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SILVER JUBILEE 
 
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 BISHOP CAMERON. 
 
 THE Silver Jubilee of our beloved Bishop's con^ecrn- 
 tion, which was celebrated on the twenty-sixth of 
 hist June, will be long remembered in the history of this 
 Diocese. Never before was such an imposing array of 
 prelates and priests seen in Antigonish. His Grace 
 Archbishop O'Brien honored the occasion by his presence, 
 and of bidhops, besides the distinguished jubilarian him- 
 self, there were present Bishops Sweeny, of Saint John ; 
 McDonald, of Charlottetown ; Howley, of St. John's, 
 Nfld. ; and Larocque of Sherbrooke, Quebec. May 22nd 
 is the anniversary of his Lordship's consecration, but 
 owing to his absence on a visit to Rome at that time, the 
 celebration of liis Silver Jubilee was deferred to Wednes- 
 day, the twenty-sixth of June. 
 
 The decorations of the Cathedral were greatly admired, 
 as indeed they might well be. The altar v/as gorgeously 
 arrayed in flowers and foliage. v >ng the capitals of 
 the pillars on either side ran a line bearing a continuous 
 wreath of flags, mostly white with colored Maltese crosses 
 and other designs; while folds of soft colored drapery, 
 rod, white, and blue, fastened to the capitals, were caught 
 up, six together, at regular intervals in the centre of the 
 lofty ceiling. The thrones were newly upholstered and 
 canopied, and the sanctuary was covered with a rich and 
 
4 Silver .IrniLUE of the Consecration 
 
 bfiiulifnl new carpet. Eveiytliin<!; was biiglil uihI spot- 
 less. With all their other work for the occaBioii the 
 good sisters of Notre Dame took cliarge of the interior 
 decorations of the church, with the most gratifying results. 
 Outside the peojjle of the parish had gathered and erected 
 green arches over the approaches to the Cathedral, Con- 
 vent, and Palace, while a line of Hags ran from the top of 
 each tower down to the front gates, and bunting fluttered 
 to the breeze from many other points. 
 
 The Pontiflcal Mass, celebrated by the Bishop himself, 
 began at 10 o'clock on Wednesday. His firace the 
 Archbishop occupied a thpne erected on the P:pi8tle 
 side of the sanctuary, and the various Bishops also had 
 seats within the rail. The following were the otflcers 
 of the Mass : 
 
 Assistant Priest, 
 
 Deacon, 
 
 Sub-Deacon, 
 
 1st Master Ceremonies, 
 
 2nd '' " 
 
 Acolytes, 
 
 Thurifer, 
 Mitre-Bearer, 
 Crosier-Bearer, - 
 
 Book-Bearers, 
 Candle-Bearers, 
 
 Rev. James Quinan 
 Rev. D. J. Mcintosh 
 
 - Rev. C. F. McKinnon 
 Rev. A. Thompson, D. D. 
 
 - Rev. D. M. MacAdam 
 f Rev. A. I/. McDonald 
 ( Rev. C. W. McDonald 
 
 Rev. M. Coady 
 - Rev. R. McKenzie 
 Rev. Ronald McDonald 
 Rev. D. V. Phelan 
 Rev. N. McDonald 
 Rev. L. Gallant 
 Rev. J. McKeough 
 
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 BISHOP FRA8ER. 
 
Of his Lokdship Bishop Camekon. .5 
 
 The choral service, under the direction of Prof. 
 Horrigan, was exquisite in every particular. The mass 
 selected was ditHcult. None but really good voices could 
 have attempted it, and it was well rendered. The 
 chorwses were perfect for unison and power; and the 
 singing of the solos displayed careful and successful 
 preparation. 
 
 After the first Gospel His Grace ascended the pulpit 
 and preached the followng se-non : 
 
 '^Having, therefore, a great high Priest, tvho hath pene- 
 trated the heavens, Jesvs the Son of God, let us 
 hold fast our confession" — Heb. iv. 14. 
 
 Dearlt Beloved, — 
 
 We are assembled here to-day to rejoice and to offer 
 thanksgiving to God for the large measure of graces 
 bestowed on this Diocese, in and through its Bishop 
 during the past twenty-five years. It is, in a certain 
 sense, a family festival; but as a family is a unit of a 
 nation, so a Diocese is a unit of the universal Church • 
 and as the rejoicings of a part affect, in some degree, the 
 whole, so this Diocesan festivity is more than local in its 
 nature; it acquires dignity and grandeur from the unity 
 of the Church, and in return sends a thrill of pleasure 
 far beyond the boundaries of Nova Scotia. As the 
 portion of the universal Church more immediately bene- 
 fited, you are gathered to rejoice in that your loved and 
 distinguished Bishop has so nobly discharged the hi<rh 
 and sacred duties of the Episcopate for twenty-five yeai's 
 
6 Silver Ju3ilee of the Consecration 
 
 to thank God for the rich store of spiritual gifts and 
 temporal blessings received through his ministry, and to 
 urplore a continuance of favors to yourselves and him. 
 In your joy and thanksgiving the faithful throughout the 
 world implicitly join. " 
 
 Whilst all recognize that gratitude for ungrudgin<r 
 services should be paid, many fail to understand th^ 
 deep, sensitive, passionate devotion of Catholics towards 
 their pastors. Those who see in these latter only mere 
 mortals, subject, like themselves, to the infirmities of 
 na ure, are inclined lo think Catholics are lacking in 
 .ludgment and xiiscretion in their reverence for Their 
 cl«.gy. On an occasion of this kind it seems fittin<. to 
 point out why true Catholics, whether educated or illi^Jer- 
 ate should venerate their pastors, and especially their 
 Bishops. They do not require to be told their Bifhop is 
 only a mortal, subject to all the weaknesses of human 
 nature, and in need of their fervent prayers. They 
 know the t.aint of primeval corruption has touched his 
 soul, and that the aftermath of evil consequences has 
 followed. Yes, they know all this; but they know 
 more,- and herein is their knowledge greater than that 
 o then- cnt.cs. It is not the individual, nor his personal 
 qual^ies-- though these, too, have their effect 1- which 
 the Catholic regards in his pastor, it is his sacerdotal 
 character as one called of God, chosen and ordained to 
 be ''another Christ," to stand between God and man, 
 to offer the unspotted Sacrifice, and to dispense the 
 mysteries of Faith and the treasures of divine grace 
 
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 OF HIS Lordship Bishop Comekon. 7 
 
 The link which binds the Catholic to his Bishop is not of 
 earthly make; it was forged in the flame of divine love, 
 fashioned by the loving hand of our Saviour, and riveted 
 by the Holy Spirit in the hearts of the faithful. This is 
 the explanation of its strength and tenderness ; this the 
 secret of its durability. 
 
