SS

Saint-Albert ..

il on

Metcaif . -~ --

( 50 ou

Osgoode (Rev. P. McGoey, $21.35)

J IDO 00

Richmond (Rev. J. O'Connell, $20.00)

March

Almonte

West Huntley

Pakenham

Sand Point....

Renfrew

Sprmgtown ...

Mount St. Patrick (Rev. J. J. Coîlins $!0.00)... Douglass

JEganville

Osceola

Brudenell

Pembroke

Collections in favor of the poor of Ireland — 1880. — Co?i^.

PROVINCE OF QUEBEC

$ cts.

Hull

Saint-Faustin

Saint-Jovite

Saint-Philippe cTArgenLeuil

Grenville

Mo.ite-Bello

Hartwell

Bipon

Saint-André Avellin

Papineauville

Thurso.

Saint-Malachie

Notre-Dame du Laiis

Buckingham

Perkins Mills

Terapleton

Gantlev ....

Maniwaki

Bouchelte...

Wright

Lac Sainte-Marie

Lowe...

Upper Wakefield

Masham Mills...

Ghelsea

Aylmer

Q)uio

Onslow . ...

Pontiac .. ..

Bristol

Portage-du-Fort

Calumet Island..

Leslie

Vin ton" et Thorne

Cou'ongps...

Allumettes Island

Sheenboro'..

If any error should be discovered in this statement, it would be well to acquaint me of it as soon as possible.

Ail arrears should be paid within the shortest delay and at the latest before the lst September next.

Accept, Beloved Cooperators, the assurance of my entire devotedness.

-[ J. THOMAS, Bp. of Ottawa.

2nd SERIES— No. 26.

PASTORAL LETTER

OF

Bis LORDSHIP the BISHOP of OTTAWA.

On the Encyclical Sancta Dei civitas of Our Holy Father Pope Léo XIII.

JOSEPH THOMAS DUHAMEL

By the Grâce of God and the Favor of the Holy Apostolic See, Bishop of Ottawa.

To the Clergy, to the Religious Communities and to

ail the faithful of our diocèse. Health and

Bénédiction in our Lord.

Very Dear Brethren,

We to-day communicate you a new Encyclical Letter of His Holiness the Pope Léo XIII addressed to the Catholic world, recommending the admirable society ibunded for the " Propagation of the Faith,'" as also the pious associations of " The Holy Infancy M and of M The Oriental Schools."

Our Holy Father at once présents to our admiration the constant growth of the " Holy City of* God, which is the Church." He attributes this glory to the Holy Ghost, whilst giving just praist»

" to those who preach the word of God " to the dispensers oi' the sacred mysteries. In a most paternal tone. iilled with the greatest satisfaction and profound gratitude, he makes spécial mention of the assistance and zeal shown the ministers of Jésus Christ by the offerings and prayers of the faithlul.

" Thèse two functions which consist, he adds, in giving and in praying, are most useful in extending the limits of the kingdom of God, and hâve the speciality of being easily accomplished by men of ail classes. In reality, where is the person whose means, however moderate, cannot at one time or another give an alms, or whose occupations, howsoever numerous can prevent him from praying occasionally for the messengers of the Gospel ? ''

The Sovereign Pontifi'then encourages the faithful to join in those works, destined to assistmissionaries and to help missions, and this, after recalling the origins, the object and the good they unceasingly effect m America, as well as in the other countries of the world. He dwells strongly on the praises which his predecessors, in the see of Peter, frequently bestowed on thèse Catholic Associations. He cites the words of Gregory XVI, that no doubt you would like to hear. Listen attentively : a great pope tells you what he thinks of the " Propagation of the Faith " : " That great and very holy work, " which moderate offerings and daily prayers ad- ". dressed to God by each associate, sustain, increase '.' and fortify, that has for its object, the maintainance " of apostolic laborers, the exercise of Christian 61 works of charity, in behalf of néophytes, and the " deliverance of the faithful from the fury of perse- " cution, we esteem most worthy of the admiration " and love of ail honest people."

