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Lorsque le document est trop grand pour §tre reproduit en un seul cliche, il est filmd d partir de Tangle sup6rieur gauche, de gauche d droite, et de haut en bas, en prenant le nombre d'images ndcessaire. Les diagrammes suivants illustrent la m6thode. 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 ; GOLDEN JUBILEE OF THE REVEREND FATHERS DO WD AND TOUPIN, WITH HISTORICAL SKETCH OF IRISH COMMUNITY OF MONTREAL. BIOGRAPHIES OF PASTORS OF " RECOLLET " AND "ST. PATRICK'S," ETC. EDITED BY J. J. CURRAN, Q.C., M.P. PRINTED B\- JOHN LOVELL &> SON" 1887. INDEX. Address of Hon. J. S. D. Thompson, Minister of Justice " " Mayor and Aldermen " " Congregation and Societies A double priestly Jubilee (John Lesperance) Biography— Right Kev, Bishop Phelan Rev. John Joseph Connolly " Patrick Dowd " Joseph Toupin Celebration St. Patrick's School Clergy of St. Patrick's Past and Present Concert of St, Patrick's choir Golden Jubilee Services Letters— Rev. Gavin J.ang " Rev. W. S. Barnes List of Subscribers to Jubilee Fund New St. Patrick's Parish Poems— Miss Anna T. Sadlier " Miss B. Guerin " VV. O. Farmer, Esq. •* A Pinch of Snuff Proceedings of Jubilee Celebration Committee, etc Religious Societies of St. Patrick's Reply of Rev. Father Dowd to Addresses Rise and Progress of Irish Catholic Community Sermon by Right Rev. Bi.shop Walsh St. Patrick's Church " Girls' Sciiool " Orplian Asylum << it (( I, l)azaars Thanks of Rev. Fathers Dowd and T(jupin Victims of Typhus F'ever Page 37 39 40 81 20 24 76 79 72 16 68 2.S 83 84 I IS 70 85 74 73 89 16 60 8 27 15 20 16 »7 88 H LIST OF SUBSCRIBERS TO THE JUBILEE CELEBRATION FUND OF REV. FATHER DOVVD. FOR THE REDUCTION OF THE DEBT ON ST. PATRICKS CHURCH. Assetts, Mrs $500 Aliein, Ann i 00 Ahern, John 3 00 Ahern, Ellen 5 qo Anderson, J. T 10 00 Alt y, Thomas 4 00 Prannan, J. B 50 00 Barry, John 40 00 Byrne, Miss R 25 00 Bermin E 25 00 75 1 00 I CO I CO Chantelou Carr, Emma Coolahan, Sarah Cassidy, Cath . . . Connolly, Sarah, Cluin,John 1000 Cross, Samuel , . 5 00 Conway, James 20 co Cunningham, Catherine loco Cunningham, Mary Ann .... lo 00 Callahiin, Mrs. Felix 10 co Connolly, John 500 Campbell, Cassie 2 00 Collins, James 4000 Coyle,P.J 25 00 Costello, Ellen Cunnis, Mrs. John C.innon, Miss Ann Clarke, John Callaghan, Johanna Cuddy, Michael Curran, John Creamer, W Cliflrord, Widow John Carroll, James Carroll, Joseph , . . . Collection May 19th Callery, Jamps Conaiighton, Margaret Carroll, Philip Clayton, John Callahan, Felix Coghlin, B.J Calgay, Mrs ClifTord, Mrs. Daniel Cass, Mrs. Widow Cunningham, Thomas Dwane, John Delahanty, Michael Doherty, Charles J Doran, William E Dunlop, James Daly, Thomas Dunlop, B Drury, Widow Devins, R.J Duflfy.J.J Duggan, Rev. John, Water- bury, Conn., U.S Doran, William Dredge, Anr ie Dowd, Francis Dwyer, John Doyle, Patrick (baker) Downs, Terence Drake, Richard Dowling, William ......... Drumm, Francis Dillon, Ned Doherty, Hon. Justice Daly, Bridget I 00 1 00 8 00 2 00 2 00 S 00 25 00 S 00 19 72 25 00 5 00 »5S 18 5 00 2 00 S 00 10 00 lo 00 50 00 1 00 10 00 10 00 5 00 loo 00 50 00 50 00 50 00 10 00 10 00 5 00 2 00 100 00 20 oo 25 00 100 00 S 00 20 00 5 00 25 00 5 00 5 00 20 00 10 00 S 00 125 00 I 00 Dooner, Mrs, George , S 00 DufT, Ann i 00 Dunn, John 25 00 Durack, Widow Patrick.... 15 00 Dillon, J. T 5 00 Dillon, J. St. G 10 00 Dillon, R. Lacy 500 Dillon, Frank 5 00 Donnelly, Theresa 3 00 Donnelly, James 5 00 Dunn, James 20 00 Dillon, Frederick 3 00 Dunning, Widow Jas 5 00 Dowling. Michael lo 00 Downey, Mrs. Nora 2 00 Delaney, Mrs 5 00 Elliott Edward loo 00 Emerson, Bernard 10 00 Edwards. Joseph 5 00 Egginton, Jos. A 20 00 • Egan, Michael 2 00 Egan , Patrick 5 00 Elliott, Martin 5000 Enright, Widow John 2 00 Egan, Mary 2 oo Fogarty, Jeremiah loo 00 Feron, Michael 5000 Foley, Jeremiah 50 00 Fallon, John 25 00 Furlong, Mrs. Anne 10 00 Finnan, Bridget i 00 Fr.jnd, A 100 Friend, A 5 00 Feron, Widow Arthur ...... 2 00 Fox, John 2 00 Friend, A lo 00 Friend, A 5000 Friend, A i 00 Fogarty, Timothy Frs 100 00 Friend, A i 00 Friend, A 10 00 Friend, A .... , 10 Oq Fitzgerald, Mary I 00 Friend, A ,, 10 00 Friend, A 2 00 Friend, A 3 00 8 Friend, A lo oo Fogarty, Pat rick 2 oo Friends, Three 3 oo Friend , A 5 oo Friends, Three 3 oo Friend, A 500 Friend, A i 00 Foley, Ann and Winifred, ... 