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 I^^A^STOI?,_A^ J LETTEIl 
 
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 ^15 ©race the Jlvchbtsho|j of Hcrvantcr, on the i)[estibiil of (^t.^atrick 
 
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 " Oh the dr pth of the richPH of the wisdom and of the knowledcrc of God ! How Incomprehensible are His Judgments and how unsearchable are 
 
 Mis wiiysl" (limn. xi.Xi.) 
 
 John Joseph Lynch, bv the Grace of 
 God and Appointment of the Holy 
 See, Abohbihhop ofTokonto, Assist- 
 ant AT THE Pontifical Throne, etc. 
 
 To the Rev. Clergy, KeUijwns CummnHifien, 
 and the Liiitij nf our DUicexe, Jlealth 
 aitd BeuedicCniH in the Lord. 
 
 Dearly Beloved Brethren. — It was imr 
 agreeable duty some yv.ixra a;,") to .Kldross to 
 you a few words of adnioiiitioii on the festiviU 
 of St. Patrick, the Apostle of Ireland, and 
 through Ireland, of many nations. In Iduking 
 over those Pastoral Letters of 1871 and IS7."i, 
 we have f()un<l that the advice then yivun, 
 and the principal sentinuiuts therein express- 
 ed, arc well fitted to the jnesent occasion, 
 and wc have thouylit that we could not do 
 l)ettcr than aL'ain adilnss such good advice to 
 you. The chief nlea in imr minil i.s. tliat the 
 Irish puo|ple are an apostolic peoiilc, furnished 
 by n.iture and by ^racc with all tli.' iptitude 
 of preserving their faith and of transuiitting 
 it to their isisterity. We desire tlniu, nuist 
 earnestly to exhi'rt Irish parents to trauaiuit 
 unstained to their children this preciijus licij- 
 tftge ; anil at the same time »e desire to ur.e 
 upon the negii;;ent, the uecessity ot i(uittuig 
 toe vice anil sins that stanil in the way of the 
 fullilnieut ot their sacred mission. 
 
 We address ourselves to the millions of 
 exiled Irish people, (cnontih to cun.stitutc a 
 respectable .State. ) who will hail that day 
 with joy and Kadness. am] ju siilvit re\'iKit 
 the hallovveil Iiouihs. altars and eluirehyards, 
 and the holy wel.s of the b'essed lanil ot their 
 birth, or that of their I'orcfather-i. and pray 
 and unnini, anil say irooi the depths of their 
 Mjuls, "i;,,d liicss Ireland I (rod JiiUjicrve 
 
 the faith of her children, and her cliildren'a 
 children,— exiles in many lands, (lod bless 
 the loved island of Holy Pontills. learned 
 Confessors, Monks, Hermits and Sacred 
 Virgins, and of tens of thousands of Martyrs 
 for that Faith preached to them by their great 
 Apostle St. Patrick. — ' that land that God 
 hath greatly blessed, but which man hath 
 i/reatly cur.sed.'" It is a holy custom on the 
 Festival of the l)lesscd Patrick for the Irish 
 jieople and their children to assist at the 
 saerdice of the .Mass, receive Holy C(un- 
 niunion, and to listen to sermons and exhorta- 
 tions to excite them to love their holy faith ; 
 to bless (iod for that most i)recioua inheri- 
 tance ; to encourage them to frequent the 
 Sacraments ; anu to transmit to their children, 
 and thus to future generatimis, that lai'h for 
 whiclimilliiuis of martyrs havet-hed their hlood, 
 which has gained for Ireland in latter times 
 the glorious title of " the nation of martyrs," 
 as in early days, she bore that of the " Island 
 of tJonlessors and Virgins," that faith for 
 which they have heen deprived of their birth- 
 rights, their lands, their education, -have 
 been starved, and hunted, ai'd banished, and 
 Oh ! the glorious reward- they have exchang- 
 ed the pains ol earth for the joys of Heaven ; 
 for liouies that perish they po-isess mansions 
 of eternal liliss. On this Festival they will 
 be tauj;ht t" pr.iy for their native lanii, that 
 (iuil may cause to cease the oppression of the 
 l)oor ; and that He may sustain the Irish 
 Clergy and Irish parents in their ellorts to 
 shield the rising generation against the most 
 wily, iletenoiued. powerfn! and iiiiscrupuliHiS 
 enemy o' the Church of (iod— the Govern- 
 ineut of Fnglaml (We say the <u)r(riiinenl of 
 ICii'iliiiid. lor millions of her people abhor the 
 tyranny of the rulers of Ireland)— a Govern- 
 meiit which has enileaviaired by (iudlessami 
 
 Protestant education to undermine, when 
 it eoidil not eradicate, the faith of the 
 people ; they will be taught to pray for their 
 persecutors, that (iod may change their hearts 
 and bring them to the true faith. 
 
 We feel it a consoling duty to address all 
 our beloved people throughout the Diocese, 
 the vast majority ot whom are children i 
 Ireland, upon this Festival of Ireland. 
 object is two-fold : to encourage them to ful- 
 fil their sacred mission ot preserving the de- 
 posit of the faith once delivered to the saints, 
 and of transmitting it to their posterity ; 
 and secondly, to warn them against tempta- 
 tions which, though common to all nationali- 
 ties, are particularly hurtful to a highly sensi- 
 tive and religious people. 
 
 Ireland's divine mission. 
 
 Ireland has a divine mission. In the ad- 
 mirable providence ot God, He selejts fami- 
 lies and nations to he the agents of His holy 
 will. He selected Abraham and his progeny 
 to be His people, and Aaron and the tribe of 
 Levi to be His priests. He has iu a special 
 way chosen the Caucasian or present Euro- 
 pean races to be the messengers of His word 
 to the other nations of the earth. But from 
 tiiue to time He has been provoked to repudi- 
 ate some of His choice. The Jewish people 
 are no longer the people of God ; Aai'on is no 
 longer His priest. Many nations of the 
 earth, once bright with the lustre of the true 
 faith, are, on account ot their unworthiness 
 and sins, no longer blest with that divine 
 tigltt. But ihroujjh Kia gnrat rucrcy Gcd has 
 preserved for a sacred purpose one people in- 
 habiting a little island in the western ocean. 
 Them He has tried with the most bitter 
 earthly alllietioiis. In His unsearchable pro- 
 vidence. He has let"; thein under the rule oi 
 
(in oiiiircsKor, aiitl smurgcil them with iiiaiiy 
 utriiios (if scirniw. Vot He has rost^rvecl tor 
 them th.' piiiost of ivH yifts, tho li.-hest of nil 
 tri'iiuures, the iiilieiit:ii:ci: iif a true fiiitli 
 which inoniiscs thorn oteriml life for their 
 jicrKevemiiue. Aiul siuh i.s the ]"irtiim of the 
 Irish iienjih'. Anil to them has lio.l nhiv, 
 not only trne faith, lint tlie e':tra"nlinary 
 mission of siireadin;; ii tliroUi;h all the c(jun- 
 tries of the worhl. 
 
 VATI HAI, .MTmi'K. 
 KorthiHSulilinie aiiostleHJiiii they have heen 
 jirepareil with a (.'rneroiis anil )iions nature, 
 Huhiinie intrlhet, warm an.l tender impulses, 
 an i..cloniitalile hatnil of tyranny, am! undy- 
 ing; love of trne liherty ; a die|i-rootid thirst 
 for learning, and :in imeoiKineralile iliHiii.' to 
 impart th. ir Unowled^f to otlieis ; un ahlior- 
 renve of trearhery and of f.dse friends, an, I an 
 nnlioiMided love for llieir liem-faetors. In the 
 faee of these (pnilities, they have aNo their 
 
 drawhaeks, lilie every other nation si the 
 
 tall of A<lam. They have, too. in a ■,'n-ater 
 or less lU'iiree, the vicious eounterparts ol tlu- 
 virtues there enumerated. Ihit tiny have in 
 tlieir faith and in their Catholie instmcts a 
 remedy for thesis in the fr. (inentation of the 
 Sacraments. Apart fnnii this, the «• od i(nali- 
 ties of the majority ■nmienscdy count'.Tlialanee 
 their faults : wliilst the unrestraiueil viei-^ of 
 the minority tlirow a hirid ylare of s:id n liec- 
 tiuii anon the iJivat virtnt s ..f the maioiitj. 
 It has liten welt s;iid tleit :in liishuKin mu.-t 
 do twice iis well as any olher in:in to g. t halt 
 the credit. (»n tlie .ither hand. Irish delecw 
 and vices are iloulilv exair^erate.l. Iroin tlic^ 
 c.nniiion idea of wleit is to he exiiected fnun 
 an Irishman. Let him il i hnt halt tlie wroni; 
 (if any other man, and he will :;et twice liie 
 l)lamc. So hiuh is tlie estnnation of ti:e ordi- 
 nary virtues of tlie Irish. When an lll^-!l■ 
 mail is not f.iithful iind uliedient t.i his he.i- 
 vcnlv instinct, the luxuriance of his natici^ 
 makes him very vieions, and hence the 
 (lisi^race of the few ia th.^ rcin'oaeli ol the 
 many. 
 
 siiiiw.s iiiDM Tin; iw.sr. 
 