Pius IX, of glorious rnemory, says Léo XIII further on, omitted no occasion to assist that society so deserving, and to increase its prosperity."

Then referring to the three works that preoccupy him, lie says : " Upheld by the alms and prayers of ** Christian nations, thèse works, amicably united, s- tend to the same object, for the one end they hâve* " in view, is the diffusion of evangelical light where- " by, the greater number of those who are strangers sl to the Church, may corne to the knowledge of " (xod, that they may serve him, as also him, whom " he sent, Jesns-Christ."

The Pope grieves over the diminution of the number and the liberalities of the associâtes. He assert» certain récusons which willuudoubtedly strike you by their validity. " And in fact, when perverse opinions are spread throughout among the people. by which the désire of wordly felicity is excitedand the hope of heavenly goods laid aside, what can we expect from those who make use of their minds in forming vain imaginations and of their bodies in gratifying voluptuonsness ? Will such inen ofier (xod prayers by wThich they will obtain from him a victorious grâce, whereby nations, seated in darkness, may be brought to the divine light of the ( rospel ? Will they provide support for priests who work and combat for the faith ?

11 Then again, the extrême pervcrsity of thetimes. should considerably contribute to render pions soûls less gênerons, whether it be, that, iniquity abounding, charity, in a great number, has relingttished its ardor, or because the straitened circnmstances of families, public agitation (with feàr of worse times,) inspired several with more tenacity in savingness, more pareimony in alms-deeds."

The great and noble heart of our common Fàther is afflicted seeing that " the Apostolic missions snffer

from serions and varions wants children ask for

bread and there is no one to break it for them, lields white for the harvest, and the harvest i?<

abundant, but the laborers are fow and their number may yet be less.

Adhère then, Dearly Beloved Brethren, to the call of our Father Pontitf; give and pray for the sacred Work of missions and for the Propagation oi* the Faith.

We shall enter into the holy desires of Léo XIII in giving, in praying for those works which he signalizes to us, but also in sustaining the works oi' the Diocèse that hâve the same end in view. We allude to lo„ The work of the Seminary, whose object is to provide priests for the missions of this diocèse. 2o. The Association of St. Francis of Sait s which could produce great practical results, if Pastors and people were animated with ail possible zeal, and would give ail the assistance in their power without even imposing on themselves too many sacrifices of time or money.

Wherefore the holy name of Grod being invoked, We hâve ordained and decreed and We now ordain and decree as follows :

lo. We ask the priests of our jurisdiction to redouble their zeal for the above-mentioned works which could be most flourishing if promoted and assisted with ail possible good will.

2o. We exhort pastors and missionaries to assembla from time to time, during the year, the members of the différent societies (each society having its respective reunion) to urge generosity and pray together in the intentions of the Sacred Heart of Jésus.

Instead of the présent oration de mandato the priests shall add, (until further orders) to the oration^ of the mass, according to the rubric, that pro Fidei propagations *

* The oration is to be found at the end of the first supplément of the Missal, in a mass approved by Gregory XVI.

Shall the présent Pastoral Letter be read at the prone of parochial masses and at chapter in religious oommunities the first Sunday after its réception.

G-iven at Ottawa, under our hand and the seal of the Diocèse and çountersigned by our Sub-Secretary the nineteenth day of March, one thousand eight

hundred and eighty one.

being

the feast of St.

Joseph, patron of the Universal Church.

f J. THOMAS, Bp. of Ottawa.

By Command.

J. DUHAMEL

Sub-Secretary.

2nd Séries, No. 27 L.J. C.&M.I.

CIRCULAI TO THE CLERGY

Episcopal Eesidence,

24th March, 1881.

Bei.oved Co operators,

The suprême Congrégation of the Holy Office, on the 3rd February last, was pleased, at the request of the Archbishop and Bishops of this province, to grant the use of a shorter formula, than that of our ritual, to receive the profession of faith of those who, abjuring heresy, désire to become children of the Roman Catholic Apostolic Church, the true Church of Jésus Christ.

