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Show I burci) ilwmml ; .! ! i CHURCH CALENDAR. t Fi::,'l.iy, .Jan. 1. Oil i-umcision of Our 5 l.r.ril. St. Magnus. I i....i;iy. -Tiin. -. St. Macarius, abbot, j .Martiuian. bishop. I 'j i , i-.i.iy. Jan. 3. St. Genevieve, virgin nni martyr. St. Floreiuius, bishop ! martyr. i , .in. -1y. Jan. 4. Saints Ripobert. J !:iis.'!ic. Tryphon and Priscus. , Ti;tii'Iy. .Jan. :. St. Telesphorus, St. I 3"! i lay. Sci'i. C Epiphany of Our Lord. ' S;. Mflan. ; ui'il:iy. Jan. 7. St. Lueian, martvr. 1 1 . "rispin. bishop. , I DEATH OF BISHOP PHELAN. j Over Fifty Years Spent in God's I Service. i::t:ht n--v. liiehard Phelan, Bishop J i ! 'in.-lmrp. died at noon Dei-ember i j' : after, a linperinp illness. j ! I ::!iip Kit-hard Fhelan was born in j I .-uny county. Ireland, near the- ! i- ,;i f Hallyraggot. on Januarv i j i Ho was the son of Michael ; It 1 Mary Keophan. whose j : '...I i!y roiircisted of nine children, out i Alii. h number four dedicated thein- f h.''-s to vocations ecclesiastical or rc- j i !-i;S. I.Mchard Phelan was the j.io- 'j i "f his brothers and sisters in lead- I i - 'lie example of a nious and inno- youth, and in embracing a relis- f V ; or sacerdotal vocation. He re- . .icd a pood educational training- in I Mivate and in the local schools of I I : ryrappet, ana as he embraced the J 1 I'fifst hood at an early ape, he be- . !!. an ecclesiastical student lit the j ...esan college of St. Kyran in Kil- 1 l. : iiy. When the learned and zealous ;:;sh..p O'Connor of Pittsburg visited !' --!and in 1S47 he went to St. Kyran's. I i i in ihe name of Him who had called I i'"' fishermen to His apostolate, he ap- p-ai.d to the students of the college I J recruits to join the needy missions j of the Allegheny regions of Fennsyl- -v a iiia. Six young missionaries joined I " bishop's company, ai-i amongst t ta--ni was Pochard Phelan. The e-onfl j : j-r-late and his generous young com- i 1 l 'Mions reached Pittsburg in January, I I 1v ". and soon after Richard Phehiii j ' v paired to St. Mary's theological pem. ; I i-.ary at Baltimore. Hie sacred studies j j VP''P pound and thorough, so that he j - vas ready for ordination In the holy pri. Ftmood on May 4, 1S54, when he v-ps ordained by Bishop O'Connor at J Pittsburg. As Bishop O'Connor was an ( sample and model to his clergy, so. ! I 1' may be said, that the young priests I ; trained under his direction and guided j i by his life and spirit, caught his in- Kpiration and followed in his footsteps, j . So. too. Bishop Phelan now has proved j himself a worthy successor of his for-' for-' aner superior. 1 I Father Phelan's first mission was in ; ? Indiana county. Pennsylvania, and Mhile thus earnestly and zealously la- i I j boring, in 1S54, he hastened to the city I of Pittsburg, on the breaking out of : the cholera, 1o share in the labors and 5 dangers of the priests of that city in t the scourge. To the eick and dying , hp '"'as a physician of the soul as well j a reliever of bodily suffering. He ! tints became end remained one of the j assistant prleets of the cathedral un-j un-j til IRr.T, when at the voice of the bishop , be took charge of the large and heav- i'y-indebted mission of Freeport. His j 5!ia?iagement of the embarrassed tem- ; j poi alities of this difTicult mission was as I successful as his spiritual charge. He ; ) v.rxt became paestor of the important f ! I'ost of Allegheny, where he became i ! the successor of Father T. Mullen, fifterward Bishop of" Erie, at St. i j 1 't ier's. He here erected. the new hut ch of St. Peters in a more eligible -i location, and before leaving Allegheny I I lie had nearly paid its whole cost of i i J150.000. He also built and naid off the ; parochial schools. "When the new dio- j I ese of Allegheny was created, in 1S76, the new St. Peter's became the biish- j op's pro-cathedral. When Bishop Tuigg ! j as absent from the united dioceses of I Pittsburg and Allegheny In 1881 in Eu- i rope. Father Phelan was appointed ad- ministrator. His experience in eccles- ; I iastical affairs was now eo extensive : that he was next appointed vicar-gen- ; cral of Bishop Tuigg. The constant J f :td familiar participation which 1 Father Phelan thus had with the ac- i tie and practical business of the ; ! !mrch, constituted, vith a man of his I powers of observation, mental acute- ; I r.ess and clear judgment, a school of ! I preparation for the episcopal office. ! Bishop Tuigg, in 1SS5. became so en- f- ebled by long sickness, and especially ! V lllPn - a p,ro,ie f paralysis, that the ; r i 'pointment of a co-adjutor bishop for i Hie united see of Iittsburg and Alle- I K'rrr.y became necessary, and the first I I choice fell upon Vicar-General Phelan. i I His elevation to the episcopal office -V- as the generally expected result of ! bis previous varied experience, posi- - " "ii ami usefulness therein, and the j rnwii of a life of labor and service. ; H was accordingly consecrated on the K-.