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[life *, I". 1 5 f- -■* I I i(5?>. ^4ia3(^a4ia aao'saa ANNOUNCING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE wii?etr^itg. s » c---***^ i*rtiv'^.'£ ■*-'^^I5a &4iQO(Da4ia aao^aa ANNOUNCING THE ESTABLISHMENT OP THE uvui^Mnivcx^ii^, PETER-FLAVIANUS TURGEON, BY THE MERCY OF GOD AND THE GRACE OF THE HOLY APOSTOLIC SEE ARCHBISHOP OF QUEREC, ETC., ETC. •^^^■^ ^-^-^ To the Clergy secular and regular and to all the faithful of Our Diocess, Greeting and Benediction in the Lord. Tu. Catholic Church has ever understood, Db^y Beloved Brethren that no h,ng .s be tor calculated to manifest her glory, to procure the welfare of a'tion a to strong hen. n the hearts of the Faithful the reign of Christ Jesus, than good soun stud.es based on the truths of faith, and directed by the protecUng Land of rehg,on. Cons.dering « that by the study of Letters the Cathoh' faith is '. confirmed, the worship of God propagated, justice honored and all the other virtues ' { ' i! m m « clothed with a brighter lustre. » the Sovereign Pontiffs have cverlabored to propa- gate letters and sciences, by placing them under the protection of the Church. TI.cy made it an express command to all candidate^ for Holy Orders to place themselves on a level with their subfimo vocation by long and serious studies. « The interests of religion. « says Gregory XVI. of happy memory, «the happiness and advantage « of nations require that those who are called to the service of the Lord and who « dooire to enter into the ranks of the clergy, should not only shme with the « brightness of every virtue, but that they should also apply themselves assiduously « to literary and scientific studies, in order that, by grounding themselves on « sound doctrine, 'iey may be enabled to exhort others and refute those who ,< direct their attacks against the truth. Since the lips of the Priest shall keep « knowledge, and the law shall be sought at his mouth, therefore it behoves all « priests who have received ci.arge to instruct the people, carefully to shun „ ignorance which is the fruitful source of every vice. « These words clearly shou the deep importance which the venerable Pontiff attached to the knowledge of the Arts and Sciences, which he considered as powerful auxiliaiies to the work of God among men. , . History teaches us that his predecessors in the Chair of Peter were ever desi- rous of giving an equal protection to sound and vigorous studies, and that it has been Uie constant practice of the Catholic Church to favor the developement of the human mind, whilst it protected it from the aberrations of a proud but blind philo- sophy, and the enervating effects of a pagan literature. At the fall of the Roman empire, the Arts and Sciences which were threatened with utter ruin by the hordes of northern barbarians, found a sacred asylum in the monasteries, where the humble cenobite preserved with love and respect the maater-pieces of antiquity. Thus, under the fostering care of religion, were formed those schools, where the sacred fire of intellectual culture was cherished and pre- served amidst the turmoils of civil and political revolutions. In after-times, under more favorable circumstances, students flocked from all parts to those centres oi learning, where clerks and religious delivered lessons on all the Sciences. Desirous of shedding a new lustre over the most celebrated of these schools, and of increasing the sphere of their usefulness, the Sovereign Pontiffs took them under their special patronage, granted them numerous privileges, and enacted sage rules }'■ Ui' i:. t designed to remove the many dangers to wJ.ich a studious youth might be exposed. Towards the hegining of the thirteenth century, the name of University was given 10 those mestimnbio nurseries of Letters and Sciences, in which were taught all Uie branches of human knowledge, and particularly timt branch which is the true basis of every other, the Science of religion. The most beneficial effects followed the creation of those great centres of learning, which concentrated within themselves whatever was illustrious in point of talent and science, and diffused their light on every side. « The establishment « of Universities, ., says the historian Fleury, « has been one of the means which ,( God has employed in these latter times to preserve sound doctrine. » Thus under the high patronage of the Catholic Church, the Arts and Sciences were preserved and restored ; numerous schools were opened. Universities were established : Rome was ever at the head of the movement, still giving it a fresh im- pulse and a salutary direction. And here, Dearly beloved Brethren, in this Province of Canada, the catholic clergy have not forgotten their noble mission. Scai-ccly were a few houses grouped together, on the banks of the Saint Lawrence, around the habitation of Champlain. the founder of the colony, when religion thought of erecting a temple to the Arts and Sciences. The Children of St. Ignatius, as early as 1 035, laid the foundation of the College of Quebec, which under their pious and skilful guidance