I herewith forward y ou a copy of this formula, that you should immediately paste to the 462nd page of your ritual, and of which you can henceforth make use.

I avail myself of the occasion toprohibit, within the limits of this diocèse, the use of any other ritual than the: u Rituale Romanum." printed in Québec, apud P. G Delisle, MDCCCLXX. The abridgement of this ritual, entitled : " Excerpta ex Rituali Romano ad usum disecesium provinciœ Qaebecensis," editio altéra MDCCCLXIX, may however be used.

There are a certain number of parish priests wno hâve not sent the fées for dispensations, or the tithes for pew-rents, or the resuit of the collections, etc. Some are several years in arrear.

I request thèse Révérend gentlemen to be so good as to pay thèse small accounts before the first of May next. Those who cannot let me hâve the amounts they owe will at least oblige me by sending a detailed statement thereof, in writing. They will thus spare me the labor and trouble of writing them particularly on the subject.

Accept, dear co-operators, the assurance of my entire devotedness.

t J. THOMAS, Bp. of Ottawa.

2nd SERIES— No. 28.

Lu J. C. & M. I.

PASTORAL LETTER

OF

His Lordship Joseph Thomas Duhamel,

BISHOP OF OTTAWA

Promulgating the Jubilee granted by His Holiness Pope Léo XIII, March 12th, 1881.

JOSEPH THOMAS DUHAMEL

By the Grâce ofGod and the Favor ofthe HoJy Ajtostotic See, Bishop of Ottawa.

To the Clergy, to the Religious Communities and to ail the faithful of the Diocèse, Health and Bénédiction in Our Lord.

Very Beloved Brethren,

The Viçar of Jésus Christ has deigned to grant to M ail the faithful of both sexes a plenàry indulgence of ail their sins, in the form of a gênerai Jubilee M to be gained on certain conditions.

Forcible motives hâve prompted him to bestow so precious a favor which reveals to us the munificence of Grod's mercies, permitting us to draw profusely from the treasures of the Church and cancel our perhaps «Miormous debts. He has cast a glanée on the world agitated by a spirit of indépendance, of

revoit and disorders of ail kinds. He secs imminent dangers for the Christian world, dangers which God alone has the power of dispelling. He invites us to penanee, to prayer, to good works, to hasten thereby the moment when God will arise and disperse his enemiesT when Dur Lord will restore calm and peace to his Char eh.

One day, Jésus entered aboatwith his disciples on the lake of Genesareth to go in search of rest in a neighboring solitude. A great tempest came on, The waves arose in f ury and if at times they lowered it was but to arise again. They lashed against the bark, threaten ing it with inévitable wreck. Jésus was at the sternr sleeping a voluntary slumber. He wished to haTe the occasion of working a miracle, The waves still continued to swell, the boat was already filling with water. The disciple- alarmed iooked iiow at the sea then at the bark ; their fear increased. There is, they think, danger of sinking, They approched their Master, not understanding* why he thus sleptr feeling nevertheless more in safety when near him. They awoke him exclaiming : "Lord, save us, we perish! " (Matt. VIII, 25.). Master. doth it not concern y ou that we perish (Marc. IV, 38.) ? Jésus awoke and said to his disciples : " Why are you fearful ? oh ye, of îittle faithT or hâve you no faith " (Marc. IV, 40; Matt. VIII? 26) ? Eising at the same time, the Saviour rebuked the winds and said to the sea : " Peace, be still ! and immediately there was made a great calm." (Marc IV, 39). David had sung : t; The waters of the sea saw thee, Lord, and they feared. It is thou who commandest the power of the sea, who moderatest its waves and appeasest its fur y."

The bark represents the Church in favor of which this miracle is performed and which is exposed to the fury of persécutions and temptations. The Church militant of Jésus Christ is so grievously

tried in thèse calamitous days that she daily meeis new storms" (Encyclical of March 12th 1881.). Doubt not of it, such is the truth, the Pope says so. Whence it résulte that in the fulfilment of the mission divinely committed to her by her author, she fînds herself hampered and retarded by difficulties.