 Vet the wliol,! history of the hisli race 
 proves their sulplime misaion. (led has ke|it. 
 as an ainuv in His iiuiver. thi< little isl:ind to 
 eo forth to coiKpier spiritual kinedoms for 
 rhrist. ('•>(■.■»/ .■.„./;il:i ill niniiii iiiil"iil,.<. 
 :iii lilli ij,'ii.-.ii,nnii." "As arrows in tie- 
 hauils of the pouerinl, so are the cliildieii of 
 the vaiupnslied." r.s. cxxvi, 4.) St. I'atii.U 
 found the lii.-li, lhon:;li not ( 'hnstians, yet imi 
 purely idolators. They were piiinilive in 
 their* h.-d)its and cii tonis, leadiii;: a patri- 
 archiallife, with many ot the le.lile iiualitu s 
 of the present ahoiieiucs of North Aniernvi. 
 Thev helieved in the existence of a Supreme 
 Siiirjt. (Thev had no idols.) St I'atrid; 
 found, in all Ins missionary excnrsi.ms 
 throWf;h Irelani, only one oh.jcct that ap- 
 proiu-ri. d idol worship: it was a hall Hn- 
 ronndcd hv twelve j.iilars. It represented 
 the sun and the sieiis of the zodiac ; for tie y 
 were j.Miiid astroiioincis in those days. 'I In^ 
 eimntry people, however, in their simplii'ity, 
 nii'ht 'have worbhip|icd these syinlmls with an 
 extra reverence ; hnt the rapidity with which 
 tlic faith ol St. I'alriek spread, so thai in hi.s 
 own lifetime he could ordain priests, conse- 
 crate hishops, and found monasteries of 
 monka and convents of holy virgins, shows 
 clearlv that the religion of '..'hrist found many 
 
 disciples, and that its seed fell on luxuriant 
 soil. 
 
 MISSIONS AllltOAll. 
 
 St. TatrickV liishops and jiriests were so 
 ardent in tlieir zimI tliat they carrii'd the 
 liijht of the (iospel into Kmil.ind, Scotland, 
 (lermany, Kr.ince, even into Italy, re- 
 t,'aiiiim' to the Cliurcli many of those 
 people wlio had lost the faith on ac- 
 count of the inenrsions of harharlaiia and 
 the lireakin:; up of the lioinan Kmpire. 
 These holy missionaries from Ireland are iii- 
 viiked as patron saints In those countries. \\ e 
 have venerated tUei'' ridies in catheilr.il 
 ehurchcH, in niona-teries, in rural paii-lies on 
 the Ciuitim-iit of Kurope. We found St. 
 Cilaldns. the Apostle of Tareiitnm, near 
 Naples ; St. Sediilius, famous for his fourteen 
 honks of coniinentariea on the Kpislhs of St. 
 Taiil ; St. I''ri(hdiii. who instituted rclieiona 
 houses in .\lsaee, Strashimri; an I Sh itzeiland, 
 and who is interred on an island m the lt:iine 
 in a monastery Imilt, hy himself ; St. CoUiin- 
 liiis. the founder of the eelehrated monastery 
 ol liohhio, ne.ir Milan : in l.nx.iii and l''oiituM 
 St. (lall, disciple and eoinpaniim of St. ( 'oliim- 
 l.ns. I'alron of the Monastery of St. (iail, near 
 I/ike Constance, f.iinou' to the present tim ^ 
 for Its learned men and holy .Monks, the ad- 
 miration of all travellers ; St. Fi.iere, the 
 I'atron Saint of many ehnridies in the Dioee.se 
 of Meaiix .iiid tliro'in;h I'ieardy, ami vi hese 
 relies are the (dijects of pious piU/riiiiaee-. to 
 the present time; St. Aardeii, who pivai-!ied 
 thedosp.d to the Xorthuiiihri.iiis in Kiii;land 
 and who wa< the lirst I'ishop of the Si-c 
 of I.indisfarne ; St. Colniaii, who preached 
 the Gospel to the Nortlicrn Saxons ; St. h'nr- 
 s( y. espceiallv invoked in chapels huilt hv him 
 nr.i'r I'.iris. : St. Arhoiiast, liisho|i of Slras- 
 l...iii^. buried on .Mount Mie-hai I. where there 
 Has a Mon.isterv deilicited under his patron- 
 . aee ; St. .Mail.inll'hiiM. who e.staleislied the 
 l',"!nons .seiiool of Inuh-hoiue. now .M.ilmshnry; 
 .>!. Ciithli.-it. son ot an lii-h I'linee.if Kelli. 
 HI Meatii. r.ishoip of l.iielist.irne. and now in 
 v.iked as an Knulish .•>aMit. ; St. Killiaii. 
 apostle of Krane"ni.i, and lirst lli-liop of 
 Wirtzhnr-. uhoL;,iiiied the crown or m.Lityr- 
 doiii. like St. dohii the r.,i|.ti.-l. f'rli.mu, le- 
 piuached the ineestiioiis adiiltress (JLilaii.i; 
 .^r. X'irniliits, U.shop ol I'iesoh-. preacher ot 
 the (Iospel to the I'^l riiri.liis ; St. Kllldin, 
 .\l,|jot iif llicliew, on the Ithine : St. Ihio ami 
 ^iiid St Kiuull'lius. who carried the (l.spd to 
 Iceland and foninh d a church under the 
 l.atro.ia^e of St. C.ihuiil.l.i. in the eitv of 
 Ksinhei-'t. We have irenr lone.l . noiejli ot 
 illnstrions names of the Irish nation to ^liow 
 how they fuililled their mission on the con- 
 tinent of Kniopi! in the early ai'es 
 IN ■riii: Nt;w vsoiii.n. 
 
 later on, worldly nu^ii smi'^ht eonqin.'st 
 thronijh a newly discovensl continent. I'liey 
 were devoured with a thirst for cain : and, 
 I'idlowin;; the in.iiiuts of tie ir old S. andina- 
 Man ane.stco -.tlii 11' diips .swpt every liarhoiir 
 and inlet in qio ■; ol uold and pn cious stones; 
 estahlij.hnient.- Mere fornieil to ti.ide with the 
 natives and to cajole frmn them their wealth ; 
 and hi're, as the veiierahle Kallier Theh.and 
 
 .-.ay.s, tlie In -11 .i-eeirl'ii i i -'op-, ■■•■'■ 
 
 welcome or not, pn ^.-r 1 forward to their 
 eoiniiieieial eiiitre^-, eniwdeil their citi s, and 
 a' once ].iMe.'eded to pr.icticc tie-ir religion. 
 Th(-y collected together in a ittle r- oiii [ler- 
 
 haps nt first. With heart and will they en- 
 deavour to comineiico n clii.r h. and there is 
 the lieginniii),' of the lO.OUlJ .dlars from which 
 saeriliee ascends in this mnv country. The 
 yreat ^!ol(l fields of Cahforiiia are diseovered. 
 There ia a rush for uold. Irisiiinen >!o there 
 too, and ' 'hold the Ci'iforni.i of to-day, one 
 of the richest (jardi-ns of tln^ Church of Cod. 
 The diamond fields of Sonthi fii Africa .ire dis- 
 co\crcd. The Irish, without inlcndin,' it 
 espceiallv, enrry there al.so their hdtli. 
 Australia is made a |)en,il settlement where 
 the convicts of Kn^jland and Ireland are tr.iiis- 
 jiorted to do pimance for their sins far from 
 the eeiitrea of ci.-ilizat'on. .\n Irishman m 
 his povi-rty steals soiiKfthin^ to s.ive his chil- 
 dren from starvation. He too is acnt there. 
 Ik carries with him his. faith ; tln^ tears id' 
 his repeiitanee water the soil ; and hchold with 
 its archhishoprt and hishops, another of the 
 most Hourish'ini; cluirclies that could .-idorn old 
 Christianity. 
 
