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 venerable of the priniil le^.l '"^ '?''f' "'"^"^"t »"<* most 
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^'Hrsint, qdo^rilf primnm ro^iium Poi et ji]s(ili,>m fjup rt 
 'Mure omnia, vita; iHMnpe necossarin, atljirifi'u • vol>is" 
 While we have assuraiicos from our ^leavenly M'strr. « ho 
 both gives life and the means of preservini; it. whit ue^d 
 \vc be too solicitous about the comforts of the hoAy and 
 the aflCnrs of this uorld ? 
 
 On the other hand, to prove to us liow odioU'^ and detes- 
 (aM«» i:) the sight of God are av:ui{' > nid a-i inonlii )te 
 craviriir after the mimrioM of this world in perso.s <! -di- 
 cated to his own sor\ ice as wo are, wo jnvo twn -u'.f'd 
 exiunples iti hiAy writ — the one is in the CivM honk of ?Cinii;s, 
 %vh"rc we fiiid that the insati ihle rupic.iiy of \\]o sons of 
 th'^ hij^h priest, Kli, not o.dy exciiid'Ml flhMii shkI thfir pos- 
 terity forever from the Priesthood, hiji hrono'it uller de- 
 struction upon tliems;dves and their fimily. i i which lh"ir 
 a<>ed father was involved for not putli.ifi; ai efTi^cin.d c'^'ck 
 to di'Mr wicke<ln<vss: ih^ other, is the drfudiid ex;M!i[do 
 of the traitor .Jud's. to whose frroNellinjj; and woiidly n icd, 
 sordiil avarice havi' ;r fwund nc('**ss evon in the ( ejlejre 
 oi the Aposiles, and in the school of Jesus. diov«' him to 
 commit tln^ heuious crime of hetravino; his divir^e I ord and 
 Master. A perf(>ct disei'ijiiiijement from this world, and an 
 indilT rence ahonl the cotjiforts of it, are, therefore, abso- 
 lutely necessary in Apostolic Missionarieg. 
 
 ^^ e, whose (Inly it is to tench our {locks ot>edience to 
 t!ie law s of their (-ountry. and to their temporal and spiritual 
 superiors, ought ours<dves to afford the exam|de. 
 
 This virtue of ohedie'icfj is frequonlly and emphatically 
 expressed in the sacred text, — ''(ibedience is bettei- [\\'.\j\ 
 "sacrifice, becruise it is like the sin of witchcraft to relxd, 
 '* and like the crime of idolatry to refuse to obey."— 1st 
 Kwfrs, If;, 22. 
 
 "^I'lie greatest euloglum that St. Paul could bestow on the 
 I^omans was. that their obedience was published in every 
 place, and therefore, says he, I rejoice in you. — Romans, 
 I{3th, 19th. 
 
 Our blessed Saviour himself, the model and example of 
 perfection, becinne obedien.v to th.e will of h.is F:ijher mito 
 death, even the death of the cross, and therefore, God 
 exulted him and gave him a name w hich is above all nameg. 
 
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 SI-.IMI. (o III,, opiil ofii.np aM-,ul,l ""' •'^",""'- "ill 
 
 ..o„..,e,. „r ,1,,. Vic or di.;!;:,;:;;! '""""'"«'" «• 'i- '--- 
 
 Ch.Hiy fl„,l Urolhov]y l,.vr I, nnollior ./H„p „„ ,,.,, „„ 
 'ynj (l.snplrs, ,l-y.„ love, one a„o(l.cr" C ,V a 
 
 cnantj , and be carelul (o preserve ur.ilv i„ the 
 
bon(h ofppfir''. ior we aro taught hy the samo Aposth', Ifnt 
 it is \}y l)»';iriiig one aiiolliors burtlieiis >vo bh ill luliil the 
 law of (Christ. 
 
 Called hy tht^ i^ame Divine Master — laboiiiiu^ in the same 
 glorious cause, niul strivinf^ to arrive at the same eternal 
 hippiness, wo shoukl afTor.l every assistanee and co-opera- 
 tion in our power to our lellovv-lahonrers in the minis! ry. 
 It" we allow llie proper zeal lor the glory of (!od, iuid the 
 advancement of our holy K<digioi!. to take tull possscssion 
 of our hearts, we shall exert onr^ Ives to the utmost to turn 
 the talents entrusted to us to the best aeeount, that v.wh 
 of us may hear that consoling approbation of our conduct 
 from our Heavenly IVIast*^, '• well done good and faithliil 
 " servant, because thou hast been fhithful over a few things 
 •' 1 will phice thee over many things, enter into the joy of 
 " the Lord." 
 
 This being a newly erected Diocess. and no ordinances 
 or regulations yet established in it for the guidance of the 
 Clergy, we huve judged it expedient to aciopt generally 
 those of the missions in Scotland, as better adapted to the 
 situation and cir<'U!nst4nces of the Catholics of this Pro- 
 vince, than any other. 
 
 Section 1st. 
 
 ON TflM AUTHORITY OF BISHOPS. 
 
 All Priests are, by the divine and ecclesiastical law, as 
 also by the decrees of the sacred congregation de. propa- 
 ganda fi(l.% subject to their Bishops, from whom they re- 
 ceive the cure of souls, the power of administering the 
 Sacramentis, and of performing all other Parochial func- 
 tions. 
 
