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The father of the church in Tennessee; or, The life, times, and character

of the Right Reverend Richard Pius Miles, O. P., the first bishop

of Nashville, by the Very Reverend V. F. O'Daniel.

O'Daniel, V. F. (Victor Francis), b. 1868.

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.

yrealizethe toil,research,

neffortto writeathorough

untouchedafieldas thatwith

deals. et,itdoesnotseem

alglanceat afewofits

ootnotes,anditsbibliography

adersome ideaoftheendless

udy,aswellas thepainsta -

ecution.Thedifficultyofthe

e greaterbynumberlesserrors

geraccountswrittenatan

at muchofourinformation

see,BishopMiles,andhisearly

edfromtradition.

nturetobeassured,canhardly

nstantefforttoma ethe

rof theC hurchinTennessee

verydetail.N ostonewas

acethenarrativeonabed-

gthelife-storyof the riar-

s mightbe,fromonlyfirst-

esand uotations,letus

tionthatin butfewinstances

ortof theirpurpose. im-

rethevenerabletraditions,

stregard,thoroughlysifted

tof everyavailabledocument.

manypartsoftheboo .


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rgranted. vengraveyards

hatthetombstonesmight

id,desireddatesanddata.

early,long,andfruitful

oseph sProv inc eof riars

chofO hio, nolessthanthat

yofhislifeisinseparable

nli emanner, hisbirthin

shonorableancestrythere

onyplayedin theyouthful

tates, seemedtoc allforan

ordB altimore sformerpa-

alsetting forthevolume.

esamecarefulresearchwasgiven

himselfandto thehistory

see.

swillconstitutethegreater

ehandsthe boo willfall.

tanteffortwasto writethe

butwithoutdepartingfromthe

wor sof its indaresopro-

ed,noeffortwassparedtopro-

esandpriestsof Tennessee

hecopiousfootnotesand

ntendedforthestudentand

eata glancethesources

wn.

ppilynotoften,whatwe

ebestinterest ofhistorictruth

lyissuewithpreviouswriters,

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uchunpleasante periences.

ehavesought tolaytheplain

dtogive duecredittothe

otherside,thatthusneither

nfringed. orthesame

ndtheirinterpretationwere

sthat,ifneedsthere should

ews,aswell asotherwise

udgmentofdifferentminds.

deviatefromhistoric

emboldensustohopethatthe

hepublicandreviewersar ec-

nerousmeasureof praisewhich

ssorsinthesamefield. twill

informationonourA mer-

everappearedinprintbefore.

character,wedoubtnot,

yreligiousnature,spirit of

l,andceaselesslaborsinthe

the interestofreadersin

o wintheirhearts,givethem

veasourceofgoodfor their

rintheUnited tatesc ould

mployhispenthaninrescuing

nesof thefaithfromthe

wof themarethreatened.

preservedandtreasured,as

gionasfortheinspirationof

dtheonlywayofeffectingthis

eirlives.Gratitudede-

spitehis long,faithful,

ndforsouls,outsidehisown


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hichhe belonged,Tennessee s

utforgotteninacountry

easymbolof love, ato enof

elity . f thisvolumebut

hhe deservesinoureccle-

ofwritingit willnothave

. B esides, asinthe tate, so

yislargely whatithasbeen

d women.Withoutthem

eswouldbe dullbeyond

f thisforewordtoe pressour

ave,in variousways,aided

pecialmentionisdueto the

c ier, of theThirdO rderof aint

formanyyearsinthe ar-

rgeandsmall.Duringthe

hasdiscovered,copied,and

sthatwereinvaluablefor

ographywascommenced,he

ntocontinuetheresearches

PropagandaArchivesdown

rusbythe sacredcongregation),

nef itof thebishop slettersto

entsrelatingtotheDioceseof

dinalprefectdidnot feeldisposed

closesthearchivestoinvesti-

owever, atherMerc ier

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rchinTennessee

A N D PA R E N T A G

musteveroccupyacon-

ryofthe C atholicC hurch

tDominic intheUnited tates.

ofthe brightestchaptersin

asinthe formerBaltimore

c hf irsttoo rootin nglish-

herealsowerebornthesaintly

rderinour greatrepublic,

ar d D om i ni c e n wi c , a n d fi v e

utstotheprov inceof riars

ed.Thecolonywasformed

s,andbegunbycontributions

ourc es. owasitdominated

itsfirstsettlers werelargely

cs.1

nglishcolonieswereso

wasthatof ordBaltimore.

erefoundedonsuchbroad

hristiancharity.Mary-

non-C atholicswerethemorenumerouspart

Marylandhasbeen,andstillis,a much

f f iceitheretosaythat, intheopinionof the

tC atholic swereinthema ority forsome

of theargument.


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broadof mindbutalsotoo

philanthropicenterpriseto

e newwellthatthemost

ofalltyrannyis thatofrelig-

thereforetoe tendaprotec t-

yonewhosufferedunderits

ffaith,race,orcountry.

oproveto theworldthat

tscouldlivetogetherinpeace,

Thenecessityofsuchanac-

sunderta inginthew ildsof

oeof theinstruc tionsthathegave

eonardC alvert,forthemanage-

rec tlystates: I tc annowbe

onthattoMarylandbelongs

e firstgovernmentinthe

ccessfullyestablishreligious

asednon-Catholic historiansgive

rwasthewisdomofthe lord

wtomanifestitself . ndeed,

rylandPalatinateen oyed

romthestart,whilehard-

mmonlythelotof theother

hepresentUnited tates.

heplaintruth whenhesays:

ured nofearsofwantweree c ited

yofMarylandwaspeacefullyand

months,ithadadvancedmorethan

anyyears.Theproprietarycontinued

ideeverythingthatwas necessaryfor

apers:NumberO ne( und-Public ation, No. 28,

ntheinstructionsconcernsthispoint.

n d of a n ct u ar y , p. 2 7


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O F TH E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E

,andsparednocoststo promoteitsin-

emorablewasthecharacterofthe

veryothercountryintheworldhad perse-

ebenignadministrationofthegovernment

nprofessingtobelievein esusChrist

tedonaccountofreligion.5Under the

endingmildnessofBaltimore,thedreary

c enedwiththeswarminglifeandactiv -

ents theRomanC atholic swhowereop-

ngland,weresuretofinda peacefulasy-

sof theC hesapea e andthere, too,

dagainstProtestantintolerance....

reedomofconscience,notlessthan

ate,asamplyas everanypeopleinany

ranchisedfriendsofprelacy E pis-

husetts,andthePuritansfromVirginia,

llibertyofconscienceandpoliticalrights

provinceofMaryland.7

disc ussingCalvert sinstruc -

fhis palatinate,declaresthat

hristianc harity tobothC atholic

e y no t e of h i s ru l e. 8 n l i e

tellsus: Man indthenbeheld

reof nglishA merica. They

ePuritansabridgingtherights

professingtobelievein esusChrist refer

rningR eligion passedbytheMarylandassemblyof

hives, , 244-247). Thee c lusionof toleranc efrom

, ase pressedinthisc lause, wasnotinac cord-

lanof ordB altimore. The A c tof1 4 ,

writers asalegislationinfavor ofreligious

tablenarrowingofthebroadertolerancethat

yuntil thattime,andmustevidentlybe

luencethathad beguntoma eitselffelt.

tates(twenty- fourthedition), , 247-248.

esameplac e, spea ingof thebeginningsofMary-

tshistoryisthe historyofbenevolence,gratitude,

ngbreathedpeacebutC layborne.

eciliusC alvert,BaronsofBaltimore,p.57.


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heChurc hof nglandinV irgin-

pirit,harassingthose who

gionwhilethe R omanC atho-

ndprotectedtheprofessors

arylandpioneersbegunto

enturewhenBaltimoreinvited

Virginiaandthe moresorely

assachusettstohiscolony.

nadvanceofhisage.Perhaps

atinategavehim tooim-

ure.A tanyrate,inview

nseemsanerror,orat least

hthee ceptionofthediffi-

borneandoccasionalthreats

hwereperhapsinspiredbythat

edahappinessandharmony

s.

tionalltoo uic lyfollowed

ersfromVirginiaandMass-

otthecharity,good-will,and

hownthem. ntheirformer

ersecuted intheirnewabode,

etheyowedthe foundersof

ersecutors,inaccordanceas

cy—firstthe Puritans,and

Undertheruleofboththe

ofthe intolerance.Their

asantsub ecttowriteabout

lforustodwellonit, forit

oframpantreligiouspre -

d t a te s , , 1 1 .


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R O F TH E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E

chaspiritmaybe seeninthe

c hard nglein1 45 inthe

byC laiborne,R ichardBennet,

hedepositionofGovernorWil-

i n a ll t h e su b se u e nt t r ai n o f mi s -

edinthereplacementofthe

altimoresbyoneofareligious

essivethanthatwhichhad

country. naword,oneof

urcivichistory wassucceeded

ushtoeveryA mericanof

roitnessandabilityofCec ilius

epowerandinfluenceofhis

eventhischarterfrombeing

dsuccessor,C harlesC al-

ed. ndeed,theMaryland

hethird ordBaltimorede-

aryrights.The mother-

edtosanctionsuchagrossin-

osefatherhaddonesomuchfor

alvert,theprofligatesonof

mthefaithforno otherpurpose

Marylandcharter buthe

ewwee s. CharlesC alvert

henbecamethefif th ordB alti-

sfatherin thechangeofre-

encethecharterwasrestored

,withtheheartyapprobation

twasasad changeboth

nyandforthehappinessofits

oppositionthatbegantoman-


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dventofcolonistsfromVir-

andgrewastheirnumbers

en oyedthereputation

withreligioustolerance. n

atmanybelievedthatthoseof

edthegreaterpartofits

on,C atholicimmigrantscon-

ere. relandand c otlandc on-

wellas ngland. 10

hocametothecolonyunder

omeofthe progenitorsofthe

h. Thee ac tdatewhenthef irst

dnotnowbe determined.

tionthattheywereinthepalati-

ts foundation. amilytra-

orneout bydocuments,tells

f irstA meric anforbearwasamong

sts thathewas nglish

andthathemadehishomein

y.

