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Les diagrammes suivants illustrent la mdthode. 1 2 3 32X 1 2 3 4 5 6 v*^ ; i'' PASTOBAL LET'tEK OP HIS LORDSHIP THE BISHOP OF mm, TO THK , ,1TY OF THE DIOCESE. • 4.npnt ot the Ho\y f rod and Uie «PV"^'"^'" , t «uv of the Diocese ; TWXRLY BELOVED BRETHEEN : .^^^ ^.,,ionB of Dearly ^ „ ,. +„uiTie «P. ''^ ^ nf ecclesias- The time « -"^ J^o ^n V '>-»/"'S J""^^'*' tical ed°<"'*""'-,„\weduty of cot,tnb»t^"g t^ j eon- „pon their people the a»y ^''° ^1 l^d at the same this P^----*'L"o«avds amoveneces»,y.a tribut« their "' . ^orl£. ,.„.„_ ^ould decay time amovemer^o ^^ P"«*;*Cnt„f the bread Vrithout a sufficient id Btorve ioi «an .^ and perish, and immortal Bouj^ s'-ffi'"'"*"""'! 1 and these A Now.we ca°not b^v ^^ edncatmg th -, an^^. ^^.^j,. to country -'*;;,^^' he generous o»"X:ra yo-^g »"» means must f'^'^'"^^^, eight years to educate y ^„j M Bcople. It tak^' \, before he is qualified by ^^^ > t cZ" ""* ^r Tfor thrUcient 0-^»»Xfst\. to show Ulesiaaticalt™n-g>V.„«ry. ^fj;/: Isarily be in- curved in the ea .olv religion , "^^ ^^\^^ this diocese. ^j of our hoiy ^ . ^j^^p free and happy co^^-^^y' ....•.;.•.'.'•./ . '■' • .. • I > • »•• • .'. . • .. • • . ••',.• *? } CK ''/^'• - V'^^" N^^W o ,,ood •, and \-eneo the .,.,„„„ ^o be h ,^^,^j,^,„, „ve" Sominav'<='. i" «^"'' ^„„ ,,;.l piety. Our 1"»'^ „„, „f the teen trained U. -v. «-J_^^ „, f^ ,^"1 « "^•'"- '""'"1 in the midst of the V« . „ „,,ole«»\e '»^ A Sominav.es, ;„,„tv n.can» «P-^ ) ;,„,,] „f K-trope ' ^ ^^^^.^^ ,, ed a„d endowed on the ^_„,„,h,eh o^c^ ^^^ ^^_.^,,i, ^ho .vhich are .tdl floun .,^,.,„„„.ie« oi '■^^ „t home, o . not to send forth holj ..rsecuted «""""> .-olision, and to atpel of Christ W «' ;'„,'„,,tion. of oar ^^^^ ,„„^ „,e. ■ td J.n--ter to t -™ ^^^^^oUe faith >^"-' =,t heU.r and ntore keep the -"O™-*^ ^^^ „,ta the advent of he ^^^^^ ^^^,„,,,„i of da, koe^s and «^^o, m ^.^^^ ^^ holy Boacefal times, wl>en ^^ ^^^.^ ^.^y. .^ „(■ .^ _ tu> the calm sf-^en ou of ^^^. ^^ ,,., ,„o„g nnat^.^ Now what .the ^^^ ^_,^,^^, of . n ^^.^.^ ^,, catholic peopeW^;'P„„, ,^ prineiple o^ C^U'^^^,,.^,. .He thax Thi» ic^'f "^ 'eJontative of J'^-""- f'"' ;\. «„ is ti>e offle.al heareth you ^ca -tl^ . t„th„. l^ ^^^^ „„„. public teacher " C!h"« ,^^„ ,yngs w'^^^-oj^i, the amhassa- tcachlng them ^X^, ...^..^^J^X, be is the mandedyo... ,,,,„ dispenser of U*'".' j, Tavist. In ior of Christ and t^^ „f ciu.st ..the ^^^ „,„ Guardian of the bod and ^^ j„„ ,iu. anO I ._^^^_^ C consecrated h-.u.d • as be ^^^ ^,^^^, >'ceon.e. as a ^^ ;„ ^^-^ l,.dsofcons^ec,-at^.^hc ^^ ^.^,^.^ "^^T .mortal sonls nate, and o(Te.-s «^'' ^ „,' men, a.,d app -- t« [^ ^,,,, „i„- eternal Father for tl c ^^ ,„,.,„l,.o «i CaUa 5 t,,o saving mei" IS or tf t • • • •,. . . • • • • " t • • • 3 \: istiy of Ibe Catliolic priesl is linked with the dcai-oKt aK.socia- lionn of Catliolic life. The priewt baptizes the new born infant, and thus niaken it a child of God, and an heir of the Kingdom of Heaven; he unfolds to the youn^ mind the mysteries of the Kingdom of Heaven, and teaches it those gi-eat truths that flame out like beacons of salvation on the darksome Journey of life; ho causes the child to he enrolled, through coTifirmation, amongst tlio soldiers of Jesus Christ, and thus equips him for warfare against the enemies of salvation. When the sinner comes heavy- laden with the burden of guilt and of soi-row, which is ever its companion, the priest of God receives him like the Father of the Prodigal, foi-gives him his sins through the Sacrament of