 Jlis late Ilolifiess, Pope Leo the twoirth, by his bull 
 of the 27th January, 1826, having been giaciously pleased, 
 with the concurrence and approbation of the British Go- 
 
 1 ^'1 iiiii:;ni, lO rt:p.i!iiur UiG r>piiiiui;i jui lauiu i:«7u ui u. p[;v.r 
 
 Canada from that of the See of Quebec, and to erect this 
 Province into an independent Diocess, and to appoint us, 
 
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 -rect this 
 ipoiiil us, 
 
 WyovPr unworthy nml ma, rq„a(o (o so im,.or(a.,t a clinr-rc 
 li.sho,, thncol; all the Pnrsls of .he IVovi„o,. arc ro,,:^: 
 <|U0„lly subject to us bouud to obey our onlers. a„<l f;,||„,v 
 our ,nslruct,o„,s; and „o I ri,.»t i, to exeroise any p r of 
 the sacred ministry be/ore he be aj.proved of and licensed 
 
 We have also received from the holy Sec extensive -.nd 
 enlarsed spn-.tuni thcullies, „ot ordy lor oursel e» b f 
 likewise, w,lh a power to delegate such of those as w,'- „, v 
 judse expe.hent. (o certain individuals of our flerly Z 
 whose knowledge, prudence, and piety, we have reJL to 
 repose entire conlidence. Every ilergynian shal U^c;^" 
 from us laculties in writing, according to his situation -nd 
 CMcumstanees, and no Clergyman is to exceed tho e gr , d 
 to hnn under pan, of suspension ipso f do; but wl?e eler 
 they require an extension of tliei'r faculties, they areTo 
 apidy to us, or to our coadjutor, or to our Vicars General 
 hhould .any misunderstanding or controversy ari e 1,, 
 matters of faith or .liscipline between indivi.hials of „ ," 
 Clergy, and that they cannot settle this among Ihemsel,, 1 
 they are strictly enjoined to refer the mailer in i pule to 
 us, and It they do not choose to acptiesce to our dSo ^ 
 
 they must await in peace and charity towanis each olli^r 
 
 It being according to the canons of the Council of Trent 
 the peculiar duty of the Bishop to receive the ^ emn vo s' 
 of v.rgins who wish to consecrate themselves in a eligious 
 ^ta.e to the servic.. of God, no Priest shall plZlZZ 
 receive such vows without special authority from us 
 
 Section 2d. 
 
 ON THE DUTY OP THE P.^STORS OF THE CHURCH, 
 
 It has always been the constant practic of the Catholic 
 Church, a practice from which we*^must not deviate tl,^ 
 to whatever st.ation a pastor is .,nn„:,.,„,i i^. k-'^'.^^"'-" 
 
 peatedly recommended to all Bishop, by the congregation 
 
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 r/. pronasmuh fiflc. No pastor, thrrrforo, in (hi. DiorP53, 
 is to miit \m mission or abandon his flock wihout onr per- 
 mission, or that of our coadjutor; nor .s ho to ansume 
 authority ovor any other, or perform parorhi.l dutv nj a 
 mission that doeinot belong to him, without the knowledge 
 Zd sanctio.) of the pastor of that miss.on, except adnnn.s- 
 terinfi the Sacrament of Baptism, or the hist Sacraments to 
 the sTck in imminent danger of death. 
 
 The pastors of this Dioccss are accountable to us, o our 
 coadjutor, and Vicars Gener.l, for the reg.dar and pro- 
 „or discharge of the sacred mnnstry ; and their (lo(ks 
 oucrhl to be obedient and submissive to their authority, 
 which should be rendered as respectable and parental a» 
 
 ^' That^the pastors of this Diocess may be <r„-ukd by sound 
 and uholesome principles of morality, and mnke use ot he 
 same rules and regulations in the adm.nislral.on ol the 
 sacrament of penance, we strictly enjoin them to attend to 
 those prescribed by the Roman Ritual and the Catechism 
 of the Council of Trent. ,. . . i 
 
 We feel it our duty to press this subject strongly upon 
 their minds, from a conviction, that on the due and proper 
 administration of this sncrament depends, in no small de- 
 gree, the salvation of the souls committed to their care 
 
 In order that the faithful may be made early acquainted 
 with the approach of the holy time of Lrnt, and have an 
 opportunity of preparing themselves by prayers and pe- 
 nance to receive the sacraments worthily, we order that 
 each pastor, soon after the feast of the Epiphany, acquaint his 
 flock of the time when the Lent commences for the current 
 vear and he is to take particular pains to inform himselt, 
 and to explain to them how flir their peculiar circumstances 
 may exempt the individuals of his congregation from the 
 observance of the discipline and laws of the Church in 
 respect to abstinence and fast. 
 
 FubHc sinners whose immoral conduct afTords scandal 
 to the fliithful, are to atone for their misdeeds by doing 
 ^,rh\\n noMnn.'-P. This practice is in unison with the disci- 
 pline of the Catholic church since the time ot the Apostles. 
 Thus do we find St. Paul admornsh his beloved Timothy to 
 reprove public sinners before all, that the rest may have 
 
 <ri 
 
Cnnr, chap. 5, 20, and the* council of Trrn* tlccrpoR thnt 
 public HJriners do public potianco nccordin^ to their crimes 
 
 So sdutary a discipline established by the Apostleg, 
 confirmed by the (^ouricils, and constantly maintainfd in 
 the Catholic church, is not to be abandoned in this Diocess 
 without the special permission of the Hishop. 
 