softhisfamilyname,though

werewidelyscattered

5wefindthemin omerset,

ert, ent, A nneA rundel, B al-

andCharlesc ounties. Theearli-

ediscoveredthenameis that

1 45, notingac reditof four

ftobaccotoR obertMiles

4 ; butitdoesnotstatein

hatC atholicsdidnotcometoMarylandin

yactuallydid,afterthefirst yearsofthe

y,wastheiroppositiontota ingtheoathof

y,whichwasre uiredbylawbeforetheywould


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lived.11Thesecondisade-

orasurveyof land,inbehalf

ohnandPeter, onthec ondi-

ThiswasinN ovember, 1 51,

dbeenin theprovincefor

settledonBritton sB ay, in

ty, family traditions, andthehand-

eleadustobelievethat this

progenitorofTennessee sf irst

ohnMileswhomarried

ughterofNic holasHarvey,

ciliusC alvertandapassenger

ve, wasthesoninwhosename

edagrantofland.1

enameofMiles musthave

yafterthose ustmentioned.

erC ounty istheonlyoneof

signated. rancisMiles,to-

therine)andtheirchildren

erine, andPrisc illa, wasbrought

x c el l en c yC h a r l es C a l v e rt

tinate sfounderandits sec-

tledin aintMary sC ounty ,

wassurveyedforthemin1 6 4,

theyhadcometoA merica

V , 2 6 . Wefollowthenewsty leofdating.

bered,wasthenusedascurrencyin Maryland.

b er A . B . H . , p . 2 3 ( a n d O f f ic e, A n n a p ol i s) .

i b er Q , p . 4 1 ) a n d n v en t or i es a n d A c co u nt s ( V ,

c w ithmarriage( andO f f ic e, A nnapolis).

V I , 5 1 ( i bi d .) R i c h a rd s on , i d el i gh t s on M a ry -

Thereareanumberoferrorsinthepresent

e rs a t A n n a po l is .


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omasMilesin thecolony

l wh e re h e l iv ed b u t in 1 6 9

menameinA nneA rundel

ilesofC alvertC ountywasin-

ourtofA pril, 1 72, because

hCarrtheprev iousMay 15

havefoundbyonebearing

TobiasMiles,inA nne

s d at e d A u g us t 1 , 1 9 1 , an d w as

9 2. He hadac onsiderable

f it, c alled B rantry (thatis,

ngerson,then undereigh-

ethe samenameashisfa-

iasMiles, sonofTobiasMiles,

(probatedon ebruary1 ,

s H a m mo n d of C a l v e rt C o u n t y. 1 7 f

hesamefamily,asthey prob-

m thenamesC arrand

rishorigin, orhad rishc on-

arathersingularbaptismal

ilstthereissomethingofa

he MilesinC alvertand

eswereQ ua ers.

f omersetC ounty(dated

d pr o ba t ed e b ru a ry 2 0 , 1 9 7 , )

ywell- to-doplanter. 1 4O ne

shipc arpenterlivingin ent

emsreally tohavebelongedto om-

ntheorderrec ordedabove)X , 5 4 I , 228

.

a l e n da r o f W i l ls , V , 2 6 .

.


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tli elyhewasarelationofH enry .

uggestionregardingthereli-

snoteworthy,however,that

re now,fewC atholicsinthat

ounty , was nownbythat

odowef indanotedplantationin

Miles nd priorto1700.

mesfromsomeearly colon-

ohadattainedno littlein-

ty, thef irstestablishedinthec ol-

atholic,andtheMilesthere

enofthe samefaithasthe

ghbors.A lthoughtheyhad

tyformanyyears,the earliest

ecordsbyoneofthenameis

bearsthedateof ebruary20,

te d o n Ma r ch 1 , 1 9 7 . H e l e ft

es , o h n, N i c h o la s , H e n ry , d w ar d ,

meisnotgiven. ameswas

ueathedthe homeplantation.

ewase uallydividedamong

Thefactthatnomention

ewillindicatesthat ohnMiles

eofhisdeath whiletheap-

hnastheguardianofsomeof

untiltheyshouldattaintheir

childrenwerestill largely

sX X V , 5 9 B a ld wi n , op . c it . , l l , 17 2 .

, 1 3 . This ohnMilesseemstohavebeen

Milesmentionedearlier.Thefatherappears


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efirstor C hristiannames

tronymicpointsclearlytoa

rigin. tisoneof thebest

orthisreason,thoughper-

roved,weareinclinedtobe-

s, towhosew illwehave ust

rlyA mericanprogenitors

hardPiusMiles. Thenames

y, and dwardaref re uently

p srelatives. tisafamily

endedfromtheMiles of aint

sitonrec ordthatsomeofhis

tlocality to entuc y . ndeed,

eanumber offamiliesofthat

c ywhoc laimedrelationship

arsweresaidto havegone

harlesand aintMary s.

orderc omesthew illof rancis

ounty. tbearsnodate, but

tember2 , 1700.21He lef ttwo

wnrespectivelyas MilesMead-

r e s , t o h is g r an d so n r a nc i s, s o n

eof ranc is deathw ithoutissue,

e re t o g o to R o b e r t, s o n of o h n W i se -

dow toMary , daughterof ohn

diewithoutissue, to ohn, sonof

eWiseman, adaughter, wasbe-

softhesamecountyis

702, andwasprobatedon une

an t at i on , n o wn a s H a l f o rd s

erCatherine, w ifeof dward

.


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ohnWiseman, andMary,

argeryMiles,receivedsome

gatees,itwillbe recalled,

mentof rancisMiles,a

stsarelationshipbetweenhim

usannaMiles. tis uite

w ife thatshewasaw idow

andthatshehadadaughterby

eMrs.C atherineH ometo

tate.22

eto beconsideredin

actnoticedatthistime. rom

onof ohnCoode, in1 8 , and

nelCopleyasgovernorbythe

later,C atholicsweredebarred

e etwef inda ohnMiles,

the rancisMilesmentioned

onin1 9 6 . tisbutnatural

hisfaith forworldlyhonor

enotthereasonforwhichhe

llsof rancisand usanna

wererememberedinthem.

eenthosewhoforsoo Godfor

ityof theMilesof aint

faith, nolessthantheirsocial

mtheirintimate associations,

. Thesepeopleseemevidently tohavebeentheMiles

harlesCalvert . twouldappearthat rancis

dthathemarriedagain.

sX X , 540. However, in usticeto ohnMiles,

etestoathforofficeholderswas introduced

hemighthaveheldthepositionofpublic trust

fice)ofhis religion.


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ords,withthebestC atholic

uchrelationsmeantmuchat

Mary sC ountydesc endantsof

megraduallymadetheirway

ounty,andthenceintowes-

nthesetwoc ountiesalsothey

regard,butwerecounted

embersof theC hurch.

amesa esmentionedearlier

ftheMiles ofsouthwestern

sforbelievingthatthey hada

od andthat, thoughvery li ely

variousfamilieswereclose

TheC atholicMilesare

einconnectionwithpersons

heitherbybirth orbydescent.

duringtheRevolutionwe

ificantnameof Murphey

onot nowfromwhatpart

TobiasMilesof C alvert

grandsoncalled ohn. ev-

tMary sandCharlesc oun-

ldesignation.Thomasis

places andBishopMiles

ewsocalled.Therewereat

in omersetCounty , whic hwas

mongtheMilesofCharlesand

eretheretwolandedestates nown

n e i n Ta l bo t a nd t h e ot h er i n C h a r l es

ordpositiveproof,these

an acaseofmerecoincidence.

V I I , 2 2 .


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O F TH E C H U R C H N T N N E S S E E

n thedirectionindicated.

hapsinMarylandtherewere

eswithoutrelationswhodid

n relandalso, thanwhich

sufferedmoreindefenseof

metimesdividedbylapses

ediv isionnotinfre uentlyoc -

sionoftheinvaderfrom ng-

erecanbe nodoubt,were

o butitisamatterofhistory

of thatnamewentoverto

eretheybec ametheforefathers

miliesin theland.25Thus

rriageorconversion,wehave

pparentdifferenceofreligion

ltimorePalatinateandof

.

owerofgovernmentwas

ofCatholic s, therewastoleranc e

ohadfoundedthec olonyona

.Theyweredis ualified

deprivedofthefranchise,

es,permittedtoworshiponly

wnhomes,fetteredbyevery

therighttohaveaprivatec hap-

shousec amefromthe nglish

ditsconsenttothemoredras-

alassemblyforbiddingall

hosewerecrueldays.May

again.

Pedigrees, passim.

, X X V , 4 0- 4 1, a nd 4 1 -4 2 .


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Marylandthat shefellall

unscrupulousandpredatory

nfluenceperniciouslaws

ingProtestantsopposedsuch

uldnotstemthetideofpre -

publicopinionhadbeen

yfalse,tireless,andnotin-

opagandaagainstC atholicity.

eof their esuitmissionaries,

ny,forthegreaterpart, proved

nspiteofthe ostracism,

shipsagainstwhichtheyhad

dinnumbers.Theirindustry

pectforlaw,theirhonest

snotonlywrestedadmiration

alsomadethemperhapsthe

nfluentialelementinthe

gthat theancestorsof

nectionscontributednotalit-

tofthis goodrepute.N orec-

atwouldcasta shadowupon

o civicpositions,itistrue

elaw.H owever,theMiles

endantsseemtohavehad

,for itisseldomthat wefind

erintheir homelandorin

Theyratherambitionedto

rivatecapacity,beit inthe

e. Thiswasanadmirabletrait

shop. Notmanyyearsagoone

ritsaidofhimthathemadea

confrereslovedtoserve under


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oughttoavoiddignities,and

yonlyunderobedience.

whilstsomewhatmonarchical

ocraticinspirit. heisadap-

vernment,forsherecognizes

erivedfromGod. twas

racythatmadeheradherents

ofA meric arallysonoblytothe

rea camebetweenthemand

pitetheintoleranceandbur-

eyhadlongbeen sub ectedby

atholicsofMarylandforgot

of dutyandpatriotism.

tandardof f reedominproportion-

rovedthemselvesbraverthan

ude,andperseveranceform

tory,bothcivicandeccle-

ople,theMileswerenot

tresolutetota euparmsin

eprovince.Therewerenot

ntheformerpalatinate. et

berofthename engagedin

onarymuster-roll,forin-

f dward, rederic , H enry ,

, a co b, a me s, o hn , o sh ua ,

, Nic holas, R ic hard, Thomas,

es.27TheChristianorgiven

pearsthreetimes thatof ohn,

efamily,eighttimes oshua

eetimes Nic holas, R ic hard

, p as si m.