 To the Catholic religion is not a vague term express, 
 ing a certain state of mind with pietistic longings 
 and aspirations; neither is it a self-selected code of 
 beliefs and practices, howsoever good in themselves, or 
 productive of humanizing virtues : it is an agreement or 
 covenant between a God who was free to offer, and man 
 who is free to accept. By the observance of this coven- 
 ant holiness of life is made manifest in the individual, 
 and the promised reward of eternal happiness eventually 
 secured. Man may reject God's offer; refuse to sub- 
 scribe to the covenant, or to bear the yoke of Christian 
 subjection in life, preferring his own manner of action to 
 that prescribed by God's New Testament with our race. 
 What then? Why simply this, he is left to follow his 
 own bent; as a rule such results will follow his exertions 
 as are proportioned thereto. He will be successful in his 
 enterprise in proportion to his industry and capacity; 
 respected and honored in the measure of his civic virtues ; 
 and powerful in the degree of the material resources at 
 his command. In the eyes of the unthinking he will be 
 the embodiment of earthly happiness and glory _ exalted 
 like the cedar of Libanus. Did death end all then 
 might he despise as weaklings, or fools, those who had 
 
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 Silver Jubilee of the Conseckation 
 
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 .nstitation o( the blessed Eucharist r. VT^ '*" 
 uight Of his betraya,, he dett TL fh IhSh ^" ,"' 
 "received of the forrl " h^ r.u ^^"^ ^ ^^^ 
 
 gave thanks and b^ke it s7 '"' """"^ '^^'^ ^••-^' 
 ana oroke it saying: ^ Xake ye and eat: 
 
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 tiiial has been 
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 I'om the only 
 must be its 
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 ierstand how 
 ose on whom 
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 ed their lives 
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BISHOP MoKINNON. 
 
Ok his Lohdship Bishop Cameuon. 9 
 
 this is my body which shall be deliverod for yon ; do this 
 for a comineratioii of me." In like manner also the 
 chalice, sayini^, "This chalice is the new Testament in 
 my blood: this do ye, as often as yon shall drink it, 
 for the commeration of me" (1 Cor. xi. 23, 24, 2.'5). 
 The Testament or Covenant then finds its outward and 
 living expression in the Blessed Eucharist, which is 
 naught else but Jesus Christ, true Gwl, and true man, 
 with his body and blood, soul and divinity shrouded 
 beneath the appearance of bread and wine. He it is who 
 covenants or makes a compact with man, offering eternal 
 life, purchased by his passion and death, to all "who will 
 hear and obey His teachings delivered to His Apostles 
 and their successors, in trust, to be taught to all mankind. 
 Now it is evident that in order to ensure the placing 
 before mankind, in all ages, the terms of His Covenant'! 
 as well as to give that Covenant its outward expression 
 in the tremendous mystery of the Last Supper, certnin 
 human agents had to be chosen and employed through all 
 generations. The living Word, and not the dead letter, 
 was to inform the intelligence of man. We read of 
 Christ writing on one occasion only ; but he wrote in the 
 Sana, and what the sentences were no man knoweth. 
 But the words he spoke have lived and vibrated through 
 the world, captivating the profoundest intellects, subduing 
 the fiercest passions, upholding the weakest and mosl 
 infirm, and winning to ways of virtue and holiness the 
 wasrels and outcasts of society. This is no rhetorical 
 exaggeration, or fanciful picture, it is the sober fact of 
 
10 
 
 SiLVEK Jubilee qf the Consecuation 
 
 history, repeated over and over a<j:ain, not only in the 
 past, but before our own eyes. The words of Christ 
 preached from our altars may meet with much opposi- 
 tion ; but they have their grand and undeniable triumphs. 
 
 Moreover, the agents chosen for this co-operation 
 with Christ had to be endued with an awful power. They 
 were to represent Christ ; to fulfill an embassy for Him, 
 and, at times, to be the ministers of Omnipotence. Only 
 by the use of such power could sins be forgiven, or the 
 command issued at the Last Supper to renew perpetually 
 the mystery of the Blessed Eucharist be carried out. 
 Hence the sacerdotal Order, at the head of which Is the 
 Bishop, has a dignity and power under the New Testa- 
 ment unknown to and unthought of by the priests of the 
 Old Law. 
 
 To understand this more fully let us consider for a 
 few moments what the priest is. From the earliest days 
 of our race sacrifice was offered to God to acknowledge 
 His supreme power, to adore Him, and to render Him 
 propitious to those imploring His aid. In organized 
 communities a certain class was set apart to offer these 
 sacrifices for individual members, and, at times, for the 
 whole community ; they had also to give all directions 
 and instructions regarding religious observances. This 
 class, thus set apart, constituted the priesthood of that 
 place. As an historic fact we find at all times, and 
 among all nations a priesthood whose duty it was to 
 offer sacrifice, and to have supreme control in all that 
 pertained to the worship of God. This priesthood, too, 
 
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 OK HIS Lordship Bishop Camehon. 
 
 wns hold in the grontost resppct, niid the priest wns c 
 
 11 
 
 con- 
 sidered as an intermediary between (iod and man. In 
 the law tjiven to the Jews by God Himself we find a 
 priesthood instituted, with its various grades of dignity. 
 Pl'ich rank had its special duty and i)rivileges. Now the 
 succession of the priesthood in the Old Law was defined 
 by the Almighty, and none, save those ^o defined, were 
 looked upon as true priests. " For," as St. Paul says, 
 " neither doth any man take the honor to himself, but 
 he that is called by God as Aaron was" (Heb. v. 4). 
 Likewise amongst the nations there were laws and cus- 
 toms regulating the succession in the ministry. Both the 
 natural law then, which may be taken as expressing the 
 religious instincts of man, and the Old Law, which is a 
 manifestation of God's will as regards the Jewish nation, 
 had a priesthood, whose succession was clearly defined 
 nnd regulated, to offer sacrifice and to teach with authority. 
 Sacerdotalism, therefore, which, chiefly because it has a 
 vague and threatening sound, and hence likely to frighten 
 the unthinking, is so railed against by half-baked philos- 
 ophers and itinerant peddlers of cheap magazine lore, 
 wishing to pose as men of "advanced thought," is no 
 modern or mediaeval institution ; it is of the warp and 
 woof of human society in all its stages. It is thus a 
 striking proof of the universal conviction of mankind 
 that God is our Creator, our Lord, and our Master. 
 