5 00 Friend, A loo 00 Flood, Mary 2 00 P'eeney, Cath 6 00 Friend, A.. l 00 Friend, A 2 00 Friend, A i 00 Friend, A i 00 Friend, A (per Father Toupin, name forgotten) 5 00 Ferguson, Thos 500 Friend, A 5 00 Fal -.on, Martin 400 Farrell, Widow John 5 00 Friend, A 2 00 Friend, A i 00 Fayer, Miss 050 Flanagan, M. M. J ro 00 Funchion, Mary i 00 Friend, A 200 Friend, A i 00 Fit/,gerald, Thomas 5 00 Finn, Timothy 5 00 Friend, A 3 00 Farrell, Mrs. Wm 5 00 Friend, A i 50 Friend, A 100 Friend, A 2 00 Friend, A 2 00 Friend, A lo 00 Friend, A 025 Friend, A 5 00 Fallon, Rev. P 25 00 Friend, A 200 Friend, A 1 00 Friend, A i 00 Friend, A o 25 Farrell, William 50 00 Fitzpatrick, Jane 5 00 Friends, Two 2 00 Fowler, Prof, J. A . . 20 00 Friend, A 2 00 Friend, A o 50 Friend, A 5 00 Friend, A 5 00 '^'^ley, Mrs. Jeremiah 5 00 Friend, A I co Friend, A 375 0° Friend, A I 50 Flynn, Mrs. Lawrence 5 00 Grant, George K loo 00 Griffin, Widow 5 00 Gorrie, Michael 5 00 Gleeson, Bridget lo 00 Gaherty, John 5 00 Grace, Patrick , . . . loo 00 Groome, P. M 25 00 Gorman, Michael lo oj Gilligan, John 5 00 Gunning, Bernard 5 00 Green, Thomas 10 00 Gallagher, Widow Patrick . . 25 00 Grubert, Lawrence ic 00 George, W., (surname forgotten) 4 86 Geherty, Denis (Cardlon). .. 5 00 Hingston, Dr. W. H 250 00 Hodson, William li 50 00 Hewitt, Thomas.... 4 00 Hamill, Patrick, jun 2 00 Hamill, Patrick, sen 2 co Hearn, Ann 2 00 Hamilton, Widow John.... 2 00 Hughes, Michael, sergt 15 00 Hart, Martin 25 00 Hallinan, John 3 00 Heaney, Widow 2 00 Harris — I 00 Harris, Arthur I 00 Hart, Widow Martin 10 00 Hackett, Widow James 2 00 Harvey, Thomas 1000 Hughes, Louis ............ 30 00 Hay vern, John 2 00 Hetherson, Mary 4 00 Hunt, John J 4 00 r- Hart, O. and E 5000 I lasselt, Mrs. Thos 10 00 Iloiland, Mrs. Tnos 2 00 Hea{,'arty, John 25 00 1 larrinyton, Mary 20 00 Hanton, Mary i 00 Irwin, Kdward loo o Irwin, Eddy D lo l Irwin, Mary Eleanor.... ... lo 00 Irwin, Walter Patrick lo 00 Irwin, Katy lo 00 Irwin, Frank Hartley lo 00 Irwin, Ethel Clare lo 00 Ivery, Widow James 4 00 Jones, Widow o 50 Johnston, Anastasia i 00 Jensen John L loo 00 Jolinston, Mrs i 00 Kavanagh, Michael 250 00 Kelly, Patrick loo 00 Kn vanagh, Walter loo 00 Kennedy, Mrs. John 5 00 Kennedy, Catherine 5 00 Kennedy, J met 5 00 Kelly, Mary 200 Kelly, Mary (another) , 2 00 Kennedy, Jolin 5 00 Ker, Thomas 25 00 Kelly, William 5 00 Kehoe, Patrick S 00 Kavanagh. Mary 3 00 Kiernan, William 5 00 Kitiy, Mrs 5 00 Kelly, Mrs 5 00 Kirby, Patrick 5 00 Kinsella, James 10 00 Kennedy, J. G 2000 Kennedy, N lo 00 Kennedy, Patrick loo 00 Kane, Sarah 5 00 Kiely Richard 5 00 Kenehan, James 5 00 Kavanagh, Henry 30 qo Kenny, Bridj^et i 00 Lanning, J. J 2500 I-ove, T. H 100 00 I.yf s, Uridget ... 500 l.ogiic, Jane 5 00 Lynch, MichicI 2 00 Lawless, Marcella 3I 75 Loye, Francis 5 00 Lovit, Mrs 500 Laverty, M. P lo 00 Laverty, Mrs. Jo-tph. 2 00 Laforce, Mrs. Widow 5 00 Murphy, Edward looo 00 Murphy, John B looo oo MuUin, James E 50000 Milloy, J. J 100 00 Mullin, Widow John 50 00 Menzies, Augustus 50 00 Maloney, Michael 25 00 Moore, Mary Ann 25 00 Massett, Robert 12 00 Marshall, Miss I 00 Murphy, James 5 00 Martin, Patrick 20 00 Muldoon, Patrick Neil 3 00 Moynaugh, Patrick 20 00 Mullin, Daniel 50 co Moran, Edward 25 00 Murphy, Patrick 5 00 Marshall, Miss Ann 5 00 Murren, Henry 5 00 Mansfield, Richard 5 00 Morley, Michael 50 00 Mullin, Patrick 100 00 Mulcair, Bros 50 00 Murphy, Ann 400 Morgan, Edward 2 00 Maddock, Patrick 4 00 Moore, M rs 5 00 Mullin, Thomas 10 00 5 00 5 00 5 00 S 00 5 00 5 c^ 5 o. Maher, Bridget Mathews, Patrick Malone, Ellen Morrissey, Thomas Murphy, Mrs. Ed. ( St- Jos. St Murphy, James Murphy, Patrick Edw Malone, Ann 10 00 I MuUarkey, Michael 50 00 M.ilone, Kate Maher, Mrs. Terence Main, James. . ., Mcdarvcy, Owen. McCready, James McSliane, (I Ion . ) James .... MclCniyre, I )aniel McEntyie.John McCrory, P McCJoldrick, I» Mc Andrew. M. J Mc Anally, R McCarthy, Callaghan Mclnerney, Jolin McDonald, Mary McCarthy, Mrs McDonald,! nily McBrarty, John McClanngan, D McDermott, Widow McDonald, Daniel McKenna, Widow Thos.... McCready. " ' 'ow Robt.... McNama McM.ihon ,, ..'W McAran, James McCarthy, James McCarthy, Mrs. Elizabeth... McLaugiilin, Miss Ann McCormiick , Maggie McFee, Mrs McCall, Philip McMalion, Ellen McCulloch, Miss Mary McCall, Edward McCann, Josepii McMahon, Michael McCarthy, Win McDonald, Ann McDonnell, Mrs. John McCready, Michael McGreevy, Patrick McCabe, Patrick McDonald, Kate , McDonald, Lizzie McCaffrey, Mrs. Margaret . . 3 oo 5 oo 20 OO lOOO OO 500 00 2CO 00 100 00 100 00 ' 1 00 50 00 25 00 25 00 10 CO 10 00 5 00 I 00 I 0. 