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Thenameof oshuaisalso

ournalandC orrespondenc eof

f afety * andthriceinthe

ndenc eof theC ouncilofMary-

thelatterdoc umentonc e and

tgoesw ithoutsaying, of

ofthefirst namedoesnot

ntperson. etwhenitoc-

ords,wehave anindication

onesoldier.

nmind,inthe sameconnec-

mittedthatourrevolutionary

ndthattheywereimperfectly

eshowshownoblytheMiles, in

s,ralliedtothe sacredcause

le,theyenlistedearly,and

edtheirefforts.O ne oshua

h o re b e ca m e a ca p ta i n. t i ll

thesamename,whobelonged

ainedtheran of f irstlieutenant.

parentlyofC harlesC ounty ,

nt whileoneof the ohnMiles

rporals.

oldofRobertMiles, abutc her

, 177 , hewasplac edunder

ng e pressedsentiments

ofA meric a. H owever, hesoon

risonundera bailof

7, 5 8 ,a nd X I I , 25 ,1 70 .

, 7 ,1 57 , 2 7, 2 , 41 4. T he n am e L e v i nM il es a ls o

eserevolutionaryrecords but,astherewere

ingthatit wasanerror,andthatthe real

ev inMills, wedidnotgivehiminthelistof

ar.


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isbondsmenwere ames

el. 0B utwhenc ec amethisMiles

n,orwhetherthecharge

did notdiscover.A nyway,

timeofsuc he c itementshould

d.W eshouldbeslowto

grantedthattheindictment

eremanywhowereTories

heysincerely uestionedthe

on,aswellasdoubtedthepossi-

ainhigherpositionsin

ybeattributedtovariousrea-

heircredit,theywerepatriots,

enlistedin thecauseonits

algain.Theysoughtnot

theircountry. oagain

c tedthatreligiouspre udices

ergososuddenandviolenta

dshouldreceivee ualpromo-

ewasneededforsucha

andrightingofwrongs.A s

tmebiasstille istsinparts

e shownthatN icholas

ectofthisbiography,bore

evolution.Thenameappears

butitseemsalwaystoreter

ounty , whilethebishop sfather,

PrinceGeorge s. 51 venif

40 1, 40 , 42 .

sthattherewasaNic holasMilesofmilitary

ythroughthewar,itis notimprobablethatthe


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A N D PA R E N T A G 1

n theconflict,onemayrest

owC atholicsandconnections,

ywiththe causeofindepen-

utedhis uotatowardsitsat-

nghisnative colonytocarry

amanof fourorf iveand

rried,whenthe warbegan.

wntousthathewasahusband

n.Traditionhaswreathed

oneofthebrave menwho

rombondage.

o aintMary sorC harles

eofN ic holasMiles andthe

741,suggeststhefirst local-

branchesofthefamily

ardonlya shorttimebefore.

pin C harlesC ounty.There

marriedtwice butifthis

wnofhisf irstw ife. Themaiden

les,however,wasMissA nn

of thismarriage atherMar-

ives uly2 , 1771, whic his

tprovedahappyunion. Nic h-

endid typeofthesouthern

rdinary livedthereatitsoutbrea . oitis

osenameisgiveninthe records,thathe

ounty,andthathisplaceof registrywasnot

dmittedthattherevolutionaryrecordsare

eproduc tionof thec ensusofPrinc eGeorge s

e87ofGaiusM. Brumbaugh sMary landRec ords

ry , andChurc h), givesN ic holasMiles ageas

w ifeA nnastwenty-eight talsoshows

n years,andadaughteragedthree. even

ouldhavebeenremar ableatthatday,unless

ntime. f theboywereasonofA nn


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ys. A nnB lac loc sc harac ter

actthatsheleftin entuc y

dywhopossessedallthe

stianhome.

eoccurredwecouldnotas-

youngcouplesettled inPrince

eenyearsofagewhenhewasborn. hewas

ebirthtoBishopMiles.This wouldalso

erfirst childwerebornwhenshewasonly

antecedentlyinclinedtobelievethat N ich-

wc e. f ather palding sstatementisc orrec t,

uestionissettled. ather paldingwasborn

y, intheneighborhoodofwhic h, asw illbeseen

ughtup.A boutthirty-fiveyearsago,while

e s, in entuc y , hebegantoc ollec tdataonthe

e,andtoo aparticularinterestinBishop

mberof moreorlessnearrelations of

ndBardstown.Doubtlessitwasfrom

Bible,inthe possessionofsomeofthese

paldingobtainedhisinformation.

ordsofthatperiodhaveallbeen destroyed

Maryland,andeven theearlystatelaw,

gelicensefromthecivil government,provided

marriagewereproclaimedin aplaceof

inwhyadiligentsearchfailedto discoverany

arriagebetweenN icholasMilesandA nn

ebeen uiteanuncommonnameinMary land,

reeinstanc es. Thomas B lac loc " wasa

B useyofPrinc eGeorge sC ounty in1718.

d i ed i n C h a r le s C o u n ty i n 1 7 9 , l e av i ng e i gh t

snamedN ic holasandanotherA nn. B en amin

dian, andalso, togetherw ith ohn palding,

n o t h er N i c h o la s B l ac l o c " , s o n of t h e

c ounty in1818. TheseB lac loc sorBlac loc s

mtohavehadconnectionsinVirginia.Possibly,

oc wasaV irginianandac onvert.

scertainingthenameofBishop Miles

dantsofhissistersthoughtitwasB lac loc .

oungofBloomf ield, entuc y , agreat-grand-

oughanon-Catholic,she newthefamily

ther,ThomasBlac locMiles,anephewof


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77 . 3 Theretheywereblessed

rlsandthree boys,who

fMiles earlyavocationwe

fthe daycallhimacarpenter

nmeantonewhomwewould

tmusthavebeensoinhiscase,

himasnug competencythat

charactertoma ehimone

ewesternpartofPrince

pliedhisbusiness forsi

arriagetoA nnB lac loc . n

sedafarmofsomethreehun-

homas oung,possiblyof

atholic oungswhoowned

outhernMaryland. 5The

appearstohavelain not

olumbia,andinthevicinity

efirstcensusofthe United

0inordertodeterminehowmany

eenoriginalcommonwealths

congress,giveshim si chil-

c loc f romthebishop smother. imilarly ,

abrotherc alled dwardB lac loc Miles, the

minhonorofhismother. This dward

atB loomf ield. ntherec ordsatB ardstown,

isgenerallygivenas dwardB . Miles but

enas dwardB lac loc Miles. Mrs. oung

ouldbespelled B lac loc " andwehavefol-

f reverence.

landRec ords- Colonial, RevolutionaryandChurc h,

oungtoNic holasMiles, Rec order sO f f ice, Marl-

. H . , N o . . p p .2 4 - 2 51 a n d de e d of N i c h o la s

g er , M ar l bo r o, i b er H . H . , N o . I I . p p . 58 - 5 8 .

oungtoNic holasMilesasintheprec edingnote.

ary4,1788.


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aughters),andma eshim

slaves. 6

etchhadnotyetcomeintothe

shortlyafterwards,May17,

thec hildren. 7A thisbaptism

nnameofR ic hard. However,

bishop sbirth,hisfather

migrationf romMary landto en-

othenewwest.

u s of t h e Un i te d t a te s , 17 0 : M ar y la n d, p . 6 .

ction,byfires,ofall recordsattheMaryland

obac tothistime, thedateof thebishop s

efoundatanyof theseplaces.Theabove

s thatgiveninmanybriefaccountsofhis

palding, O . P. , alsohasitinhisnotes, and

tf romafamilyB ible. A f terthesi th

more, c onvenedonMay , 184 , theCatholic

eanaccountofthe event,togetherwiththe

attendedit,and theplacesanddatesof

es,forinstance,theC atholicA dvocate

s: R ightRev. R ic hardPiusMiles, B ishopofNash-

thMay, 17 1. TheUnited tatesCatholic

une,184 ,hasthesame.Undoubtedlythis

andcorrect


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N D H I S BO Y H O O D TH E R E

essingsindisguise sentby

for purposeslittledreamed

rythecourageofsouls.

ontobelieve,was theW arof

tion. TheChurc hwasthenin

nglish-spea ingworld. n

itistrue, herc onditionhadsome-

adualabatementofrelig-

ealofsomeofthe penalstat-

thers toremaininabeyance.

elotof theCatholicswasstill

nendurance. ntheA meri-

ceptionofPennsylvania,their

ndiminished. ndeed,atthis

enmorerampantinthemthan

sitnot thenprobablethat

byanunseenpowerfor the

hehappinessoftheworld

owsbeyondperadven-

atholicbiashadmuchmoreto

hanourhistoriansaregener-

uebecA ct,bywhichtoler-

holic sintheformer renchpos-

reeofthe Britishparliament

onoftheO hioValleybythe

nglishsettlementsalongthe


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wthesecoloniesintoaveritable

c maniatoo possessionof the

edalargepartin fanning

anceto theprincipleof

sentation. 1 tis uiteprobable

uebec A c t, thebrea between

ricandependencieswouldhave

c itizenof theUnited tates

espiritof intoleranceatthat

haninthelight ofagodsend

ent,ofcourse,thisanimus

hurchand tate. twas

ndeedthatitperhapspre-

anadafrom oiningusin

nce.A samatterof fact,

edonlyunderthecombined

assistancegivenusby

eofsuchmenas GeorgeWash-

leffectsofreligiousintoler-

nglandaswellastheUnited

edlesson.Doubtlessit isto

throughtheA mericanRevolution

tedthebroaderpolicywhich

in sgovernmentofherforeign

od.A thomealso,despite

contestforC atholicemancipa-

ntensityuntil182 , whenit

ctory.

