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Show UNDER INTERDICT. i Amid the Sobbing of the People and the Chanting cf the "Miserer,' a Canadian Church Is Strippad. Rev. Canon Archa-mbault of Montreal, Mon-treal, acting under instructions from Archbishop Bruchesi, recently placed under solemn interdict the chantil of St. Igrac . e Loyola. It was one of the most impressive scones that can be witnessed in a Catholic church, says a Canadian exchan.gc. The parish of St. Ignace de Loyola was formed in August, Aug-ust, 1S95. Its? tceritc-ry i omncr.cri of a number cf islands situated in the St. Lawrence at the head of Lake Suncior, ar.;l it belongs to the county of Ber-thier. Ber-thier. Rev. O. Lachapolie was ks ludt cure. There was. difficulty from the start fire a.s regarded the site of the church, and "then regarding th.2 election elec-tion of church warder s It "was at the ciection of the latter that a disgraceful scene occurred in the chapel, the pric.-.H himself beirig submitted to a great deal of humiliation. On learning the facts the Archbishop do-ided to apply the strinigent rules of discipline in such cast:. The sad occurrence had not taken liace. it is true, while the H6st was in the church, but His f.lrace felt that the temple had been deist'.Tated, and he decided to plaice it under interdict, though the great- majority of th3 par-isti par-isti had taken no part in the disturbance disturb-ance and deeppy regrettoJ what had happened. Sevevxl of the guilty parties par-ties have since askeid pardon for their actiioFk and it is probable that before lonr the interdiction will be raised. The' Archbishop, being unable to go therehimself, sent the reverend canon, who proceeded to the ceremony with all th formalities decreed by canon law. In the Archbishop's deero?, which the reverend canon read to the parishon-ers. parishon-ers. His Grace, after recalling what had occurred, declared that until further fur-ther orders no solemn ceremony would he held in the chapel or in the now church, but nevertheless he would allow al-low the saying of a Low Mass at 9 o'clock on Sunday morning and on days of obligation. The Blessed Sacrament would not be allowed to remain in the parish and the doors of the chapel and church would remain closed at all times except during dur-ing Low Mass. The sacrament of baptism bap-tism and marriages wrould be administered admin-istered in the sacristy, and the interments inter-ments take place in the cemetery without with-out any service -beln-. ,clwited. The cure during the interdiction, would reside re-side at Berthier'. where1 the" u-arihion- j crs would have to go for him for thu ; administe: i!ic cf sacrametvs of x-i x-i treme unction, l cptis-n an 1 n-.arrit' I The cure wan authorized to g to St. ! Ignace on the eve of Sundays and j fe-asts of obligation t- hear coinessn..is j in the sarrircv. His Grace concludes his dn-ree as foi-I foi-I lows: "It is with teaivi in our eves, i our dear brethren, that we write these lines. The day of the Epirhany will ! remain em-aver, in vour minds con- n acted with painful t(-r..:.:ln;u..i ... good will have to f-jffer for guilty, and this i:? what pair us n .Mi" God grant that the guilty cr-ites--- t r-- guilt! Let them repent and make an amends honourable to th i-asiM' .i i i they have so unwerthily treated and I to God, whose temple they have profaned! pro-faned! We will be happy to extend I mercy to them and to raise the inter- ' ! diet which duty has impe-'.lenl usi to a.p- ; ply to the parish cf St. Ignace of Loy- : c-n." ! After the reading of the doere am! J : the sobbing of a large- number of peo- pie in the church, tho !-r.-:i hnym to I toll, and as the chrt-ir chanted th? "Miserere," "Mis-erere," the altar was strir pe 1 oi' ail its ornaments- and lft bare ur:.i! th-' day : of rardon arrives. The Archbishop's action has create ! j a tremendous ronsation in tho district, j as it is rare that :':?h extreme meas- j ures ar? rcortc-d to. 1 |