPTER II.; title: PRE-COLUMBIAN VOYAGES. — [800-1497.]; title: Traditions of a Western Land — Prophecy of Seneca — Seneca and Columbus, a Coincidence — Plato's "Atlantis" — Voyage of St. Brendan — St. Malo — Catholic Missions in Iceland — The Flato Saga, A.D. 800 — Discovery of Greenland by Gunibarn, 880 — Rediscovery by Eric Baud, 980 — Discovery of America by Bjarni, 985 — Labrador, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Discovered by Lief, 1000 — It Myla, or Great Ireland — Vestiges of an Irish Colony in America — Episcopal Sees in Greenland, 1021 to 1400 — Voyage of Zeno, 1380 — Reliques of John Guy's Colony at Cuper's Cove, or Cupid's 37; title: CHAPTER III.; title: COLUMBUS AND HIS FOLLOWERS. — [1497-1534.]; title: Discovery of Newfoundland by Cabot — Cabot's Map Shown to be Tampered with — The Name Baecalao — Relic of Early Missionary — Cortereal — Map of Varrese from the Vatican — St. John's Becomes Important, 1527 — The Aborigines — Their Name, Beothuck — Ruthlessly Shot down — Their Character, Religion, etc. — Early Maps of the Country — Map of Jerome Verazzano, 1528 — Of Ribero, 1529 — Ancient Map in Borgian Museum, Propaganda — "Dividing Line" drawn by Pope Alexander VI., 1493 47; title: CHAPTER IV.; title: JACQUES CARTIER.— [1534-1611.]; title: Neglect of Colonies by England — Henry Kirke Refuted — Catholic Countries Encourage Colonization — Jacques Cartier's Voyages, 1534-35 — Arrives at Catalina — First Mass in Newfoundland — Catholic Missions in America — Testimony of Bancroft — Cartier Enters the Straits of Belle Isle and Explores the St. Lawrence — Old Fort — Anticosti, Bay Chaleur — Saguenay, Quebec, etc. — Settlement by John Guy in Conception Bay 67; title: CHAPTER V.; title: JOHN GUY'S SETTLEMENT.— [1610-1618.]; title: Failure of John Guy's Colony — Intercourse with Red Indians — Cruel Treatment of them by English Sailors — Difficulties between Planters and Fishermen — Whitbourne Arrives as Commissioner, 1615 — John Guy Abandons his Colony and Returns to England — Whitbourne Sent out by Dr. Vaughan to Found a Colony at Ferry land, 1618 — Calvert's Views on Colonization 78; title: CHAPTER VI.; title: FERRYLAND.— [1618-1622.]; title: Sir George Calvert — His Early Career — Bancroft's Bigotry — Calvert's Conversion — His Enthusiasm — "A Baltimore Penny" — Colony of Maryland — Lord Baltimore's Spirit of Toleration — Persecution of Popery by the Protestant Parliament, 1654 83; title: CHAPTER VII.; title: FOUNDATION OF FERRYLAND. — [1622-1628.]; title: Foundation of Ferryland Colony — Lord Baltimore's Patent — Its Extent — Edward Wynne, First Governor — Meaning of the Name "Ferryland" — Description of Settlement from Captain Powell — Sir Arthur Ashton Arrives, May, 1627 — Lord Baltimore Arrives in Ferryland, July 23, 1627 — Brings out Jesuit Priests — Catholic Religion Established — Mass Celebrated Daily — Indignation of the Anglican Minister, Rev. Mr. Stourton — His Expulsion from the Colony — Calvert Arrives, Second Time, with his Lady and Family, 1628 94; title: CHAPTER VIII.; title: FERRYLAND, Continued.— [1628-1660.]; title: Causes of the Failure of the Ferryland Colony — Lady Baltimore Leaves for Maryland — Lord Baltimore Follows, 1629 — Lady Baltimore Lost at Sea — Baltimore Refuses to Take the Oath of Allegiance as Proposed by Governor Pott of Jamestown — He Returns to England and Dies, 1632 — Sir W. Alexander Founds Nova Scotia, 1627 — French Huguenots — Claude de St. Etienne — Sir David Kirke — He Captures the French Fleet at Gasp6 — Quebec Capitulates, 1629 — Kirke is Refused his Prize-money — Kirke and Baltimore Contrasted — Kirke Receives a Grant of Ferryland, and Arrives in Newfoundland, 1638 — Reconstructs the Settlement — The Seven Years' War in England — Kirke is Arrested, 1651 — And Deprived of his Colony — He Returns to Newfoundland, 1653 — And Dies at Ferryland, 1656 — His Character — Cecil, Second Lord Baltimore, Recovers