 Alas ! that the "enei-.d prejudice aeainst the 
 or.lin.iry convict should militate ai;aiiist the 
 sons of these nohle Irish eoiit( ssorsof Ihefaitli, 
 to their exclusion from the iiriesthood. 
 
 AT flif.SKNT. 
 
 But this is md all. .\t the pnscnt liouronr 
 hisliops and prie.;ta and people aic spreadin^i 
 the fi.ith thi.>n'.;li new worlds. 'I hey are eim- 
 ipicrin;.: hack a'^aiii Kiejlaml and Seirtlind. 
 reee'.;,nle. to tlii! faiih lemi; tlie whirlwiml^ 
 ami vcrtii;o of a worldly " llcloiin.ilion " 
 snatched them from ( 'hi ist's fold. They are 
 e.irryiie-' the same faith throii-h the countries 
 where I'lie^laiel e.irii.s the t.wotd and eom- 
 iinree. The eoirj legation of Archoishop 
 Mannne; is hine-teiith Iri^li, or then- de.«ceiid- 
 
 allts. Ilie same lloMs for tie- di.cesi-s of 
 
 Kdini.iu-h and (!la-i.'ow. The -J.OOO.OIIO ot 
 I'.itle lies (if Irish exir.iilion in l'.ie,'!.iiid ha\e 
 h.-i-n tlie lari'cst factor in the inoveniciit for 
 111.' ristoration nf the Itnnirchy : and Scot- 
 l.uid wi ! owe the like heiionr and advaiita.;(» 
 to the s line cms, . 
 
 IN I in; tNtTi:ii .staiks. 
 
 Of the wiuk of the Irish Aiiostolate in the 
 United States, we iieed say nothing;. At the 
 lleclaratioii of Imlcpemh-nee there was no 
 Uishop in the conntiy. and hnt a few tnie.-!s. 
 Mow there ai(^ in the Cnitnl State--., .■md 
 Ihitish N(eth .■\imnia, (i^hty-two .\ieh- 
 hishdps :iiid r.i.-h'p-. .liiont ."i.(.H)l» iiiie-ts. and 
 •.M tiltO rell-iou^. of hi.th sexes. Tin;, niii.-t 
 he at Ic.i-t sevun mil ion^ nl 1 1 ish alll^ lie u de- 
 sceiid.uiis on this (^outinint ot .\iiieiiea. the 
 Miajoiity of whom are pr.-ietieal ( '.iiiio ies. 
 T'liey ciui-triiet the railiv.iys. diocmi's, hiy 
 farnis, hiiiht honses, I'tiL'.ace in comni -u-e. and 
 with a n.-ver-l\iiline i^cm-ro^iry. ^iippMrt th«^ 
 
 C1,1U>. hlllld ,-hlirehi:s, e,.|l,-i;e's, sile.ols and 
 
 convents, and lill tr em, too, with th.i, ehii- 
 dreii ; and thus the hoiindaiies of the Citlio. 
 lie Church are ext( tided. '■ I,;tt'e did iho<e 
 lahoiireis think, w hen enea.ed on the I'hie 
 C.iiiai. ' sa\s ail enitia nt Iii^h writer and 
 st.it' sill, ill, "tl.r.t thev \M re laviiiu ihefoiili- 
 (lation of live ( alio dial.~. «ith ini.nniciahl.- 
 chnrelies. sehonls and e-.iav cuts." 
 
 Ill Camilla thi'ir triumphs are will known. 
 The Celtic race, Irish, Tn nch, and llcrni.nis. 
 are makine oi t..is cmnlrv. to tie- di,ieay of 
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 (■iiMIltl'icS 
 allcl CHlii- 
 Vrt'liiiishoi) 
 II' (If^oi'iid- 
 ili,ri:s,-s of 
 IH)U.0(IO »i 
 u'lariil liii\o 
 viiiK'iit for 
 ami Scot- 
 iiilvaiila^iH 
 
 lioriiu of true faith. Tliu Irish i" Cuiiaila Irith wcri^ kept as siirvaiits on tlin foiiliiiatiil 
 
 have given majjniliei'iit pioof.s ol thi'ir lov.; of laniln in Ulster, I,i!insti;r ami Mniister— Coii- 
 
 r.'liiiion ; fatiurrs ami ni()tlii.?-H liavo liroUKlit naiiiiht, tlif )iooi(at I'mvinue, boinj,' resurvwl 
 
 tlii'M' cliilihiii, III ho ba|ili/,iil, from tlio huad as tlo' p''"'-' "'' ''■"'i-'"'""''"' for tho rust. Tlio 
 
 of l,ako Ontario to Kinahton ; they have Kn>!linli laniiiiago litcamo tin; lan«"iK" "'' thu 
 
 carriiid them to Jlaiw tliroii^li tlio woo.ls for tlirui; IV..vioi-i;s i; vimi ov.'r to tliu ooni|Ui;riii),' 
 
 many miKrt. wlu'n thr liri-i h^jlitnl oji tliu liill raoi'. (If mci-.-sity tin; Iri.sli who wcru rutain- 
 
 to|w' tohl thiMn a ;irii st ha>l uomu to tin' I'd aH Hurvaiith on tlii'ir ow n farms hail to Uiun 
 
 noi'.'hhonrhooil. .Vn Iri.slunan ci'ttlus in lait^li.fh, for ii iiunalty im-n »a» laid npon 
 
 tho haid-.woi'ds. !(>• i^ an ol.jci't of suspicion their lanjinag.'. hittlc did tho Iri.-li thililrun 
 
 and uvcn nl dread, lie docs not attend fmesoe, « lien w hippeil for .speaUiii>{ a word in 
 
 uamp-meutin^i or places of wiird.ip in which their niollicr-t()Ui;iH.'. or for hcin^ tardy in 
 
 he do.'s not hclieve. He Ines 1,. instruct his learning the Ivijilish lanuiia),'e, that the Holy 
 
 ehihlren in the prayers of the true faith. .'\n- rjoviilcnee of (loil was proparinji them to con- 
 
 othci' family settl. s near them; the priest vert their 10ni;li»li nnisters, to spread the 
 
 llnils them iMit, and hehidd the nu lens of :• Kaitli in Kn).'li>h eoloniiis, and to j-ain the new 
 
 Catholiu ehurcli. I'.y this we do not approve world of Anieiiea to ti,e true faitli. Irish ze.d, 
 
 ot any Catholic nncliurchin(,' himself hy set- Irish enthii.<iasni. and Irisli love of the true 
 
 tlinj; in eoiintriis where tlieie is no o|ipor- reli:;ion, with the Kngiish lan'4naj;e. are 
 
 tunilv for himself, or for his children, to re- .spreadin;,' the f.iith tliro-.i^h that empire on 
 
 eeiv.' the .S ici-.unents. How many have been 
 lost hy this i.solatii.n I 
 
 It has oflen hern the hoitst of many villages 
 in till., eountr.. that there was not a l',i|iist 
 amonust them. Ihit a servant ^ir\ is inneh 
 needed. A good Irisli ;;irl comes. She 
 
 which the sun n.ver sets 
 
 rKl!.SK<tT10X IN KKI.MiroN. 
 
