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', \ ii'ilinAfaihithl 't^ IP^i?(D[ri^[L [LiWES OF ANNOITNCTNO IITS ArPri()ACIlIX(} JDUUXEY TO HOME, IN OllDEIi TO ASSIST AT THE OXUAIEMCAL C(JUISCJL. CHARLES rUANCOIS BAILLAFUiEON, By the Mercy of God mid tlic Fn -or of the ITuly Apostolic; Soo, Ai-elibielio]i of Quebec, Assistant at ti c roiitiiical Throne, &c„ Arc., »fcc. y'o the Clcrijy Secular and Juyular, to the liclvjiou^ OommunUiis, and to all the failliful of our Archdiocese, Gredhnj and Jjcnallction in Our J.ord. You know, Dearly I'eloved Bretlirm, lluit the voice of the Holy Father calUns, to^'ether with all the I'.isliojis of the world, to the (Kciunenieal Council which is to ojn'n at Uomc?, on tlic ci.'htli of Deeendier next, the day of ihe Feast of the Immaculate Concejilion o*' the Most Jloly Virgin, Mother <.f our God. The call of the Head of the Church is I'or us a comniaud. As a child of the (Jlnirch, and still inoreas a IJishop, we owe Jliui obedience; tiiis obedience wu have sworn to i;Ive lliui on tin; day of our consecration. His connnand is torus the comniaud of the Vicar of Jcsus-Christ: we acc(inlini;ly receive it as ccMninj; to U8 from Jesiis-Chr'sl Himself. "We shall therefore obey with joy. Yes, in spite of our advanced a^re and the weahuess of our liealth, it is with a holy joy that we tliidl ;et out for tl.e eteniul city ; happy to have it in our power to an-wer this call of the siu-ce;sor of Peter ; hajtpy to be enabled to coiiteiuiihite once more that majesty bo grai^ m I — 4 — iiriil lio calm amidst tlic tcinpivts wliich toniiont llio riiiircli, tliiit inajosty bo pjcntlo ntuUolidlyofl'iiis IX.thiit iiiiui oftln.'rijrht hand otCi.nl, tliiit Ali;;il (it'tlii'i'iirtli, niid to ollVr to liiin ynui- suwl our liomiigo : the lioiiiajji- of our tiliiil \w\y, ot'imr ],ruf(iiiiul IV pcct, ..t'oiir h)vu iiii 1 of our perfect di'votedni'rfs.hftiiiiy to ho prceeiit, in coinpaiiy rtiili all our hrothns res-i witli tliciu, iti thoso fjreiit Ansi/.cs of the Church of (Jod, round Her Visible Jle;id, in order to litjlit with llini and under IiIb orders tlie llfjlit of llic Lord : the il^'Iit (i<,'miiBt the spirit of error ; the li^'lit iiL^ainst the spirit of evil ami (,f untruthfulneaj ; and to prochiini niul to cause to triumph at la^t th'J ctcnud truth which alono cm save tho World. For such is the ohjct of this j^reat Council, and that is the end which tlic SovereiL;n Pontill has pmpofcd to himself in convoking it. To Yrocinv the i;rcater.t trhiry of (ind, the honor of his worship, tho intci^'rity of thu faith, the eternal salvation of men, tho holiness of discipliiif in the cleriry, tjie purity < f morals amon^' the faithful, a christian educatiim to youth, tho instruction of nations, to remove every evil from thu Church nnd from society, to put down vice, to n-pcl eimr, to briui,' hack strayed men to the path of truth niul of Justice, to eidii;htcn and to save the world : that is what the council has in view : tlmt is its j,'reat object : that is the work whicii it proposes to itself, und on which it is about to deliberate. You see therefore, D. 15. U., tlmt this work of the Ciuiiicil is the work itself of God ; the work of the .^on of God in the world :— thu work ot the salvation of the world which lie has confided to His Church, yes, that is what the (Kciime- nii-al Council is about to effect ; that is thu holy work which it seeks to accom- plish with theall-jiowerful assistance of the Saviour of tho world who will i>resi(lo over it as Bupr. nu' head of the Church, and under tlij ins[iiration of the Holy tihost who will culij,'liten it. For He has [ir( inised to His apostlei and to their successors " to bj with them all days, even '.o thu consunmiation of tho woild, •' to be in the ni'dst of tlieii where they shall be 1,'alhered together in His name, " and to fend them His Holy Spirit to teach them all truth, "' and to sugi^est to them all ihey nui.