5 00 50 GO 25 00 2 00 10 00 25 00 2 00 3 00 10 00 5 00 2 00 40 00 I 00 I 00 5 00 3 00 10 00 10 00 5 00 10 00 5 00 I 00 4 00 50 00 10 00 15 00 5 00 5 00 5 00 McCuire, Julia 5 00 McIIenry, Miss Isaljella 5 00 McQuilken, Mrs 2 00 McKcown, Patrick 10 00 McNally, Uernard 50 00 McKenna, Patrick (florist).. 10 00 McCabe, Mary 2 43 McDonald, Elizabeth 5 00 McDonald, Emily 5 00 McDon;.,d, Janet I 00 McDonough, John 5 c McCaffrey, Dennis lo 00 McGuire, Jami s 5 00 McManus, Mary Ann 5 00 McNulty, Elizabeth 5 00 AlcCarthy, Rev. Father 50 00 McDonald, Maggie 2 00 McDonnell, Ann i 00 McGuire, Wm 4 00 M.icdonald, Dr. J. A 10 co McCurragh, T'^nbella 20 00 McCornnck, Widow Michael 5 00 McPhersufi, A 5 00 McDonald, Margaret 2 00 McCrory, Joseph 25 00 McPhail, E''...c'.)eth 2 00 McGarr, > ichael 5 00 McKenzie, John 10 00 Nugent, J. P 5000 Nelligan, Patrick 10 00 Nugent , James 5 00 Nolan, Charles 2 00 Nolan, John 2 co Nibbs, Mrs 5 00 Nolan, Julia 500 Newman, Mrs i 00 O' Ikien, James looo 00 O'Hara, William J 50000 O'Connor, James lo 00 O'Sulliv.in, Florence 3 00 O'Shaughnessy, M lo 00 O'Neil, Cath 200 O'Sullivan, Mrs. Margt 5 00 O'Connell, Michael lo 00 O'Loughlin, Martin J 10 00 O'Neil, Patrick 10 00 liN 0'I.eary, John O'Neil, T.J , O'Reilly, Bernard O'Sullivan, Michael O'Brien, Mrs. T.... O'Brien, Patrick O'Shaughnessy, James ONeil, D rhelan, M Potts, John Power, Bridget, widow Powers, Misses Piatt, — (Plate.iu St) Pendergast, Ann Pendergast, Mary Power, Widow Richard Price, Martin Parishioner, A Phelan, D Quinn, Michael Quipp.J. E, H Quinn, Widow Mary Qiielch, Ellen Q'inn, Widow James Ryan, Hon. Thomas Ryan, M. P Reiplinger, John Reynolds, P Rawley, Richard Redmond, Widow Reilly, Jane Reilly, William Ryan, Mrs. Patrick Rowell, Mrs Reilly, Thos. (Valine St.)... Ryan, widow Michael Ryan, Hon. Thos. and Mrs. (2nd) Ronayne, Edw. P Routh, Widow Ryan, Elizabeth Rowan, Peter Ryan, Catherine Rabaut, Chas. P. (Detroit) . . Roerty, Julia Rutledge, Mary , , Styles, Thomas . . . , , S oo S Oo 2 oo lO CO S oo lo oo lo oo lo oo 50 00 25 00 2 00 5 00 4 00 5 00 2 00 2 00 5 00 5 00 50 00 loo 00 10 00 5 00 2 00 5 00 I 000 00 500 00 50 00 25 00 20 00 20 00 10 00 25 00 10 00 5 00 loo 00 lo 00 50 00 25 00 2 00 I GO 00 lO 00 I 25 20 00 I 00 5 00 20 00 6 Shea, Jeremiah lo 00 Sinnett, D e 00 Sinneft, Mrs 500 Stuart, Mrs i 00 Smith, Patrick 5 00 Sadlier, Mrs 25 00 Sadlier, James A 200 00 Servant girl, A i 00 Semple, J. H 20000 ."Servants, Two 2 00 Sharkey, James 3 00 Stapleton, Miss Mary 5 00 Smith, Chas. F loo 00 Sheridan, Wm. Patrick 5 00 Sharkey, Ellen 5 00 Scanlan, Mrs 5 00 Scullion, Edward 5 00 Stark, Patrick 6 00 Sibbins, Mary Ann i 00 Silby, William 400 Sharkey, Michael lo 00 Sheppard, Jonathan i 00 Starr, Timothy 10 00 Starr, Mrs. Christina lo 00 Symmons, Mrs 400 Smith, Widow Bridget 5 00 Sparks, Misses 5 00 Scullion, H. M 200 Servant girl, A 5000 Stewart, Wm 200 Servants, '1 wo 400 Smith, James o 50 Stack, Edward lo 00 Shea, John S 200 Smith, James H 2 00 Slavin, Agnes 2 00 Tansey, Bernard loo oo liflin, Widow Thos 100 00 Tierney, Henry 500 Toomey, John ... i 00 Trumble, Mrs. Margaret .... 1 00 Tansey, James 5 00 'ITiompson, The Hon. Mr. (Minister of Justice) 20 00 Todd, Ann i 00 Wright, P 100 00 Wright, Michael Waddell, Thomas H Waddell, Henry >. Whelan, Widow Edw Walsh, Julia Warnock, M ss Elien Waddell, Mrs.T.H Wall, Henry Wood, Arthur Walsh, James Jos Warren, Robt. (Mayor St). . . Wall, Thomas Wall, Thos., jun 50 00 20 00 10 00 5 00 2 00 2 00 10 00 5 00 5 00 3 00 20 00 S 00 5 00 Wall, Joseph 500 Wall, James (Donegana St.). 50 00 Wilson, William , 20 00 Ward, William 200 Ward, Henry J i,, 00 Watt, Ellen 5 00 Walsh, Widow Michael 20 00 Whelan, Widow Ann loo 00 Walsh, Catherine 5 00 Whelan, Widow John 5 00 Whelan, John P 50000 Wallace, John 200 SOCIETIES, St. Patrick's Society $100 00 " Choir 230 00 " School (girls). 300 00 Ex-pupils, St. Patrick's Sch. (girls) 65 GO St. Patrick's T. A. &> B.Soc. 500 00 Ladies of Charity and friends. looo 00 Living Rosary Children of Catechism Cath. Young Men's Society. Leo Club Children of Mary Orphans, Relatives of. Non-Catholic friends 251 25 544 25 205 00 106 49 200 00 50 00 387 00 mm INTRODUCTORY. RISE AND PROGRESS OF THE IRISH CATHOLIC COMMUNITY IN THE CITY OK IvlONTREAL AND VICINITY. ^HE 19th day of May, 1887, will long be remembered by 1^ the citizens of Montreal, and more especially by the Irish Catholic worshippers at the shrine of Saint Patrick. It was truly a great day, great for the city because its celebration called forth Christian sentiments of brotherly love amongst all classes and creeds in the community, evoked by a feeling of admiration