Possession of Ferryland, 1660 — Policy of Britain Detrimental to the Advancement of the Country, 109; title: CHAPTER IX.; title: MISSIONARIES IN CANADA. — [1610-1670.]; title: Placentia — Description of Settlement by Dr. Mullock — Founded by the French long before 1660 — Document Signed by Louis XIV. — Monseigneur de Laval, First Bishop of Quebec — Mgr. de St. Vallier, Second Bishop — Defence of the Jesuits — Settlement of Port Royal, 1611-15 — Arrival of the Franciscans at Quebec, 1615 — Missionary Labors of P6re le Caron among the Indians — Henri, Due de Levis, Introduces the Jesuits to Quebec, 1626 — Jesuits cordially Received by the Franciscans — Henry Kirke's Statement to the Contrary Refuted — Religious Withdrawn on Capture of Quebec by Sir David Kirke, 1629 — Jesuits Return after Treaty of St. Germain-en-Laye, 1632 — Franciscans in 1670, 128; title: CHARTER X.; title: PLACENTIA. — [1660-1696.]; title: Extent of the Diocese of Quebec — Mgr. de St. Vallier Visits Placentia, 1689, and Founds a Franciscan Convent there — Troubled State of Newfoundland — Encroachments of the French — Obstruction Policy of England — Placentia Attacked unsuccessfully by Commodore Williams — St. John's Attacked by the French, 1694 — The Whole Island, except Carbonni&re and Bonavista, Captured by D'Iberville, 1696 — Graphic Account of this Expedition by Sieur Baudouin, Military Chaplain — Capture of Ferryland, Bay Bulls, Petty Harbor, St. John's, Torbay, Kerividi, Portugal Cove, Harbor Men, Brigue, Carbonntere, Havre de Grace, Havre Content, Bay Ver, Nieu Perlican, etc. — Final Decadence of French Power in the Western World 141; title: CHAPTER XI.; title: CATHOLICITY AFTER THE TREATY OF UTRECHT. — [1696-1728.]; title: Treaty of Utrecht, 1713 — Conditions, French allowed to Depart or become British Subjects — Catholic Religion publicly Practised hi Newfoundland — The Fishing Admirals — Opposition of the Mer- chants to the Appointment of a Governor — Appointment of the First Governor, Captain Henry Osborne, 1728 163; title: CHAPTER XII.; title: RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION.— [1728-1762.]; title: Governor Osborne — Hostile Attitude of the Merchants towards the Progress of the Country — Persecuting Enactments of the Gov- ernors — Governor Dorril (1765) Persecutes the Catholics — Confiscations and Fines at Harbor Main — Capture of the Island by the French, 1762 — Final Recapture by the English 170; title: CHAPTER XIII.; title: RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION, Continued. — [1763-1784.]; title: Treaty of Paris, 1763 — Its Disastrous Effect on France — Persecution of the Catholics under Governors Palliser, Shuldham, Duff, and Edwards — First Irish Missionaries — Rev. Fathers Cain, Lonergan, Daily, Bourke, Whelan, Hearn, and A. Cleary 177; title: CHAPTER XIV.; title: RT. REV. DR. O'DONEL, PREFECT APOSTOLIC. — [1784-1794.]; title: Appointment of Father O'Donel, First Prefect Apostolic — State of the Country — Biography of Father O'Donel — Foundation of "The Old Chapel" — Persecution not yet Ceased — Bigoted Conduct of Surrogate Captain Peilu — Extraordinary letter of Governor Milbanke — Father O'Donel's Letters to Dr. Troy, Archbishop of Dublin — Friendly Action of Governor Waldegrave and Judge Advocate Reeves — Great Influence Acquired by the Bishop — He Quells a Mutiny among the Military — Beastly Character of Prince William, Duke of Clarence — He Assaults the Bishop 185; title: CHAPTER XV.; title: RT. REV. DR. OT>ONEL, FIRST BISHOP.— [1794-1801.]; title: Memorial of the Clergy to have Father O'Donel made Bishop — He is Appointed Vicar Apostolic, and Consecrated Bishop at Quebec — Letter of Father Yore — Address of the Merchants and Citizens of St. John's to Dr. O'Donel — He Visits Placentia and Administers Confirmation — Diocesan Statutes — Loyalty of the Catholics 196; title: CHAPTER XVI.; title: RT. REV. DR. O'DONEL, Continued.