 I.et US see how our aneeatiprs «trnj.'i;h'd to 
 preserve the I'aith once pr.-ached to their lore- 
 f.ithers, and lr..m it let us draw a lesson for 
 
 l,rin-s with her an earnest hive of (i.id and <.»r eoudnet. I enry Mil. attimpcd to ni- 
 
 preservesher laith. This is the hcKmnino. trodi.ee n.to Ireland h,s niyeutcd religion and 
 
 in a few ye-ais a mode-.t eliapd is put no and h:s new-taic'ledmatnioonial la« s. In (■.m.lanil, 
 
 the .iwfu'l .^acrilh ir.nd tie re The re is nnfo, tunately, he snec.;cde:c in indueui- too 
 
 no stupiiiii;; It. Tlie ihciee of Cod lias ^'oiie 
 (oitli t.iat the Irish peoph', havinj; losi all in 
 tin irown cull 11 try, should estuhlish His true re- 
 1 1. .ion;; 111 I woi -liip wherever tlu'V til 111. Tie Irisli 
 p..'opie ar.' ill hid an aooitoir |n',,|il. . i,.\t. 
 us, tflill, (Velliiu with .St. I'.llll ; "Oil, llli' 
 depth of the riches, and of the wisdom, and of 
 
 the kuoH Kd.e of i.od : How nil pielliusihle 
 
 are His judgments, and Imw uiiscan^Uahle 
 His ways!" Truly. II.' iias ciiMsm the 
 le hli- things of this World to e.iiifoiiiid the 
 
 si roll;.'. 
 
 niauy to aekii'iw'ledce liiiii head ol the church, 
 lint 111 Ireland this was l;;ULdied to suolll. No 
 Irish hishoji took the oath. There was, indeed, 
 an I'aiglisi.man at the tiiie; in the .See ot 
 lluliliu. put there hy I'aiLilisli favour. He liad 
 alre.uly apcstati/- d moisown conntiy. In 
 his let'eis to Knclaiid he s[iLaKs ol the un- 
 daunted spirit of the Irish, who held linn 
 aijMiust the new doctrines. It is true that an 
 I'liulish I'arliameut sittiii" in Duhliu m-.idc a 
 decree favouiiu;.' Henry VlU.'s preteutions 
 as head of the cliiiicli ; hut it was never ac- 
 ted l.y the lii^h. It had heen a ueneral 
 
 My priiu ipal aim ill tins Pastoral L.tler, i-= ^^;|, . ,,, ■;.,„., ,„,,i,„„ t„ i,„,,„„, ,i„.i, 
 to direct the iiiirid ol the lush |ie,,|,!c and ' -, , ', . •;; , , .,J„.,.;, 
 
 their dc...ceiid,ii.ts to tills llieii' I'lovideiitial 
 
 de^|i|ly. an 1 to exh.Ot llielU to tllilil il. 1' hi 
 
 til ' hijliest hou.iur Co.l leird confer mi any 
 
 pl;l|llc, to lll,.lle thelU His CO-Oj ll.ra tolS III 
 
 s,i.c,i.liii4 lli:i I lo^|;, 1. ;;ii;tiii saviov; tllo.^e that 
 
 M.lel.i.l. Ili.l'c I lol.dlt Iplote toeword.iof 
 
 .St. Ilionysius, "Tlu- oio-^t dl\ i f ail divine 
 
 Molksist" eo-"p'l;l!e with (i"il for the .al- 
 \;i;i;ill el ...olKs." I'lle I,; lllli'-.r lih'sslli;; oil 
 the held ot llie joes -I'vir is .'llclti.i lloiu one 
 
 II ho n i> aiieiii ie |.eii.,li. ,Joh siroui;l.\ r.'- 
 
 j, d to f. 1 1 he ii;ol such a Ide-siiiL', and 
 
 I lie I out: "Tlic hh-.-.-iui; of liiiu * at was 
 I'.iilyti leiisii came iipi.u ue ." (.h.h xxix. 
 I.'i ) 'i'ielt iilessiui; Ims hecll p. or. d, a tliou- 
 saiid tiiii s ..MT, ,,u the hcaiU if i he mission- 
 i.r'cs who li.ive eiiiici to the n sciie .1 those 
 who were [icii-iiio'. f"!' want ol the S.lcra- 
 nienl>. 
 
 i'iiiivnii;\ ri.M, riiKi'M: '.riiiN. 
 
 The Irish people were prep.ii'cd, as .St. 
 r.itiick wa.-, to i-arry tlieOospel to the utter- 
 most liellnos of the e.ulll. They t.io |l;ls.M'd lloU: 
 
 own foimef (ievi'i'iiiuent, and especially of 
 reliu'ion. upon the eomiinred, in onler to 
 make them a people united w ilh themselves 
 in the iiu.st impoitant ii,tcic-ts. Thus the 
 lloiiians, with all the iiii-ht and power of per- 
 sei.'iuiiin and sword, cinUaxeuied lo oppose 
 the iiiiie.liietion of Clirisliaiiity into their 
 I'aiipiie. h, caii«e the (lod of I'hiistians was 
 iioi aekiiov.hduied hy the Sf.ite. I'hielaud, in 
 lor loily, adopted tl,e .-..me jneicy in Ireland. 
 .A lice'-lau.^lcd fallh w.i-. enforced Uliou tin- 
 peo)ile hy statutes I'lpiadiue and siir|iassin,!,' in 
 iheii ati-eeiry the edicts of Xero and Dioclc- 
 si;iii. Not" only relie.ou and their native 
 toneiie huti'ien e-iiicition was denied them, 
 cxeeiit in the •> deetriiies of the " l!e- 
 hirinition.'' .'; piote f.om a pastoral 
 lat-dy a.ldressed oy the I 'ardiiial-Areh- 
 hisi iv, aii.l I'lidiuii. .'.f Ir. lamlio their peo- 
 ple : ■ 
 
 n'.usKri HON IN r.oi rAiHiN. 
 
 '■ r.e;iiiiiiu,; with the Act of Henry llie 
 I'airlitii. hy which, in t.'S7, our old Catholic 
 
 tlire'i^h llieoiih;i! of tii;i;s:ind ( 1 ihtllal ions ; 
 the;, weie celiipicie i in every hattle, hot in 
 thai, of lleres;, ajaiust I'aith, hy a uctorious 
 and iiuichaiiiiiK enemy. Their liiiiilt; were 
 e.oat|s,.,.t.'d. their cliiir..|ies, .'.loeenis and 
 moiMsteries destroyed, their Clcr^ry [lut to 
 death, banished or proseiibed. l-'amine ami 
 
 education were siliipresse 
 
 1, and 
 
 mill;.' dew 11 to the year 1771, the .Statute I'.uok 
 is lull of the most barbarous ciiaetiiientsa'.;ainst 
 everyihiiii; bearini; the sriniilance of Catholic 
 education, and ol laws Ir.niied with the most 
 jiei'ver.se and artful ingenuity to sprcaii the 
 diirliuesa ot ijnoi;ince over the land. As early 
 as the year Kill, the Catholics of Ulster, in 
 
 pcsiiieiice 111 the wake of w.ir reduced the their " hnmlile remonstrance " to Kiiii; Cliar- 
 luipulation at one time to tiUO OiKt. A few les the l''irst, sl.ited, as one of the fjnevances 
 
 which had driven them to nnuH, that the 
 'youth ()*' this kingdom, especially of U8 
 Catholics, is ilebarred from education and 
 learning, in that no schoolniaste-r of our reli- 
 gion is admitted to he briil beyond the seas, 
 and the one University of Ireland doth ex- 
 clude a'l Catholics, thereliy to make ua utterly 
 i;.MioraMt of literature and civil bruc linK, which 
 always followeth iearnini,' and ,irts, insoimich 
 that we boldly allirm wo are the most misera- 
 ble and unhappy nation of the Christian 
 worhl.' 
 