There are men wlio in the boldness of their attempts strive to render her influence poweriess over civil society. Thèse men may hâve been her childrcn, but they hâve be corne her enemies. We no longer wish, some &ay, that the Church prevail over the public lii'e of men; others repeat : we do not wish that the Church meddle in the éducation of our children in schools. Thèse men, more numerous on the old continent, are becomiiig' less rare in this country. Among the number, some hâve the hypocrisy to approach the saçraments, reserving to themselves the private right of upholding during élection times, in newspapers, doctrines discordant and even condemned by the Church. Year after year they become more emboldened. Dcsiring to withdraw themselves from the influence of religious society, they iind fault with the faithful childrcn who reclaim the rights of the Mother of christians. The more perverted in evil establish secret societics or join them ; they conspire againet the society established by Jésus Christ. The exceedingly bitter fruits of this impious conspiracy l'ai 1 above ail on the Holy Sec, to whom, aiter being depvivcd of his legitimate rights, is left, as if in mockery, but a certain show of royal majesty. Hifi adversaries hâve not even refrained from violating the right of the Sacred Institution for propagating the Christian name (the Propaganda.) Does it not seem to you, Dearly Beloved Brethren, as if you wciv wil ncsscs of that tumultuous scène vvhcn the Jews, as8embled beforé ]>ilate; demand the death of Jésus ?

Do you not seem to hear the same vociférations : " Toile, toile, crucifiée eum, non habemus regem, ni$i Cœsarem (Joan XIX. 15.) : away with him, away with him, crucify him, we hâve no King but Cœsar ?

"War is waged against the Church, against her pastors, who are accused of undue influence, against her August Head who is commissioned to govern the bark that enfolds us ail. As the disciples, hâve we not reason to be terrified ?

The successor of St Peter is filled with uneasiness amid the storm that rages against the bark which he directs. To quiet thèse strong appréhensions, hein vit es us ail, pastors and people to appeal by prayer, by penance, by alms and by the réception of the sacraments to the powers of Him " who watcheth though He seemeth to sleep." To us, to cry out : " Lord, save us, we perish," command that ealm be restored and the bark of the Church will then rest from the agitations of the storm. And as pure hearts more easily reach the throne of mercy, the Sovereign PontifF has opened to us the inexhaustible treasures of indulgences and pardon.

You therefore know, Dearly Beloved Brethren. why a new Jubilee is granted us. Ah ! if you but knew this giit of God : Si scires donum Dei (Joan. IY, 10). Could you but understand the priceless grâce offered you, would it be necessary to enliven your piety and excite your confidence ?

We implore you then, Dearly Beloved Brethren, by the charity of Jésus Christ, not to neglect so great a means of salvation, a means so easy to obtain for the church and our country peace and tranquillity in a true faith, an ardent charity and an entire submission to ail authority emanating from God.

The essential conditions required for gaining the Indulgence of the Jubilee are :

lo. The worthy réception of the sacraments of Penance and Holy Eucharist. The yearly confession

and paschal communion will not suffi ce to gain this indulgence.

The confessor only can dispense with Holy Communion, children who hâve not yet made it or who are not admitted to make it. #

2o. Six visits to the appointed churches.

3o. At each of thèse visits, 5 Dur Fathers and 5 Hail Marys or other prayers must be recited in the intentions of the Sovereign Pontiff, namely for the prosperity and exaltation of the Catholic Church and ofthe ApostoJic See, for the extirpation of hérésies tuid the conversion of sinners, for concord amongst Christian princes and the unity of ail faithful people.

4o. One fast day with strict abstinence, which is not already a fast day of obligation. By strict abstinence is meant, abstinence from grease, butter, uiilk, cheesé, eggs, and ail food which contains an y of thèse comestibles.

5o. An alms in favor of some good wrork.