— [1801-1806.]; title: Establishment of Parishes and Districts — State of the Country — "The Old Chapel" — "The Old Palace" — Retirement of Dr. O'Donel — Appointment of Dr. Lambert — Testimony of Respect to Dr. O'Donel on leaving the Country — Magnanimous Conduct of the Merchants and Inhabitants — Churlish Conduct of Governor Gower — Dr. O'Donel Receives a Pension of £50 per Annum — His Departure from the Island, Last Days, Death (1811), Epitaph — Review of his Episcopate — Personal Character 206; title: CHAPTER XVII.; title: EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS.; title: The "Benevolent Irish Society" — The "Orphan Asylum" — State of Education in the Island — Its Various Phases Traced — The Irish Society's Schools — Father Fleming Endeavors to get Control of them, 1829 — Protestant Educational Institutions — First Education Act, 1843 — Foundation of Protestant and Catholic Colleges, 1844 — General Academy of St. John's — Formation of the Roman Catholic, Church of England, and General Protestant Academies, 1850 — Opening of St. Bonaventure's College, 1855 — Establishment of Wesleyan Academy, 1858 — Dr. Mullock's Views on Education — "The Monks" — The Christian Brothers 225; title: CHAPTER XVIII.; title: RT. REV. DR. LAMBERT, SECOND BISHOP.— [1806-1817.]; title: Dr. Lambert — His Visitation of Conception Bay and Ferryland —; title: He Enlarges the "Old Chapel" — Delicate State of Health — He Resigns in Favor of Dr. Scallan 236; title: CHAPTER XIX.; title: RT. REV. DR. SC ALLAN, THIRD BISHOP.— [1817-1830.]; title: Dr. Thomas Scallan — His Consecration in Wexford — Arrives in Newfoundland, 1816 — Priests in the Island at that Time — His Report of the Mission to Propaganda — Character of Dr. Scalian — Excess of Liberality — Dr. Bourke appointed First Bishop of Nova Scotia — Declining Health of Dr. Scallan — Accounts for his Weakness of Purpose — Seeks a Coadjutor — Father Michael Anthony Fleming is Appointed and Consecrated in the "Old Chapel," 1829 — Death and Burial of Dr. Scallan — His Monument in the Cathedral — Review of his Episcopate 240; title: CHAPTER XX.; title: LABRADOR.; title: Origin of the Name — Population — Moravian Missionaries — Anticosti Annexed to the Diocese of St. John's — Division of Parishes — Increase of Catholicity 249; title: CHAPTER XXI.; title: RT. REV. DR. FLEMING, FOURTH BISHOP. — [1829-1833.]; title: Commencement of Dr. Fleming's Episcopate — State of the Colony — Catholic Emancipation — Its Effect on Irishmen Abroad — Intolerance in St. John's — Degrading Taxes — Funeral and Marriage Fees Imposed on Catholics — Dr. Fleming Refuses to Pay them — Redivision of Parishes — Arrival of Nine New Missionaries, Fathers Troy, Nowlan, Berney, P. Cleary, etc. — Dr. Fleming Presents Memorial in Favor of Emancipation — Forwards Subscription to the O'Connell Fund — His Liberality towards Dissenters — Obtains for them Religious Liberty 552; title: CHAPTER XXII.; title: THE PRESENTATION NUNS. — [1833.]; title: The Presentation Nuns — Mother Magdalen's Narrative — Journey to Dublin — Waterford — Voyage to Newfoundland — Opening of the Schools — The Presentation Convent — "The Fire of '46" — Convent Destroyed — New Convent and Schools Erected — First Religious Reception — Jubilee, 1833-34 — Other Conventual Establishments in America 275; title: CHAPTER XXIII.; title: DR. FLEMING'S VISITATIONS.— [1834-1836.]; title: Establishment of a Protestant Bishopric — Dr. Fleming's Visitation Northwards, 1834 — Fogo, Tilting Harbor, Herring Neck, Green Bay, Morton's Harbor, King's Cove — Visitation Southwards, 1835 — Petty Harbor, Ferryland, Fermeuse, Reneuse, Burin — Discomforts of Missionary Life — St. Pierre, Bay d'Espoir, Galtois, Conn River, Indian Settlement — Simplicity and Piety of the Indians — Great Placentia — St. Mary's — Small-pox in St. John's and Petty Harbor 301; title: CHAPTER XXIV.; title: THE CATHEDRAL.