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INAUGURATION PASTORAL LETTER 
 
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 HIS GRACE ELZE'.H-ALEXANDRE TASCHEREAU 
 
 ARCHBI8H0P OF QUEBEC 
 
 19th MAKCH 1871. 
 
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ELZEAH-ALRXANDKK TASCHERKAU, 
 
 By the TiKTcy of God and the favor of tlie Holy Apostolic See, 
 
 ArchbiHliop of Qiu'boe. 
 
 nihe Vleryy, Secular and Reyular, to the ItelUfiom (hmmanUlcs and 
 ' to all the Vnithfiil of ihf ArchdloreHc of Qurhcr, Greetina and 
 nenmietior) nr Our Lord. 
 
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 - Obedience, Our Dearly Beloved Brethren, obedience to the voice 
 of the Vicar of Jesus Christ makes it our dutv to ascend this Arclii- 
 «!piscopal Throne of Quebec, rendered illustrious bv the zeal the 
 prudence and the virtue of oui- predecessors. God "knows that we 
 have neither sought, nor desired, this formidable charge, the dangers 
 and responsibility of which we comprehend, to-day more than ever 
 While meditating on the judgments of God, we have had occasion 
 frequently hitherto to ask ourselves with Job : Quid faciam rum mr~ 
 rex&ntadjudimndum Deux, et cum qua:sicrU, quid respondebo illi/ 
 What shall I do when God shall rise to judge? and when he shall 
 examine, what shall I answer him ? (Job XXXT. 14.) 
 
 ' : Now that more numerous and more important duties are imposed 
 upon us,' the prospect of that judgment which must scrutinize all our 
 arts, and weigh then in the balance of the sanctuary, fills us with 
 fofif, and helps us to forget the censures and praises of men. 
 
»„oT . ' 'J' ^»"' ''^ pleased to manifest Iuh power bv the 
 
 weakeHt mstrun.ents, and to eonfound strength by wluit is ILt weak 
 
 Hc^. as the groat up<.ste ..xpresses it, may glory in his .ight." 
 ( J^ph. a. i.) has promised to grant the petitions of tliose who wouUI 
 
 ai^r-fo.'l: ^r' ''r '''''''• ~ Brethren: thar;';! 
 
 snail oDtain tot us, by fervent suppiieations, the assistance which we 
 feeU., need so mueh Ypur clearest and most sacred int/restH uTo 
 
 L '■ I I"'"''?""'' ^^'' ^'''^"t^^t misfortune that ean fall upon 
 a hooese, ,s the drying up of the spring, from wlieh flow thereon Z 
 wholesome waters of the evangelieal wonl and of divine gracir 
 
 We shall not here rei)eat the praises „f „„r illustrious predecessor 
 Monseigneur Charles-Frangois Baillargeon, of saintly memory Time' 
 wluch destroys a I, cannot efface from your memory the rS„b "nc ! 
 o hLs inexhaustible charity, of his ardent ^eal, of his char n"nt 
 meeknt>ss. He receives to-day the reward of his fervent praversol' 
 s continual mortifications, of his self immohuion, during^Twl'de 
 life as a priest and a bishop, to |,rocure the glor; of God by slvinl 
 souls. We shal not speak of his"^ death, edifyfng 'Ld pr^cio2^rt"H 
 sight of the Lord, which it was our lot to wit iess% we sSiaH not m^ 11 
 bHo rt^Si^lLTv'r' ^^'" more magnificent by your .Igrets^nl! 
 them \Utho:7l ^^ '"'^'•'''"^' ceremonies which accompanied 
 heaH. .m ' ■ T^ «,r, ^".graven, in indelible characters, on your 
 heaits, and ' the just shall be m everlasting remembrance, in menioria 
 '^•na.riijns^s.iFH. 0X1. 17). God grant that we n^yTE 
 the footsteps of so beautiful a model, and "that, inheritors of^ldS 
 we may sustain with care, and render more and more flourish ng the 
 various diocesan works in which he took so lively an interest 
 
 I \7^ •V'"' P,"'" ^^'"' ^'"operators in the government of souls vou 
 whom the Lord has appointed together with us " the dispensers of w" 
 mysteries," we c^onjure you by God and Jesus Christ, who sha ,-udge 
 the hvmg and the dead, fesHficor coram. Deo et J.m Chrido auiludl 
 mlurm est vnmet mortuo, (II Tim. IV. 1.), persevere, during our 
 episcopacy, ,n those traditions of faith and of zeal wh ch have^been 
 
tiecessors. Let U8 all Jmve together " but one heart and one soul " 
 
 fhint .! fKi . ^Ki ^"""^ •'^ *^'^' unmaculate I^imb. Let ns often 
 .elnV • /• •''"^l""""^""*^^'^*' ™"«t ^^"'J'^r thone who rule tl^J. 
 
 .11. ;l"mHelf the exeeoding great reward of bin faithful servants 
 fffft ern tmrrm iua mar/na nimu (Gen. XV. 1.). 
 
 S])ou.se,s ot' JesuH Chrint, virgiuH consecrated to the exercise (,f 
 prayer and of charity, continue in the .sight of Go<l youi lolv inTssion 
 you have forsaken all to follow Jcsuh ClfriHt, he .hriU^^^SfSrhim-' 
 sdf to be overcome n. gencro.sity, and he .shall certainly reward the 
 oast of your .sacrifices. From every one of your momis erTrmav 
 
 of nerr' TI ^'"•^^'^" I>^"«trate the cloudsfand rise t t^h on > 
 of m(u-cy, to call down upon uh the most abundant blcs.singH. 
 