 Apostates who have abandoned their religion are not 
 to be received until they uhall b'-ve given satisfactory and 
 substantial proofs of their sincere repentance, and of their 
 fn-m dcterminatiori to adhere to the faith in future We 
 enjoin and order all our clergy who have the charge of a 
 congregation, to keep a register, in which the names of every 
 person coriverted to the faith, baptized, confirmed, married, 
 and demised, be inserted ; that this icgist<rr be carefully 
 kept in the otiurch or at the residence of the missionary, if 
 there be no church, and tiiat an abstract from it be annu- 
 ally forwarded to us where we order it to be sent. 
 
 We recommend that an obitnary be kept in every cotigre- 
 gation from whence the names of the deceased during the 
 current year, of the benefactors of the missions and of 
 the Parish Church, and of the demised Priests of the 
 Diocess, be read from the altar on the Sundays and on the 
 great festivals of the year. 
 
 We order that every Priest having the charge of a con- 
 gregation or mission, shall have a book in which the out- 
 lays on the church, the pews, the manse, &rc. &c. shall be 
 posted on the debtor side of the leaf, and the pew rents, 
 collections made in the church, of all sorts, casualties. &.c. 
 shall be posted on the credit side; the monies thus collect- 
 ed shall be kept in a strong box, of which there shall be 
 three locks and three keys, one of the keys to be kept by 
 the Priest, and the two others by two of the Elders, and 
 no money taken out of this box but by the joint orders of 
 the Priest and Elders. 
 
 Section 3d. 
 
 ON THE MORAL CONDUCT OF THE CLERGY 
 
 The history of the church of Christ since its first es- 
 tablishment, as well as daily experience, proves that the 
 
fcxnmpio of tlip pftstor has a most poworful. we m\(rht say 
 irrosislihle iiilliience ovor the niorul coiuliict of his Hock, 
 and if this bo true, where the religion has been long est ib- 
 lishcd, and the habits of the fiithful formed and reguhited 
 bv the salutary discipline of the Catholic Church, how 
 iriucli more must it be so in these new missio^is composed 
 ot a popul Uion froui so many ditferent natio is, with dif- 
 ferent habits and customs, spread over the immense forests 
 of this Province, many beyond the ri^ach of l'jr» law, and 
 hundreds of them for yea ra destitute of the benefits ofthoir 
 religion, deprived of moral and religious instructions, and 
 the means of salvation. 
 
 Nothing but an ardent zeal for the glory of God and the 
 salvation of their fellow creatures, ought to induce mission- 
 aries to enter on the laborious and fatiguing duties of this 
 Diocess. Such as wish or expect to lead a life of ease and 
 coinfort should not come here, as they would find them- 
 selves miserably disappointed if they look for .the good 
 things of this world in the discharge of the painful duties 
 of their calling in these missions. Those, therefore are only 
 lit to be employed In this uncultivated portion of the Lord's 
 vineyard, who fortify themselves with a firm determination 
 to encounter every privation, fatigue, and danger, for the 
 glory of God, and the salvation of their fellovv creatures, 
 and while thus actuated by the purest and noblest motives 
 tln^y must take the greatest care to prevent any mean or 
 sordid consideration from depriving them of the great and 
 noble reward which they may expect to receive from their 
 Heavenly master. 
 
 As '• covetousness is the root of all evil," we strictly 
 forbid our clergy to enter into any land or commercial 
 speculations of any. sort whatsoever, for tiie Apostle tells 
 us that "Mio man being a soldier of God, entangleth him- 
 self with sccidar business, that he may please hini to 
 >vhom he engaged himself" 
 
 Aware how contrary to the spirit of devotion and interior 
 recollection, are dissipation and worldly distractions, we 
 strictly forbid our clergy to frequent taverns, except when 
 
 s of public amusements, 
 
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 such as woddings, balls, billiard rooms, and play houses; 
 a:id we chary-o them, for the love of him to whose service 
 
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 i)'ii( (^st ib- 
 
 roguhted 
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 composed 
 
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 fease and 
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 ful duties 
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 Tminalion 
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 usements, 
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 they have dedicated themselves to abstain from every thine 
 else that can occasion scandal to the souls committed to 
 their care, or to the religion they labour to propagate, ''but 
 be thou an example of the ftjithful in words, in conversation 
 m charity, in faith, in chastity."— 1st Timothy, 4 c. 12 v. ' 
 From our own experience for upwards of forty years in 
 the ministry, and from what we have learned from other 
 clergymen of greater observation and better judgment than 
 ourselves, we may assert without the fear of contradiction, 
 that much evil and little good result from wranglino- or dis- 
 putirig upon controverted points of religion. We therefore 
 most earnestly conjure our clergy to avoid all religious con- 
 troversies and disputes, for the sake of showing their own 
 learnnig or vexH»g others, at the same time that we order 
 and eryoin them to explain and prove in the most satisfactory 
 manner to their hearers, and to all that may apply to them 
 lor Hiformation, the tenets of our holy religion, from the 
 sacred text, and to defend them when assailed by their adver- 
 saries, '' so as to convince the gain-sayers ; but this may be 
 " done with all meekness and perfect charity, with modesty 
 "admomsh them that resist the truth, if peradventure God 
 '•may give them repentance to know the truth." 
 