 liAllUVnOlS KNArTMF.NTS, 
 
 "I>uriiio the .sad period of Ooiiiw ell's domi- 
 nation in Irelanil, everything Catholic was 
 supp.rcssed with an iron hand ; but it was 
 aft..'r the restoration of Kin;; Charles the 
 Second that tliesysteniatic enactuieut of laws, 
 'unexampled for their inhumanity, their un- 
 warrantaiileiiess. and their impolicy,' com- 
 ineneed. In the year Itid.'i an act wan p'lHSed 
 forbiildinj.' any Catholic to ' instructor tuach 
 any youth as a tutor or schoolmaster' under 
 a jietialty of three months' iniprisonuieiit for 
 the lirst oll'ence ; and for every second and 
 other such oMcnce, of three moiith<' imprison- 
 ment without bail, and a line of five pounds. 
 Being refused eibication at home, our fathers 
 sent their children to receive it in Catholic 
 achoo's aliroad. Hut in the seventh year of 
 tlie reign of King William the Third, Kilt,*), a 
 stitute was passed, which, under the penalty 
 of rorfciture of all property and of every cixii 
 rieht, forbade the senilin ! of a child to any 
 torei ;ii country • to the intent or purpose to 
 enter into or b.,: re--iilciit or trained up ill any 
 nunnery, ro)iish nuiversity, eolle^'o, or school, 
 or lioii.-e of dcsuits or priests. The ehildi'cii 
 thus sent, who shall be, in such parts beyond 
 the seas, by any .Icsuite, fryar, monk, or 
 other Popish person, instructeil, persuaded, 
 or strcnetlieued in tile l'o|iish religion, in any 
 sort to ]uo:ess the same,' and even the ]ier- 
 soiis sciidiiu; money for their maintt^nauce, 
 were rendered liable to the same jienaity ; and 
 ai lioiiie any C.itholic, teaching school or iii- 
 stiiietiu.r youth in Ieariiiu'.i was subjected to a 
 line ef C'Jfl. and to three mouths' imprisoii- 
 iiieiit to- e* er_\' such olf.'ucc. IWt'U tlic suspi- 
 cion ef li,i\ ill.' c 'lueiitt-d the crime of giving 
 to his child ediicati'iu in a t'ath.olic school 
 abroad was puiiisli.'ibli- in a ('atlio!ic parent, 
 by the like penalty of forfeiture of all hia 
 goods, and of every civil p:i\ilege. unless he 
 could clear himself of the charge. And yet 
 our fathers courageously exposed themselves 
 to those dampers in oriler not to imperil the 
 inheritance of the faith for their children. 
 Our rulers, conseipiently, thouglit it necessary 
 to make the law more stringent, and to this 
 ell'ect a naw Act was tiassed in the second 
 year of (,)iieen -•Viiiie, 1 7tW. Kven this did not 
 siiliice ; and, at length, in the eighth year oi 
 the s.iiiic iiiicen, 17IV.I. we liiiil the penalty of 
 tr.oisportatieii. and, in i';ise of ri'tiirn, that of 
 high tieason, di';ith, with dr.uving and ipiar- 
 tering, enacted against any ' person of the 
 Popish reliL'ioii (wlio) shall publicly teach 
 school, (U- shall instruct youth in learning in 
 any priv.ite house within this realm, or shall 
 he entertained to instruct youth lu learning 
 as usher, under-master, or assistant by any 
 Protestant sehoiilmaster. ' 
 
 lAiiiiiKi) orr to riiK i.F.rrKii. 
 
 " These penal laws were not a dead letter, 
 but wen,' rigorously eniorced hir the gre.lter 
 
part (if the laat century. • • • • • 
 It wfts only in the yeiir 1782--not yet one 
 hundred years iigi)— that it was dineovered l>y 
 our rulers thnt the laws ' relativo to the edu- 
 cation of I'a|)i.stH * * • i^n, eouHideriMl aw 
 too severe' ('.'I and 'i'2 (!eo. III., eap. 02.) 
 In conBequence, Catholies were allowed to 
 teach, hut with the proviso that they sliouhl 
 have obtained a licunci! from the ^'rotu^tant 
 hishop of the ilioeese, who had power to re- 
 call it at any time. " 
 
 The penalty for denying that the King of 
 Kngiand was head of the I'lmreh was death. 
 No sueh penalty was intlieteil for the denial 
 of Cliriat's divinity. .Schools and monasteries 
 were destr lyed. The cluirehes were all closed 
 np. The most miinite tletails of cruelty were 
 inventeil to crush tlie true faith fmm tlie 
 hearts of the people. Hut the generality of 
 the IriHJi peoplu stood lirm. They said with 
 the siuis of tile .Maccahees and like the early 
 Christians, "(iod has given you \Miwer over 
 our hodies. Them yon may toi-nnMit ; hut (lur 
 si'iils you cannot toucli.'' They had their 
 eliciice, to renounce tlic faith of their fore- 
 fathers, or to sutl'ci all the painswhich the most 
 savag*-' tyranny could inllict \ipon them. Tliey 
 chose faith ami fatherlanil. And i:ow their lidei- 
 ity and its fruits ar^ steadi'y and surely ovcr- 
 eomingtheirconipicrors. Christ, ton, coiKpiereil 
 when he was compuM'cd, nailed to the cross. 
 ■|'hc Irish iiumliered ,S(K).IKM) in (.liiceii Kli/a- 
 lieth's time. .So Inw had they liceii ivduecd 
 V>y sword, famine and iicstileiice. Tiieir eon- 
 ((uerors outnuinliert-d them two to one ; yet 
 liy a merciful providence of <iod they soon 
 outnunihcreil their i iini|nerors three to (Uie. 
 Chaste living, healthy <'arly iiiarria;.'ea, and a 
 dt'testatiou ot the eriiue of injury to wniiieii. 
 were amongst the Irish the fruitful causes of 
 tlu'ir increase. Tlie Catholics as said alio\e 
 were lianlly .S(H),(XMI, whilst the Protestants - 
 Knj;lisli. Scotcli, ami a few Irish apostates - 
 were ■.•,(K»0,(«K), witli the w h.-le island, its 
 riches, ciiiiiiiinents and nliici's in tlieir li;ui<ls. 
 Catlioii'.s were haiincd and Imiited down ; yet 
 Cod preserved them and hy their unalti:ralile 
 faith ti.ey c(Uii|iiercd, and their childicn have 
 inherited their spirit. 
 
 I'ointiiig to a tnagniticeiit castle that domi- 
 neered a city 111 tlie Smith of Ireland, we once 
 asked a little Imy : "To wlioiii ilnes that 
 eastlc lielong V" "To Lird Soauil-.so," re- 
 ). lied the hi.y. " Is he a Catholic ? " "Oii, 
 no. " said the hoy rafiidly ; "he had to turn 
 I'rotestant to Uec)> his castle." " Is lie dead 
 or alive? " " He is dead," answered the hoy. 
 "How does he like his liargaiii now ? " we 
 asked. "Had eiiougli. Imiess," re|.lied the 
 hoy, with a solemn siiake of the lu'ad. 
 
 lioon KlioM KVII.. 
 Ireland's natifiiality has all the \-i;.M>iir of 
 \ontli, even in foreimi lamls : her lait!. is tlit' 
 wonder and tlie praise of the nations .if the 
 e.arili, and iiiort' especially of the illiistriims 
 Mead of the Cliiinh. Cud's ways are not 
 man's ways, and lie often turns tluM-vil do- 
 ings of the wicked to tln' L'leater advantage 
 of the gooil. Tims, hy till! enicilixion nf Mis 
 Sciii hy malefactors, was the wnrld reileeined, 
 .iiiil till! Ill rseeiitinii and niartyn'oiii of the 
 
 ..\|,MMt|es .'^iiise.l the »ore;ii| iif ChrlstiailltV. 
 
 We have halaii i tlmse hlessetl truths 
 
 against worldly evils, .and nave lieenme con- 
 soled. 
 
 IMI'KOVIIIKNT KMUlli Al 111^. 
 
 One sorrow weighs us down, and for years 
 
 has caused us the iiinst intunsu auffering. We 
 lind consolation niily in olFering u|i the Holy 
 Sacrilicu of the Mass ':o stay the evil. It is, 
 to see anil to hear of tiiat Catholic niissionary 
 people driven from their homes in tens of 
 tlioiisands, in such iiiimhers and in such pov- 
 erty that their Hiviiie mission is too often 
 thwarted, oiiil the children who are destined 
 to transmit the faith to the yet unhorn gener- 
 ations, fall into evil iLssociatlons, are picked 
 up hy proselytizing sects, and lost to 
 faith. We have seen, with hcartlmrsting 
 grief, the destitution and ruin of many chil- 
 dren ; we have heard the fathers' gmans and 
 seen the mothers' tears, as we listened to the 
 tale of wholesale evictions as in time of war. 
 In the depths of our soul wc ahhorred this 
 wholesale ilepopiilaMon, this partial ruin of 
 vast iiiimoers of people ; and eoiisei|iieiitly, 
 some years ago, we, in a pri\'ate Ictteraildress- 
 ed to the Clergy of Ireland only, and not in- 
 tended foi' piihlioatioii, raised our voice against 
 til s oppression of the pour, that cries to Mea- 
 \'eii fitr veiiLfeaiice. iMirope, hut esjiee ally 
 lie and, stood appalled at the statistics with 
 which we aniieii our appeal : for we knew 
 that nothing hut viry hard hicts would strike 
 hoCli friends and enemies of the Catiiolic 
 Church. Of these, none more earnest, wily, 
 and powerful than I'ai'^land, who rej liced at 
 the depopulation. Tlu' oliject we intended 
 was jiartially L'ained : tin; religions eoiisrieiice 
 
 of the Clergy and gooil | pic of Ireland was 
 
 stirred up to deprecate, as hest they could, 
 the starving and evicting process that was 
 dcciniatiug a nation. 
 