 May the peace of (Jur Lord be with yo.i all, faithful of thi« 
 .Wse, wlH, greet U8 to-day a.s first pastor, /'a./ X/ May the 
 treasures of the dmne goodness be opened in your behalf und 
 ennch you with a heavenly gifts! May faith overLw you hkfm 
 
 § i" vale of f;:"'^"^ T^'V "y ^^P^^ ^^"--'^ -<! cSe^o^/n 
 tins vale of tears may charity till your hearts with its sweet unction 
 
 One consolation do we ask of God ifi this world, it is tharyou may be 
 
 ever faithful to the in.spirations of grace, ever the enemLsTsirthat 
 
 you may in a word, ever wear thatVrm'ent of justice ZoniSinm 
 
 with which Our Lord has invested you at holy baptism. ' 
 
 You .shall forgive us. Our Dearly Beloved Brethren if after 
 these genera salutations, we add a. .special word concerid^ a house 
 which IS justly dear to us Ever sinc^ its foundation, two ^^n uries 
 ago, the feeminary of Quebec has been for the Canadian epLZcv an 
 abundant nursery of zealous fellow-laborers ; at the epodf of' tKon 
 
 nir'^^'I'^-P'!'"'''^"^^' ^•""^^•^ ^y '^^ aisastersof- war have 
 tound therein, during three quarters of a century, a generous hasni'ta kv 
 
 There we have received from devoted masters the We^s ngs ZCskai 
 
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 ttud theological education ; there, received later with more eharitv 
 than we deserved, we have spent the twenty-nine years of our prieHthood. 
 From that venerahle house God haH granted us to see rire, like a 
 vigorous shoot from a nnyestic oak, tlie Laval University, that great 
 and beautiful institution which, in a worthy manner, crowns our 
 whole system of catholi(r superior odueation. If anything eould 
 soothe the pain which we feel in separating to-day from our late 
 fellow-laborers of the Seminary and of the University, as well as 
 from their nuiho "ouh pupils, it is the thought that, if the bands, 
 which united us together, are altered, at least, they are not broken. 
 
 The piety, the faith and the other virtues, which Hourish in this 
 diocese, sufficiently prove to uh the wisdom of the rules of disci- 
 j)line established by our illustrious predecessors. Accordingly is it 
 our intention not to change them iit present, and to modify (hem later 
 but as circumstances shall make it necessary. 
 
 Wherefore, having invoked the holy name of God, we renew and 
 confirm, as much as may be necessary : 
 
 1st. All ordinances, regulations, rules of discipline, prohibitions 
 and reserves in force, in the Archdiocese, at th' moment of Archbishop 
 Raillargeon's death ; 
 
 2nd. In the same limits of time and (,r territory, the faculties 
 given in writing, to confess, to preach, to commute vows, to dispense 
 from certain impediments, which the arehpriests and other priests of 
 the diocese possessed at the same date ; as to the faculties of the same 
 kind given viva voce by Archbishop Baillargeon, or by the Adminis- 
 trators, and whicli were not given for a more limited time, they shall 
 all eeiuse on the first day of May next, unless they be specially renewed ; 
 
 3rd. The faculties which possessed at the same date the priests 
 authorised viva voce, or in writing, to hear the confessions of nuns. 
 
 We also ordain that the prayers Fro papa and Pro qudcumque 
 necessitate, as well as the litany after mass, be said as heretofore. The 
 terrible trials of the Church, at this moment, and the mlsfortunse of 
 
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France, t\w (iountry of our aiietwtor»«, impose .upon all catholic 
 hearts the duty to implore with fervor th«' cleuiency wf thv;JVIoHt High, 
 that He mny vouchsafe to Hhorteii theH« dayri of tril)ulation. 
 
 Su(!h are. Our Deiirlj' Beloved Brethren, tlie lirnt dispoHitions hy 
 which w(* begin the exereiHe of the authority which (hir I^nd Iiuh 
 intnwted to us, for \m glory and for your spiritual welfare. Receive 
 them as the first ph^dges of the love which we bear yon, of the resjK'ct 
 which we preserve for tin' memory of our illustrious predecessors, and 
 of th(^ desire by which we are aninuited of seeing peace an(l tran(|uil- 
 lity, which spring from good order, ever i)revail in your midst. 
 
 () imniacuiate Mary! patroness of this diocese, cast on all thy 
 chihlren looks of mercy, i/io» tiion mlscrirordrn oculoa ad noa converte. It 
 is in thy venerated sanctuary that w<' have receivcul the ej)iHcopal 
 unction ; it is there we hoi)e one day to rest after our labors ; thou art 
 our mother, obtain that we may be the faithful guardian of the large 
 family, which thy Divine Son confides to our vigilance and to our 
 solicitude. 
 
 ( ) glorious Patriarch Haint Joseph, who hast been established 
 the lord and chief of God's household, guardian of his choicest 
 treasures upon earth, Bj)ouse of the Immaculate Virgin, foster-father 
 of Jesus, we shall, during our whole life, rejoice that thou hast per- 
 mitted us to receive the episcopal nnction on the day of thy feast, 
 the first time that we celebrate it by saluting thee as the Patron of 
 THE (Catholic CfniRoii. Thou also, thou shalt be our consolation 
 and our hope ! 
 
 Under the auspices of Jesus, our iSaviour, of Mary, our mother, of 
 Joseph, Patron of this Country and of the Universel Church, we shall 
 begin to-day, with less fear, to fulfil the formidable ministry which is 
 laid upon us. 
 
 Shall this our present pastoral letter, excepting the Nos 2 and 3, 
 be read, and publislied, at the prone of all parochial churches and 
 chapels, and others, where public service is performed, and, in 
 chapter, in all religious communities, on this very day, or on the first 
 flunday after its reception. 
 
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