dbreadthof thecoloniesthepulpitsrang

unciationsoftheQ uebecA ctandtheC atholic

rywasfloodedwithpamphletsofthesamechar-


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blicwas uic ertoact. n

eyouthfulstateten amend-

ely adoptedconstitution,the

C ongressshallma enolaw

entofreligion,orprohibiting

of . Thiswasin178 . A little

heratif icationof there uired

irteenstates,the amend-

country sfundamenallaw.

yanda uarterhasthestatute

time, butevenhelpedtoma e

rthoseof othercountries.

al eystoneaswelltoadorn

thelandtogetherin apeace-

sperouspeople.

esub ec tofournarrative

e veryyearinwhichthe

tionwasincorporatedinthe

searc hinvainforamore ind-

ale ponentoftolerancethan

oroughlyC atholic,he

elf,andhe readilye tended

artthistraitthatenabledhim

lof everycommunityin

oudsofwarhaddispersed,

medtheireven tenor,no

selectionofhomes,andno

heldthecolonistsbac from

rtilelandsbeyondthe

erlandmountainsbecameirre-

treamofimmigration


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mongthepioneersettlerswere

tthatpriestswouldsoonfol-

hatthustheycouldbetter

outasacrificeoftheir re-

ndsofthebattlefieldsand

originalA merican thetradi-

orer, DanielB oone thec harac -

eerhunters andthespirit

uebac woodsmen, thestory

sinterest. Theearlyannals

richin acharmeverold,and

ver, inawor li ethiswec an

efoutlineofits earlyhistory,

partof it, asabac groundfor

twhitemenwhosetfoot

mprisedinthat statewere

o u is o l ie t , ac co m pa n ie d b y th e

y, ather amesMar uette,

fe plorationdowntheMis-

heyarethoughtto haveland-

he g r ea t F a t he r o f W a te r s a n d

tedthewandering hawnees.

robablethatRobertdela alle

ofwhatisnow entuc y in

ly, too, ather amesGrav ier,

whilewiththemildandpeaceful

neyalongtheMississippiin1700.

ennesseewasearlierthanthatinto entuc y ,

olume.

e a ry o f C a t h ol i ci t y in e n tu c y , p p. 1 - 1 4 C o l l i ns ,

, , 1 4 -1 5 . h e a (. H i s t or y o f th e C a t h ol i c C h u rc h i n

4- 15)doesnotthin thatMar uettelandedat


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ttimeuntilfiftyyearsl ater

oemnsilenc eof entuc y s

bythetread ofhumanfeet

v ing ndian.

dbec ome nowntothe ng-

boardbeforetheoutbrea of the

secondhalf oftheeighteenth

cedwhenadventuroushunt-

rveyorsbeganto ma etheir

nddescendedthestreamsin

aduallytheypenetratedinto

tuc y . uc hnamesasMooney

nlyshowthepresenceof theubi-

talsosuggestthattheremusthave

olicamongtheearlieste plor-

efrom VirginiaandN orth

eseadventurers,perhapsinsti-

rought bac abouttherare

ryfertility,andthegenialcli-

e-see ersfromMarylandas

s ustmentionedsooncom-

ntsinthe landofhilland

ettlements,therewererough

neverperhapswasthereapeo-

daring,andfearlessspiritthan

of entuc y . N orwerethey

courage.R egardedasene-

eealsoareferencetoaletterf rom hea

s H i s t o r yo f e n tu c y , , p . 5 0 . T h e s t at e me n ts

nglishwerein entuc yataveryearlydate

probability.

omfarthersouth,northandeast,and even

egreatbul of themwasfromMary land, V irginia,


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gbands ofredmenwho

verydirection,theylived,so

ivesintheirhands. These

latein1782,when General

inf lic tedaseveredefeatuponthe

glishnorthof theO hio. et

nyWayne shistoric v ic tory

ribes ontheMaumeeR iver,

thetreatyofGreenville, in17 5,

entuc y feelthathewas

insambushedintheforests.5

amentof GreatR ritain

was intendedlargelyatleast

tsearlierc oloniesoutof the

bythe rench. N otunli ely

inpartasameansof fulf ill ing

Paris( ebruary10, 17 3 ),

nteedlibertyofconscienceand

nhabitants,whetherwhite

edby rance.Thisdelicate

encehavebeenentrustedto

sorevensucc essfullye ec uted,

rmittedtota euphomesatw ill

eceivedscantrespectasre-

temigrationthither, properly

ntil 1774,whenthebondsbe-

emother-countrywerenear

ongtheearliestemigrants,

eadherentsof thefaithof

e s of t h e a r ly C a t h o li c Mi s si o ns o f e n tu c y ,

pc i t. , , 2 5 7, a n d I , 1 9 - 1 40 , 7 9 ; B r y a nt , A P o p-

d tates, V , 11 -118 lson, Historyof the

25 -2 2 .


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N D H I S BO Y H O O D TH E R E 2

inalpalatinate. tillthef irst

aveanydefiniterecord,tosettle

eHart, W illiamC oomesand

ahamand saac White. They

ringof1775.C oomeswasa

entto entuc yf romV ir-

reland, andhadmadehis

asprobably entuc y sf irst

s. Coomesappearstohave

hool-teacher.

. . Webbsuggests, members

oubtlesshavebeen found

ome-see ersthatflowedinto

ftertheabovedate,thereal

anin1785.A ttheoutset,they

and,andprincipallyfrom

es, andPrinc eGeorge sc ounties. 7

ormerBaltimoreC olony

towards entuc y searlyCath-

onC ountymayserveasan

aletterof thepastorat aint

hatbythesummerof17 6 the

edthroughemigration. ew

rthanthose whohadnotthe

rstownwasacenterwhence

ndedinnorthernMaryland

ia. N ow atherBod inre-

bemadeamission,and m-

placeofresidenceforthe

2 -24 W ebb, op. c it. , 24-25.

25 Webb, op. cit. , pp. 24, 2 .

in, O . P. , Hagerstown, Maryland, toBishopCar-

17 6 , (B altimoreDioc esanA rc hives, Case1, T. 5).


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of thee aggeratedreports

ewwestfromthe factthat

veacountrysowholesome

productiveasthatin the

town. twasbelievedthat

osewhowentto entuc y .

thelandbeyondthemountains

lDorado. A sB ishop

pressesit:

toVirginiaandMarylandbythefirst

ted entuc y , wereofsoglow inga

manyotherstoemigratethither.The

tedasasortof promisedland,with

ol andifnotf low ingw ithmil andhoney,

indsofgame.Thisrichcountrynowlay

tivityofthe whiteman anditsfertile

occupation,orpurchasedfora mere

smightsubsist, li ethe ndians, byhunt-

preparedforcultivation.

hesefascinatingstories

ppealtothepeoplein aint

Princ eGeorge sc ounties, Mary-

e,through longandun-

becomegreatlyimpoverished.

eheadsofsi tyC atholic fam-

es,butthegreaternumberres-

s, formedaleague, andpledged

o entuc y asc ircumstanc es

reawareofthedangersthey

notonthewayonly, buteven

heirnewhomes.W iththe

e,andproductivenessofthis

rspersedthoseofthehorrors


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n. ButthatwasA meric a s

rilscouldnotchillthe growing

braveheartsthathad ust

ependence.

swhohadsacrif icedmuch

thesesturdyCatholic pioneers

eeveryworldlypossession.

denceisthebetter partof

milieshad atwofoldpur-

elocalitywouldnot merely

stbandsof ndianmarau-

sethemorereadilysec urethec on-

htheservicesofa priest.

relationsaswell asfriendsof

whohad ustbeenappointedpre-

tates,andwastherefore

ather ofourA mericanhier-

ersof thealliancenodoubt

ec t. Norc ouldhehavefailed

asttellsusthat heencour-

holiccolonization,andpromised

nwiththefirstbandofsettlers,

heirsoulsas soonaspossible.

naturallyan ioustobuildup

tentof territoryunderhis

familiesmusthaveleft

retold thattheyreached

earinwhic htheleaguewas

lowedintheyears178 ,

0, and17 1. 11A mongthosewho

werePhilipMilesandhis son

p25-27 Webb, op. c it., pp. 27-28. TheUnited


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nardtown, aintMary sC oun-

hesub ectofournarra-

ic hardPiusMiles, atherof the

Meanwhileothers oinedinthe

estwardmarchtoenormous

paldinge pressesit: Men

d,caughtupthisspirit and

and Marylandwasinmo-

promise becameparticu-

essationofdangerthatcame

andthetreatyw iththeMiamis,

ortothattime, astheban sof

c innatiand ouisvillewerees-

ans,themoreordinaryroute

asoverlandtoPittsburgh,and

t boatsto imestone,the

uc y. romthatpointthe

ythroughtheforeststo the

ysecured,ortothe location

le. twasawearymethod

theartsofthepast.

tf iveandtwentyfamiliesof

aindersomenodoubt followed

bravedthegreaterdanger,and

elanyofDec ember1, 1824(V ol. ll, pp. 3 7f f )has

ctthatisfull ofinaccuracies.

endant,inthefifthgeneration,ofthe

dB enedict paldingmentionedonpage27of

k e t ch e s of t h e E a r ly C a t h o li c M is s io n s of e n tu c y .

8. Webbnowherespea sofanyc onnec tion

icholasMiles,thefatherofBishopMiles

setwonotedpioneersalmostfeel thatthey

ebb, op. c it. , p. 27.