soon enjoyed a well meriled reputation. In 1663, Monseigneur de Laval, founded his semiuaiy, desti- ned in a special manner to promote Ecclesiastical stud.os. For more than ahundred years these two institutions acted in concert, lending one another mutual support and encouragement, providing the country with zealous missionai-ies, useful and en- lightened citizens. To the great sorrow of the colony, the splendid establishment of the Jesuits fell, after the taking of Quebec by the British troops. Happily for the inhabitants of Canada, the Seminary of Quebec resolved to continue the work which had been commenced, and by patience, devotedness and innumerable sacriHces ,t succeeded in preserving in our midst a healthy taste for science and literature ' Since the close of the last century, thanks to the unceasing efforts of the Catho- hc Church, numerous colleges have arisen which have contributed to extend the ad- vantages of mstruction to the increased and more widely distributed population of the country. The colleges of Montreal, of Nicolet, of Saint-Hyacinth, of Saint- If Anno, ofSaint-Therese, etc., founded by members of the clergy, have assisted in diffusing the light of education, and developing the taste for sound studies. From our inmost heart do wc pray that Divine Providence may ox)ntinue to protect those noble institutions, that they may extend every day the sphere of their labors and ser- vices in favor of religion and of our Country. Wo arc not without knowing. Dearly beloved Brethren, the reproaches addressed to the clergy and to the Heads of Colleges for the efforts they have made to promote and encourage classical studies. According to some censors, the time given to the study of the ancient languages is lost time, which would be more usefully employed in forming youth to commerce, agriculture or the trades; that the study of letters exer- cises a pernicious influence over society, and should not nnd its place in an age of progress such as ours. Hence they conclude that our colleges should modify their system of education so as to cast aside the ancient languages, nnd confine themsel- ves to that sort of education which, though of aninferior order, would be more easily acquired, and more useful ir after-life. This theory, extolled by some utilitarians, who judge of every thing under a material point of view, and who esteem the intellect as if it were a mere article of merchandise, is indeed a very ancient one, and has been already a thousand times refuted by experience. It was a similar theory which prompted a lieutenant of the Caliphs to destroy by fire the precious libraries of Alexandria, and which excited tlie Goths and Vandals to destroy on their passage every trace of the literature, the. language and the genius of Rome. According to the notions of these warlike tribes, 1 iio^'nomadic apostles of desolation and plunder. Poets, Orators and Philosophers could only enervate the vigor and impede the progress of a people on its way to greatness and fortune. Time has overcome those barbarous ideas. Egypt, Africa-proper, Asia- Minor, countries once so learned, so far advancedin civilisation, have fallen, through neglect of literary studies, to the last stage of social degradation ; whilst on the con- trary, the semi-barbarous nations of the west and north, yielding, after theirfirst fu- rious' onslaught, to the benign influence of science and literature, have placed them- selves on a level with the most polished nations of antiquity, and have greatly sur- jiasscd them in material progress. We readily admit that colleges must not be too multiplied, if we desire them lo maintain a respectable standing, and to produce all the good that we may expect ■I ^, have assisted in ». the n^^^cizz rr°?,'r"'' '"""*•''•''•'"" '•'■"'■™ .i^ams I ,.,,,i„ Avj.iut sluilviiiK Uie best writers of anli- rcquircs nourishment as well as Ins body. Wlulst sluuj.ng i Xerwirits own peculiar character. The intellect of the chdd, he Us bo y rreccirbutagradl developement ; to wish to give it a nounshmen Ud pted I Z ready cultivated mind, would be to stiHe it in its growth. Before .ntroduc.ng to thH Lr ludies, itmult be gradually prepared by a wise d.sc.phne ; the m.nd bei Is ained may at a later period be engaged in studies of a supenorord. Ss difficulty and more benefit. And here, reason and expenence tel «s iha Uisbv the study of languages that the youthful understandmg learns how to make r n t Seat how to link them together, to compare them with one another, Demosthenes, a Cicero, among ihn pagans ; with Ihn Jeromes, the Austins, the Basils, the Chrysostoms among tlie cliristians ; and .surely wo cannot but admit that there is everything to gain with men of this stamp. Sucli was the conviction of our illustrious predecessors when (hey extended then- special favor and protection to those institutions where the classic writers of Athens mid Uomeareattcntively studied. Farfromwishing to lower the standard of coUegiato education, several amongst them, and particularly Monseignour Hubert, whose sollici- tude embraced all the wants of his vast diocess, ardently desired to confer a brighter lustre uiwn it, by the establishment at Quebec ofa Catholic University. Numerous obstacles caused the project to be abandoned at the time, but circumstances having become more favorable, the subject has been agitated anew duiing the last few years. It is with feelings of deep pain that wo have seen our Catholic youth obliged (0 pass over into foreign countries, either to procure academical honors or tr) follow up the study of medecine or jurisprudence. It is easy to conceive whol must bo the uneasiness of religious parents, when they see their children leave their control, having no one am-^ngst strangers to watch over them, though suriounded by a thou^ .