-t do for the salvation of men. Theiefire, in this (Jiumcil, as in all the jjeucral councils which have preceded it in the Chui'eh of (iod, evci y thiiij; will be done under thu presidency and iiifhieneu of Jesus Christ, ami un !er the inspiration of His Divliie Sj irlt. .lesus- Cliii>t will Himself labour with the liishops and direct them; and the Holy (iho.--t will (n'igliten them. They will be eiuibled to say, with eontidence, like \. M the the A|i(iKtU«8 ill their conncil ..CrcruHn' m, " it Imtli HocmcA p>o(l to liio Holy " (JhoHt and t(. 114 " : He Imsjiul^'ol with tin, and wo hnvo jmlu'td wiili Him. Tlicir «ciitoiu'C3 will 111! tho soiitcnoos of Jlmiis Ciinst, theii- dccroos, tho docrues (.rjogusClinst: their dciinili.Mis will bo the detiiiitiuns of tliu IL.ly (iho^it, their jiidj,'iiientrt the iudfriiieiits (if the lldl.y (ilioat. All thudeliiiiti.ms mid nil tiiejiiHiliiuMtscif this Council will Iheretoro bo iiifiiUililo ; all its Hentcnt-es and all \U ilecrucs without apiieal. Thiit whieh it will have iiiiiiroved and decreed bhiill be »|ipn>vud and MUiCioiied by God Jlimself: that whieh it will have eoiideiiiiied and repioved hhall be likewise condenincd and reiirovcd by God. That which it will have loosed njioii earth, nhall be loosed in heaven ; and that which it will have bound here below, shall be bound nlso in heaven. Its judKUicnts, its detinitions and it.s decrees will apply to all men, and will (iblij;e them all. For all are subject to the Fovereij,'n authority of God and of his divinu Son JcsiisClirist Our Saviour; and those decrees Jesns-Clirist will liavo unacted conjointly with the Fathers (if the Council : aiul those jnd'zments and thoso detinitions tlie Ibdy Ghost will have iiroiioniu;ed by their lijis. lie who hears them will hear Jcsns-Christ : he who hearkens to them will hearken to .lesus Gliri.st : he who rejects them will therefore reject Jesus Glirist : he who desjiises them will therefore despise Jes\is Christ, and God tiio Father who has sent him into this world, and the Holy Ghost who is one and the same God with tho Father and tho Son, and by whose inspiration all will have been regulated, judged and defined in the Council. llaiipv therefore, hapjiy al thoso wh-^ shall lend an attentive and a docile car to the "teachings of Miis great Council; who shall receive them with faith, and observe them with iidelity ! They will lind therein truth, justice and eternal life. Ilapjiy the mitions who shall listen to, and ei ibrace, tiiem : they wi 1 see the light, they will bo enrghtened, they will know what can heal and savcthciii, they will adhere to them, and live. But wo to the men, wo to tho nations who shall refns! to.lis'en and !o submit to them; they sliaU dwell in the darkness of death and they shall iierish. As for yon, D. P.. H., rejoice at seeing tho nionumt at hand when the Council will begin its labors. Christians, Children of tlic Church, bless tlic Lord (if MiM-cy for that He voiU'hsafes to bo Himself your jirceeptor, and to teach you all truth bv the lips of his ministers, whom he has given you as jiastors. What ha])pinef6! Jiealus qucin tit cnulicris, JJomine, ci dn Icijc tua (/ojiwn'.i turn. " Yes, Lord, blcfcSed is the nnui whom thou shalt instruct : and shalt teach him ■I ^.fmrnfio^^.^mm^i-'^^ [*_.ia«f*ss^w«te-5S'-ii..: — rt — "oiitiiftliv liiw." Ami tliirt Imi>|iiii(N. you liavo t'nm I, it Ims lio.m j,'ivon to you, ill tilt" DiillMiiic: Clmicli, in iIk; (.Jliunli (>r(iu.l, wliifli .v..u ciiU your niotiicr. Lovo liiT tliiTclori!, tliut holy ludlliur ; cliiii.' to lior IVo..