 But when the fulness of time had come, the Saviour 
 appeared. Whatever of efflcacy there had been in the 
 sacrifices of the past was because of the all-8ufl3cing one 
 
12 SiLVKU JlIULKK OF THE C^»^•8^:CIUTI0N 
 
 wliicli li(« eaiiie to olTtT. With II 
 
 is p:iHsion and ilralli all 
 
 it8 
 
 (i^Mirc's mid symbols were to t'lid, all pioplu-cy liiid 
 ftdliliru-nt, and all |)ast forms of priestliood to tormiiiatt. 
 Hi' became henceforth the sole " Hioh Priest"; the. 
 Sacrifice He offered the sole sacrifice pleasing to God ; 
 liis teachinjr the only doctrine n-cognized by God. St.' 
 ^'anl in his Kpistle to the Hebrews leaves us in no doubt 
 on these points. The human nature of Christ was the 
 subject, or recipient, of the priestly character; but i«;is- 
 much as His hun)an nature was united to His Divine 
 Person, the power of His priesthood was unlimited, was 
 infinite. Yet " Christ did not glorify Himself to be made 
 a High Priest; but He that siild to Him; Thou art My 
 Son, this day have I begotten Thee" (Heb. v. 5). 
 Thus was He called by God the Father. He was 
 ordained priest by the words — 'Thou are a priest for- 
 ever, according to the order of Melchisedech " (Heb. v. 
 0). The words of God effect what they express; and 
 thus at the moment of the Incarnation the humble house 
 of the Virgin at Nazareth was transformed into Heaven's 
 Cathedral, wherein, by the power of these words, Christ 
 was ordained, and became the sole High Priest forever- 
 more. Absolute power, then, is His to regulate the 
 manner of worship that shall be paid to God, as well as 
 to determine the appointment and succession of such 
 ministers as He may call to co-operate with Him. For, 
 as we have already said, human agents are necessary for 
 a visible renewal of the Sacrifice once offered by Him, 
 and ordered to be continued, " This do for a commemor- 
 
ST. NINiAN'8 CATHEDRAL. 
 
OF III8 LoiM.^FiM' Hi^iioi» Camkhoii. 13 
 
 "tionof Mi."; an wdl «s t«; curry out hi8 com.m.iHl — 
 - CJoye into thn wl.olo world, mul preach the (lospol to 
 every creature He that believeth and in baptized, shall 
 iH' «aved ; uu( 'u. that heheveth not shall be condemned " 
 (Mark xvi. ir,, Ifi). I,, the plenitude of Ilin prie«tly 
 power He tntablished a system of worship, chose certain 
 individuals, or apostles, to be His co-<.peralors and 
 ministers, bestowing on them such measure of power ard 
 prerogatives as seemed good to Him, and defined and 
 determined the manner of sucfession in this ministry of 
 the New Covenant. ''As the Father liath sent Me, so I 
 send you," are the words which show the first links in 
 the sacerdotal chain, and constitute the norm of all 
 fiiture succession. It is evident, therefore, that there 
 can be no priestly power, dignity, or authoiity except in 
 tliose who have received their ordination and commission 
 from the successors of the Apostles, and thus are linked 
 to them as they were to Christ, and he to God. 
 
 In the divinely instituted priestly Order of the New 
 Covenant there are various grades as we learn both from 
 the action of our Lord in bestowiug special prerogatives 
 on Peter, such as building His Church on him, and giving 
 lum the ''Keys of the kingdom of heaven" (Math, 
 xvi., 18. 19), or when Ho prayed for him that his F-iith 
 f no.ild not fail, so that he might confirm his brethren 
 (Luke xxii., 31, 32,) or when He gave him the charge to 
 feed His whole flock both lambs and sheep (John xxi 
 10; as well as from the words of St. Paul, "And some' 
 UKleed, He gave to be Apostle., and some prophets, and 
 
14 
 
 SiLVEK JUBILKE OF THE CoN«ECHATION 
 
 Others evai)f?clists, and others pastors and teachers " 
 (Eph. iv. 11). The various grades of sacred ministers 
 partake of Christ's priesthood, in such de<,n-ee and 
 measure as He has been pleased to communicate. In 
 Bishops there is the fulness of the Priestly Order, and 
 hence the greatness of their dignity and authority. Not 
 only have they to offer the unspotted sacrifice of the 
 Mass, and to teach God's law, they are also charged 
 with the supervision of a certain portion of Christ's 
 kingdom upon earth. Both priests and people in that 
 district are entrusted to their care, and they have the 
 prerogatives as well as the solicitudes of power. Par- 
 taking in this ample measure of Christ's eternal priest- 
 hood, it is no wonder the faithful Catholic should love 
 and revere them. The more fully one realizes the sub- 
 blime fact of Christ's high ])rie8thood conferred on him 
 by God the Father, the greater will be one's reverence 
 for the Bishops of the Catholic Church who partake in so 
 lofty a degree of that same priesthood. As the priest- 
 hood is not their own, but Christ's, their personal failings 
 can injure themselves, indeed, but cannot vitiate the acts 
 of their ministry, or blot out their sacerdotal character. 
 It is the eternal priesthood of Christ that Catholics honor 
 in their pastors; and in doing so they are eminently 
 reasonable and Christian. 
 
 Twenty-five years ago the Vicar of Christ, the Pope, 
 called him whom we are honoring to-day to the duties 
 and responsibilities of the Episcopate. In due form and 
 manner he received from our High Priest, Christ Jesus, 
 
OF HIS LouDsnip Bishop Cameron. 
 
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 the rank, dignity, and power of a Bishop on May 22nd, 
 1870. Ah-eady he had done good work as a zealous 
 priest for sixteen years; but now his sphere of action 
 was enhirged, his opportunities multiplied, and an arena 
 given for the development of his capabilities. The 
 Vatican Council was then in session, and he at once took 
 his seat amongst the Bishops in that venerable assembly, 
 to legislate for the good of the universal Church. Seven 
 years later, owing to the failing health of the late Bishop 
 McKinnou, he was appointed administrator of the Dio- 
 cese, from which time his real work as your Bishop 
 dates. Twenty-live years have come and gone since that 
 3iay day in 1S70, when in the Chapel of the Propaganda 
 College, Kome, where the quiet and earne:^t stialent, 
 John Cameron, had made a solid and brilliant course of 
 studies, the Rev. John Cameron, D. D., iu the prime of 
 manhood, was consecrated a Bishop. And now, after 
 those years, you have assembled to congratulate him, and 
 to praise God with and for him and for his labors in 
 your behalf. I was one of his chaplains at his consecra- 
 tion and thus I am link between that event in Rome 
 twenty-five years ago and this demonstration to-day. 
 Naturally on an occasion of this kind we survey the field 
 of his labors and make a reckoning of his achievements. 
 " By their fruits you shall know them " is the heaven- 
 given gauge of man's character and professions. 
 
 I shall not attempt, neither is it necessary when 
 addressing you, to enter into the details of the P:piscopate 
 of Bishop Cameron. The spiritual good effected can be 
 
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 SiLVEK JUBILEK OF TIIK CONSECRATION 
 
 known o God only; some faint idea, however, may be 
 ad o . when we remember that he has visited six times 
 he whole of his extensive Diocese, thus periodically 
 bless.n,. by h.s Epise<.pal labors and ministrations his 
 people, and enhearteninjr them in the strife against sin • 
 that he has approved of and enconraged the erection of 
 numerous pious sodalities and confraternities, wherebv a 
 spirit of piety has been engendered and fostered in the 
 souls of many; that the organization of parishes and 
 parochial work has been improved; that the number of 
 convents -those blessed centres of knowledge, piety 
 and true refinement- has been increased from two to 
 welve, and that twenty-three new churches have been 
 built and dedicated to divine worship. 
 
