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 BISHOP'S PALACE, ) 
 
 KiNOKTON, lii'in Amtu., 18H3. f 
 
 Tlio third Comu;il of this EcKilertiuKtical Province will asBeiuble in Quobe(i on the 14th May next, 
 the t'eartt of the As<!enftion of Otir Blessed L(ji'fl. 
 
 These periodical meetinjj!;s of the BishoiJS of the Proviiux^ should be, to every (Catholic heart, a 
 source of joy and consolation; because they give satisfactory [troof that the Clmrch is, in our midst, 
 full of life and vigor, and that She successfully jnirsues, heedless of the blind liatred of her adversaries, 
 the holy mission of peace and salvation She received from her divine Founder. Those solemn assem- 
 blies of the Bishops sliould also awaken in the breasts of all a lively interest, since they are convoked 
 in order that the Bishops may, after mature delilteration, adtipt those measures which will most eii'cct- 
 ually guard the spiritual interests of the ])eople contided to their care, and establish such disciplinary 
 rules as they may judge necessary for the general good. 
 
 If it is, at all times, our duty to have recourse to prayer, to obtain from Crod that lie Avould bless 
 our labors, and grant ns the graces of which we stand in need, what urgent motives have we not, at 
 the present moment, to raise our vol<*es in ])rayer in order that, ever mindful of the promises made to His 
 Church, God would enlighten and dire(;t the Bishops who are about to assemble in His name to consult 
 on the present wants of the Church in this Province and to make those regulations which may appear 
 to them conducive to the spiritual welfare of those committed to their charge. 
 
 You will then, Reverend and Dear Sir, eiu-nestly exhort yvi. people to offer up their prayers to 
 Heaven, and to irnplore the Father of light* that He "irouM miid donynfrotn the throne of UIm MajeHfy 
 npon the ih'shoi>s in (Jo\incil assembled, >/<e .S)^/;-/)! of ii;'mloiit that slukh h/ Jlin throne', f hat it viay Jm' 
 with them and labor with them ; that they may k/'imr ic/iaA is a^nceptabk to the Divine MajeHty, what 
 is useful for the glory of His Church, and what i'< best cahndated to ])romote the spiritual advancement 
 of the people confided to their Care. 
 
 To this end I have thought })roper to issue the following regidations to be observed throughout 
 this Diocese : — 
 
 Ist. — From the first day of May until the Feast of the Ascension, each Priest will recite besides the 
 
 collect Pro Papa already pi'es(rribed, the prayer do. Spiritu Sancto. 
 tind. — On every Sunday and holyday from the same date until Pentecost Sunday included, at the done 
 of the parochial Mass, afte.- the Litany of the Blessed Virgin, which is said for the Holy 
 Father, you will recite publicly, three Our Fathers and three Hail Mary's, to implore the bless- 
 ing i)f Cod on the labors of the Council. 
 The rigorous season we have just passed through, the deficiency of the crojjs. and the great want 
 to which the farnung population in particular is at present redvu'ed, should convince us of our entire 
 dependence on Divine Providence, and teach ns tt> atk in hundtle i)rayer. all that we recpiire to sup- 
 ply our wants. 
 
 Our Holy Motlier the Church, to encourage in her children this feeling of dependence, and to 
 Btrengtiien in na ^he spirit of pn-yer, has established the Rogation days. 1 invite you to cx^. lain to 
 your peoi)le the f»riein and the object of those days, to exhort tliem to assist, as far as their occupations 
 will alloM', at the Iioly Sat^rifice of Mass on those days, and to uniti^ their prayers to thos«» of the uin- 
 versal Church, to implore the Divhie Blessing on thci'ruits of the earth, and to ask of (rod all that they 
 stand in need of for time and eternity. 
 
 On the Rogation Days, after M»vss, yon will recite publicly the Litany of the Saints, with the pray- 
 ers whieh follow. 
 
 1 remain, Reverend and dear Sir, 
 
 Yours very sincerely, 
 
 + F. J. P>1'. oh KlNOSTON.