* your very iiitniilii ; do not coiiso til tliniik tlio I.onI for liaviiig jjnintal you tlio priicu to bo mii 'UK»t lior cliililrcii ; 1)1" iiiuiiyii ilji'ilu to liL'r voico : her voiuo in the voice of God. That voice nho is iihout lo niirii; in her iiiiiiroiichiiii,' Council, to HpiMik to you in tlio niiiiioofCioil : mill liy limt voicn of hi* Chureli (ioil hiiiifiulf will Hinuk to you ami '.vill ivvi'il to you lii-i iliviiio teiichinfjs anil the precepts of his holy law- I.eiul nil attentive ear that yoii may hear them ; jireparo your niimls ami your !ie:utsto iveeivetli'Mii with love; ami luay, reiluuble your prayeru for the Father* of the Couueil : eoiiiiire the l.onl to glvo an all jiowerfiil virtue to their wonU) '• that they may he luMril unto the utiiiost parts of the earth, " tlia' they iimy nwakiii ail mei'i and all nations ; that they may eiili.uhten all niimls; that 'hey niiiy p.'netratA! ail heiirts, iiml niaku them all enter into the path:^ of truth, juhcicu and ^alvalioii. It is with this holy thou^'ht that the Soverei;;'ii I'ontilf has convoked tlio (Keaii.enieal Council. Hucli ia the wish of his great (■oul : it ia the prayer of all the children of tin; Church, of atl the just of the oarth ; it is the most ardent of our prayers ; let it he therefore also the most fervent of yoiira. Thii nnaniinous concert ot i>rayer of all the Baints which constantly ascemls from all jiartsof tho earth, to the throne of (iod, is just what consoles the liemt of t'lc Holy Father, what fills him with the hope of olitaiuing all the f,'ood ho expects from his Council, and to h'c at last \\liat he docs not cc.iso to ask of (iod day and ni,!,-lit : tlin end of the evils which h,' endures, tor the cause of truth, anil the tiiuiniih of the C:harcli. lie has hciiid nnd he has ineditated those words of Ihu yavioiir of tho world : " Think you that ( iod will not re\engo his '• elect who cry to him day and ni^;ht i and wdl he have patinife in their re.t,'arit ? " 1 say to you that ho will ipiickly revcn;;o them." And it is written : " The " Aiij^el ot tho hold shall encam|i round ahont them that fear him : and shall '• deliver them. "' " The eyts of the Lord are u|ioii the just : mid his ears unto " their ))rayers." Tims it is that all the faithful of the woiM are eiiahled to participate in tho work of the Council an 1 in the triumph of the Cliureh, every (aie accoidini,' to his vocation : you by yoiir iirayeiv, and we, hy our presence and our labors in that holy asKemhIy. What happiness for all ! What con.solation for you to have thiro your deputy, and to be pre-ent there, in sonio nianner, in the iierson of your old Archbishop, and what ytoiy, and what joy for us to appear tlieie as the representative of ilie Church of l^iiebec, and work therein her name. It ehall \ llicrdori) 1)0, willt suiiliiiu'lilf* (.I'll liolyjcy iiii.l of a vol/ awuct coiillduiico ii: G.ul, tliiit we shiill oiriburk tor Uoiiio ou tlio twenty tliinl ot tlie iiuxt iiioiitli, n» wu liavu n'Holvcil to do. Wi^ nliiill liiid it liiiiil, no ilitubt, and iiiucli wi, to ni'imrato lV(ini you I'm' a Uii;,'tli ul'tiniii ot'wliicdi wo CIO ^'till i>j;iioniiit : l)iit wf lu.po tliiit that timo will l)(! bIioH ; and dui-iiij; tidn absonco wo bbail always iviimiii iinitod wit'i yoii in mind and lioart : iiiiitdl in jiraj-ur, nniti'U in Our Lonl. Yon sinili ivlwayn in; inobont to our inoinory ; wusliall boar yon ovcry wjioroin our lioart, wo sliall not ooaso to pray lor yon : wo sball do «o ov(!ry day at tlio aliar in tlio holy nacriilou of Ibu inarti/aiij o'sitoaially wiion it elial! bo fiivoii t.i m to celel.ratu at tlio tomb of till! lioly A|H)!