 There are other works which, whilst material in their 
 nature are nevertheless necessary for the growth of 
 piety, knowledge, and religion in the Diocese, and of 
 these there is a goodly showing. It is true that unaided 
 by priests and people, a Bishop, how zealous soever 
 could not accomplish them. But it is also true that tJ 
 him, as leader and chief executive, their successful issue 
 is to be chiefly attributed. A few of these works may 
 be mentioned. This grand cathedral, a monument of 
 faith and generosity, was burdened by a debt of $36,000 
 when his Lordship assumed control of the Diocese In 
 a few years that debt was paid off. A new colleg^ was 
 
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 All these are pleasing evidences of the steady progress of 
 religion, of the enlightened zeal of the Bishop, and of 
 the large-hearted generosity of priests and people. Well 
 may you rejoice on this day. Need I say that this 
 demonstr tion, altogether spontaneous on the part of the 
 clergy who initiated it, is a proof of love, respect and 
 devotion towards his Lordship from those who should best 
 know his merits or demerits. More than this I shall not 
 say in his Lordship's presence; to have said less would 
 have been to fail to interpret the sentiments which 
 animate you on this joyous occasion. 
 
 It is impossible to enter as fully as one could wish 
 into the nature of the Catholic priesthood, in one dis- 
 course; but sufficient, I hope, has been said to enable us 
 to see its dignity and power, as well as the beauty and 
 harmony of the Catholic doctrine of the Sacrifice of the 
 Mass. The words of my text admonish us to hold 
 to that doctrine— ''Having, therefore, a great High 
 Priest, who hath penetrated the heavens, Jesus, the 
 Son of God, let us hold fast our confession." There 
 is to be no doubt, no hesitation, no changing of our 
 faith; it is Christ's covenant yesterday, to-day, and the 
 same forever. The great High Priest who " hath pene- 
 trated the heavens," but who remains a priest forever, 
 necessarily implies assistant priests on earth through 
 whom he shall continually discharge his sacerdotal func- 
 tions of offerin<; sacrifice, and of teaching God's law. 
 He IS not a dead priest. He is a living one; He is not a 
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 hninnnity in the divinity of His person. Hence His 
 priestly powers are infinite, and conseqnently ever active, 
 and encircling all luiman kind. This nnceasing activity 
 finds its expression throngh the ministry of His co-oper- 
 ators on earth, whom he has made participators, in their 
 (U>»;iee, of His Priesthood. Throngh them He repeats 
 the otTer and terms of His Covenant ; through them He 
 dispe«ses the treasures of His grace; through them He 
 renews the one " cle.an oblation" which from the ''rising 
 of the sun even to the going down," is, according to 
 prophecy, everywhere offered to His name (Malach. ii., 
 11); through them, finally, He carries on His mission of 
 teaching all nations. In this New Covenant nothing has 
 been left to chance, or to the whims of men. As Christ 
 was sent by the Father, and the Apostles by Him, so 
 they and their successors down the ages sent others, 
 thus forming an unbroken chain of apostolic succession, 
 outside of which there is no participation in Christ's 
 ministry. This is the "Confession" which St. Paul 
 admonishes us to " hold ftist." 
 
 In our Holy Church that chain has never been broken. 
 There has not been, there never can be, any doubt of the 
 validitfy of our orders. Back through the ruder days of 
 the past, back through the early centuries of persecution, 
 back to the Apostles we can go step by step, finding 
 everywhere the title deeds of our legitimate succession. 
 We shall find, too, that in the measure in which men 
 held fast to the "Confession," of which St. Paul speaks, 
 was the gauge, also, of their respect for the priesthood. 
 
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 and who watoh.., as on,, abont to ic.,,,!,.,. a„ account to 
 the Lord for your souls. 
 
 THE CLERGY'S ADDRESS. 
 
 I..mediately nfter Mass, the Very Rev. Dr. Quinan, 
 V. G., on behalf of the clergy of the Diocese, read thJ 
 tollown.. address, which was acco.npanied by a gift of 
 
 May it plka.sh yoik Lohumiip,— 
 
 It is a source of deep gratilicatiou aud pleasure to u. 
 whose pr.vilege it is to be associated with your Lordshi; 
 and to be work.ug uuder your direction in the Master's 
 vineyard, that the opportunity should be afforded us, on 
 thKs happy occasion, of approaching you in person and 
 ot tender.ng you the unfeigned h<..nage of our love 
 respect, and devotee, attachn.ent. Right gladly should 
 w'^ have availed ourselves of the opportunity to do so- 
 had .t been given us -on the very day on which you 
 lebra ted the twenty-fifth anniversary of yourenrohnent 
 n the glorious phalanx of those -whom the Holy Ghost 
 Ims placed as bishops to rule the Church of God • " but 
 on that auspicious day such a happiness was denied us 
 as your Lordship was then either in Rome at the feet of 
 
20 
 
 Silver Jubilee op the Consecration 
 
 the Vicar of Christ or at Lourdes at the shrine of His 
 Immaculate Mother. 
 
 To-day, however, that privilege is onrs and we beg 
 to assure your Lordship that it is not in the spirit of 
 mere compliance with the conventional forms usual on 
 such occasions that we approach you to-day, but in order 
 to avail ourselves of the opportunity thus afforded us, 
 hrst of rendering thanks, in a public manner, to Almighty 
 i^od for the blessings conferred upon our Diocese during 
 your long and prosperous administration. Allow us to 
 recall, in the fewest possible words, some of the many 
 thmgs that your Lordship has been enabled to accomplish 
 with God's blessing, during the comparatively short 
 period of eighteen years. The -Diocese has been relieved 
 of the crushing debt that weighed upon it at the beginnin<r 
 of that period; eight new parishes have been created^ 
 there has been an increase in the number of our convents 
 from two to twelve; twenty-three new churches have 
 been erected and dedicated to divine worship; a fine 
 college has been built and partially equipped and en- 
 dowed ; an elegant episcopal residence now crowns the 
 heights overlooking the town of Antigonish ; whilst some 
 twenty.five commodious presbyteries have, in various 
 parishes, replaced the modest buildings of former days. 
 In a word, evidences of our material progress are to be 
 seen on every side, so that " he who runs may read " and 
 we may well say, "Si monumentum quaeris circumspice " 
 It is gratifying too to know that our moral and spiritual 
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 opment, and as the most important factor in that spiritual 
 expansion and the one which furnishes the most incon- 
 testable proof thereof, let us point out that more than 50 
 per cent, of the actual clergy of the diocese have been 
 admitted to the priesthood since the beginning of your 
 Lordship's administration, and that without a solitary 
 exception all are natives of the diocese. The harvest is 
 still abundant, it is true, and our needs many, but as the 
 laborers are more numerous and their sphere of action less 
 extended than formerly, a work of better organization 
 has been affected throughout the parishes of the diocese • 
 the number of sodalities and confraternities has probably 
 quadrupled; the faithful frequent the sacraments in 
 ^arger numbers and with greater regularity than hereto- 
 fore ; the ties that bind pastor and people together are 
 being more and more firmly cemented ; by the institu- 
 tion of the Ecclesiastical Society of St. Joseph, now in a 
 flourishing condition, provision has been made for the 
 becoming maintenance of the old and infirm priests of 
 the Diocese ; everywhere, in fine, do we find proof of 
 the steady advance that we have been for a Ion-, time 
 making. ° 
 
 Our hearts, therefore, are lifted up to-day in thanks- 
 giving to Almighty God for all His mercies and favors 
 vouchsafed to our Diocese, under the benign rule of our 
 revered Ordinary. 
 