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ouisville. nthisway, they

by landin entuc ybynearly

dedmuchofitshardship.

ebeen eenlydisappointed

turehomesonPottinger s

notslowtodiscoverthatthesoil

ceptionofafewpurchases,

e.

harppractic eintheac uisi-

tperiod.PossiblytheC ath-

boveleaguewerevictimsof

nyrate,it isgenerallybe-

heeastobtainedlarge areas

thispartof ittotheseprospective

ationbeforetheyleftMary-

mswellgrounded,forother-

understandwhytheyset-

he country.Perhaps,how-

hecurrentreportsledthem

heybelievedthat everypart

nwasfertile.

wtoolate toremedythe

thadbeenmade,andbonds

fthesettlers,thus deprived

tionbut toremainwherethey

affairhavebeen theprov-

wsthatalltoooftenworldlyand

pilyharmonize

ledthePottinger sC ree

eamthatranthroughit, layin

nandsouthernN elsonC oun-

medinthestate, andatthedate

raditionstille ists.


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thelattercounty,whichthen

tarea. nconnectionwithit

sac rif ic eonthepartof thepio-

hewestforthesa eof their

than onehistorian.A l-

poorest,andthesituation

uphomesthere.The

oliccolonyhadsettledinthe

heywent,inspiteoftem-

theymightsecurethecon-

r themselvesandtheir

sof thealliancefaredbetter

tma etheirpurchasesuntil

y , whic henabledthemtoselect

acentdistricts,oreveninthe

nger sC ree andthelittle

lling or . PhilipMiles, anear

fNic holas, thebishop sfather,

swisercourse forhebought

ofthepresentvillageofN ew

dantsliveduntilwithinthemem-

samanof f ine udgment, and

sMilesactedonhisadvicewhen

moveto entuc y . 17

lding, op. cit. , p. 25.

n thatPhilipandNic holasMileswere

BishopMilesclaimednearrelationshipwith

suc ceededhisfather(Philip)ontheplantation

dthathealwaysv isitedhimwhenhec ameto

Miles, asonofH arry , wholivedanddiedonthe

andfather,andthenbyhisfather,alsoclaimed

pwiththebishop. atherThomasMiles, . . ,

a imednear inshipw iththesub ec tofour

icatesthatH arryMilesandthebishop were

N icholasMilesbrothers.TheC atholic


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onistswhowerenotmembers

ntasregards theirearthly

ionsofthestatefortheir

c eptions, wherevertheyset-

guoustractsoflandfrom

redtheassociationin Mary-

ogetheron Pottinger s

o-Catholic settlementin en-

uic suc cessionbyanumberof

sC ree ,MarionC ounty,for

at o n l h o rn C r e e , c ot t

s a i nt r a nc i s , b eg a n in t h e

heCartwright sC ree et-

ashingtoncounties,andthat

nearB ardstown, NelsonCounty ,

eof1787. Thencamethe

r , MarionC ounty, in1788.

sburg,Brec inridgeC ounty,

17 2and17 5aregivenasthe

o ' s C r e e o r a i rf i el d e t -

elsonC ounty.ls

ythat, w iththee c eption

ltheseC atholic c ommunitiestoo

elsonC ounty.Thiscivicdivis-

refore, holdsintheC hurchof

aintMary sC ountyholds

nd—thec radleof itsC atholic -

thcountyestablishedin en-

1 , 1885, givesanobituaryof B rotherG. Miles ,

issouri, who, itsays, wasbornin entuc y ,

ativeof thelateB ishopMiles. . . . andofR ev.

.

, andpassim.


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sedbythe generalassembly

yearsbeforetheerectionof

ndthenamegivenit inhonor

sNelson.1 ubse uently , by

becametheparentstemof

oldcathedralchurchstill

eatestglory, ustasitsc hief

nepiscopalcity,whilstits

ofitsdignityas aplaceofresi-

hop.

thlargelyspreadthrough

ewaythatithadradiatedf rom

Mary land, whenc eitpassedover

foranumberofyearsN el-

lementscomprisedthegreater

ulationof entuc y , whic h

ataboutthreehundredfam-

ndiannameforthatpartof thec ountry , whic h

oundforvarioustribes. tsforests,under-

dravines,togetherwiththebattlesof theaborig-

rvedlygiventhewordthemeaning,whether

dar andbloodyground. TheattemptofColonel

dhiscompanyoflandspeculators,in1775,to

the presentstateintoaseparatecommon-

tionofTransylvania,faileddismally forin

ltheterritorynowincludedin thestateby

andestablishedit intoacounty. n1780,

ounties,towhichshegavethenamesof

ef ferson. n1784, Nelsonwasaddedtothe

bon,Mercer,andMadison andin1788,Masonand

thec ountrybec ameadistinctpartof theUnion

torysouthof theO hio. n17 2, the tateof

bythenationalcongress,beingthe firstcreated

esameyear(17 2),W ashington,destined

esub ec tofournarrative, c ott, helby, ogan,

Greenc ountiesc ameintoe istenc e. Duringthe

estruggleforcon uestbythewhitesand

wasoneofthe bravestandmostsanguinaryin


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20 mmigration, stillmostly f rom

gmentthenumberofthe

coloniessentout nucleuses

sintodifferentpartsof the

munitiesorisolatedfamilies

ndtherein widelyseparated

eycouldseldombevisited

ereoutoftouch withC atholic

ttleornoinstructionin their

privations,togetherwiththe

eylived,theyortheirchildren

urch.

to b e t ol d o f a i nt r a nc i s ( l a-

no w W h i te u l ph u r) , i n c o tt

emstohavegota wrongstart.

omuchwealth, w iththeresultant

ate,everypriestin charge

h thepeople.22C atholicity

locality,anditis saidthat

omthefoundersofthe col-

r forefathers.Perhaps

ttlementis averificationof

emiesofmanaretheworld, the

oliccommunitiesthatorigi-

ywereeitheralreadyfoundedor

enN icholasMiles,fatherof

tleof Tennessee,lefthis

setime ofhisarrivalin

beasc ertained. B utthedate

5 W e b b , op . c it . , p. 1 3 .

tthisfact.


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PrinceGeorge sC ounty ,

osephMessenger, A ugust ,

startedforthewestlateinthat

. 2

correspondencewithPhilip

dfriends amongtheearlier

wouldhavelearnedthe diffi-

fprocuringinthe newcoun-

therutensils,aswellas arti-

beautyandc omfortofahome.

ofapracticalturnof mind,

ances,wemaybelievethathe

hattelswithhim ashewell

eremigrantsatthattime

ThatN icholasMilesfollowed

tedby thefactthatwedis-

alesby himinMaryland,

twouldalsoindicatethat

servantsatthe sametime,

avebeene pensivetopro-

statestill uiteunsettled.

ndianswaspassed, twolog-

ourney. O newasv iathe

urgh,andthendownthe

tsto ouisville theotherac ross

mberlandGap,andintothe

sprimevalof entuc y . A s

reatere penseof thef irst

hn thathec hoseitrather

engthof timeitre uired, the

oilitinvolved,andthe an iety

N o . , p p . 58 - 5 8 , R e c o r de r s O f f i ce , Ma r lb o ro ,


/ h t t p : / / w w w . h






numberofpersonsunderhis

mberedthatN icholasMiles

17 0. He probablyhad

,therefore,hemayhave

coloredwomenbytheeasier

womenservantsto loo

thehimselftravelledbythe lat-

he restofthecoloredmen

ndguardwhateverdomestic

west. Whic heverwayhe our-

edemigrant-wagonwasin-

eandprotectionofthe wom-

t, whetherforhouseorfarm. He

n.Thus,incasehe wentto

hernroute, heandhisc oloredmen

nstructedthesimpleboatson

eO hio.24

entuc yisnotedwasthen

val,therefore,thewayfarers

f thewriter sgreatgrand-father, oseph

ereintheCumberlandGap. Hewasonhisway

landto entuc y , inthef irstyearsof the

nalmostthroughthe brea inthemountains,

dertohavesomethingmadeata blac smith

onlyashortdistance,buttoldthe familyto

ewouldsoonoverta ethem. A shedidnot

pected,theywaitedforhim.Twodaysor

hisson oseph(thewriter sgrandfather)and

toloo forhim. Totheirhorrorthey learned

,ta enintothemountains,robbedandslain

ywithhisfine horse. nthosedaysitwas

rsucha catastrophetobefallsingletravellers

thewestwhiletheywereinthe fastnesses

ntains.Unabletorecovertheirloss,thesor-

dontoc entral entuc y , wherethey located

ree ettlement.


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yfriends,especiallybyPhilip

reahomeof theirown.

headofthenewcomerswas

mselfdefinitely.Possibly

deaofthetrend ofthesettle-

formerbusinessuntil he

dhim.N olessstaunchin

e affairsoftheworld,the

wantedhis homesteadwith-

ypriestsaswellas ongoodsoil.

,whosesoulshe prizedabove

wheretheywouldbe under

oftheC hurchandabletoprac-

, t he C o ' s C r e e e t tl e me n t

eC atholiccoloniesestablished

onCounty . tlay inthenorth-

ghtlytotheeast,whenceit

epresent pencerC ounty.

eautiful,andwellwatered

esoilnotonly fertilebutli ew ise

indofproduc e. A lthoughthe

thanstartedat thetimeof

lin entuc y , someofMary-

olic familiessoonbegantota e

7, forinstanc e, C lementGar-

hasedalargefarmwhere

airfield.25Doubtlessthese

ted atherB adin sattention,

rgeroominhishouse to

eighborhood.

sfarmfrom N ic holasPaulaliasPowell .

uly ,17 7,andisin DeedBoo 7,pp.1 1-1 2,

f f ice, B ardstown, entuc y .


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oloniesheldoutsuc hbright

hat ustbeginningonC o ' s

givebetterpromiseinmattersre-

dnotleaveMarylandunder

sessedanamplesufficiencyon

re.A lthoughadvancedin

hipsofthe westernwildsin

n.H edeterminedtherefore

snewestC atholic settlement,

portunitiesforthem,both

sides,someofthefriendsof

nhoodhadlocatedinthat

,hepurchasedafarmof

hundredacresfromoneZ eb-

etractof landlayon ro-

an ch o fC o ' s C r e e . 2 t w as s it ua te d

to thenortheast,fromBards-

andnotmuchlesswestfrom the

eld,thatafterwardsroseon

mentGardiner,almostinthe

helocationmusthaveap-

lasMilesforhispurpose. n

onsideredthemselvesfortunateif

horchapel.Butouran ious

e ofhishome for,besides

Gardiner s, therewasanother

ynn,halfwaybetweenMiles

teofthe presentN azareth

aint oseph s, asmalllogstruc -

thecapitalof thecounty.