 TlfK FAMINH. 
 
 Kor the last thirty years the Irish Catholic 
 jieoph) have Ik I'li siihjcet to some of the great- 
 est trials : hut their faith sustained them, and 
 the iiiimeiise majority came forth from the 
 fearful ordeal victoiious. We refer in jiartieii- 
 lar to the terrihle famine, if famine it can he 
 calleil. Kor Co<l had hiessed the land with 
 ahiiinlaiice of everything, except one little 
 root, the food to wliieli the pitor lia,| lieeii 
 reduced hy merciless laiicllonls and landlaws. 
 There was eiioii^li gr.iiii and meal in the 
 country to feed four times the numlier who 
 perislied in the faniine. Vet hy wilful mis- 
 manageiiieiit tl;c people starved. In the 
 iiiii'h inaligned I'apal States, hy the way, a 
 heiter course "f pole^y was piirsiieil. When 
 tile Mraiii crop failed, the l*>»pe forhade expor- 
 tation and thus saved tile lives of liis suhjiets, 
 as I'ecame the father of his people. .\iid so 
 in conseipicncc of luiglaml's crimiiial mis- 
 le.:islati'Ui, th Misands lay on the roadside as 
 they had heeii dra.rjiiig their einaci.ited 
 hodies to the workhouse, and, as eye wit- 
 nesses testify. Ihoimli dyini; Irom want of 
 food they would sere.iiii and cry and shiuhlur 
 whei. the " srmpt.'rs, '' as the proselyti/eis 
 wei,' called, woihil approach them with lood 
 in 111"!'- hand and the l'iii|italioii of leiioime. 
 ill-' their reli.;ioii on tl,,ir hj.s. " Oli mother. ' 
 cried a dyiou irhild, " don't let tlio-e soiipers 
 collie into the lious,-, I am .ifiMoi I 
 Would take their food and vive up my nli^i.in. 
 i .1111 so very liiingry." The.su tiMis ol thoa- 
 siiids of martyrs to their religion, in d,\ing 
 
 r:tth--r Hem reiciii, ir- i>(a of tlieir hiit hi 
 
 are the most hcaiitiful sight the woihl ever 
 presented to Cod since the lirst iii.u tyrdom. 
 
 'I'wo millioiisand a half ,lied, or lied toollic ■ 
 countries. Tens of liiousands fell victims of 
 the "disease that follows starvation, and their 
 
 hones have iitrewu the ocean's lied, and their 
 dying breath infected the himpitahlo countries 
 that received them. Heaven received in- 
 nnmerahlu souls. They died with the worila, 
 " Cod's holy will In: done, "on their lips. Kor 
 those martyred souls wo have no prayer. Thoy 
 enjoy Cod. 
 
 I.OM.S OF Sdfl.M. 
 
 Hut we will speak now of the loss of souls 
 conseipient on the wholesale sweeping away 
 of the people ohliged to desert their homes 
 and to seek foreign countries, where from the 
 very necessity of their condition, many of their 
 children must perish spiritually, and he for- 
 ever lost to (iod. They land in destitution and 
 poverty and are ohliged to take up their ahode 
 in the lowest slii ■ s of the cities and towns. 
 The children are put to work with rrotestant 
 masters, and must commence to earn their 
 living without the ruilimeiits of education. 
 'I'liiis in the large cities of Croat liritain and 
 .\iiierica, the Irish poor, though (dinging 
 iitroiigly to their faith, fiirnisli too many apos- 
 t.ites to morality. Ileiiec the loss of those 
 soirs must he aeeoiinted for hv their inhiiiiian 
 evictors. The si^iht of this misery lia.< often 
 furnished our mind wit'i a reason why the 
 oppiession of the jioor cries to Heaven for 
 vcngaiice. 
 
 .\ii haiglish nohleman once said to us, that 
 if Cod visits the sins of the fathi'i- on the chil- 
 dren, the Kiiglish people Would he sorely 
 |iunislicd for their criminal govcriimeiit of 
 Iriland. He fidt consoled when we said to him 
 that that curse would fall on those children 
 alone who Slid "Amen" to tlie sins of their 
 fathers, and not on those w ho endeavoured to 
 make some reparation for them. 
 
 ■jHXAiirv OF riiK KArrii. 
 
 Vet christian and Catholic instincts never 
 grow old. On tiles ami liricks foiiinl in the 
 ruins of Itoman temples and theatres, is found 
 the sign of the Cross, forne d hy the trowid of the 
 pious uorkmen the Christi-in slaves. .Siieli 
 tenacity ol the practice of their faith may he 
 toiind among the Irish in .\merica. We have 
 foiiiitl III one missiiuiar> travels in remote dis- 
 iricis which a Catholic priest never hefore 
 \'isited, Irish and (iiM-inan Catholic families. 
 Wu were often moved to tears, when adiniriug 
 the woiiderml pro\idenee of (Joil. who has hy 
 this means sow n o\-er tin; w hole laud seeds of 
 Catholieity. These families had their Sunday 
 .Mass pra,>ers, when the father or the mother 
 woiilii teach catechism or give a religious in- 
 struction to the elii dreii. We have hap- 
 tized g'own-iip ehildieii who had n-ver hehpie 
 
 seen a Citholli- pliest, hilt who had heell Hell 
 
 insiriicted in reiii;ioii liy piuas iiaicnt.-. We 
 have sTilii, ■times heell oliilged to pause, illlrlng 
 the Holy S.ieiilice of the .\las.s, on account ol 
 the cries and sohs of the people, who had al- 
 most de.s| aired of ever seeing a priest a_'aiii. 
 Cue man in Te.\as continued during twenty 
 ye.iis n.rven.is, that he nii^lit not die wiiler.ii 
 si:eiiig a priest ami icreuing the Saera- 
 iiienis. (hill heard his pr.iyer ; tor one 
 evening, in IS-lh, the wih; of this goml 
 111,111 sent after him to the lie ils to come home 
 ipiickly, lor a priest had arrived. Von i.My 
 llll.ejlne the jo\ ol the goo.l old lo.Oi when, 
 on C'liniiig near the house, he saw the prie-t 
 on the \eraiidah: his tceiiims overj oiveinl 
 him ; he leuit on tiie gate and wept. " .\l.iiiy 
 a time,*' said a good la.i,> lo m,'. ••{ took toe 
 water ill my li.ind to li.ipi/.e my child.-, n 
 
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 when tliuy veK Huk. Init, tliaiik (iod, tliey 
 havelivuil t(ibi.'liu|iti;i<'<i )>y t |)iit'i<t. " Wc muat 
 luknuwli'd^u, Ikiulmi, tli;it M wiii' nut h>> 
 fi.Tvuiit,i>r»iiauiTf.i»fiil ill bi'in;,'iii{;ii|)tliuiic'liil- 
 <lruu piniiHly,iiiiui«nistvil Wy aL>i-iirHt;iVihlii^aiii\tc 
 rvj^jc'^it that tlii: Iilsh nf «i>uls frmii tlic wnut (if 
 liiiuxta liu.s liuoii \LTy ){i'c'at. \\ liat »u liavi' 
 suiil 111 Aiiii'iica In iMUully aiipliiiiblo tn all 
 ciiiiiitilt'M rthiTL' lliu r^ii^lisli laiiyiiaj!!' pru- 
 vttilH. Nearly half the Htiult'iil» i^f the I'liiiia- 
 ^Miiduat Uiinie ale IriHiiiiieii. (ir of Irinh i'\- 
 truotiiiii, (luHtineil fur the foreit;!! Iiii»»iiiiia, 
 ehietly iimler liinli IlidlicipM. We were iii- 
 foiiiieil in lii.me by a ('a|inchin father, •vhn 
 wan ehapiaiit ti» yau^^s <if Kreneh uurkineii 
 euipliiyeil III ilijiuin;,' tiie Suez Canal, th it an 
 Knglinh eniilnietiir, uhii ha<l in hi.s pay a 
 iriiiMJIy iiiinilier (if Irish Wdikinuii, Wdiihl iKit 
 allow tlieni the use of a boat on Siinilaya to 
 ;;o to MaMK. " lUit the faillifiil Iri>h," said 
 lie, "tied their cloth, 'h upon Iheir heads, 
 HMuin from tlv. i:- ilttl.; jithiiiil on the Nile, and 
 JK'ard .Mass, to the great edilieation of my 
 K'reiieh eiuiyre^'ation." 
 