for a lifetime spent in the practice of heroic virtues ; great for those specially committed to the charge of the venerable Pastor whose Jubilee was being held because of the magnificent results it has already produced and those that are likely to flow from it in the early future. A narrative of the many forms in which the gratitude of a people to a beloved pastor, and one of his most zealous asso- ciates, honoring together the 50th anniversary of the day on which they consecrated themselves to the service of the Most High, and were ordained His priests for ever, would form a neat little memento of so auspicious an event ; yet we may be permitted to make of that day an epoch, in another sense, and choose it as the point from which to glance at the history of the congregation engaged in its celebration. To-day the position of the Irish Catholic community of Montreal and its vicinity is one of influence, power and prestige. The assessment rolls are evidence of the interest they command to the extent of millions of dollars. Their hold on commerce and manufactures, their representation in the Judiciary, in 9 the Senate and Commons of the Dominion, in the Local Legis- lature, at the Aldermanic board, in the various ofifices of trust and emolument connected with public affairs and their place in the learned professions, by men of their race and creed, leave no room for cavil. Census returns are scarcely needed to establish numerical strength, when not only the throngs that worship at St. Patrick's from early morn until noon at the successive masses, but the congregations of Saint Ann and Saint Anthony, Saint Gabriel and Saint Mary m, be viewed every Sunday, and are the living evidence of how the Irish Catholic population of this great and growing city have increased and multiplied and preserved the inestimable boon of the faith of their fathers. With all this in view, and other unmistakeable signs of moral and material progress, can it be realized that only a few years ago the Irish Catholics of Montreal were so mere a handful as not even to attract notice to their existence, and that it was only in 1817 a zealous priest of Saint Sulpice learned that a small colony of the sons and daughters of the Green Isle were to be met every Sunday, pouring forth their supplication to God at the shrine of His Immaculate Mother, Notre Dame de Bonseconrs. It was but natural they should have flocked there, their lively faith was intensified by their isolation in a strange land, and the sequel shows that they appealed not in vain for the pro- tection of Our Lady of Good Help. In 18 17 the Rev. Father Richards of the S* S. discovered this little band of Irish Catholic worshippers, numbering not more than from 30 to 50 adults. They increased but slowly, since in a directory of the city published in 18 19 we find not more than 30 names that could be identified as hailing from Ireland, and in 1820 their number was still so small that a prominent gentleman who visited the Bonsccours church in that year stated, "he "could have covered with a good sized parlor carpet all the " Irish Catholics worshipping there on Sundays." The tide of immigration soon set in, and in 1830, the congregation had largely increased. At that time the old "RecoUet" mr 10 church on Notre Dame street was considerably enlarged, and in the following year was reopened for the use of the Irish Catholics of the centre and western portion of the city, those of the eastern section still remaining attached to Notre Dame de Bonscconrs. From that time until the opening of St. Pat- rick's the Recollet was the religious head-quartersof the Irish Catholics of Montreal. There the Rev. Father, afterwards Bishop, Phelan commenced his most remarkable career of usefulness as pastor of our people. The indefatigable Father Richards still continued his labors in the interest of the section of the community to which he was so devotedly attached. In 1 829 the church of Notre Dame, commonly known amongst the English speaking residents of Montreal to this day as the " French Church," was opened. There the Rev. Father gathered the Irish soldiers in the British Garrison then stationed here every Sunday morning at eight o'clock mass, and numbers of Irish Catholic civilians unable to attend morning service at the " Recollet," used to flock and assist at the holy sacrifice at the Virgin's Altar when a short but impressive sermon was invariably preached. The contingent from Ireland swelled to large proportions in 1831-32, and the "Recollet" became