In the prayers you will ofter to Grod, to the Sacred Heart of Jésus, to Mary Immaculate, to the Angeîs and Saints, do not fail to ask the revival oi faith and a new and brighter light which will confound the projects of heresy and incredulity. We must also ask of God to • cure so many diseased minds ; to enlighten writh his divine splendor so many men who prostitute to error and lalsehood the gii'ts of which they are the depositaries.

The Prophets, the Fathers, the Doctors of the Church ail teach us the rigorous and indispensable neeossitv of fasting and mortification of the sensés. You hâve often heard, Dearly Eeloved Brethren, this anathema pronounced by John the Baptist : Si pœnitentiam non egeritfs, omnes simili fer perihitia (Luc. XIII, 5) : except you do penance, you shall ail

• No other but the confessor can commute the works lu r< unjoined. This power can be exercised in the trihunal of penance onlj .

perish TT ; and tlie terrible threat addressed formerly to the Angel of the Church of Ephesus, whose only fault was ta hâve left his first charity : " Be mindful therefore from whence thou art fallen, and do penance, or else I corne to tbee and will move thy eandlestick ont of its place (Apoc. IIr 5). Enter therefore. Dearly Beloved Brethren, enter into the sentiments of a trne and sincère repentance.

To prayer and penance, join almsdeeds, the y possess a marVollous secret in touchkig the Heart of Grod and in opening it to rnerey. He is to be pitied who has ne ver understood thèse words so trne of the Holy Scripture ; Beatius es' mag-ïs dare quam accipere. (Act. XXT 35.) : " it is a more blessed thing to give, rather than to receive. Listen to th(v narrative of him who gives not. We find it related in the G-ospel, according to St. Luke, (Chap. XYIT 192.) There was a certain rich man, who was clothed in purple and fine linen, and feasted sumptuousiy every day. And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, who lay at his gâte, full of sores. desiring to be iilled with the crumbs that fell from the rich man's table and no one did give him, moreover the dogs came and licked his sores. And it came to pass that the beggar died and was carried by the Angels into Abraham's bosom. The rich man also died, and he was bnried in hell. It is not said, remarks St. Grregory, that this man nsnrped his neighbors' goods, but becanse he did not make good use of his riches, he did not give thereof to the poor, this rich man after his death was buried in hell. " Sepultus est in iwfernv" Snch is the horrible sepulchre that awaits those who perform no alms deeds, who do not contribute to works of charity through avarice, throngh attachment to the goods of this world. Grive then to the pooiy support the works established in this diocèse, give generously. Let your alms for the Jubilee be abundant ! Let no

one be guided by avance so far as to only give a few cents to satisfy the condition of an alms. Give with eagerness u for God loveth a cheeriul giver." {Il Cor. IX, 7). " The laborer, We would say to you with St. John Chrysostom, when he sows and casts into the earth a portion ofhis seed, does he not do so with joy animated by the hopeful thought that the loss he sustains will be abundantly repaid by the crop he expects, although never certain of obtaining it ? And you who sowand at high interest, who hâve Jésus Christ himself for security, you stiffen your hearts and h and s, you hâve nothing, say you, to give."

Let ail give, may ardent charity unité ail hearts and make of us a people of brothers.

Oh ! Dearly Beloved Brethren, if you faithfully perforai thèse conditions of prayer, of penance and of alms, you can with entire and filial confidence kneel at the feet of the ministers of God, confide them your sins, and from the tribunal of mercy, ascend and seat yourselves without fear at the divine banquet of love.

When? fore the holy name of God being invoked, We hâve ordained and decreed and We now ordain and decree as follows :

I. The adjoined translation of the Encyclical Militam 1rs // Chïisti Eccfesia will be read and also published as soon as possible after thè réception of the présent Pastoral, but in the parishes wherc public exercises will take place on the occasion of the Jubilee, it will be read on the Sunday before the ppening of thèse exercises.

II. The bells will be rung during half an hour on the 30th of April, after the eveniiig Angélus to announce the opening of the Jubile'e throughoul the Diocèse and equally on the 31st oi' Decembd aèxi to announce its close.