 But if our first thought be one of gratitude 
 
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 Almighty God, our second is one of congratulation for 
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 it has also been characterized by dionity and linniies.s. 
 If, at times, you were eompelle<l to admonish and rebuke 
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 the suaviter in nioh was always happily blended with the 
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 decisions could never be called in question. 
 
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 with ourselves, for the wise counsel, the prudent direc- 
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 THE LAITY'S ADDRESS 
 
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 ship's modesty, ever shrinkino- f,o,„ tho public ^nyo Ins 
 permitted us few opportunities of givin. .xp.Cssion to 
 our respect and affection for you ; and with all the ...e-.ter 
 zest, therefore, do we embrace this opportunity of" mani- 
 festmg our admiration for the many noble cpn.lities you 
 haye disphvyed, both as a man and as a Bishop of the 
 Church of God, and our apprecir.tion of your earnest 
 efforts for the welfare of religi*,,, i„ ti,is dioc^.sec 
 
 The visitor to Antigonish for the first time invariably 
 expresses surprise at the grandeur of the eccIesiasMca'l 
 budding, that crown the eminence on the south, and tint 
 seem to him so much out of proportion to the size and 
 importance of the town. And for these, the external 
 evidences of the well-being of religion in our midst, we 
 know to how great an extent we are indebt(>d to your 
 Lordship's zeal and ability of administration, and your 
 generous self-sacrifice as well. Yon had a large share in 
 completing and freeing from debt the magnificent edifice 
 begun by your zealous predecessor, in which we novv 
 stand. The noble structure upon our right, which we 
 have seen rise part by part within the past few years 
 aud which is still growing in size, will, so long as its 
 walls remain, be a monument to your Lordship's zeal in 
 the cause of learning; while on our left is yet another 
 evidence of that zeal-a convent for the Christian educa- 
 tion of young women, which this community owes to 
 your Lordship's unbounded personal generosity. A like 
 institution in every town of importance in the Diocese 
 where Catholics are sufficiently numerous to require one 
 
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 st.ll further atte«t« your Lohlship's desire tlutt that edu- 
 cation of which the world makes so much, often without 
 k..ow,ng why, shall be received by the young under the 
 gUKlance of religion, as even the world itself is becomiutt' 
 convinced ought to be the case. 
 
 Throughout the diocese many fine churches have been 
 bu.lt dunng your Lordship's incun.bencv,- ten.ples 
 >vorthy of the lofty purpose for which they were erected. 
 Ihese, my LorrI, are, as we have said, external 
 evidences of religious and intellectual progress. But 
 niHssive walls and imposing structures in themselves were 
 of I'tt.e worth. These are but means to an end; aiul 
 .he end of these ten.ples and 'halls of education is the 
 ^^p.ntual and intellectual advancement of the people 
 rhat that end is being attained, we have better evidences 
 by far than brick and stone. We who watch with in- 
 terost the working of our n.ost important educational 
 institution, St. Francis Xavier's College -an institution 
 Tvhich, founded by that untiring patron of learning, the 
 late venerated Bishop McKinnon, has been one of the 
 caief objects of your Lordship's care,- know that, while 
 It would be insincere to assert that higher fields of e«1ort 
 are not possible forit, it is doing sound and excellent 
 nork for our young men, as those who leave its halls 
 show wherever they enter into competition with the 
 students of other institutions. We are not alone in 
 remarking this fact. It has frequently been commented 
 upon by others. Only a very few months ago a well 
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 w*' <io so with fond and ^^ViUvful henrts. 
 
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 '"•"'•ns u n. ■ ure of them, ue ask your Wdship to 
 "<''H.pt the snmll oift acconipanvino- this. Were our 
 worldly ,..M>urees equal to our good will, it would be 
 many tunes as great. 
 
 That God may spare your Lordship to rule over ns 
 for n.ar.y, many years, is the earnest wish and prayer of 
 your devoted flock. f ,y « ui 
 
 THE BISHOP'S REPLY. 
 
 The Bishop said in substance: Were I not an old 
 ">=;■', I should be in danger of falling into the sin of 
 Pnde whilst listening to the encon.iums that have been 
 luvstowed upon nu- so lavishly today, but being an old 
 ■"nil, one who n.ust shortly render an account of his 
 stewardship, I can take to myself but the credit of a 
 small share of what has been done during .ny administra- 
 t.oiK Even had I done all ,ny duty, I should still feel 
 that I am but an unprofitable servant. Rut have I done 
 ^^1 "Y duty? I fear that God being my judge, were I 
 called now to an account I should be found wanting in 
 many respects. That a ,:-c.t deal has been done ntust 
 eertam y be admitted, but when it is remembered that 
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 be ...u that the most that can be said U that I ^as 
 'fpL. into. p:.eB." It I- ^-n saUUn the fi^ ad- 
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 ' ; l,e»» that it must have bee,, u p,™-a »m. Imp,^ 
 " ,o,„e„t to.- „,e «hen it w»s my privilege to repct to he 
 h1 Fatl„.r tl,e state of the Diocese. It was ,ndeea ; I 
 „ ?„,-o„d; anrtwhe,, the S«p,-e„,e Pontiff asked me were 
 I ,°est good a,«. were they pure, U was ,mleed a 
 fp, , ess for „,e to be able to testify that they were, 
 Sowhere did a body of priests e.,st who we,, more 
 „;.l a„d more faithful to the Church, and 1 trust that 
 " uclsors for all ti,ne to co.ne wiU be able to re,^e^ 
 the same testi,uo„y. It is „> a la,-ge .neasnre to them 
 and to the generous people of the Diocese that ,s due the 
 ;,tL of my ad,ni„ist,.ation. Keference has been made 
 ,o.d,.v to the wo,k that has been aeeomph^hed. When 
 »e„>° eU to the task of wiping out the debt wh,eh en- 
 cumber d the Diocese, I was tol.l by friends upon whose 
 ,dv,ee 1 set much value that I hud better leave a part of 
 ,e bt f n- another generation to pay, tl,at by atte.npt. 
 tZ pay o« at once the whole debt I should u.cur the 
 s'k of displeasing some. I disregarded the adv,ce how- 
 "t In the space of three yea,-s the debt was pa,d off, 
 and that, as far as I could learu, without incurr,ng the 
 ;lleas re of any ■ ne. One thing in the address ot the 
 clerlTpleased ,«e very much. It was the assurance 
 the/gave me of tl,eir eo-opc-ation io the future as m he 
 past ta any work that ,„y zeal should inspire n,e to under- 
 