altogether inadequate to the wants of the people. Not only was the sacred edifice crammed to suff"ocation at High Mass, but across Notre Dame street and in Dollard lane, opposite to the line of St. James street, the devout worshippers actually knelt in the road way in rain or sunshine. This rapid increase necessarily gave rise to a demand for further accommodation, and room had to be found for the Irish who could not attend Mass at the Recollet, and crowded the low masses in Notre Dame, Bonsecours and other churches. R.ev. Father Patrick Phelan, who was ordained in 1825, continued his pastorate at the Recollet Church till his consecration as co-adjutor Bishop of Kingston in 1843. His successor was Rev. J. J. Connolly. Tlie relief came at last. After several meetings of the Irish Catholics, in 11 which urgent representations were made to the Seminary and Fabrique on the absolute necf^ssity of a new church, the Fabrique determined upon buildinf^ one which should bear the title of their patron St. Patrick. In this consummation they were efficaciously assisted by the Abbe Qu;blier, Superior of the Seminary of St. Sulpice, who held the Irish in high esteem, with full appreciation of their services tc the cause of religion, in consequence of which he stror.gly supported their claims in the premises. No time was lost ; on the 20th May, 1C43, the purchase of the land was made, comprising the area bounded by Lagauche- tiere, St. Alexander and Dorchester streets (including the sites of St. Patrick's Orphan Asylum and St. Bridget's Home and Night Refuge, the property was bought of the Roche- blave family for ;{:5,ooo or $20,000. Shortly afterwards the ground was broken and blessed by the Bishop of Montreal and a cross was planted according to usage. Immediately the work of digging the foundation was begun, and on the 26th of September of the same year, the corner stones were blessed and laid. They were seven in number ; they were blessed by the Bishop, Monseigneur Ig. Bourget, and laid by the following:— 1st by the Bishop, 2nd by the Mayor, 3rd Speaker of House of Assembly, 4th by Chief Justice, 5th by President Irish Temperance Association, 6th by President St. Patrick's Society, 7th by President Hibernian Benevolent Society. The work was prosecuted with vigor, through the zealous efforts of the Fabrique, under the superintendence of Messrs. Compte & Marr, and all the materials employed \vere of the' most desirable and substantial character. Finally, on the 17th March, 1847, the church was dedicated to the honor of St. Patrick, and the inauguration partook largely of the cere- monial generally observed on the festival of the patron Saint of Ireland. Early in the morning of that day, all the Irish Societi 3 comprising the St. Patrick's Society, the Hiber- nian Benevolent Society and the Irish Catholic Temperance nil! 13 Society, with the children of the Christian Brothers attached to the RecoUet Church, and the whole body of the Irish Cathoh'cs of the city, joined in grand procession, accompanied by banners and bands at the Recollet Church, on Notre Dame street, and marched to the Place d'Armes, where they were joined by the Bishop of Montreal and a number of the clergy of Notre Dame and others, whom the societies con- ducted to the new church. The attendance of clergy and laity was so large that th(! sacred edifice was packed to the doors. High Mass was celebrated by Right Rev. J. C. Prince, coadjutor of the Bishop of Montreal, assisted by a number of gentlemen of the Seminary. The eloquent sermon on the occasion was preached by Rev. J. J. Connolly, director of the Irish Catholics of Montreal, to the text : " Build the house and it shall be acceptable to me. I shall be glorified." The further success of the demonstration may be gathered from the collection taken up at mass, amounting to ;^53 or $212, a large sum for those times. After the celebration of the Holy Sacrifice, the procession was reformed and paraded the street, according to the custom on St. Patrick's Day. Father Connolly continued to preside over the fortunes of the new church and parish until i860, when he resigned and it became necessary to find his successor. Several years before, in 1846, very Rev. M. Quiblier, superior of the Se- minary, who always remained the staunch friend of the Irish Catholics, had visited Ireland expressly to recruit priests for them, and obtained permission from the then Primate of all Ireland, the Most Rev. Dr. Crolly, for the transfer to Montreal of Revs. Fathers