 We knew an Irishman who, feeling he wart 
 alioiit to (be, carried a heavy fl.iydoek'a 
 Kdition of the Hib'e sixty miles tii give it to a 
 ('atholie lady, lest alter his dealli, as he said, 
 It might fall into wieked li.'inds. Hi; dieil 
 from the f.itigiie of hi.s journey on foot, with- 
 out Kaeraiiieiit. (*f course, ,'i.s there were no 
 priests within huiidrcils of miles of him. We 
 strove to obtain the Ilible aa a relic of such 
 faith, but the good lady would not give it up. 
 
 And we are the kith and kin of such people. 
 f,et us glory in our faith and live uii to audi 
 noble exaiuplea. 
 
 Thus, dearly beloved brethren, we have seen 
 how at home and abroad, in the past and in 
 the present, the Irish r.ice has carried out the 
 designs of (i( il uiioii it. In tlie hands of Him 
 who " makes all things work together unto 
 good." wlifi uses the " Weak tilings of tlii.s 
 Hiirld to cniifound the strong," in His hands 
 has this great work been done. " |{y the 
 Lord i.s this done and it is wonderfu' in our 
 sight." — I's. exvii., L';t. 
 
 vriVHt; IN ('(I.NCl.t SIGN. 
 
 In order to draw the practical lesson from 
 this great festival of St. Patrick, we most 
 earnestly recommend to his s])iritual children: 
 
 iiiisii ►Aim vMi N.\ri(iNAi.nv. 
 
 1st. Tocherish a love of faith and fatherland. 
 These two love's come from Cod. They are 
 virtues, and their impulses are most ludde. 
 
 Irish nationality and the Catholic religion 
 goliand in hand. To break up that iiation.jlity 
 18 to do serious injury to religion. Tlironi'li 
 the great (Kfrcy of (lod tliere has always 
 flourishe i 1/ Iceland a true patriotism, betimes 
 wild and oonah, yet intense. Ihit it is our 
 hope and [nayer that this race of men will 
 iie\er become extinct. Whatever pertains to 
 piditics ill Ireland isalHay.s mixed up with 
 religion and v\ itli the jireservationof the people. 
 There arc some children of Irishmen who, 
 hardly worthy of having a father, are ashamed 
 of his nationality because it is down-trodden. 
 " Apostacy to nationality," says an illus- 
 trinii4 autli.ir, " -s tlit- ili-t rlep in apiKtacy 
 in religion." We have in the higher walks (if 
 Irish life many examples of this truth. Tares 
 will grow up among the good wheat. Yet, the 
 Irish clergy, though often tempted by large 
 briVies of worldly gains to take sides w'ith the 
 
 e(ini|Ueriiig race, never uoiild be induced to 
 abandon tlie pi^iple. They spnriK'd the pen- 
 sions olTcred them by the Kn 'lish Covenimcnt, 
 and preferred poverty with their flocks to 
 being the salaried emis.'farics of any govern- 
 ment of tliii. world. Krom time to time they 
 incur the displeasure of some over /ealnus 
 liatriots ; but the policy of the Irish clergy 
 has preserved the people from greater e.\ter- 
 ininatioii and butchery. 
 
 It is true that some descendants of the 
 Irish, when too highly facoured by I'rovidence 
 III worldly goods, liave become ashani'd of the 
 land of till ir lathers, bcc.iiise, indeed, it is 
 under the hand of an oppressor. Tluy will 
 even ehang.^ or disligurc their names, forgetting 
 that thi( Irish race is the oldest, most respect- 
 able, and least coiitaiiiinated in all Iviroiie. 
 lint there will always be national abortions, 
 and as I have said, tares will grow up amongst 
 the good wheat. 
 
 Another means of preserving the nationality 
 and faith of tlu; Irish has been also providen- 
 tial. We have, dilluseil over the country, 
 in almost every city and town, Irish Societies, 
 in which fatherland and religion are fostered, 
 and who, on the recurrence of the festi\;it of 
 tlieii patron saint, atteiidchiireh and rcceivcthc 
 S.ieiMineiits, and proclaim to the world their un- 
 dying loV(!of Ireland and of their faith. This is 
 anotiier of the providential dispositMUis of (iod 
 to transmit to future geiier.itions of Irishmen 
 the uoble spirit of their aiicestors. These socie- 
 ties, under the direction of the clergy, their best 
 friend, form, as it were, banks to preserve this 
 mighty llood of population from being wasted 
 and absorbed in other and less religious people. 
 
 SKCKKT .SOCIKriKS. 
 
 ■_'nd. To avoid aH .secret societies, since from 
 their very natiiiv they fall under the censure 
 of the Church. Whatever hates the light can- 
 not be good. 
 
 imrER.YKCE SdCIETIIi.s. 
 
 Hill. We most earnestly reeoinmend the for- 
 mation of teinpt.'rauce societies, wherever there 
 are ten Irishmen. Would to Cod that during 
 the last lifty years, temperance societies had 
 been as numerous as at the present time. Tens 
 of thous.iuds of unfortunate Irishmen wduld 
 have to-day lia|ipy homes and beautiful 
 families. 
 
 We believe that the Irish people do not 
 drink more than others ; but their blood is so 
 hot, and their nature so fervid and exuberant, 
 that adding to it the tire of alcohol the Irish- 
 man becomes more unreasonable th.'iii men of 
 other and more plodding temperaments. The 
 remi'dy for the latter failing is, wtt thank Cod, 
 being rapidly applied by this grand movement 
 of teinperanee, aiib'd, as it must be, by the 
 frciiuentation of the .Sacranients. A Cardinal 
 saiil 111 me in Uonie : " These teetotal Irish- 
 men nuist he saints, since, having such splen- 
 did iiiialities of heart and mind, they add to 
 them the extraordinary mortilieation of total 
 abstinence." Intoxicating liijuors cause great 
 crimes and misery. They are misery itself. 
 Of all the virtues that makit an Irishman 
 ha|i|iy, and make him tend to the accomplish- 
 ment of his apostleship, temperance is the most 
 necessary, after his faith. 
 
 ( ATIIOI.IC KmCATION. 
 
 4th. We exliort Irish Catholic parents to 
 procure for their children a Christian, Catho- 
 lic education. In mixed schools, both 
 
 faith and iiiornlH are in great danger. 
 Where there is not the restraint or the 
 sacranu'iital grace of eonfussion, there 
 must be cert.iiiily a large amount of bad ex- 
 am[i!i) and vice amongst youth. Parents say ; 
 " I must get the liest edu(^at.ion for my chil- 
 dren, that they may prosper in this world." 
 My dear parents, consiib r tliat ymir children 
 have immortal soills. and thripiigh all eternity 
 they may regret that you did not think so 
 when you were rearing them. What will it 
 profit you or tlieni if tin; riches of the world be 
 g.iined and Heaven lost I If yon want to have 
 eunsolation ;ii your old age with your children, 
 tram them up in the holy love and fear of 
 (iod. Our anct^stors have sacriHc(5(l all in this 
 world for their faith and that of their chil- 
 dren, and why not sacrillee a little for the 
 same object? l>o then all yiui can to encour- 
 age the establishment of Catholic Scl Is, for 
 
 w here they have been fairly establisiied they 
 are generally not inferior to the others. 
 
 The enemies of our creed and country lose 
 no op|iurtuiiity of sidiiciiig our peo|ile into 
 heresy ; and the many Irish Catholic nauiCH 
 which w« lieu'in to find amongst the minis •.« 
 of the I'rotestant religion [irove what we ha ■ 
 said to be but too often true. The Irish liea' ' 
 is religious ; and the niiiid of a child, .so easily 
 warped to heavenly feeling, can be readily 
 iiillucnced to wh.it he considers the honour- 
 able work of preaching the Cos|iel. It is, 
 therefore, looking upon the destruction of 
 this race .as (Uie of the greatest losses which 
 the Church could sustain, and as hindering 
 the designs uf providence, that we aru so 
 solicitous for the [(reservation of this people 
 and of their children. We regard it as one of 
 the greitest public beiulits. For by their 
 means the true faith will be prcser\"e(l in 
 w halever land they inhabit ill large nuinbers. 
 
 s.wi: riiK ciiiMiiiKN. 
 