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 Silver Jubilee op the Consecration 
 
 .^^< . Wub tlm assurance I can rest content. There 
 a.c th.ngs that remain to be done, and though, as I said 
 I;- "" old man, I still hope to live long :n;ugh to bJ 
 »1)I^' to accomplish them. ^ 
 
 Let me now in conclusion say that I thank vou von 
 n.y fa.t,iful co-laborers of the clergy and you m 'dC 
 olu dren of the laity for your loyalty In the past a's vd 
 
 Ihe festivities closed with a banquet at the College 
 •n the evening, tendered by the clergy to his Lordshin 
 at which the visiting prelates and clef^ and prts re' e' 
 soutatives were present. ^ ^^' 
 
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 Very Rev. Canon Mclsaac, Mt. S. Vincent, Halifax 
 
 Very Rev. Canon O'Donnell, St. Denis, P. Q. 
 
 Very Rev. L V. Thlbaudier, V. G., Nicolet, P. Q. 
 
 Veiy Rev. Mgr. James JMcDonald, V. G St 
 
 Andrews, P. E. I. "' 
 
 Rev. H. Rouxel, Grand Seminary, Montreal. 
 Rev. M. G. Proulx, Nicolet, P. Q. 
 Rev. A. Scott, St. John's, Nfld. 
 Rev. T. J. Daly, Halifax. 
 Rev. E. F. Murphy, D. D., Halifax. 
 Rev. P. Walsh, D. D., Londonderry. 
 Rev. William Doherty, S. J., Montreal. 
 Rev. R. McDonald, Rustico, P. E. I. 
 
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 Of his LoHDsiiii. Bishop Camkkon. 
 
 Rev. II. Joyner, Chntliam, N. H. 
 
 Kev. E. C. Tuncruay, Shcrbrooke, P. Q. 
 
 Rev. J. J. 3IeDoiiaI(l, Kinkoin, P. K. J. 
 
 Rev. F. C. P. Campbell, Harnaby Kiver, N. H. 
 
 Those of the reverend clerffy of this Diocese in attend- 
 a nee were : — 
 
 V'ery Rev. Dr. Qninan, \'. (i. 
 
 Rev. James Qninan. 
 
 Rev. Andrew McGillivray. 
 
 Rev. H. Gillis. 
 
 Rev. A. MeKenzie. 
 
 Rev. Dr. McCJregor. 
 
 Rev. Colin Chisholni. 
 
 Rev. Alex. Chisholni, D. D. 
 Rev. J. J. Chisholm. 
 Rev. M. Tompkins. 
 Rev. James Frauer. 
 Rev. R. Grant. 
 Rev. D. Chisholm. 
 
 Rev. Roderick ^ftDonald 
 Rev. M. A. McPherson. 
 Rev. A. F. McGillivray. 
 Rev. D. J. Mcintosh. 
 Rev. A. Cameron, D. D. 
 Rev. M. MeKenzie. 
 Rev. M. Laffln. 
 Rev. A. &. McAulay. 
 Rev. J. J. McNeil. 
 
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 Rev. D. P. McDonald. 
 
 Rev. N. McNeil, 1). D. 
 
 Rev. F. CluHliohn. 
 
 Rev. J. Frasftr. 
 
 Rev. L. J. MePlierson. 
 
 Rev. A. McDonald, D. D. 
 
 Rev. A. Benton. 
 
 Rev. C. F. McKinnon. 
 
 Rev. Ronald McDonald. 
 
 Rev. D. Cameron. 
 
 Rev. D. A. Chisholm, p. D 
 
 Rev. W. F. Kiely. 
 
 Rev. R. McJnnis. 
 
 Rev. J. C. Chisholm. 
 
 Rev. R. McKcnzie. 
 
 Rev. M. Coady. 
 
 Rev. A. L. McDonald. 
 
 Rev. H. P. Mcpherson. 
 
 Rev. D. V. Phelan. 
 
 Rev. A. Thompson, D. D 
 
 Rev. D. M. Mac Adam. 
 
 Rev. Joseph McDonald. 
 
 Rev. J. McMaster. 
 
 Rev. L. Gallant. 
 
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 RECEPTION AT THE CONVENT. 
 
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 A brUliant R.co|.lioi, was give,, at St. Henianri, Con- 
 vent on I ,„«,aj- evening, at which only the Arohhishop 
 «n,l B ,h„|«, the. oletgy and press ■■epresentntive, were 
 "•esent It was the most heantifnl an.l nttistie event of 
 h cdeb,,,t,on. It was n,o,e like a thing of Kui.yh.nd 
 .an of tins ,„„n<lane sphere. As the cha,-aeter, in the 
 • Jnb,Iee G,-eet,n.," with their gauzy banners bearin. 
 .nottoes of gokl. glide.l throngh their evolntions to the 
 sonnd of soft ransie, the least intaginative onlooker n,iW,t 
 -x. fane,e,l the.n beings from another world. This 
 tie drama written especially for the occasion, with its 
 ^icgor,c.d characters -Memory, Gratitude, Antigonis 
 
 C n ' "' f'""' ''*"""°"' *■'""'• ""P*' -" 
 i.M".;lly leasing, and even more quaint, was " A Flora 
 Otter,ng, in which the little tots, each representing I 
 
 wer an,, carrying a beautiful wreath, joined in da ,c 
 • "1 'l"logue. The addresses, in Knglish, French, an.l 
 '-■"" ;veg,ve ,he Knglish one below) were appro, riae 
 a.,d well read. The whole en.er.ainn.en, was a r ve ion 
 .o. hose, .„ had never Witnessed a Similar occasio;::: 
 
 CONVENT PUPILS' ADDRESS TO HIS LORDSHIP 
 
 fo. the Lternal C„y to wish yon God speed, while breath- 
 ."g .- fervent prayer for your safe return, so it is now 
 
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 Silver Juijilee of the Consechation 
 
 oms to bul yoi, a hearty - welcome home," and to sound 
 the keynote of the joyful chorus that hails your Silver 
 Jubilee, ..We have heard with sincere pleasure that your 
 voyage was a most happy one, and that you are returning, 
 to the scene of a quarter of a century's episcopal labors 
 with renewed health and strength. On this auspicious 
 day, when so many of your faithful co-workers are 
 assembled to do you honor, it is not the duty of children 
 to gather the threads of those by-gone yeais, and to 
 weave with the warp and woof of your priestly virtues, 
 the story of your lifework. , Its noble endeavors, its 
 fruitful results, furnish the materials for a theme worthy 
 of abler hands. We are well content with the position 
 we occupy in your large Diocese and family, for with the 
 instincts of childhood we feel that it entitles us to a special 
 claim on a father's loving kindness. In imitation of your 
 glorious patron, whose feast we celebrated yesterday, 
 you have ever sought to make straight the way of the 
 Lord, and your untiring eltorts in the cause of Catholic 
 education prove how potent a factor you consider it to 
 be in the attainment of the sublime end of your pastoral 
 office. Realizing that the buds of to-day will be the 
 flowers of to-morrow, you would shield us from all 
 blighting influences by securing for us not godless educa- 
 tion, but education in the true acceptation of the term — 
 education that safegurrds the heart while informing and 
 developing the mind. In this convent home where our 
 lives are attuned to what is good and pure and true, 
 your zeal and generosity have found an embodiment. 
 