Dowd, O'Brien, McCullough and others, all of them distinguished for their piety, zeal and eloquence, while Fathers Dowd and O'Brien were further noted for their great administrative abilities. The choice of a new pastor was therefore an easy task, and Father Dowd, appointed by the Seminary, entered upon those duties which he has discharged uninterruptedly for the past 27 years. The year 1847 was further painfully memorable for the 13 Irish Catholics of Montreal in the outbreak and ravages of cyphus fever. A few months after the opening of St. Patrick's Church, a number of the clergy of St. Sulpice contracted the pestilence, while attending the poor Irish immigrants at the fever sheds. Point St. Ciiar'es, where the pastor, P^ather Con- nolly, had distmguished himself by his zeal and great labors among the infected, and several of these devoted men died the death of martyrs, among them being the venerable P\ither Richards and Father Morgan, a cousin of Father Dowd, who had pre^^eded him to Canada by a few years, and several others. In consequence of this great mortality, the Seminary secured the aid of five Jesuit P'athers, just arrived in the country, and for a few years these assisted in the min- istry of St. Patrick's until the Seminary found means to do the work once more through its own members. The more recent history of the congregation is fresh in the minds of all who feel an interest therein. One of its pleasing features was the pilgrimage to Rome headed by the Rev. P'ather Dowd in 1877 when the good priest had the pleasure of laying at the feet of Pope Pius IX. the sum of $6,000 as the contribu- tion of his parishioners to His Holiness. A brief sketch of tne new parish of St. Patrick's under the late parochial distribution will be found in another part of this little volume. As already mentioned, the parishes of St. Ann and St. Anthony, St. Gabriel and St. Mary each have their large contingent of the Irish Catholic population of the City of Montreal, but all look up to the venerable pastor of St. Pat- rick's as the father of the Irish Catholic people of this city and district. His career proves him to have been a Providential man. Coming at a critical moment in our people's his^^ory, he has guided their steps and unceasingly watched and un- flinchingly contended for their interests. They were growing in number but lacking the institutions necessary to consolida- tion ; these his great powers of administration have provided. His like we may never see again, but the influence of his master mind will be felt long after the call shall have gone forth 14 summoning him to the eternal reward of his .- rduous labors. The Irish Catholics ot' Montreal v/ill ^ver look to St. Patrick's as the great centre towards which all their general interests converge. Animalpd by the zeal and formed in the school of the venerable pastor, others will, in God's own time, be found to carry out the broad and comprehensive policy he has so wisely devised ; but Heaven grant that the day may be far distant when our people shall be deprived of the inestimable benefits that are daily being conferred upon them by the powerful intellect and boundless sympathies of their ever loving and beloved Father Dowd. Priests who died during the Typhus. . Rev. Father Morgan. " «' Richards. Rev. Father Richard. " " Mclnerney. Rev. Father Hudon, V.G. Mayor Mills. Sisters. M. Adeline Limoges (Novice), M. Angelique Chevrefils. Janet Collins (Novice). M. Rose Barbeau. M. Alodie Bruydre (Postulant). Charlotte Pominville. M. Anne Nobles. )ors. ick's *ests )1 of lund s so : far able the ever nt). r ST. PATRICK'S CHURCH. < u rt o 5 ^^T. PATRICK'S CHURCH is of the Gothic style of archi- J»^^ tc'cture of tlie 14th and 15th centuries. Its extreme length is 233ft and extreme width, 105ft. The foundation walls are loft thick and the height of the ceiling is 85ft. The height of tlie steeple is 228ft. The CInirch has three han^.ome and very appropriate altars — the main and two in the lateral chapels, and stained glass windows which are a highly effective ecclesiastical ornament. These altars were erected in place of the temporary shrines used before, and a*; the same date, the gilding, painting and ornamentation of the Church was done, and the stained glass also put in, by means of the voluntary subscriptions of the congregation, at a cost of between $40,000 to $50,000. The acoustic properties of St. Patrick's are admirably adapted for preaching and music; and the organ, a gift of the congregatitjn, has an excellent