Pen- ance, and through this wondrous mystery of reconciliation, re- stores him to the friendship of his heavenly Father and to the peace and protection and privileges of his Father's house. But the ])riest not only takes up this poor wounded traveller of life, whom he finds robbed and wounded by the wayside of sin and error; he cares tenderly for him; he pours the oil and wine of Christ's healing merits into his wounded soul; he feeds him with the bread of life — the body and blood of Christ — and thus enables him to reach the land of promise — the kingdom of God's eternal happiness. The priest comfoils and relieves the poor; he consoles the afflicted and sorrow-stricken ; he brings the peace of Christ into families torn by dissensions ; he reconciles neigh- bors who had become estranged ; he admonishes and reproves the eriing; he encourages the wavering; and by word and ex- ample he points out to all his flock the road that leads to Heaven and to happiness. A.nd when sickness enters the home- stead, and when medical aid is impotent to stay the ravages of disease, and to assuage the pains of illness, the priest, the physi- cian of the soul, comes and ministers to the mind diseased, heals the infirmities of the soul, consoles and fortifies the dying Chris- tian with the Sacraments of Christ, reconciles him to death as coming from the will of God, and thus by his Christian minis trations makes death a sacred and holy thing, and the gate that opens into a happy eternity. When the poor body, cold and lifeless, is borne to the Church, amid the tears of friends and the sympathetic regrets of neighboi's, the priest is there to offer up the holy sacrifice for the soul that is gone, to beseech for it «v etorntil rest and liylit |)(M-|K'liiiil, uiul by Imly prayors and solemn benedictions (<) coiniiiit tlie mortal remains to the gnai-diaiiship of tlu! f'()iis(M'iated un-ave. TliiH, JVoin ilie cradle to (he ^c>"!ive, in oni" joys and soitows, ii> the ejxxdis that marU the pathway ol our (existence, with the dearest associations and the deepest in- terests ot'oiir lives, the ministiy ol" the Catholic ])rie>t is most intimately connected and intertwined. what an unspeakable treasui-e then is the ijood and holy priest! What u liappiness to the Church ! What a )*riceloss Ijlessino- t(» the parish oi' i-emote mission .in whi. RtJceiptH from Different 1879. Amlierstlmrt?li, AslifieM, Hep. 18.. liollo River, " . . Biddulpli, Sep. 15.. Botkwell, Chatham, Jnue G . . Corunna, Sep. 17.. Kincora, " 18 . . Goderich, " 15.. Irishtown, Aug.& " 18.. Tngernoll , Maidstone, " 10.. Mount Carmel, " " . . Painacourt, " 15.. Sandwich, Sarnia, " 10.. St. Anns, Jan. 2.S.. St. Francis, Sep. 1(> . , St. Joneph, " 18.. St. Marys. JiUy 22., St. Thomas, Sep. 1«.. Stoney Point, " 17., -Stratford, July 17. Strathroy, Sep. 17. Windham, July 15. Windsor, " 17. Woodstock, Sep. 18. Wyoming, . " IC. Park Hill, " 17. Woodslee, July 4. Fh. Settlement, Wallacehurgh, Sep. 18. London, Parisliefl. 20 (K) 8 50 50 no . . . 120 (R) 31 00 Expenses. 187V>. Feh. 11, ToSeniinarianH.. 1^20 00 28, •' " . . ;«) 00 Apl. 17, " " . . 18 m Sep. 10, " " . . 45 00 Nov. 4, " Seminary bill, 889 18 4, " CarlowCoUege 102 78 4, " Mt. Mellai7 . . 48 94 (')4 00 ': June 2-1, " St. Michael's 40 58 I 112 50 I j 40 00 I 70 (X) i 24 (Hi I 25 38 i 41 00 I 20 00 : 27 GO i 7 i\S^: 67 50 i 35 00 i 10 00 I 100 00 20 00 ! 50 00 25 GO ; 38 00 [ 30 00 ! 24 45 25 00 : 1G8 75 College 2G2 08 Total amount expended. .$1,4|5 98 received.... 1,298 91 «1.298 91 i To bal. due to Bishop $117 07 r