 To your fellow christians of different persuasions be civil, 
 kind, and charitable, " showing all meekness towards all 
 men." 
 
 Towards your own flock we entreat you to be attentive 
 and vigilant, to preach and explain the word of life to them, 
 to rebuke them in all patience, ,and to be most careful to 
 prevent them from running after false teachers " whose 
 speeches spread like a canker." 
 
 Our blessed Redeemer before he opened his divine mis- 
 sion was pleased to withdraw himself from the society of 
 men and spend forty days in retirement and contemplation 
 with his Heavenly falser; we are bound, as far as human 
 frailty will allow, to follow his example. In order, then 
 to draw down the blessing of Heaven upon his labour] 
 every Priest of this Diocess, before entering on the dis- 
 
 in a spiritual retreat; which we also earnestly recommend 
 to all of them to do. once a ?ear. 
 
 -taiiii" 
 
10 
 
 Section 6th. 
 
 INSTRUCTIOxN OF YOUTH. 
 
 Wofnl experience shows that young persons whose minds 
 are not enlightened by religious ifislrdctions and trained in 
 moral Iiabits from their infancy seldom or never turn out 
 <liitiful children, respectable men'ibers of society, or good 
 christian'?, but on the contrary, when allowed to grow up 
 in ignorance and vice, their natural propensities to evil, and 
 ihe indulgence of their passions engender vicious habits, 
 that become irresistible, and form a sec6nd nature, vvhich 
 render them a curse to their friends, a pest to society, and 
 objects of the wrath and venge nice of their Creator. To 
 prevent this dreadful eVil is one of the most important 
 parts of the pastor's duty. We therefore order all pastors 
 in this Dioccss to use their utmost exertions in establishing 
 ycliools in their respective missions, and most especially 
 Sunday S(;hools, wliere the Christian doctrine is to be 
 carefully taught, and that they themselves visit those schools 
 as fre((Uentlv as possible, and use their inlluence and aU- 
 tliorilv with parents to send their children to such schools 
 as also to instruct ihem at home as much as their own 
 knowledge will enable them so to do. And we earnestly 
 recommend those of Our clergy who have the cure of 
 souls to induce the youth of their respective congregations 
 to corne as early and as frequently as possible to the sa- 
 craments of penance and the blessed Eucharist, when duly 
 })rcpare(l. Let them consider what an awful account they 
 shall have to give, should they have allowed through sloth 
 or negligence those precious souls committed to their care 
 to perish for want of that spiritual food which it was their 
 duty to administer to them. " Pai'vuli pelierunt panem et 
 non et*at qui frangerct cis." 
 
 Section 7th. 
 
 OF FRASTS AND FAST OATR. 
 
 Festivals on which there is an obligation for abstaining 
 from servile works, are now reduced in this country by the 
 
n 
 
 se miritls 
 rained in 
 turn out 
 , or good 
 grow up 
 evil, and 
 IS habits, 
 e, which 
 Moty, nnd 
 iter. To 
 inportant 
 l! pastors 
 ablishing 
 ^specially 
 is to be 
 se schools 
 e and au- 
 h schools 
 I heir own 
 earnestly 
 e cure of 
 i;regations 
 o the sa- 
 ,vhen dnly 
 'ount they 
 oni2;h sloth 
 their care 
 was their 
 pa tie m et 
 
 abstaining 
 itry by the 
 
 jegitimate authority of the Catholic Church to nine, and of 
 these nine generally two, and sometimes three fall on Sun- 
 days, the remaining six or seven are distributed throughout 
 the year, and ar^ as follows : — 
 
 The Circumcision, the Epiphany, the Annunciation (when 
 it does not fall in holy week), the Ascension of our Lord, 
 Corpus Christi, the Feast of Saints Peter and Paul, the 
 Assumption of the Blessed Virgin, the Feast of all Saints, 
 and the Nativity of our Lord. 
 
 On the Monday and Tuesday afp .aster and Pentecost, 
 the Church imposes on her childrc!. an obligation to hear 
 mass; and the Pastors ought to impress strongly on the 
 minds of the faithful, that the intention of the Catholic 
 Church in appointing those days holy, is to enable them, (by 
 abstaining from servile work and worldly cares,) to dedi- 
 cate them entirely to the service of God, as an acknow- 
 ledgement of all tlie blessings and flivors He daily bestows 
 on them. And they ought to have the mysteries of their 
 holy Religion well explained to them, and be strongly ex- 
 cited to approach to the Sacrament of the Altar on those 
 days, so as to gain the indulgences which the Catholic 
 Church is empowered to confer on the worthy communi- 
 cants. The Pastors ought to call out with a voice of thun- 
 der to those who spend these days (consecrated exclusively 
 to the service of God,) in idleness, dissipation, and drun- 
 keness, that they dedicate them to the Devil, whose service 
 they promote, and prefer to that of the Almighty. 
 