tone, while for size and volume it is well adapted to the requirements of the temple. There are two bells, having been chosen from four that formerly hung in the steeple of the old French Church or Notre Dame. The large one v.hich was called La Vieille Chartotte, is of French make, and it is said like old bells generally, made in France, to have silver in its composition, which would account for it singularly fine tone. Litde is known about the smaller bell, but it must be added that a third is much required, having the tone a pitch between the two. It is to be hoped that some member or members of the congregation will appreciate the need of completing the set by presenting this third bell to the Church. NEW ST. PATRICK'S PARISH. small territory included within the following bounds was as- signed to St. Patrick's, by the late Bishop Bourget, viz: bounded on the East by Bleury Street from Craig to Sherbrooke Streets, on the North by Sherbrooke from Bleury to Mountain Streets, on the West by Mountain from Sherbrooke to St. Antoine and South by St. Antoine and Craig to the corner of Bleury Street. ir. The French Canadians within this territory were to be parishioners of St. Patrick's ? This state of things was not approved of by the Holy See — the systeni wf national churches or l)y language was adoi)tcd as better suited to the mixed condition of the people. The English speaking Cath()lic:s, assigned by Uislu^i) JJourget to St. Patrick's, Notre Dame and St. James, were attached as parishioners to St. Patrick's Chuich, and the territory of St. Patrick's now extends from Mountain Street to Amherst Street, West and East and from S/ierbtcke Street to IVilliain Street, along William Street and down Oicy n Street to the /i'/7'^r, along the River front to Amherst, up Ami.^.st *o City JSonndary and back by St. Lmvrencc and Slier brooke to Moid ' 'n St. St. Patrick' Church has been distinguished from the begn.ning for the number and character of its religious, charitable, social and literary institutions, all of which have an extensive membership and are productive of good in many ways. Among these bodies are: — St. Patrick's Total Abstinence Society. The Scr pillar Society. The I.iviny Kosary. The Ladies of Charity. The Catholic Voung Men's Society. The I^o Club. The Catechism Society. Children of Mary. The following are among the clergymen who officiated at diffe- rent times in St. Patrick's Church since its opening in 1847 — Rev. Father Richanls. Rev. Father O'Farrell (Now Bishop) (t Connolly. (1 Brown . << O'Connell. (C Bakewell. << Morgan. <( Toupin . (< McCullough tl M. Calhighan. K MacMahon « J Callaghan. i( Dowd. ( i.cckiire. The present staff of the Church is : — Rev. P. Dowd, Director, Rev. M . Callaghan. (( M. Toupin. (( J. Ca llaghan. li J. McCallen. II J- Q^ inlivan. ST. PATRICK'S ORPHAN ASYLUM. 'HE terrible visitation of the typhus fever in 1847-48 was the immediate occasion of the establishment of an Orphan Asylum. A home became indispensable for the children whose parents fell it victims, on th-.. arri-al in Canada, to that fearful ei)idomic. The foundations of tlic Montreal St. Patrick's Orphan Asylum were laid in the fall of 1849, ^"^ 'he Institution was opened for the admission of children the 21st November, 185 1. At a time when labor and materials were cheap, the building of the St. Patrick's Orphan Asylum cost nearly i?2o,ooo.oo. This amount was promptly made up through subscriptions and collectioii:;, and a bequest of $4,000.00 left by the late Bartholomew O'Urien. In less than three months after the children first entered the Asylum all the building debt was paid. The number of children admitted into the St. Patrick's Asylum since the beginning to the end of 1886 was 2436. The average number in the house, at the same time, was 170. The average yearly cost of supporting the Institution is $10,000.00 The children of the Orphan Asylum are well prepared by a good education for a useful life i"" society, the little girls are trained in the house by the good Sisters ; the boys attend the schools of the Chris- tian Brothers in the city. From the beginning the Asylum has been under the motherly care of the good Grey Nuns. The Asylum is a civil Corporation, consisting of a Rev. Director and of ten Trustees. One of the principal sources of revenue of the St. Patrick's Or- phan Asylum has been the annual bazaar, under the auspices of the Ladies of St. Patrick's Congregation. In the foUov ng letter from the pen of Mr. Edwaid Murphy (one o*" the Directors of the Institution), published orgmally in " Le Bazaar " of the Cathedral, the details of the history of the Orphan's Bazaar are given and will be read with interest. u A REMARKABLE AND CREDITABLE RECORD. HISTORY or ST. PATRICK'S ORPHAN BAZAARS, FROM THEIR INCEPTION TILL 1885. ^HE idea of a Bazaar, to be held each year for the support of the lis orphans of St. Patrick's Asylum, originated with a society cf Irish ladies, belonging principally to the St. Patrick's congregation, in the year 1848. The first bazaar was held in October, 1849, i" the St. Lawrence Hall, then newly built but not quite finished or B •Ml 18 occupied, which was k.. ..