MilesforthefarmisdatedDec ember2, 17 9 ,

p. 502, intheRec order sO f f ic e, B ardstown,


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downin hisnewhome,one

edthegoodmantota epos-

nce,and tobuildahouse.

eofeventhewealthiestamong

porarystructureoflogsadapt-

efamilyuntila morecommo-

ected.

eganlifeanew in entuc y

yyears. Thec hangemust

utthatwasahardyperiod,

me,aswell asonewhowould

nbehalfof hisfamily.The

ndianswereover theman-

comesomewhatlessrude.

uiredtoclearawaythe

preparethesoil forcultiva-

ith domesticanimals.Pro-

e youngerstoc frombirds

eriousproblem.Therewere

tlereadymoney,andfewarti-

e.

ntageswerecounterbalanced

ameofevery indc ouldbepro-

emenandboys— ofteneven

forthis purpose,asalsofor

ndwildcatsorachancepac

versuppliedwiththe choicest

ndbutterwereplentiful. The

emealof ndiancornc oo ed

ays. tprovidedawhole-

oneersthrove.

werenotlessbraveor indus-

ardedandspun wooland


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preparedby themen,woveit

esforthe family.Thes ins

ythoseofdeer,werenot

samepurpose.Moccasins

apsmadefromthefurs ofrac-

monarticlesofapparel. or

esdressedprincipallyinhome-

ransportationinthe primi-

dmoredelicatefabricsa rare

thy.Therichestwerenot too

mentswroughton thespot.

omoftheday.The gen-

ing. etthewomenfol are

uiteneatinthe uaintc ostumes

Perhapsnota fewdainty

urprisedto learnthat,inthe

grandmothersorevengrand-

wenttochurc hwiththeirhome-

w iththesil , tassel, andgreen

. Vanityhaseverbeenthepriv i-

nnocentadornmentmore

ponherthe denunciationof

7

ew, ifany . orthisreason,

everlocatednear aspring.

yofthemost primitive

intheMileshomewasno

anthegeneralrun,evenfrom

criptiongivesanidea ofthe

most ofthepioneersatthe

edin entuc y .

writeroftenlistenedtohisgrandmotherand

escoldingstheyusedtoget insermonsforthe

eirdress.


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thebarewalls. tools

rs thetableswereslabsof

er woodenplatesandves-

urmodernc hinaware. ven

ereeitherwoodenortin. The

r,wereplacedonrough

egsofa ind,orbywooden

ofthehouse.A llthesearti-

c eptthetinfor sandspoons,

temmedgourds,grownonthe

n ingpurposes.Tincups

srareasanironfor . The

feservedatthetableaswellas

e.Perhapsbearandbuffalo

allyc onstitutedtheblan ets

articleswerestillmanufactured

present,wereadelicacymade

empspunandwovenbythe

whichgrewupTennessee s

owentto entuc ywhenonly

sagreatchangefromthemore

,yetagoodpreparationfor

ehim.Besides,hisfather

t, fortheC o ' sC ree ettle-

faithfultoitsreligionin the

mporaladvantages. tpros-

ideaofits growthandof

ewhofoundedit maybe

en.W ebb,whowrites:

o ' sC ree ettlement, af terwards

airf ield, wasc omposedofbetweenforty

esbornebythe headsofthesefamilies,


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enableto securethem,were:C lement

s, Thomas lder, ranc isC oomes, Z ac h-

, ames nott, A ustinMontgomery , R ic h-

gdon, A ustinC lements, Wilf redWathen,

hardC oomes, Walter impson, ames imp-

hard arboe, V alentineThomson, ohn

s, B enedic t mith, osephGardiner, Charles

, ohn illy , ThomasB rewer, R ic hard

rs, C lementC lar , gnatiusDrury, — Mitch-

a m es p a ld i ng , o s ep h C l a r , — D a ug h -

e t a nd H i l a r y Dr u ry . 2s

heC atholichistoryof en-

evealsac ommunitywellworthyofnote.

wnnamesintheannalsofCatholic-

re.A numberoftheper-

onlye emplarycharacters

he C hurchandtheiradopted

of thec lusterintermsofspe-

etchesofseveralofthosewho

mortheirdescendantshave

vocationstotheministryofthe

ssisterhoods.

asbynomeansthe least

sonageinthisgroupof fine

bothtemporallyandspiritu-

hisagewhenhewenttothe

eprosperedmorethan most

sandpossessedofane c ellent

oodmind and udgment,

most influentialcitizensof

emaytrustastille tanttradi-

m,trustedhim,and sought

sasgoodashisbond. ofar

ned,heheldnopoliticalposi-


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hthetrueMilesspirit, he

needsuch remunerationfor

andhehadlittledesire for

wntousthathewasanaf fec-

indfather, an ioustobringup

dloveofGod.Doubtlessin

tofhelpmatesinhis wife,

sasane cellentladyandfond

f theearlyCatholic womenin

ous, deeplyattac hedtoherrelig-

he spiritoftheworld.

thymotheroftheworthyson

thesepages.

parentsli ethesec ouldnot

rgreatestsorrowwas the

oattendto thespiritualneeds

ywasadistant, lonesome, and

as hardtoprocuremission-

thisproblemformedoneof

sc hiefdif f ic ultiesandregrets.

too thetas eitherbec ame

ndleft itforotherspheres

theweightoftheburden.Much

ofNic holasMiles arrival

esummerof1805, atherBadin

state. venwhenhehad

ssionscouldnotbevisitedof-

thorsi wee s. Whenhe

betweentheministrations

adbeenwelltrainedin

erewerenodivineserviceson


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olicsgatheredatthechurch,chap-

eadthe massprayers,said

osary.ThefamilyofN icho-

t,was oneofthemostfaith-

ious e ercises.Tradition

wasofferedupin hishouse

nctionwasperformedat

or aintMichael s, airf ield)

whichweremoreconveniently

nsuchoccasionstheMiles

orsebac tothoseplacesand

ev e n to P o pl a r N e c , f i ve o r s i m i le s

n.

atholicsofthatdaymade

gionstandoutinboldc ontrast

ndifferencethatcharac-

ration. thasbeensaidthat

ndbishopthesub ec tofour

howstricthis parentswerethat

asswheneverpossible.H e

dewentout tothemwith

ewayinwhichtheyloo ed

oul.

elovedto dwellwashow,

nt tochurchridinghorsebac

r,or anolderbrotheror sister.

atherofafamilywouldta eone

her,oreventwo,wereperched

danglingdownbythehorse s

methatmadestaunchmenand

emswithwhichthe pioneers

ontendwastheeducationof their


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han sto rishsc hoolmasters

cainnumbers,morethanone

edinthebac woodsofthat

ediff ic ultygaveN ic holasan -

hischildrenwerepastthe

dwest.Theretheolder girls

customamongthebetterfam-

dthemothertoinstructtheir

ers. thasalsobeen handed

sMiles eptaprivatetutor

s borneoutbythefact

foundationsofa goodeduca-

nicansarrivedintheneigh-

eenseen, faredwellin en-

beyondhisfondesthopes. n

alltractof landtohisformer

tyear,possiblyunable

rmbecauseof age,heseems

creswherethetownofBloom-

vestarted acountrystore.2

methingofatraditiontothe

gagedin businessthere,and

ardwereamongthefounders

evenoweitse istenc etotheir

eadof dwardMiles,al-

ppearance,stillstands ust

uldnot discoverwhether

isfather. 0

47 , a n d De e d Bo o 1 0 , pp . 4 8- 5 0, i n R e c o rd e r s

ntuc y .

p . 28 - 2 , R e co r de r s O f f i ce , Ba r ds t ow n e n tu c y ,

sMiles. tisdated ebruary27, andwas

82 . H isw ifeA nnandson dwardweree ec u-


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arriedintosomeofthebest

sonCounty . Charity , thefirst

e,wasunitedin marriageto

a t he r B ad i n on A p r i l 2 1 ,1 7 8 .

hewifeofC lementH agan,

atherB adinoff ic iatingagain.

naGardiner,daughterofC lem-

elongservedasa stationfor

C ree ettlement. Thiswason

therBadinalsopresidedatthis

oinedinwedloc w ithRobert

180 , sheobtainedtheministra-

erinc x . ThetirelessB adin,

atmission,musthavebeen

otherpartof thestate. 1

n thosedaysforonedaughter

untilcomparativelylateinlife,

angeltotherest ofthefam-

werethe youngestgirl,

enthispartinthehomeofher

showsthat shemarriedDaniel

1 8 15 . a t he r o h n B. D a vi d , la t er

dstown,performedthecere-

riptiononthe tombstoneof

eightthousanddollars.ThomasMiles

retheirsec urities.

rlymarriagesinNelsonC ounty(inC ounty

ardstown)gotupbyWilliam . Dalmazzof romtherec -

e. ThecarefulWebbisinerrorwhenhesays

sdaughterofN ic holasMileswasnamedC ath-

r,heiscorrectinthestatementthatDaniel

hingtonC ounty, andlatermovedto ouisville,

thepillarsof aint ouis C hurc h. The

sMilesthroughthesevariousmarriages,li e

epioneersettlersof entuc y , aresc attered

ed tates.


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E R O F TH E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E

ashowsthat dwardB . Miles

shediedfirst whilethe

vealsthefactthat heleftno

ationinstoreforgood

oungestc hild, R ic hard. Tradition,

aint oseph sProv inc eof

entshimasacleverboy much

ewasoneof atherBadin s

atThomasGwynn sandat

Thezealousmissionary sbusy

omuchin thewayoffoster-

haveturnedthemindofthe

rderof aintDominic , in-

theran softhediocesancler-

urepageswilltell.