— [1836-1849.]; title: Commencement of the Cathedral — Difficulty of Obtaining Ground — Reception of Dr. Fleming on his Return from Rome — Further Difficulties placed in his Way — He Returns to England in Winter,; title: 1838 — Correspondence relating to Cathedral Ground — Assist- ance Rendered by the Irish Parliamentary Party, O'Connell, Lynch, Moore O'Ferrall — Father Troy Appointed Vicar General — Letter from Dr. Fleming to him — The Ground for Cathedral secured — Enthusiasm of the People — Mullins' Ghost — Mickle's "Crooked Furrough" — Fencing in the Ground — Preparation of Materials for the Cathedral — Laying the Foundation Stone,; title: 1841 — Completion of the Cathedral 337; title: CHAPTER XXV.; title: THE MERCY NUNS.- [1837-1850.]; title: Persecution of Dr. Fleming — The "Secret Affidavits" — His Visit to Rome — Honor Conferred on him by the Pope — Appointed Domestic Prelate to His Holiness and Assistant at the Pontifical Throne — Introduction of the Sisters of Mercy, 1842 — Arrival of the Nuns — Enthusiastic Reception — Sister Francis Creedon — Sister Joseph Nugent — Mother Mary Vincent — The "Famine Fever," 1848 — The Cholera, 1856 — The Orphanage — Mother Xavier — The New Orphanage — St. Bride's Academy 365; title: CHAPTER XXVI.; title: POLITICS. — [1832-1838.]; title: General Review — State of Politics — Petition for Home Rule — Local Legislature Granted, 1832 — First Elections — Judge Boulton — Affair of Drs. Carson and Keilly — Patrick Morris, Esq., Attacks the Judge In the Assembly — Messrs. Nugent, Kent, and Carson Appointed a Delegation to London on the Boulton Case — Dr. Fleming's Views on the Subject — His Great Influence at Home, and in Local Politics — Judge Boulton Condemned and Removed, 378; title: CHAPTER XXVII.; title: AFTER "THE FIRE." — [1847-1860.]; title: Sufferings of the Citizens — "The Camps" — Generosity of the People in Subscribing to the Relief of the Famine-Stricken in Ireland — Dr. Fleming Applies for a Coadjutor — Father J. T. Mullock, O.S.F., Appointed — Arrives in Newfoundand, May, 1848 — Newfoundland Erected into a Diocese, to be Annexed to the Province of Quebec — Dr. Fleming Objects to this Arrangement, also Dr. Mullock — Arrangement Rescinded by Rome — Project of a Colonial Ecclesiastical Seminary — It is Opposed by Dr. Fleming — He Gives his Reasons — His Prejudice against a Colonial Priesthood — Noble Views of Dr. Mullock on this Subject — Establishment of St. Bonaventure's College — Distinguished Newfoundland Priests Abroad — Revs. T. Brown, S.J., F. Ryan, S.J., L. Kavanagh, S.J., and J. Bennett, C.S.S.R. — The "First Native Priest" — Father P. Meagher, S.J. — Rev. Messrs. Greene, Mulloy, Hogan — Sister M. Baptist, First "Native Nun" — Rev. James Brown, First Actual Missionary Born in the Country — Last Days of Dr. Fleming — He Celebrates the First; title: Mass in the Cathedral — His Death and Funeral 384; title: APPENDIX 397; title: LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; title: Kt. Rev. Dr. Fleming Frontispiece.; title: Colored Map of Newfoundland Facing 23; title: Zeno's Map, 1400 45; title: Sebastian Cabot 48; title: Sebastian Cabot's Map, 1494 51; title: Box (cover) 54; title: Box (bottom) 55; title: Vatican Map 57; title: Outline Map of Verrazano Facing 66; title: Jacques Cartier 69; title: Lord Baltimore 79; title: Cecil, Second Lord Baltimore 85; title: Water ville Penny 87; title: Hare's Ears 100; title: Site of Lord Baltimore's Settlement at Ferryland Facing 110; title: Silver Snuff-Spoon Unearthed at Ferryland 124; title: Town of Placentia Facing 142; title: Fac-similes of Old Tombstones at Placentia 145; title: Ruins of French Fort at Castle Hill Facing 150; title: "The Old Palace" 222; title: Catholic Cathedral, Harbor Grace, Conception Bay Facing 266; title: Rt. Rev. Dr. Mullock Facing 294; title: City of St. John's Facing 340; title: Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, St. John's Facing 352