^ placed at the disposal of the Ladies of Chaiity by Mr. Corse, the owner, and a bazaar was held in the same month, with one exception, every year down to 1884. In 1885, it was not considered prudent to hold a bazaar on account of the great prevalence of smallpox. For that year the ladies pro- vided for the wants of the orphans as best they could by collecting on their lists and holding their raffles in private. From 1849 to 1884, both years included, thirty-six (36) bazaars were held without interruption, and realized in the aggregate the very large sum of one hundred and thirty-five thousand and nhiety-jiine dollars and thirty-six cents (135,099.36.) This remarkable success is owing to the universal sympathy felt for the poor orphans, and which was shared in fully as much by Protestants as by Catholics. These bazaars, like many other good works, sprang from small beginnings, the first (in 1849) realized ^130 ($520), the second (in 1850) realized .£275 (1060), from which it grew up to a maximum of $5000 and over, at which sum it remained for many years, making the magnificent sum of over $135,000 in thirty-six years as seen above. The society of Irish ladies that conducted the bazaar from year to year changed its lady president only five times during the whole period of thirty-seven (37) years. The rimes of these worthy presi- dents deserve to be recorded. The first was Mrs. Charles Wilson, Mdm. Valliere de St. Real, Mrs. M. P. Ryan, Mrs. William Brennan, and the actual president, Mrs. Edward Murphy. In the case of all these ladies a gentle force had to be used to determine them to accept the honor of president. The fear lest the dear cause of charity should suffer in their refusal was common to all. Hence God blessed part, their labors, in which every member of the society took a willing and the work of charity continued to prosper in their united hands ^ because the true spirit of charity lived in their hearts, and kept them all together as one and the same family. It must in justice be observed that for very many of these years the wonderful success of the St. Patrick's bazaars has been due, in no small measure, to the fostering care and heart warm encourage- ment of the venerable and beloved pastor of St. Patrick'3, Rev. Father Dowd. We are pleased to learn that the Ladies of Charity of St. Patrick's congregation, early in May last, unanimously resolved to postpone their annual bazaar for the orphans from October, the month it was ■ i i 19 always held in, till November next, to allow the ladies of that parish full opportunity of working for St. Peter's Cathedral bazaar. We are happy to see that a large number of those ladies are working for that grand object, and we hope that in consideration of their having postponed the Orphans' Bazaar that they will be rewarded by the very general support of the benevolent to that most deserving charity. EDW. MURPHY. Montreal, 20th September, 1886. ST. BRIDGET'S REFUGE. 'HE St. Bridget's Refuge was opened for the admission of the poor in i 65. It has a three-fold object; — to support old men and women; to give night-lodging to the destitute, without distinction of race or religion, and to protect female servants out of platje. The cost of the building was $28,978.48, and of the first furniture outfit $4,186.37. The whole cost of building, and first outfit, was met by collections, except a bequest by Mr. Marsteller, of $6000.00 and a donation by the Seminary of $4,000.00. From 1865 to 1886 inclusive, there was the following relief, given by the Refuge, viz : — Night-lodgings with breakfast 203,461 thus divided : To Catholics 171,852 To Protestants 31,609 203,461 To Irish Catholics 154, 160 To French Canadians 30, 1 69 To English 14,767 To Scotch , 4>365 203,461 The average number of old infirm men and women in Refuge at same time 100. The average number of servants placed out of Refuge yearly 3