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I

N T O S E ' s

his chapterbetterthan

mstancesthatledtheDomin-

ntrarytotheiroriginalplans.

petition,it istrue,ofmuch

ifeof theR ightR ev. d-

, f o un d er o f a i nt R o s e s , a nd

nc innati. tilltheplanisno

alsettingfor anycomplete

of theC hurchinTennesseethan

apostleofO hio. N oman

dwithouta nowledgeof

hevariouscurrentsof

hestreamofhis life.

sthat inspiredtheleagueof

ndforemigratingto entuc y

ecurea pastorfortheirsouls

bors easierandhislife less

moreeffective,byhaving

esettlement.1H owever,the

ted tates,themultitudi-

distanceofthewesternmis-

e tremefor atherC arrollto

herd.Therecanbe nodoubt

sheartwentoutto themintheir

arge,forhisauthoritye -

tholic Missions, p. 25 W ebb, op. c it. , p, 27.


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untry,whilenotafewof them

withhimbytiesofboth blood

dnotdo thatwhichwas

apsedbeforethe fiveand

uewhoemigratedfirsthad

ambassadorofC hristin

rereadilyimaginethanpor-

eirhearts whenhearrived,for

lthemoredesolatebecause

esuccorsofreligion.This

therC harlesWhelanwhohad

or C ity , wherehebeganthe

mericanmetropolis.

d entuc yduringtheyear

aveonlythemeagerestrec-

e wasamemberof theO rder

u, zealous, humble, andgentle.

nedsoc ietyof urope, andseems

dispositiontocopewith the

woodslife,wherethepeople

ewhatintractablethroughlong

ents,nolessthanthroughlac

emissionarywasoverbur-

others,hehadnopriestly

couldconsult,ortoadmin-

tohisownsoul. R esthe new

elsandhispovertydid not

n humblehomeforhimself,

rshipforthepeople. omeof

mrudely,whilstthespirit ofin-

afewnon-C atholicswor-


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N T R O S E ' S

ons, hereturnedtotheeastin

ealittlemorethantwoyears

entuc y . 2

erinthesameyear, theRev.

redinthesettlements. Hehad

inV irginia butitissaidthat

yw ithabandofemigrantsf rom

sternTennessee. O urmostvolu-

alwriter, ohnGilmary hea,

saysthatthis missionarywas

predec essor, atherRohanwas

owever, heseemstohavebeen

rance. He performedthe

tuc yforonlyafewmonths.

17 0, hebuiltthef irstCath-

tate. twaslocatedinthe

ettlement, andwaslaterc onsec rated

erthetitleofHolyC ross.

risdelaMissiondu entuc y , p. 2 palding,

ns, pp. 41f f , and ifeofB ishop laget, pp. 7 -74

-158 hea, ifeofA rc hbishopC arroll, passim

p enwic , pp. 71-72.

eastthat atherWhelanwasamanof

hardto getalongwith.H owever,hehad

,andthe writerhasfoundnoaccusation

theseplaces.O nthecontrary,heseemsto

arac ter. H ediedat aintMary sC hurchon

ewCastleC ounty, Delaware, notfarf romWil-

. A tthetimeofhisdeathhewaspastor

nc eheattendedseveralmissionsinDelawareand

ia.

ishopC arroll(pp271-272), Doc tor ohnG. hea

e t. P ierre, O . C . D. , wasin entuc y in1785,

ealetteroftheC armelitetothearchbishop.

tedthatthere isnotraditionof thepresence

norhavewebeenabletof indanysuc h

atholic Missions, p. 4 , and ifeof laget, p. 74


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rea periodofspirituale ile

tholicsinthewestli eunto

senpeopleof old.Mean-

rrollhadbeenappointedthefirst

tes, andhadgoneto ngland

nsecrationfromtheR ight

sley , O . . B ., v ic arapostolic of the

st15, 17 0. Thenewprelate

eturn ourney,December7

eartmusthavebeensaddened

thfulin entuc y , andby

whocouldgivethemthebread

evermuchitpainedhim,it

e togranttheirpetition.

, nowswellhowtodraw

eturnedtheafflictions

chof uropebythe renchR ev-

sings forthatofthe United

tuc y , mayhapinanswertothe

there,overloo edinthedi-

ngtheecclesiasticalrefugees

eretheR evs.MichaelBernard

eodoreBadin.Theformer

ers thelatterasubdea-

5, 17 3 , atherB adinwas

edtothepriesthoodbyA rch-

70, 158-15 ; hea, ifeofCarroll, p. 272

e n wi c , p . 7 2.

herR ohanlaboredforatimeinV irginia, shortly

c a. palding(page2 ofhis arlyMissions)

nesseeformorethana yearbeforegoingto

wardstheendofhislifehewentto aintThomas

wn, wherehediedpiously , abouttheyear18 2.

5 , 6 9 ; G u il d ay , i f e of A r c h b is h op C a r r o ll


/ h t t p : / / w w w . h





N T R O S E ' S

thefirst uponwhomthatsacred

nthepresentlimitsofthe

echosenforthedesolate

receivedtheappointmentof

ntheir ourneyon eptember

edbytheeasierandsaferwayof

, O hio, theybro etheirriver

eremnantsof the renchstill

o lony, whichtheyfoundinade-

.Theylefttheboatagain

sville), entuc y , whenc ethey

gtonandtheCatholic settlement

arrivedat e ingtonintime

aymassthereonthe first

ichfellthatyearonthef irstday

rriere,fortheyhadbut one

enmilesinorderto performthe

eoplein theC atholicsettle-

.

s ma s s at e i n gt o n ma r e d

n entuc y thate tendedover

uarterofac entury , aswell

hetitleofapostleof thestate.

ardships andlonelinessofthe

eltitimpossibleto learnthe

age. H elef tthemissionsfor

p r il o f 1 7 4 . 7 n t h is w a y, d i d

palding, arlyMissions, passim Webb, op.

niel, op. c it. , pp. 72-7 . orfurtherinformation

derisreferredto palding s arlyMissions,

a n d th e a ut h or s i f e of e n wi c .

c y , atherB arrierewasgivenamissionin

southern ouisiana nownasA tta apas. There


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twelvemonthsordained,

earsof age,havetheentire

eredC atholicsettlements

tmusthavebeenasevere

of lessspiritwouldhavelost

e ampleoftheseniorclergy-

hate ertionssoe tensive

edthatthevariousstations

yvisited,confessionsheard,

ntheheartsof thepeople.

tosic c allsfromfarandnear,

esaidto havepracticallylived

eonlywayof travel. ortunate-

with abuoyantspiritthat

ction,anironconstitutionthat

danervousenergythat seemed

thatheeffectedsomuch

handicaps,ratherthanthat

e.

vethat theC atholicsof

wledgeofthedifficultieswith

ationsin entuc yhadto

heirreligion. etthe

notlessen. romthisfact

hopC arrollmusthavegiven

home-see ersthatthedearth

nberemedied. nfact,it

fullyuntiline tremeoldage. n1824, he

eau ,butdiedeight daysafterhisarrival.

ouvay, C . M. , whofeelsthathelef t entuc y bec ause

the nglishlanguage, hasaverynic es etc h

ouisianainthe aint ouisCatholic Historical

21(V ol. ll, pp. 242-2 4): R ummagingthrough


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N T R O S E ' S

religiouslyforlornperiod

hisfamily tothewest. ittle

earsofage,wentwith the

7 , a t he r B ad i n an d h is d e so l at e

ythearrivalof theRev. Mic h-

fableandzealous renchc lergy-

ranmissionaryhadputupa

senearthec enterof theCatho-

wstandsthemother-houseof

oH e c a l l ed i t a i nt t e ph e n s .

ournierlivedtogetherforatime,

portionmentofthemissions.

eneral,ordinarilyattended

butheretainedNelsonCounty ,

ree ettlementwassituated, as

hewasthepastorof N ich-

ec tofournarrative. A f tera

u rn a t a i nt t e ph e n s , o u rn i er

fin thecolonyontheR oll-

sentC hurc hof theHolyN ame

ivisionof thewor , however,

sameasbefore.

oyofallthefaithfulinthestate,

sionswas increasedahun-

thony almonreac hed aint

ar y 1 , 17 9 . a th er o hn T ha ye r

entuc y , toB ishopCarroll, B altimore, Marc h2,

ves, Case8A , M1) B adintosame, March2, 17 7

. p a ld i ng s a r ly M i ss i on s ( p. 7 ) t e ll s u s th a t

nc eto ngland, andthathetaught renc hin

arsbeforecomingtoA merica.

pCarroll, Marc h4, 17 8(B altimoreA rc hives,

palding, arlyMissions, pp. 74-75 Webb, op. cit. , passim.


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0 almonand ournierhad

rotherpriestsin theDiocese

the renc hRevolution. Thay-

ministerinMassachusetts,

edintotheC hurchinR ome,

edat Paris.N everbefore

lessedw ithsomanyambassadors

misedwellfor thespiritual

e.

of things atherThayertoo

ttCounty , whereahousewas

almonmadehishomeat

ththev ic argeneral whilst ather

heR olling or . Thisarrange-

atherBadinfreertogivemore

dmore remoteC atholicset-

s,andwhateverelsedemanded

o ather almoninclud-

nthiswayhecameintoc ontac t

esandhisfather. tissaid

rysoonwonthehearts ofhis

susthatattimeshesaidmass

Miles,thathehadno truerad-

atholicgentleman,andthat

erestin littleR ichard,whose

edhisfuturelife. tisnot

onofthefuture atherofthe

entuc y , toB ishopCarroll, B altimore, May27,

c h i ve s , C a s e 8 B, G ) B a di n t o sa m e, e b ru a ry 2 0 ,

. 1 2 ).

pCarroll, O c tober , 17 9 (B altimoreA rc hives,

e b ru a ry 2 0 , 17 9 , a s i n th e p re c ed i ng n o te p a ld i ng ,

81 Webb, op. c it. , passim.


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N T R O S E ' S

eiveditsfirstimplusefromthis

short-lived.Deathand

innedthe sacerdotalran s—

withlittle spiritualsuccor

all avictimtohiszeal was

wasthrownfromhishorse, while

tThomasGwynn s. He had

of sic nesscontracted,says

sivelaborande posure. Perhaps

ealthhelpedtoma efatalthefall,

Gwynn sthene tday, No-

ather almonwasthef irstpriest

2TheGwynnhomestoodnotfar

whowasthen aboynearly

sbeenhandeddowntousthat

ventwell,andthat hewas

a of itinaf terlife.

