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CIRCULAR LETTER, 
 
 OF 
 
 His Lordship, the Bishop of Ottawa. 
 
 To the Bsverend Clergy of His Diocese. 
 
 TJev. Sir, 
 
 As it was impossible for us to forward to you, at 
 the i>ropor time, the Pastoral Letter of the Fathers of 
 the Fiith Council of the Province of Que'oec, We now 
 hasten to send it to you. in order that you mav make 
 Its contents known to the Faithlul committed to your 
 care. AVe would have been happv to have conse- 
 crated the Diocese to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, on the 
 feunday following that Festival, in accordance with 
 the \yishes of all the Hierarchy of the ecclesiastical 
 1 rovince of Quebec, but circumstances rendered oar 
 so doing impossible Like us, you and all the Faithful 
 will appreciate and value the honor which is conferred 
 on every parish and family by being thus cotisecrated 
 in so solemn and public a manner to the Sacred Heart 
 ol Jesus, which has so clearly loved the world, and 
 outside whose lo-.iug embrace no salvation is to bo 
 
 
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Ibuna. As YOU arc woll awavo, Ihero mn-ov has b. en 
 to wh.n it was move uruontly iiooded than the 
 iro nt to seok rofuc^o in this Sanctuary ot Love in 
 •deVtoo-uara aoainst and remote from our hresules 
 id our loved ooimtry the dangers which may sprnm" 
 ni> to hreaten them, and to o-ain Tor ourselves those 
 a es without the aid of which it is impossible tor us 
 io ivis; safely throuoh this life, so lull ot miseries and 
 ICtSiS \ll true Christians wiU -dc.sta.id h. 
 lu-cessitv and we feel convinced that all lathe is oi 
 Ss^iU liasten, with eagerness, to consecrate, m 
 m spec al manner, their homes and their children to 
 thi IMvine Heart of Jesus, It will be a groat source 
 of iov to us to lind all embrace this devotion with a 
 hoiV enthusiasm, and each parish will do itself honor 
 bi accenting it with all the ardour and love it deserves. 
 We SiSiJ^iV urge upon you, ]|e^^ Sir to -taMish m 
 vour parish; the confraternity ol the Sacivd Heait 
 Tosus in conformity with the Statutes, which we wi 
 forward to vou whenever you desnv them, ihis 
 nernsisthemost efficacious to conserve and strengthen 
 ihe faith of the Catholics of this Diocese, which is so 
 
 '^'^'' The Pastoral Letter of the Fathers of the Council 
 is too lenothv to be read at one time to your people. 
 We urglM'OU, therefore, to divide it in such a mariner 
 's to make it the text of your mstructiurs on seveial 
 coi sertive Sundays. The great truths contamed in 
 r pS£r^ Letter; so clear and at the sanie ime so 
 profound, cannot fail to strikingly nnpress the baith- 
 ful who cannot remain inditfer .1 observers ot the 
 oTcat questions which agitate the world and which 
 have an important connection ^^^h the eix^il sal .^^ 
 tion of souls. The actual state ol the Church, the 
 cmel persecutions which she is made to undergo and 
 irshLieful treatment to which the Soveievg.i m^ad 
 of the Chuich,the Saintly and .^^"^^^-^'i^y^^^^.Jt;;^^ 
 subjected, make it a duty imperative on us to r ccal 
 
 the-'mindL of the people the iJ^P^rtf" , ^'^ ^.j^ ^ a" 
 Divine Saviour chos(^ the Apostle Peter to be th(i in a 
 liblc gmund-work of the indefectible Church whn-h 
 
s boen 
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 engthen 
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 Council 
 people, 
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 1 several 
 cained in 
 time, so 
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 's ot the 
 d which 
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 irch, the 
 argo, and 
 gn Head 
 us IX, is 
 ( recall to 
 1 that the 
 the inlal- 
 'h \vhi<'h 
 
 He camtVon earth to establish.. We are all living ttiem- 
 bers of that Hhurch, and everything that menaces her 
 welfare should affect us most sensibly. On this sub- 
 ject we cannot speak in a more touching manner than 
 "does the Tastoral Letter of the Fathers of the Coun- 
 cil. ■ It remains simply for us to impress this point on 
 your attention. 
 