-ond day of August. 1S85, by the Most I L'-v. Patrick John Ryan, Archbishop J Philadelphia, at the episcopal city 1 "f Pittslnirg, under the title of Bishop a i f I'ehrya. Such as the extreme con-s con-s 'i;ion of Bishop Tuigg's health that ! l ollop Phelan had to perform and ably "'i cheerfuiiy )erformed all the epis- J c. .).;,! labors and duties of the diocese I Pittsburg anl Allegheny. It was an rv?..nsie field, hut the tiller of it left ' " portion neglected. I !-:ishop Phelan -ontinued to reside at j s-. Peter's church of Allegheny, while T,.--hnp Tuigg resided at. Pittsburg. On I ' oeaih of Bishop Tuigg. on Decem- 1 7. Bishop Phelan. under the I : : c of his appointment as eo-adju-I I'lii' h gave him the right of suc- f s became Bishop of Pittsburg ' 1 Alleghenv. 5 Bishop Phelan's Funeral. j : '"slung. Dec. 2'!. The funeral scr- 1" -is over the remains of Bishop Phe-1 Phe-1 h'-M today, were marked with sim-; sim-; ''. I'oiitilU al jeauiem mass was iitat.-ii by Bishop Canevin. after h absolution was given by five 1 1 - opc: individually. At the grave the ! : wire bri-f and consisted of ' if.tal for the burial of a bishop !i i :'i- Piecing 0f t);P grave by Bishop ' vii. assisted by the officers of the s. There were many high digni-i- s of ;he church present from d if -4 '-it iarts of the country. Peath of a Catholic Musician. j "i- Atigusto P.oto'i. the well I .,,,, eon;poser and teacher in the ' a Finland "onservatory of Musi.-. 5 at i,js home, in Beaton, the other I y . Hsol .",7. He was born in Rom, : ,; 'I at the ;igp of 12 became a soloist ' St- iVter's. In 1R6S. by public ex- '" i'-ation. he obtained the title and j A l-'i.-itjoii (,f niaster in the academy of st. ''vr-iisi. and from thnt time his de- j ! i inent as a musician was extraor- 1 '.'"'i'Vily rapid. At the height of his j 4a'!,e jis a teacher and a director. Sip- y Potr,!i founded the Roman Choral I s..i-iety for Lnttn concerts. Signor I P"to!is chief work wafl his "Roman ' Mass." but he was also the author of I I 'Many songs. His sacred and secular ; I -'impositions brought him into much I I'oniiiience. and he received four spe- I ' ;j1 decorations. Many famous lingers i vr ,r. taught by Rotoli. Patti being one rr 'i's pupils. He began his work in I ' stun in 1KS5. Obsequies of Father King. The funeral of the late Rev. M. King ! vss held from the church of the Im-' j maculate Conception, Oakland. Cal.. on j ' J ri,1;y. Iec. 18. A so'emn pootifical requiem mass was celebrated by Arch- U bishop Montgomery, assisted by the rV' L' Serda ae deacon and the Rev. i nomas McSweeney as sub-deacon. he Rev- J- B. McNally was master of oeremonies. Archbishop Riordan and a Jrge number of priests were present in the sanctuary. In place of the regular .ehoir, the Sisters of the Holy Name, j jrm the Convent on the Lake, chanted the Gergorian Mass. The church wari i araped ni mourning, and the services , were attended by an immense con-I con-I course of people. I The Very Rev. J. J. Prendergst, V. .. preached the sermon. He said in i part : J We hrid the golden jubilee, my dear jiiifjids and now comes the funeral. It I seems as though the golden jubilee were j out yesterday, and today comes the ob-, ob-, sequios. Such is life, and the destiny of ! man. But a short time ago the friends ; of Father King assembled here to con- I Kratulate him on the occasion of the I fiftieth anniversary of his ordination to I the priesthood. Who seeing him in the vigor of good health would suppose. I that his career would be over so soon as this, his death coming with such suddenness as not to give us the opportunity op-portunity of saying a last adieu. A JTew York Saint. What is called the informative process. pro-cess. t-ne fim forrnjl step toward placing on the calendar of saints the name of a missionary martyred in New York, is under way before an ecclesiastical ecclesi-astical court in Quebec. The subject i.3 the Jesuit priest. Father teaae Jogues, who was martweri iiv ttio itnimi-i In dians on October 8. 