«and dangers whicn threaten their faith and morals. Alas ! in the present state of things, those who come into our Catholic cities to prepare themselves for the liberal professions, are almost in an equally deplorable situation. Moved with compassion on beholding the grievous dangers which beset so pre- cious a portion of their flock, the Fathers of the First Provincial Council of Quebec ex- pressed their heai-t-felt wish that the Catholics of Canada might possess and enjoy Schools, Colleges and Universities adapted to their wants and to their faith, Nobis vero nihil non emolliendumerittUcatholicijura sua relinentes, scholi$ sibi propriis. sicut et collegiis Vniversitatibusque, in told mslrdprovincidfruantur (Con Prov. Queb. Deer. XV.) The venerable Seminary of Quebec, entering into the desires of the Fathers of the Council, undertook to realise them, by establishing a University, where our Catholic youth might perfect their studies and prepare themselves for academical honors without endangering their faith or their morals. Accordingly, within llio last year, a Royal Charter was granted, establishing this University, by Our Most Gracious Sovereign, Queen Victoria ; and we have now the happiness of informing you that, in compliance with the demands of all the Bishops of the Ecclesiastical w> !■ ! Lit^i^^Mk .t i\ fi| ..!, Provinc, Ito Holy S«c Im 1»» ptascd to contc, on l..e Cmvorsil, prcciou, pmi- rdXes;hich are thus afforded Ihem, not indeed with the sole v.e.- of atU nm ^orC functions, but to render themselves useful io their rehg^on and the. country, and loprocurethe glory of God amongst men. w„ „.,r n.hpr we confidently tru4 tha. the erealion of a University wdl sUmul te our othe educrorestahliLentstorenev.edefrort. ^^'^o— J, ^ ^^^^^ offered them in favor of their students, a liberal share m all the advantages m hTcharier^^^^^^^^^ it to grant to the youth of the country. Nevertheless those the several -oliegos Itoe peaceful eombate »h,ch ate «. emmenB, useful, rhml^roYerrs »ill quaJ in peace the pure »aters of Bcience, »,lho„l fenrm SI™ r;l of e™»eou. doclriues. There, .he young Levte 8U« ■ bv terror faith, ™ll penetrate the Ocpths of theological »:.cnce; there Ih wl S Z„er occupied i„ building up vain theories, »ill study the grea rSe" iL **ao«Lm thetounlain of eternal iustice, there Ih. physe.. S^ . ccnsidcrntan not as mere ntattor organised hy *7. J"' - ^/^t^d nttho ereaUon the Masler-pieee otcreaUve wisdom, the image of God and the object : t uncSto ; there .he lover of naUtral philosophy »ill learn to adore U. ban! Zal - owerlul God in .he wonderful secroU of nature ; all wdl ,mb,be, t. dersfte toned useful .0 Ihcir counUimen, those chris.,a» '"^"^ 7"* ™ »" ernamenut the best culUvaled in*c.s ; lUat pure and ,mmoveatle Ia,.h »h,ch preserves Uie mind from .he darkucssofdoub. and irrchswn. ity precious privi- 9 Wliilst we rejoice at the happy results which cannot fail to spring from the cs- labhshment of a Catholic University, wo love to proclaim the impo tan er^ces he Oacbec Semmary has rendered and still continues to render to the cause 17 r r t g.on an our countn^. This new undertaking is but the natural consequen e oft unrennttmg efforts to spread amongst all the inhabitants ofCanada the W si„I asupcnoreduca .on, based upon the principles of sound morality. The d^S i to bccontende wUh are indeed very great, but the devotedness, the pat "1 c..st.an faUhof theD.rectors of the Seminary will overcome them a heyh already overcome numerous other obstacles. "-y "Jve Fe have the firm conOdence that all our diocesans will fully understand the im- portance of th,s national and religious undertaking, and that they wi do a ,™ tho.r power to second theeffortsof the generousfounlrsofthcLS^^^^^^^^^ make .t prosper and to render it more and more useful to the great nr J; orderandmorahty, as well as to the advancement of good and heaUhy studts May divme providence shower down its choicest blessings on this noble insti- « .on, and cause U to brin, forth abundant fruits of salvation, not only f te st^ous youth, but also for al, the inhabitants of the Ecclesia;tical Province of Dioce™rnr?w "'"^^ ''■'" '' '''' " «'«'^-^^^^^' '" «» *^« Churches of our Diocess, the flrstSunday or Festival-day after its reception. Given at Quebec, under our signature, the seal of our arms and the counter .gnaU.eofo„rSecretary,ontheFestivaloftheImmacul^^^ Virgin Mary, one thousand eight hundred and fifty tlu-ee. >j