 The question of education is also one which 
 should deeply interest us all. There is nothing of 
 greater importance than that the children of the 
 Faithful should be reared up in a Christian manner. 
 The system of mixed schools is full of danger for the 
 l^eace of families and the future of the country. It is 
 to the faith of the Church, more than to aught else, 
 that we owe our strength, and it is she alone who can 
 maintain Canada in a holy independence, which other 
 nations may well envy. Let us, therefore, unite our 
 elibrts to alienate from ourselves the dangers which 
 threaten us, and to defend the honor of our country as 
 well as that of our holy religion. With the Fathers of 
 the Council, We cannot too deeply impress on you the 
 necessity of warning parents against the danger of 
 exposing the eternal interests of the children with 
 which G-od has blessed them, — under the pretext of 
 advancing their material interests, which should never 
 be placed in the balance against their eternal welfare. 
 
 Another subject is brought under your attention 
 in the Pastoral Letter of the Fathers of the Council. 
 You should be careful to instruct your people on their 
 duties in the time of elections. The honor of the 
 Catholic body is deeply involved in this question. The 
 Faithful should be taught that it is a grievous fault to 
 vote against their consciences, and that it is a shameful 
 as well as a dishonorable act to sell a vote for money, 
 or any other equivalent consideration. Catholics who 
 render themselves guilty of this crime are unworthy 
 of appearing in the Hou^^e of God, for their act is cal- 
 culated to cast a slur and a disgrace upon the whole 
 Catholic body, and to expose their religion and their 
 country to dangers which we are all interested in 
 wardins* oil' 
 
The ?a8tf>Ta^ Letter of the Fathers also offer pro^^. 
 nant texts on the subjects of emigration from the 
 country, luxury and intemperance— evils which we 
 must, lit all cost, combat and remove from our midst, 
 if our people would not be degraded to the lowest 
 ranks and become the slaves of others. These subjects 
 require your earnest attention, as besides higher con- 
 siderations, material interests, the prosp«r.ty of the 
 country and the peace of famili«^s, are most intimately 
 wound up with them. It is of the greatest importance 
 that vou should impress this on your people. 
 
 We have appointed Sunday,' the 6th July next, the 
 Feast of the Precious Blood of'our Lord, as the day on 
 which shall take place the Solemn Consecration of the 
 Diocese, the Parish, the Communities and families to 
 the Sacred Heart of .lesus, conformably to the PaMoral 
 Letter of the Fathers of the Council. Vou will iind in 
 the letter itself all the instructions regarding the cere- 
 mony, and we earnestly <lesire that you shall give to 
 it all your attention and render so important a cere- 
 mony as solemn as possible. 
 
 "\Ve hope to be able ourselves, surrounded by our 
 Clergy of the Ci'y, to consecrate the Diocese and the 
 City of Ottawa in our Cathedral, on the day we have 
 above mentioned, and we arc convinced that the 
 Calholic population of this the first City of our Diocese, 
 Avill, on that occasion, manliest the same ardour and 
 enthusiasm which they have always manifested, when- 
 ever there has been question of giving expres!?ion to 
 the feelings of religion which animate them. 
 
 Given at oar lilpiscopal lle.sidence at Ottawa, 
 under our Hand and Seal, and Countersigned by our 
 Secretary, this twenty-fourth day of June, 1873. 
 
 + JOSErii EUGENR, 
 
 Bishop of Ottaw^a. 
 
 By Command 
 John L. O. Connor, D.D., 
 Secretary. 
 
 Jlol)erta«Mi, Prfogor &Co , "Timcs>-* i'linl, WcmiJ<;U)n St.» Ottawa. 
 
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