 The Holy See having permitted the fasts formerly ob- 
 served on the Vigils of St. Matthias, of the nativity of St. 
 John the Baptist, of St. James the Apostle, of St. Lawrence, 
 of St. Bartholomew, of St. Matthew, of the Apostles St. 
 Simon and St. Jude, and of St. Thomas the Apostle, to be 
 transferred to the Wednesdays and Fridays in Advent, as 
 less liable to be forgotten, and more congenial to that 
 holy season, when christians are preparing themselves, 
 by works of mortification and self-denial, to celebrate the 
 birth of their blessed Redeemer, we enjoin the faithful of 
 tiiis Diocess to follow the same practice, become now so 
 general through many parts of the Catholic Church. We, 
 at the same time, forbid a practice which had been formerly 
 in use in the part of the Diocess of Quebec, which com- 
 
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 proherids Upppr Caunda, viz.— tliut of oatinfr flosh-mpat on 
 the Saturday's between Christmas and the purilieatioii. 
 
 We earnestiy request our CU>rgy to be careful and par- 
 ticular in expliining to their congregations the obligation 
 and the eflicacy of fasting, to inform them of the practice 
 and discipline of the primitive Church upon this subject, 
 when the faithful were allowed but one meal a day. and 
 that after sunset; they should convince them that it is of 
 little avail to deprive the body if its customary food, if they 
 allow the soul to be contaminated by sin, or to niortily the 
 body if (hey fail to nourish the soid by additional prayers, 
 alms-deeds, and other works of charity, and that those 
 whose siate of health and laborious occupations do not 
 allow ihetn to fast or abstain from tlesh-meat, may easily 
 abstain from swearing, lying, drinking, and frequentiri"- 
 taverns. " 
 
 Section 8tli. 
 
 OF THE SACRAMENTS. 
 
 nK Sacramcxts of FIxptism and Covfir!\iatiox. Great 
 
 pain-; should be taken by the pastors to induce the faithful 
 
 to b 
 
 ring their children to the laver of renreneratioi 
 
 1 as soon 
 
 atter they are born as possible; and the use and signilicat 
 of the ceremonies used in the administration of Bant 
 
 ion 
 
 o 
 
 ptism 
 
 ught to be carefully explained to them, which is strictly 
 
 - ■ P . 1 I .1 ^^ • I <« r-r^ •-•-. . . _ . •' 
 
 prescribed by the Council of Trent. The CI 
 
 D 
 
 ergy of this 
 
 locess must pay particular attention to fnid out^ whetl 
 
 ler 
 
 any of the congregation converted to the faith has not been 
 duly baptized according to the form established by Christ, 
 and practised in the Catholic Church since the time of the 
 Apostles: and iftheytiiid reasonable grounds to doubt that 
 he has received this Sacrament, tliey are to re-baptize them 
 
 re is a greater necessity for this 
 
 at least sub condiiione. The 
 
 caution, as there are many of our fellovv-si.;>jects in i 
 Province that deny the necessity of Baptism, and there! 
 are indilTerent about it; and some who ev 
 
 w-si.bjects in this 
 
 ore 
 
 en iieglect it alto- 
 
 gether. Baptisuj should be administered only in the church 
 (except in cases of necessity), and none should be admit- 
 ted as God-lathers, but such as are regular in iheir con- 
 duct and comply with the'a- religious duties. 
 
 ■•t^m 
 
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 13 
 
 Consifloring bow much our eternal solvation depends 
 on recfiving the fortiljinor p;rncc of tlic Holy Ghost, 
 which is conferred on us in the Sacrament of Confirmation, 
 it tnust he allowed, that it is no inconsiderable portion of a 
 pnstors duty to instruct and prepare the youth of his con- 
 groir^'tion for receiving; that Sacrnment worthily. The 
 Pric'sts of this Dio( ess are therefore enjoined to take the 
 <'Teatests paifis to make the young people come to confes- 
 sioti and communion, previous to their bein<^ confirmed; 
 and no pr-rson can be admitted to confirmation without such 
 previous preparation. 
 
 OF CONFESSION. 
 
 There is not a more general, or perhaps a more powerful, 
 aj"K'"n'''>t made use of by our adversaries against the insti- 
 tutions of our holy Religion, than that Catholics come fre- 
 (juently to (^onfession. and yet do not amend their lives; 
 and hence is propagated the fcul calumny, that Priests 
 make their penitents believe that nothing more is necessary 
 for them than to confess their sins, and that then they will 
 be forgiven them, without a true and real sorrow for having 
 ofTended Almighty God, and a strong and firm determina- 
 tion not to commit sin for the future, and to avoid every 
 occasion that had formerly drawn them into sin. 
 
 In order to remove every ground for such false and 
 cahnnnious charges against our holy Religion, and for the 
 Bake of the penitents lhe^Tlselves, the pastors should never 
 impart absolution to habitual sinners until they shall have 
 given satisfactory and substantial proofs of their thorough 
 conversion. 
 
 The general apathy and indifference about Religion in 
 the rising generation of this Province, which almost always 
 end in open impiety and contempt of every thing that tends 
 to the worship of the Creator, is an evil to which the pas- 
 tors of this Diocess cannot oppose too much energy and 
 
 zeal. 
 
 This fatal contagion arises partly from ignorance, caused 
 by the neglect of parents and pastors to instruct their chil- 
 dren and young persons under their care, in their religious 
 and moral duties, while their minds are yet pliant, uncon- 
 taminated, and susceptible of religious impressions, and 
 
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 partly from sordid avarice, which indncps parfiils to nllow 
 Ihrir children, at the hazard of soul atid hody. topno„.o 
 vhde yet 3'ou:ig and i-norant, in the dcstnictivo and do-no- 
 ralizinaj hjmber business, where they associate with (he 
 liiost abandoned and (lagitions part of the popniation. both 
 ot the Canadas a.id the United States; and in this Sc!.ool 
 ot inKjuity they soon become adepts in every species of 
 wickedness and immorality. 
 