1646, after suffering barbarous tortures. Father John J. Wynne. S. J.. and Father Thomas J. Campbell, S. J.. have just returned to New York from Quebec, Que-bec, where they were summoned as witnesses to testify a,s to the reasons why Father Jogws should be canonized. can-onized. . The court was convened in Quebec last September by Archbishop' Begin, and its sessions have been almost continuous con-tinuous since. Msgr. C. O. Gagnon, of Quebec, is the judge of the court; the Rev. J. Girard and" the Rev. J. Forbes are the assessors: Mse-r. H. Tetn the promoter fiscalis: the Rev. M. B. Gar-neau Gar-neau and M. Charles Guilbault the notaries. The Rev. J. E. Desy. S. J.. is the vice-postulator of the caurse in America. Cardinal Richard, of Paris, w-ill open a court there to examine French witnesses. Amonp the witnesses already examined ex-amined at Quebee have been the Rev. John F. Iowery. of St. Mary Church. Troy; Father Baboureaux of Penetan-puishene. Penetan-puishene. who built a memorial church to the Jesuit martyrs near the site of the old Huron missions: M. 12. Dion, the librarian of the Quebee parliament, and Abbe Gosselin. Other witnesses to testify will be members of the Franciscan Francis-can and Sulpieian orders: Father Jones, the archivist of St. Mary, Montreal, Mon-treal, and Father Melancon. in charge of the Indian reservation at Caughna-waugha. The spot in the Mohawk valley where Father Jogues was killed is now called Auriesville. N. Y.. and the Jesuits have a shrine there which ,is visited by-many by-many pious pilgrims. Miracles -are said to have been '..wrought through Father Jogues' intercession. Other martyrs "who .were with him or followed in his' footsteps sare Fathers Fath-ers Anthony Daniel, John.de Brebeuf. Charles Currier. Noel Chabonel. and the laymen Rene Goupil and John de la Lande. . It is expected that the ecceliastical court in Quebec will be able fo secure all the available testimony and have it forwarded to Rome before next summer. sum-mer. There it will be sifted further, but it is hoped that so much progress has been made that before another year New York will have its firl formally canonized saint, in Father Jogues. Enlightened Charity. All too seldom do those who "come into money" by the death of relatives display such generosity and enlightened charity as was manifested recently . by a lady in Boston. Mirs Ellen Murphy of that city, dying intestate, her savings sav-ings were divided between her two surviving sur-viving sisters. One of these although net a wealthy woman', was given two thousand dollars, of her share to the Society for the Propagation of the Faith, and another two thousand to the Catholic University of Washington. The gifts were spontaneously made in mem cry of her -leceased sister, and the giver, of course, looks for no temporal reward: but. ven from the viewpoint of worldly prosperity, we doubt not that her investments will prove fully as good as though she had purchased shares in the nest-paying stock on the market. Ave Maria. "Rash, Exaggerated, Untrue." The regular meeting of the Nassau Presbytery (Presbyterian) last week at Jamaica. X. Y.. was rendered notable by a speech of tne Rev Samuel T. Carter. Car-ter. D. D.. earnestly renouncing his faith in the Westminster Confession, which has been the creed of the Presbyterian Pres-byterian faith since the days of Ca!- i vin. Brother Carter is reported to have i said, among other things: "There is no such god as the God of the Confession. There is no such world as the world of the Coi fession. There is no such eternity as the eternity cf the Confession. It all rash, exaggerated and bitterly untrue. "There is something d-eply pathetic in the sad. patient look of the common people the plain people who fear that these dreadful things may be true because be-cause their leaders have never said that they were false. If no one else is ready to say it. I say if. The hard, cold, severe se-vere God of the Confession, with the love left cut. :s :mt car God. "There is no sucn God as thi God of the Westmin-it1! Confession. Thin world, so full of flowers and sunshine and the laughter f children, is not a cursed, lost world; and the "endless torment" of the Confession is not God's, nor Christ's nor the Bible's idea of a future punishment. "We have sent cut an evangelistic oiiitr.itt.ee to stir the church. Iet them begin now by getting tb ritrht God. If this God is the God of the Westminster Westmin-ster Confession they will never convince nor ecu vert trtie r thoughtful men. I and all their ntsino. meetings, collec-j collec-j tions. will be cmoiy wind." Not less notable than Dr. Carter's I speech is the fact that his brethren, without a dissenting voice, voted to retain re-tain him in the Nassau presbytery, not- j withstanding that every minister and elder of the Presbyterian A ami nation na-tion must still Repept the terrible Westminster West-minster Confession as being the system of doctrine taught in 'the Scriptures. Bui the institutions of Calvin are doon-iej ani will soon be formally rejected re-jected by all bis followers. We suggest sug-gest that henceforth our Presbyterian brethren in this country call ; them-relves them-relves ('arterites. Dr. Carter deserves the honor, and Carterites is as good a name as Oalvainistcs any day. Aye Maria. , |