 Were the children preserved, and had there 
 been priests enough to gather them into eon- 
 gregrations, the church would n^joiee in .ad- 
 ditional millions of Calhidics in this country. 
 It has been the lin[ie and aim of our life to 
 preserve as many as we could of the children 
 of this noble race. They till every (.'atholie 
 college, school and ceuveiit in this country, 
 lieail the ordinations ill the various .semina- 
 ries, aud Irish names are the nio.'t niilnerons. 
 Read ((f the names of those holy virgins who 
 eonseciate their purity to (iod in tlie thou- 
 sands of eonvents that bless this country and 
 the Irish names predominate. We are delight- 
 ed with the deep faith and great wisdom of 
 children of the second generation born in this 
 country. Their noble character of truth and 
 honour, their respect for their parents and their 
 jirii'sts. their reverence in receiving the .Sacra- 
 iiKMits. their charity to the orphans, and their 
 willingness to render a service, have often 
 charmed us. Vet there is a great deal to be 
 done. Would to Cod we had some oftlio.se 
 nioiiasferies of Ireland in her lilorious days, 
 where students could be received gratis, that 
 by good education they might iie litted to take 
 a idacc in society, and whereat the same time 
 their eternal welfare could be eared for. The 
 loss of one child, we repeat, is the loss 
 .-.f all it- i"Wt(-rity. .And h-lice the duty 
 of iirescrving the present generation of Irish 
 children is the more incumbent on us. It may 
 be very well to build costly ehurch(;s, but it is 
 far better to preserve living temples of the 
 Holy Spirit. 
 
rilK SPIRIT OK rllH rKIKHTIIOOIl. 
 
 3th. I <t:t I linli iriiiUicTH ciilti vatu niiioiiKtt their 
 ■ons tliu huly apirit of tliu (irieiitlKXHl. Ami 
 lot Irinh fninilien in this ecmntry, :i» in Ire- 
 lam), make it their ((liiry ti> havo i priest of 
 their own bhiixl to oirer iii) the holy sacritice 
 of the MiwH for them. Anil to the yoiin^ 
 aH])irnnts to the eeclcHiaHtieal atnte, we woiilil 
 nay : He of j>ootl cheer ; poverty will he no 
 obstacle to the realization of your Iioikh. 
 Prederve the purity of your ImkUih ami of 
 your souls. I 'ray ; frecpient thi' Sneranients : 
 he devout to the Iinniaeulate Mother of our 
 High )'ri(8t, Jeaux Chrint ; ami (ioil will semi 
 an an^el from Heaven to teach you rather 
 than allow your divine vocation to be lost. 
 
 MKNTAI, tlUIIlK. 
 
 6th. Cultivate the )|(hhI, sound literature of 
 the age. You have, tor instance, the lives of 
 the Irish Saints now brought to linht, from 
 the archives especially of foreign countries, 
 by priests and patriots of the highest order of 
 talent and merit, h'or the history of this 
 providential people is more studied in foreign 
 countries than in their own. Their umlying 
 perseverance in faith and natimiality, against 
 the greatest o<lda, has challenged the mlmira- 
 tion of the world. Head, then, the lives of 
 your country's saints ; road, too, of her 
 heroes, raised for her by (!od in her adversi- 
 ties. Itead, and IciUii from their example. 
 Learn, too, the present state of your country. 
 You can do this by hearing lectures, by read- 
 ing our good Catholic news|iai>ers. They arc 
 an immense means of instruction and improve- 
 ment. 
 
 NATIONAL SIM'IKTIKM. 
 
 7th. Wo recommend to the natii>nal socie- 
 ties the care of the poor, of emigranti , anil 
 osiH'iMally of the orphans. T'loy bear in their 
 hearts a treasure above all worldly riches 
 that is, the faith, which is our victory. Let it 
 not be lost. Kor faith, to the Irishman, is 
 his consolation in the darkest hour of alllic- 
 tion ; his hope when the world frowns upon 
 him. His Church is the bosom of his home 
 and country. When lonesome in a foreign 
 country, he seeks consolation from his (iod 
 alone. His faith to him is everything, for it 
 promises him an eternal reward in the enjoy- 
 ment of (iod and of his friends in Heaven. 
 
 I.OVK OF IKKI.ANI). 
 
 8th. licnil a helping hand to all peaceful 
 and constitutional struggles of the Irish at 
 lioine. Hut do not allow yourselves to be led otT 
 in this matter by feelings of resentment or by 
 first impulse ; no good can come from such 
 inconsiderate action. 
 
 There is, in this connection, another 
 evil insinuated by bad and irreligious 
 men. It is to divide the clergy from 
 the mass of their people j for what pur- 
 pose is evident to withdraw them from the 
 prudent and religious intlucnccof the Catholic 
 Church, and to place them under the inlluence 
 of secular demagoguism, to make them tools 
 of a partv, to bo used as liest suits self-intere.st 
 and evil associations. The Irish clergy have 
 always stood by the jwopli , and by their 
 rights ; and the mass of the people in return 
 have stood by their clergy, and followed their 
 advice. It is true, that when the people, in- 
 
 furiateil by crushing tyranny, were inatigateit 
 to rise to assert their rights as men, the clergy 
 strove to pacify them. They did not tell them 
 that they had no rights to save ; but they tidd 
 them that the little that was left them would 
 be wrested from them by an over|K)Wcring 
 force, and that a rising of weakneus 'tgainst 
 power would only end in sail disaster, and 
 lause iiisery untold, to their families. In this, 
 they acted as prudent and patriotic eiiunsellors 
 and not as abettors of tyranny. In thia 
 country of ('anada, as a minority, we enjoy 
 rights and liberties which the majority ill Ire- 
 land are denied ; and us we increase in 
 numbers and wealth irf irill ii/jn/i tiinrv. 
 Hence loyalty to this country is a sacred duty. 
 As Irishmen, we need not grudge to Knglandthu 
 little power t' ' she enjoys hen;, since we 
 make our own lavvs and our own government. 
 To injure this country, is to injure ourselves. 
 Were Ireland governed as Canada, she would 
 be a happy country ; and she would be un- 
 worthy of her existence as a nation if she were 
 contented with less. 
 
 roNi'i.i'moN. 
 
 Wo conclude, then, by earnestly exhorting 
 you to persevere in good, and to correct the 
 evil, and we invoke upon you, dearly beloved 
 children in Christ, the blessing of our Lord 
 and .S.iviour, and the protection of His Imma- 
 culate Mother and of St. Patrick to enable you 
 to fulfil your noble destiny on earth, and to 
 reap a glorious reward in Heaven. 
 
 (iiveu at St. Michael's Palace, Toronto, on the feast of St. (Jregory the (Ireat, 
 
 .March P.'th, I87H. ^^->^ )^^^^U^^^ 
 
 + JOHN JOSEPH, /ru 
 
 Arc/il'is/ia/i of Torontn. 
 
 By order of Hi.s (Inicc the Archltisliop. 
 
 J. J. McCANN, 
 
 Serretdrif. 
 
 (0^ PKIVATK.— This I'a.stoia! may lie road in the churcht\s, in whoU' or in part, as the I'riest 
 may (U-ein fit. 
 
arc iiiatigateil 
 oil, tliorlorgy 
 nut ti^ll tlioni 
 Imt they told 
 t tliuiii would 
 iiver|K>wt'ririK 
 kiictfi a^ninat 
 (liwixtvr, anil 
 lilieH. Ill thia, 
 :io c'oiiiiHttllom 
 my. Ill thia 
 ity, wu oiijoy 
 aJDrity in fri'- 
 i iiicroaRo in 
 
 iiijnii iiion. 
 It iiauri'il duty, 
 :o Kii^dundthu 
 luns sincu we 
 
 fjoVL-rnnieiit. 
 in^ oursulvfs. 
 la, aliu would 
 would l)c un- 
 ion if slic were 
 
 itly exhorting 
 to correct the 
 learly beloved 
 ( of our liOrd 
 
 of His Iiiiina- 
 L to enable you 
 
 earth, and to 
 
 /lis 
 
 vonto. 
 
 the Priest