 As the most efTectual means of arrestir.jr (he proo-ress of 
 this pestdenlini and (htal nation.! evil/we vnpUlrc onr 
 C^lergy to pay the crreatesl po-^sible attention to the early 
 instruction ol the youth of their respective (locks, and to 
 oxert their authority with parents to cause tiieir children 
 to come to the Sacraments of pena-ice and the holy Ru- 
 chanst, as soon as they arrive to the knowled.ro ot'^ood 
 nrul evil, and arc suificiently instructed in the christian 
 doctrine. 
 
 The laudable and truly Catholic custom so cronerally and 
 '^o benehcially practised in the sister Province, ofde.li. 
 eating, alter the Easter communion of the adults is fini'^he 1 
 bome weeks exclusively to the i istruction of the youth ot' 
 each parish, and preparing (hem for their (irst cr)(nmunion, 
 oannot be too strongly recommended to ffie Clercry of this 
 Diocess; and we most earnestly enjoin them to follow so 
 praise-worthy an example. 
 
 OF THE HOLY EUCHARIST. 
 
 -Amen! amen! I say unto you. except you eat the flesh 
 
 •o. the son ot man, and drink his blood, you shall not Inne 
 
 "de in you. He that eateth my flesh' and drinketh my 
 
 - blood hath everlasting life, and I will raise him up on thi 
 
 '•last day."— St. John, (5 c. .Of, .O.'i v. 
 
 As w^e cannot, therefore, according to this declaration 
 ot the Son of God, expect to have litb in us, or be raised 
 up on the last rh^y with the just, unless we accept of the 
 sacred pledge which he hris -iven of his love for us, by 
 eating of his body and drinking of his blood, which he de- 
 
 ^,, ''"/^ ''^' '"^'''t '"^^'^<'' '^"•' ^i'^'k indeed, ihe Catholic 
 Miurch, like a tender and affectionate mothe;-, solicitous 
 lor the salvation of her children, commands that they should 
 partake oi this heavenly food, at least, once a year, and 
 
thnt at the holy time of E^^^ter, when (hoy oticrht to be best 
 disposed aftor sporuliiif; the poiiitontial time of Lent in 
 works of charity, devotion, and self-denial, and eomFiiemo- 
 ratiuff the sufferings and death of the Divine Reedeemer. 
 
 On account of the scarcity of pastors in this Diocess, 
 and the great extent of tlieir missions, we j^rarjt them per- 
 mission to extend the time of the Enster communiofi, from 
 the first Sunday of Lent to the Octave day of Saints Peter 
 and i*aid; and we trust, that all Catholics who are anxious 
 to work out their salvation, will endeavor to approach the 
 Sacrament within that period; and we order our Clerp;y \o 
 transmit to Us a list of the names of those who necjlect this 
 essentinl part of their duty. 
 
 While the churciies remain so few, and the distance be- 
 tween them so e,i;'at, we authorise our Clerii;y to keep the 
 consecrated host in a private apartment, provided always 
 that si]cii apartment he decent, find that no person have 
 access to it but the Clergymfui himself, and that it be kept 
 in a silver or gold Pixes or Ciborinm. in a small tabr-rnaele 
 of whicli the Priest shall always keep the k(\v in l.'is own 
 possession ; but we forbid them to keep the blessed Sacra* 
 ment without those precautions. 
 
 We also allow our cler<ry to celebrate Mass in private 
 houses, when necessity requires it, provided there be no 
 dn!)|^er of irreverence to the holy mysteries. 
 
 \Ve most strictly order and enjoin our Clerijy to keep their 
 churches and chnpels, altar linens, nnd every thino; else. 
 bel<)!igin<^ to the divine worship, clean, nent, and decent. 
 And we beg leave to point out to them the clergy of liOwor 
 Canada, as excellent models of that cleanliness arid neat- 
 ness which should distinguisii our churches, our altars, and 
 very thing else that appertains to the worship of God. 
 
 OF TUt-: SACRAMENT OF EXTREME UNCTION. 
 
 Although it be customary in some countries to defrr admi- 
 t»istering the Sacrament of Extreme Unction to the last ex-- 
 tremity. vet as the Apostle does not sav. is any man dving. 
 '' but is any man sick among you, let him bring in the Priests 
 " of the ('hurch and let them pray over him, annointing 
 •'•him with oil. in the name of the I.ord. and the prayer of 
 'Maith shall save the eick man," it is evident, that it mu^I 
 
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 be considered the Sacrament of ll»e sicL even if thov be 
 not lining; and, therelbre, our clergy are ordt red lo ndini- 
 iiister tliis sovereign remedy to their penitents when dan- 
 gerously yick, alliiough they show no sign of immedinte 
 death; nor are they to be deprived of it as lonjr as they 
 remain in life, although they be incapable of receiving iiny 
 other sacrament, even were they deprived of their s< uses 
 or in a state of insanity or delirium, provided they formerly 
 bad the use of reason. 
 
 Children should receive Extreme Unction after they have 
 come lo the knowledge of good and evil, and ought never 
 to be deprived of it once they have attained the age of 
 twelve years. 
 
