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Show HIS G0LDEN JUBILEE. Catholic Societies of Brooklyn to Celebrate Cele-brate the 50th Anniversary of Biehop Laughlin'i Ministry, TO BE GIVEN A PUBSE OF $100,000. A Fitting Testimonial of the Esteem in Which the Venerable Prelate is held A Grand Parade Tomorrow. Brooklyn. N.Y., Oct. 17. Special. All the Catholic societies of this city have for many mouths been making preparations for the celebration of Bishop Laughlin's golden jubilee, which occurs tomorrow. , is designed to make the exercises as imposing and significant as possible and to permit as many persons as desire to take part in the ceremonies to do so. To this end the committe having the matter in charge decided to extend the celebration celebra-tion over three days. This evening the Venerable prelate will be given a public reception at tho Palace rink, when he will also be presented with a purse of $100,000, as a testimonial of the appreciation appre-ciation of his labors by the people of whom he is the sacerdotal head. Toward this testimonial the priests of the diocese contributed $25,-000. $25,-000. Tomoi-row night there will be a torchlight parade by members of the various societies of men, attached to the Roman Catholic churches, and General James McLear of the second brigade N. G. S. N. Y. has consented to take tho oommand as grand marshal. A parade of children will be the feature of Sunday, Sun-day, when the bishop will celebrate his jubilee mass iu St. "John's chapel. On Monday night a dinner in his honor will be given, at which speeches will be made by some ef the leadiug men of the city. ' John Laughlin was born iu Tyrone county, Ireland, in the year 1815, and is now in the seventy-fifth year of his age. His parents brought him to this country while a child. At an early age he showed an inclination to the priesthood, priest-hood, and he was sent to Mount St. Mary's college at Eramettsburg, Maryland, Mary-land, where he completed his studies in 1840. In October of the year he was ordained in the old St. Patrick's cathedral cathed-ral on Mott street, by Archbishop Hughes. Twelve years later he accompanied accom-panied Arohbishop to the first plenary council iu Baltimore.. That body suggested to Pope Pino IX the advisability of creating several new dioceses, among them that of Brooklyn, The suggestions were' approved, and by apostolic letter,, dated July 21), , 1833, that diocese abd Ave , others were formed, and Bishop Laughlin was appointed ap-pointed to the head of the jurisdiction with which he has since been connected. connec-ted. He was consecrated in the New York Cathedral on October a. 1853, by Cardinal Bendim, who was then a specialJPapal visitor to this country. An imposing installation service marked mark-ed his formal taking charge of his diocese. It is thought that the bishop will use the money presented to him on this occasion to endow the seminary in which he takes a deep interest. It would fillingly round out his career to secure the completion of the splendid cathedral of the dioose aud have it dedicated with all the pomp and grandeur gran-deur of elaborate ritual. If his life is spared long enough he will accomplish this work. |