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 - Our deep and ghulsonie appreciation of the blessino-s here 
 on.ioyec1, and onr gratitnde to yon, n.y Lord, cannot be 
 voiced ni language othor than that of fervent prayer 
 May the great Prince of Pastors grant you every good 
 «nd perfect gift, and long preserve your precious davs 
 for the sake of the Diocese over which you rule so wi.elv 
 and so well. May His protecting arm sustain you 
 throtighout the heat and burden of life's day, until that 
 ^vlnch .s perfect is come, when the jubilees of earth shall 
 fade away nnd be lost in the triumphs of eternity. 
 
 SKETCH OF BISHOP CAMERON'S LIFE. 
 
 The Right Rev. John Cameron, D. D., was born at 
 
 f ;.^"^^;r';^"''^'^'^'«^ C«-' «n the 16th of February, 
 82.. H.s father, also named John, was a native of 
 Lochaber, Scotland. His mother, Christina McDonald, 
 vvas born at Moidart. His father and other men.bers o; 
 he fannly were brought up in the Protestant faith, but 
 became converts to Catholicisn., all but one, a half- 
 brother, who died some few years ago in Ontario at the 
 advanced age of 103. 
 
 At the age of seven young Cameron was sent to 
 a school near his home, conducted by the late John 
 Cameron of Mabou, C. B. He afterwards attended th 
 G.ammar School at St. Andrew's, which was established 
 some sixty years ago, where he nuade good pro^ness in 
 the study of Latin. A precocious and ^nbitLus^ d 
 easily kept at the head of his classes. In September' 
 
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 SiLVEU JlBirvE OK TIIK CoN'SECRATrOX 
 
 
 H44, „t the .ge of »evo„tee„, l,e was sent to fiotne, .,,,1 
 
 f ,. n„,e,. College of the P,,,pa,.„.,„. The eeleb,,..e,l 
 P."f. f.ra^,o»,, utuler whom Pope Ph.s the Ni„th made 
 
 at the Propaganda, a„,l ,he famous ,natl,em;,tieia„, iC 
 olm,, that of Mathematics. Tl,e,-e, fo. the ti.st tin" 
 he .net t e late Cardinal Cnllen, of n„blin, Z] 
 
 Bet.vee„ the fntta-e Bishop „„d the futnre Cardinal tne,- 
 !,-ew „p, cnnng the years thcy spent together in Prop 
 J^.mla, a fast friendship whieh was severed o.dy J le 
 Cadmars death. ..J owe more to Cardinal Cnl e '• 
 »a,d Btshop Cameron to the writer, " than to any o h r 
 man, hvjng or dead." ^ 
 
 Having made his studies at the Propaganda with 
 marked sneeess, and taken his degrees in p'hiLop yl 
 
 on the 26th of July, 1833, just one year before his return 
 
 ant onties ,s shown by the faet that, in the absenee o 
 Mgt. T.ane,on,, he acted as Rector during the vlllrnnuturn 
 or vacafon of that year, at the su.nmerl.esidence of 
 College atn,d the Albnn Hills. After spending well.,„'!h 
 en years ,n Pome, he set out for home in the'sununer; 
 „1 , • .""' "' "■""S'' » «1^<^«'"1 Piovidencc watched 
 
 passage from Genoa to Marseilles was wreeke,! and 
 many hves were lost. He had decided at the las Lne 
 to awatt the ne.t boat, on whieh a brother Propagandist 
 
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 "■ charge of St. Fra„ois \JT'-'r\^ " """ P''""=<' 
 
 boe,, foundecl by the 1 te 'n , =°' "■""=" '"x' J'"' 
 
 Bi«l.op beiug able ,, i, pv,.f ^'""'°'' McKi„„„„. The 
 I s «uoeiic in -hiirope, it wuh r»i. /^ 
 
 p.«Klecl at tbo opening of tUe ,e « r n "™" "'"> 
 
 "t the time but few mil n ^ , '^'^ '''''"'' "".e 
 
 th.« tbo dntie, that c e™ 1 „, :r"" •''°™ ««°«». '"^ 
 
 were such a, ,0 lax to |^' ,f V, ^■°""'' "'"»'"> "ootor 
 
 For .,ea..iy fo„rye::r:rr irrnr'- ^■'"■^^- 
 
 Hector of tbe Colle<^e P,-„r„ one and the same time 
 Theology, lect„ri„; ;.o'h„ rH' l' ''"''°^<"'"^' -<' -^'ora. 
 St. Ninian's, .hen^:b,':,:V7' """ P"™" P"-' of 
 •"vicled into three par C I 77 """"' '" "<»' 
 Ninian's from hSoo ,V ■%. ,,'""' '"""'^•' <" «'• 
 
 A«at. inia7«;r: '::;;:7'™"ferredt„ 
 
 consecrated titnlar Bishop of toI ,'"■'' "'"' """'^ 
 Bishop Of Arichat, by I L ' ,° ,„ .'"""'.'^ "'"^ Coadjutor 
 22nd of May of the s™ ;' ' ' ,t b""" '"""'' "" ""= 
 Vatican Council, and was sliM i i " '""■' '» ">e 
 
 20th of September, «70 'h /'"'"' "" "■»' ^"'=^"1 
 entered the City o .iL ul',,! r" " "■°'''" »' "■» ^Poiler 
 
 He was tbns t4e I' u"' n-'^' '".'•■ '"■^"'"' "f Porta Pi„. . 
 an „n,v,||,„g „,t„,,, „, ^^^ 
 
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 SlI.VKU Jl-aiLEE OF TIIK CoNSKCIUTICX 
 
 <^ Ron.e by . hostile force, being still a stmlent at the 
 ro,>aga„<la during the revolution headed l,v Garibaldi, 
 
 of r n- '" "^'' ''"' '"""•'^ "-''^^^ ^ulnnnistr.tor 
 o the D.ocese and succeeded the late Archbishop 
 Mclvnnon ,n the See of Arichat in July of the ,Je 
 year. I„ 1880, the See was changed from A.ichat to 
 An ,gon.sh, which had been already for ..any years tie 
 
 touo n,shop Camion's ability „,u, tact by in'L.ing 
 Kim with m,portant aurl delicate missions. I„ is;, i" 
 was sen. .„ Hai-bo,. Grace, Nfld., to a<,j„s, diftioul'ties 
 tbat bad ansen m tba. Diocese. A-ain, in 1885, he went 
 «s Apostobc Delegate to Tbiee Rivers, Qne.. tJ fi. tl 
 boun, anes o the newly fo™ed Dioeese 'of Kicole. an 
 to settle certain financial ditticulties. His power as 
 " pivacher an,l bis scholarly attainments are ,00 well 
 
 «c. Iv o B,s hop ,s writ large over the face of the Dioeese. 
 inder Ins fostering care the n.nnber of priests has in- 
 creased twofold, and all of those ordained nndcr bis 
 regnne are to a man natives of the Diocese. Kight new 
 parishes organised, twenty-three chnrcbes and twenty 
 five presbyteries erected. , ,„vents increased in nnn.be.. 
 