 OF THE SACRA M EXT OF MATRIMONY. 
 
 Although matrimony be dcclnrod by the Apostle a grent 
 Sacrament in Christ and his Church, and the emblem of 
 that holy and indissoluble union whieh subsists betwepu 
 hnn and his mystical spouse the Chuieh, it is in our days 
 considered by many who call thrmsfdves christians, as a 
 mere cereuu>ny, or at most a mutual agr'vment between 
 the contracting parlies. We therelbre order the Cler^ry of 
 this Djocess to take every pains to explain to their flocks 
 the nature and obligations of the Sacrament of Alatrimonv, 
 and l!ie great nijury those do to their o vn souls who. by 
 neglectnig to put themselves in the state of grace, when 
 they present themselves to be married, and whose weddino-s 
 by resembbng Bacchanalian revels rather than a celebration 
 ot a christian institulion, draw down the curse of God m- 
 Bteac ot his blessing upon themselves and the state into 
 which they have entered. 
 
 The Pastors will prevent as much as possible any of their 
 hearers trom going to be married by Clergymen of a diir.'r- 
 ent persuasion, and strongly represent to them that by ko 
 doing they deprive themselves of the Sacrament, occasion 
 great scandal to their fellow Catholics, and a serious injury 
 to their holy religion. 
 
 V/c, who have forsaken the pleasures and the comforts of 
 this world lor the glory of God, and have pledged ourselves 
 to put in practice the doctrine of the Apostles who teaches 
 '-' that having food and wherewith to be covered, with these 
 
17 
 
 wp should be content," (Timothy fie. 8v.,) ought, by our (lis- 
 iuterestednrss in the ministry, to repel the foul and unfoun- 
 ded charge made by our enemies, of selfishness in the Ca- 
 tholic ( lergy. 
 
 The wants of a person who has only himself to support 
 and provide for, cannot be mnny. This is the case with 
 the ( lergy of the Catholic CI, ' .h, whose state of life pre- 
 cludes them from entangling themselves in wordly concerns 
 and eoruxctions, for the purpose of keeping their minds 
 niore free , and ind< pendent of the world, l^herefore, the 
 Pastors of this Diocese are strictly enjoined to follow the 
 regulation of the Homan Ritual, uhich forbids Clergymen, 
 upon any account whatever, to exact any fee or remunera- 
 tion for the administration of any of the Sacrameiits. to 
 avoid incurring the guilt of simony. At the same time they 
 are not forhidden after the Sacrament is administered to 
 receive any gratuity that may be otlered. 
 
 IS'o priest in this Diocess shall be permitted to build a 
 Church, or a presbytery for the residence of the p:;stor 
 of llie parish, until the place of such buildings be insp< et*d 
 and approved of by the Bishop, and untifa legal tenure 
 of the ground upon which such buildings are contemplated 
 to he erected be made out in the name of the Bishop for 
 the time being, and of his successors in othce, and regis- 
 tered on the records of the District or Township where the 
 land is situate. 
 
 -^irfO^- 
 
 In order to derive benefit from the celebration of the o-pear 
 mystery of the altar, the faithfid should attend thereat^vith 
 a reverence and devotion suitable to its dignity. Thev 
 should seriously reflect on the institution of that holy sacri- 
 fice, and the important end for which it is offered, and 
 should unite their intention with that of the Church and its 
 Mirjisters. in presenting it before the Throne of tlie Eternal 
 Father. With this view, the C" 
 
 required to recite, in a distinct and audibl 
 
 rgv of our Diocese a 
 
 re 
 
 lo 
 
 vvni 
 
 e voice, the fol- 
 
 g prayers and acts, every Sunday and Holiday throun-h 
 
 out the year, immediately before the parochinil 
 
 mass 
 
18 
 
 PllAYFRS TO BK SAID BEFORE MASS 
 
 t Plessod be (lie Uo\y ami umlivided Trinity, now and 
 fore", er more — Ainoii. 
 
 Como, O Holy Ghost, rrploiiisli the henrts of tliy fiilhful 
 and cnUindh,' in' them the fire ol' thy divine love. 
 
 V. Send forth thy Spirit and thry shall he regenerated. 
 
 R. And tiiou shalt renew the face of the cailh. 
 
 Our Father— Hail Mary— cVc. tVc. 
 
 Jets of Faith, Hope, Clumhj, and Contrition. 
 
 AN 
 
 ACT OF FAITH. 
 
 I believe that there is one God, in three distinct per- 
 sons ; the Fath'M-— the Son— and the Holy Ghost : that 
 tlie Son was made man, i)V the power oft!»e Holy Ghost, 
 in the womb of th«^ blessed' Virgin Mary ; that he dn-l I he 
 death of the cross f»»r the salvation of mankind, th »t he 
 arose from the <lead aecordinjr to the scriptures, ai.d as- 
 cei.ded into Heaven, from wheneo he shall come a^^ mi to 
 jndsre all men, to rewanl the orood wiih everl isJiM;,^ happi- 
 piness in llraven, and to punish the wicked will, tor- 
 Inents in bell lor nil etcn.ily. 1 also believe whalevrr 
 else tlie Cataollc Church believes and teaches; InH-aiise 
 thou, O God, who art the source of truth and power, has! 
 erected it upon a rock, aiid promised that the oates ot hell 
 shoidd not prevail a-ainst it. and that tho Hv)ly Ghost 
 should teach it all tru'b, and that thou thyseli would retnam 
 with it even to the cud of the world. 
 