*tlo.s, and in tlioso otlior vonoratod Biinotuarioi* of lliat • otroiioliH of tlio cbritflian world, Banotiliod by tliu blood of m many martyrs and if it tboiild not bo ^ivon to us to hoc yon ajraiii in lliirt world ; if it Hboiild jiloaso tbu Lord to call us to Ilini daring our stay in tlio lioly oity, roly npoii it tliut aflor liaviiig rocominendod our sonl to God, and recoivod tho blos.sing of tbo Holy Fatbcr, our last prayor uliall bo for yon ■ you, for yon : to bosoooli tlio God of all oonsolalioii to bavo yon in bis lioly koopinj,', and to pvo yon a jiantor nooor- din^ito Ills lionrt. Tims wo bball ivniain always nnitod witli you, liavo alwayu but ono lioart and one sold, witli yon in lifo and in doatli. Wo biivr alroady Haid tliat it is to fullil a groat duty of our snblimo voca- tion :— for (iod, for iiis Cbiireb, and for yon ill jiartioiibir, tlint wo go to tlio (Kounioiiical (.'ounoil. Ab I wliiit can tliosc bavo to fear wlio do tbo will of God, and " wlio coniidc in bim ". . . .Uocb not tbo Holy (ibost Iliniholf assure nstliat Buob abide nndor the in-otoction of tbo MoKt-lligh ? It iu accordingly in full coiifidoiioo tliat wo cliall undcrtako tbi» groat journey : relying on tlio boly keeping of (iod'd grace, on tbcprotectionof Mary, on tbo protooiion ofSt. JoBopb, Palroii gaiut of tliin country, and on tbo protection of tlio boly Guardian Angelo of tliiB Cluircb : protection wbicli wo implore witli all llioferv-r of our Eoul, and wbicb your prayers will bel]) us to obtain. Tliua placing you, togetbor willi onrself, under the keeping of God and under tlic protection of bis angels and of bi-i saints, wbicb we implore as mncb for you as for ns, wc shall sot out without fear and without anxiety. And wliat conii)letcly removes from us all anxiety concerning yo>i, is that wc leave you under the guidance of an administrator competent to replace us worthily in all things. This administrator it will be sutllciont to name, in oulor toiill yon with the gioatcst contideiico in him ; it is our most worthy (irand Vicar Mr. Cbarlrs Felix (Jazeau, wlio^c long experience in the spiritual and temporal allaiis of this aichdioce!5C, whoso high cajiucity, :-iiiceio pioly, zeal uiid devotediioss to your 1* i '1 1 — 8 — lnt.a..t.H aiv known to ull, uu.l urc so fi.ll.y uH-rociat..! by .very on. ofyuu. ^ It i. to l,iM. tl,onf..rc. tlud wc cnnluK. the u.ln.ini.tration ot tl,.. ar. k1.™ ch.nn« „„,. al„cn<-o, having cunfcnv.l on hin., t. that .n.l, w,th onr autlw.nty, all o« ordinary and .xtruurdinary rowors, and ordaining that all ohvy hnn a. thoy wiiuld mil suit'. , „ ,111 If") IJut in ord.T to sccnro niure and in.rc, for yon ni.d for m, the licl > ol (.od, ,„d the inttMT.>.ion of his saints, ^vc lu'cd to i-ray, and to jiray torvontly. \ ou will tl.mf.iv i.rav with us, in the iir.t place for the areh.li.,cese : that vve recommend to v„u' before all ebe. I'ray, oh 1 i>ray also for us ; y conjure you to do 60, in tluMiaiiie of that charity wliidi unites us in Je.us-Chriat : and thereon we rely in the aiUest conlideiiee. , • , i Wherefore, having invoked the lioly name of (iod, we have ordained and do ordain, decreed and do decree as follows : „ , • , 1° From the dav ..four departure until the day of our return, all the priests of the archdiocese will add to their daily mass, after the prayers already coin- nianded for the Council and for the Tope, the prayer of the holy angels, Deua ,/ui mi o ordhie, d-c, to bo found in the votive mass " de Anydis / 2=- Every Sunday, after having said the Lord's prayer prescribed lor the Council, thcN will repeat it a second time with the faithfnl, specially inourbchalt.^ Shall this our iiresent pastoral letter be read, and published, at the prone ot uU parochial churches or chapels, and others where jiublic service is perlormed, and, in chapter, in all religious coinnuinities, on the lirst day after its rccei-tion. Given at the Arehbisliop's Tahice, (iuebcc, under our signature, the seal ot our arms and the countersign of our seerctary, on the twenty ninth of September, the day of the Feast of the Areliang.'l St. Michael and of the Holy Angels, oiio thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine. f^ C. F. AIJCIIBISUOP OF QUEBEC. l!y order of His Grace, C. Baillauoeon, Pt. Secretary.