 -\aue. 8 College bndt from the fonndation-all of these 
 works begnn and completed under his auspices - witness 
 
 ".Klc. h,s firm but gentle rule. Well may the priests 
 
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 Of ms Lounsiiip Bisnoi' Camkrox. nO 
 
 and |)LM»i,Io of the Diocese of Antigomsh unite in testify- 
 in- their lilinl love nnd estee.n for the pastor under whose 
 wpinlnMl -uuh.nee they rejoice to find themselves still on 
 tlio completion of the twenty-fifth anniversary of his 
 episcopal eonseciiition. 
 
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 SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES 
 
 ON THK 
 
 HISTORY OF THE DIOCESE OF ANTIGONISH. 
 
 In the year 1817 Nova Scotia, which np to that date 
 had fornied part of the Diocese of Quebec, was erected 
 into a Vicariate immediately subject to the Holy See 
 111 that year the Rev. Edmund Burke, who for sixteen 
 years previously had been ministering to the spiritual 
 wants of the Catholics of Halifax, whHst fulfilling at the 
 same time the functions of Vicar General of the^Rishop 
 of Quebec, was appointed Bishop of Zion and Vicar 
 Apostolic of Nova Scotia. It was only, h >wever, on 
 July Hh of the following- year that he received Episcopal 
 consecration in Quebec at the hands of Bishop Plessis. 
 After his death, which occurred on Nov. 2!)th, \H->0 and 
 for reasons which Ave shall not stop to consider "he're, a 
 prolonged vacancy occurred in the Vicariate of No'va 
 Scotia, as it was not till 1827 that his successor was 
 appointed in the person of the Right Rev. William 
 Phaser, who thus became the second Vicar Apostolic of 
 Nova Scjtia. His consecration as Bishop of Tanen in 
 
40 
 
 S/LVEU Jrull.KK OF THI.' f\.. 
 
 pctrtlbuH took dI'u.i. nf i. .• 
 
 -« .1.0 eo,,„.e,«L; ;; j •'':;'.^''';"- '•-"«-■<' '"l-u.,. 
 ceremony took p|„e;i, , , .^ j'"", °«'-'<'". -"1 .l,o 
 
 »™,- the site of the ele..„„, , "'"^l"" '■"""lencc 
 
 P-en. ..„.„„. „, I'.:;;::;' ;--;■•«.,«,, „„H„« the 
 
 On April 7th, i842 B,,|], u ■ 
 Rev. Wi,|i„,„ Walsh, P ";"^; 7.'»«"«1 „ppoi,„i„„ „,„ 
 
 "■e Bi»I.opof Tanen with tl.;',! of'Tr"' '""''J"""' '" 
 
 Pl«ee in Dublin on May sL ,' "'>"-<•'•"•»" took 
 
 "ecrating prelate bein/tbe M„ ,r. ''■™'' y«"'' "'« con- 
 W^top of Dnblin. On Sep"" !";;?'• *'"™y' ^■-"- 
 Letters issued by the then ,;' '"' ^^ Apostolieal 
 «-egory XVI., L Vica H , S,^?''^. "'^ "oliness 
 ">'o two parts, each ...nt bl "''"'"' ""« ''ividert 
 
 Diocese. The Ri,| t^ • S "T" """ " »^•"•■"""• 
 '0 ">e See of Ariehat, t , „ r::':"- "'" """"'"'"" 
 eastennnost counties of n""' V '""'"' "'" ""■"" 
 ;'""e of the Island of Caplke ^ '" T,""' """ '"" 
 t'oimtic's Of Xovi Sr./.f; ^^'eiou. 1 lie remain ino- 
 
 ea.-e of the Kili,'''" "f,; '""«■" >'""e.- the pastoral 
 
 :--. to ."ie^ui'itrerd^T. j:rr ^^^^^^^ 
 
 4th, 1801. '''' ''^"''^' ^^^J^' Pi«ce on Oct. 
 
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 Despite the difflculties of communication between 
 Rome and Nova Scotia at that comparatively remote 
 period, not many months elapsed before the vacancy 
 thus created was filled by the appointment to the See of 
 Arichat of the late lamented Bishop McKinnon, he being 
 the second occupant of the See. He received Episcopal 
 connecration on Feb. 27, 1852, in St. Mary's Cathedral, 
 Halifax, at the hands of Bishop Walsh, who was himself 
 shortly after— May 4th, 18r)2— promoted to the Archi- 
 episcopal dignity. 
 
 For nearly a quarter of a century did Bishop Mc- 
 Kinnon preside over the Diocese of Arichat, displaying 
 all the qualities of a zealous and prudent Bishop, for it 
 was not until January 19th, 1877, that, owing to his 
 declining health, he felt himself called upon to resign his 
 charge, whereupon his coadjutor, our present revered 
 Ordinary, then known as Bishop of Titopolis, was called 
 upon to assume the administration of the affairs of the 
 Diocese. A few months later — July 17th — on the pro- 
 motion of Mgr. McKinnon to the Archbishopric of Amida 
 i.p. «., His Lordship Bishop Cameron succeeded him as 
 Bishop of Arichat. Archbishop McKinnon did not live 
 long to wear the honor conferred on him by the Holy 
 See, for but two short years later— Sept. 26, 1879— he 
 was oalled.to^his reward. 
 
 On Aug. 23rd, 1886, the title of the See was changed, 
 and since that time the former Diocese of Arichat has 
 been known under its present name of the Diocese of 
 Antigonish. For the details of the administration of 
 
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 SiLVRu Jnwr.KK op tmk Consmkatio' 
 
 Hi8 LoiclHU.p Hinhop Cameron, un ml.ninist.ntion which 
 has 8he(l HO much hmtre upon th. hintory of »!.« Church 
 in Kastern .\ova Scotia, we refer the reader to the other 
 pages of this pamphlet, which we trust will serve to 
 perpetuate the memory of an i.n,,ortant event in hin 
 episcoiuite and we pray vf Denn ilhna sospitev. or fdirem 
 Her vet. 
 
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