 AN ACT OF HOPE. 
 
 O my God, relvir.<r on thy ii^finite power, cjoodness, and 
 •^ I .i' :.. /•.,.;(« ..iof.;t< r,rt!iP* dpath and Dis^ion 
 
 rn'M-cy, an( 
 
 4»f mv Saviour Jesu? 
 
 I on tli- iafnite merits of the' death and pas 
 
 Christ, I trust that I shall obtain par* 
 
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 19 
 
 don of mv •'ins, «n«1 Rrnro to korp Ihy comrnnrulmonta in 
 th'Hlif" t'lni I in^iy .Vsorvo tho otr^nial row. ids winch thou 
 hast promised to thy faithful servants in M.e next. 
 
 AN ACT OF CHARITY. 
 
 O mv no<}, because thou nrt infinitely pjood in thyself 
 and i„fir.i-'!y ^oo d to me, I love thee with mv whole he.rt, 
 soul nnJ mi'.d. above all thinj^^s. and lor the ove I bear to 
 thee lam ready to reli.u,nish ever. thin« th.t may sepa- 
 rale me from H.ee : and b'-eanse my .leishlxmr ih created to 
 thv im.ee and likenes^, redeemed by the blood ot my 'Sa- 
 vionr Jesus Christ, and destined to be my associate n. Ilea- 
 ver. lor eternilv.l love him as I do myself. I fo,-.ve all 
 those that ma/ have in any w .y injured me ; 1^««^ p-^n on 
 of Iho^e nhom I may havr .rjured or ..fleiul-d. and I pia> 
 formtrcy, grace, and Salvation, for all mankmd. 
 
 AN ACT OF CONTRITION. 
 
 O Cod T nm sorry from the bottom of my heart for hav- 
 ing ever (.m'nded thee. I abhor my sins because they are 
 hMt..rul in thv sight: arul I am deter.nined, by the assistance 
 of thv erace'to do penance for them, and nex er nu)ie to com- 
 mil sin; but carefully to avoid sin and all the occas.o.,9 
 of sin ; through the u;erits and passiou ol my baviour JesuiJ 
 Christ. 
 
 Let us now form our intention in ofT^ring up the holy 
 Sacrifice of the Mass: — 
 
 O merciful Father, who didst so love the world, as to 
 crive up for our redemption thy beloved Son ; who, in obe- 
 dience to thee, and for us sinners, humbled himselt even 
 UPlo the death of the cross: and co..tinu;'S to ollrr him. 
 Belf daily, by the ministry of his priests, tor the living and 
 ,|.o ^lead— We humbly beseech thee, that, penetrated with 
 a llvPlv t^iith. we may always assist, with the utmost devo- 
 •■-■--■. -....- -)^^j.,(ion of his most pieiiouft 
 
 tion a I id reve 
 boi 
 
 rence. at the oblation 
 
 ly and blood, which is made at mass; and thereby be 
 
made partakers of the sacrifice, which he consummated on 
 Calvary. 
 
 Ill union with thj holy church and its ministers, and in- 
 vokinu the blessed virj^in Marv. mother of Cod, and all 
 the anj^els and saints, we now oITIt tiie adorable sacrifice 
 of the ma. to thy honor and };lory. to acknowlcdfjje thy 
 infinite perfections, thy supreme dominion over all thy crea- 
 tures, our entire subjection to thee, and ttal d -poiulance 
 on thy 2;racions provi 'ence ; and in thalife „ '*' 4 f"'* »^^ ''*/ 
 benefits; and for thr icinission ol u'^r smi 
 
 We olfer it for the propogalion o\ \l^e C^athos faith, for 
 our most holy Father, the Pop«^. fv>r our Archbishop for 
 J^ishop), and for all the pastors, and clergy of tliy holy 
 church, that they niay direct the ^^Jflitul in the way ol .sal- 
 vation; for the king and royal lami^K* and Ibr all that are 
 in high station, that we may lead qnut ai d holy lives; for 
 peace and good-will among all states and peo|»le, for the 
 necessities of mankind, and partictdarly for the congrega- 
 tion here present; to obtain all blessings we stand in need 
 of in this life, everlasting happiness in the next, and eternal 
 rest to the faithful departed. 
 
 And as Jesus Christ so ordained, when he instituted at 
 his last supper, this wonderful mystery of his power, wis- 
 dom and goodness; we oHer the mass, in grateful remem- 
 brance of all be has done and sullered for love of us, making 
 special commemoration of his bitter passion aiul death, and 
 of his gloriou resurrection and ascension into heaven. 
 Vouchsafe, O Ahnight; wid Fiernal God (for to thee alone 
 so great a sacriticf' is d»je), gn ciously to accept it for these 
 and all other purposes, agre»'able to thy holy will. And 
 to render it the more pleasing, we offer it to thee through 
 the same Jesus Christ, thy beloved Son, our Lord and 
 Saviour, our High Priest and victim; and in the name of 
 the most holy Trinity, the Father, the Son, and the Holy 
 Ghost ; to whom be honor, praise, and glory, for ever and 
 ever. Amen. 
 
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 *^ May the Grace of our Ijord Jesus Christ^ and 
 the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, 
 be with vou all. .dnif-n. 
 
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