er, ebruary12, 180 , a-

edtohiseternalreward. He,

al.H isdeath,althoughoc-

asaw mill,thestate sapostle

edbyhise c essivelaboursand

onfailedtota ealltheold

atherThayer.Thisfact

estoma ehisministrations

ly,hee ercisedthesacred

foronlyabouttwoyears. ater

oingthenceto ngland,and

ss i on s , 77 - 78 W e b b , op . ci t ., p p . 1 8 , 1 8 - 1 9 .

ishopCarroll, A pril11, 180 (B altimoreA rc hives,

12) palding, arlyMissions, p. 75 Webb, op. c it. ,


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reheissaidtohavespentthelast

v ic eof thepoorin imeric . 14

nagainleft alonefor

epastoralcareof entuc y .

reaterthantheyhad everbeen.

both sizeandnumber the

ewerelengthened thesic -c alls

weremorescatteredC atholicsre-

upiedbythefaithful.The

noend. O nec anformsome

calledthat theplaceshewas

d,fromeasttowest,overa dis-

dandthirty orfortymiles,

erhapsseventymiles. ew

cedsomuchinsucha soli-

pointofv iewhislifewas

rchivesofBaltimoreshow

arypastorof entuc ysend

arrollforspiritualassist-

melves oinedinthesupplic ation.

efraythee pensesoftravel

othewest.15R umorsorprom-

pesthatweresoondisap-

etheinterestarousedinthe

dsmenbyaproposaltoestablish

ssions, pp. 78-81 Webb, op. cit. , pp. 1 9 -174.

ishopC arroll, pp. 420-427, Doc torGuildaygive

icaldetailsof atherThayer.H elabored

cumentsofthatday showthatheproved

sitwereinhisc haritywor in imeric , where

eand udgmentwerenotamonghis ualifi-

uminouscorrespondenceintheBaltimorearchives

rehimselfduringthistryingtime, norfrom


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N T R O S E ' S

c ansin c ottCountyunderthe

hael gan, afterwardsthe

. urelythegoodpeople

God hadheardtheir

summerof1804, atherB a-

e R ev.UrbanGuillet,su-

stswhohadbeendrivenfrom

,andweretemporarilylocated

mGettysburg,Pennsyl-

spurposewastof indasuitable

neoftheC atholicsettlements

greatlypleasedthestate svet-

eltthat thepresenceofacom-

ollycontemplativewould

occasionalretreatthan

distributingthebreadof

chofthewest.17

erhisarrivalin entuc y ,

thenumberofC atholicfamilies

ewasalsoalone. B esides, thesamearc hiveshave

e peopleappealingforpriests.O neofthese

andfourmenoftheCartwright sC ree ettle-

butsomeonehaswritten 1808 onit. This, how-

e. tmusthavebeenwrittenaround180 , and

minic anssettlingthere. nthelastyearsof

methirty-fiveorfortyfamilies,amongthem

wic andGeorgeHamilton, hisson- in- law, moved

panishpossessionsinMissouriinordertobe

on.

ec ember , 1804(B altimoreA rc hives, CaseA

m e r i ca n C a t h ol i c H i s to r ic a l R e s ea r ch e s, X , 7 5 - 7 .

that ather ohnDubois,founderofMount

ge, mmitsburg, Mary land, andlaterthethirdbishop

h ou g ht o f g oi n g to e n tu c y .

theprecedingnote andsametosame,

ltimoreA rc hives, C aseA pec ial, 11).


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hundred.Bythetimeof

adincreasedahundredfold,for

rolldatedA ugust 1, 180 ,

adeanewcensusof thedif ferent

mberofC atholic samountstoup-

milies. 18Doubtless,how-

erwhichthefaithfulwere

ersthatdemandedthetime

est, andotherdifficultiesof

bleto ma eacompletecen-

obablethattheCatholic house-

ne c essof atherBadin ses-

numberin180 wasnearerthat

tatementmorethanthree

ofMarc h14, 1807, hetellshis

edninehundredand seventy-

earlytwodecadesthoseofthe

entuc y ineverincreasingvol-

yland,butalsofromother

venfrom reland.

March14, 1807, ather

lalist ofnineteenparishes

rprospectsofhavingthem

tfromtheirinterestas amat-

andtheir respectivedistances

esidenc ew illgivethereadera

at ledtheDominicansto

asafurtherbac groundforour

theninWashington, butnow

aseA pec ial, 1.

.


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N T R O S E ' S

wassaidin atherBadin s

ottinger sC ree ettlement,

ounty,butnowinMarion.

s w es t o f a i nt t e ph e n s . 2 0

i n c ot t C o un ty , bu il t in 1 7 6 o r

milesnortheast.21

t e C a r t wr i gh t s C r e e e t tl e -

nty , builtin17 7or17 8—

nearBardstown, NelsonCounty ,

and17 8—thirteenmilesnorth.

th e R o l l in g o r e t tl e me n t,

,butnowinMarionandabout

ebanon—thirteenmiles

rewasunderway.

P o pl a r N e c " , o n t he B e ec h

nty , elevenmilesnorth.

ashingtonC ounty(now in

lessoutheast.Thischurch

i n th e C o ' s C r e e et t le m en t

nCounty , twenty- fourmilesto

ywasc utoutofN elsonCounty in17 2, the

yrec eivedthehonorofstatehood. Marion

18 4, byadiv isionofWashingtonCounty .

tholic settlementof entuc yhasreligionfared

ottCounty . romthebeginningtheparish

twasthemostfavorablysituatedof themall

w,for thelandwasveryfertile.Perhapsthe

entiontotheirtemporalwelfare,ma ingagodof

seof theirsouls. tseemsunfortunatethata

esof thec olony, inc ludingseveral enw ic s

haffairs,removedtoMissouri.Theparish

enoreight families,ofwhomonlyabout

ctionwiththeoriginalC atholicsettlers.


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talogtempleofprayerhad

renoteveninactualuse.The

thiswasthe parishtowhich

.22

earthepresentC olesburg, in

ty-fourmilestothenorthwest.

helbyCounty, thirty- f iveor

s , n e ar t h e fo r s o f R o u g h

idgeC ounty—eightymilestothewest.

n o wn a s A x t e l.

e r s , n ea r th e e nt uc y R i v er ,

ymileseastby north.

t he p r es e nt C i t y o f o u is v il l e,

milesnorth.

e i n gt o n, s e ve n ty m i le s t o

, A dairC ounty , thirty - four

chforthiscongregationwas

aseyCounty , wherenowstands

ville.

Danville, Merc erCounty(now

ileseast.

ther,therewas considerabletroubleabout

chatthisplace,whichcauseditto bealong-

standaletterf romhimtoB ishopC arroll, sent

s, helbyCounty , May12, 1808 (B altimoreA rc hives,

atthisstationwasthenin helbyC ounty. A

ted tatesC atholicMiscellanyofDecember

aitwasinthepartof helbyCountyta en(in1824)

pencer. Thedistanceof aintB enedict s

s i s g iv e n in B i sh o p Ma e s i f e of a t he r C h a r le s

asthirty- threemiles. Butaletterof atherB adin

ber5, 1805(B altimoreA rc hives, C ase1, G10)

s fromhishomo.


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N T R O S E ' S

ullittCounty , twenty- fiveor

aint tephen s. Thec hurc h

tion.24

ingtonC ounty, nineorten

c tedtoseeHarrodsburgmen-

henucleusofaC atholiccol-

borhood,thirty-fiveorforty

erBadin shome, atanearly

ecamenumerous,stillit

vednotice.Possiblyitsomis-

hefaithfulin thatdis-

nd atherB adin sendlessla-

lgreatan iety . Hehade pe-

findingpriests readytoset-

r capableofsustainingits

twasbutnatural,there-

isthoughtstotheDominicans

nc e, when ather dwardDom-

ma es atherNerinc x saythatplacewas

aint tephen s. B utthisisev identlyatypo-

builtbythe Dominicansin pringfieldwas

s. aintRose s, whichwasunderwayatthe

islisttoB ishopCarroll(andabouthalfway

wnand aintA nn s—twomilesf romeach),

yofachurchin pringfield.Thepretermis-

sinthelistisasurprise.

andstationsby atherBadinisinthe

s e C . p e ci a l, . M ae s i f e of N e r i n c x , p p . 12 -

ons,wasusedforthedistancesofthevarious

tephen s, asthesearenotgiveninB adin slist.

atherBadinsenttheB ishopamapof entuc y

ocationofthe churches,etc.,indicatedbythe

an accompanyinge planationoftheirpros-

soinCaseC pec ial, , of theB altimore

e sisgiveninthisc hart.


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dtoma eafoundationw ithinhis

enw ic madehisre uest, the

atherWilliamB . hort, the

oembrac eaf ineopportunity

amostadvantageoussettle-

es. Thiswasin1802, ifnot

yBaltimore sprelatewished

i n e n tu c y f o r we n o wo f

needofpriestsatthe time,

ffer betteropportunities

n.

obeganthenegotiationsthat

blishmentofthe riars

tates, wasbornin aintMary s

7 8. Whenamereyouth, he

rossCollege, conductedbythe

ornheim,Belgium.While

heO rder,andrealizedthe

r theC hurchinhisnative

e oinedtheProv inc eof ng-

purposeofonedaystartingthe

cinouryouthfulrepublic.27

anhabitatBornheimon

timore, toR ev. R ic hard u eC onc anen, O . P. ,

180 (A rc hivesof theDominic anMasterGeneral,

7 1 ) O ' D an ie l, i fe o fB is ho p e nw ic , p p. 1 14 -1 15 .

hisletter: S olongagoas1802, hadurged

incialof it theO rder in ngland, toembrac e

feredofobtainingamost advantageoussettle-

es. A s ather hort stermofof fic easprov in-

ouldseemthatthebishophadwrittentohimat

orgottentheprecisetime. ather hortdied

eenatraditionin aint oseph sProv inc e

searchesoflateyearshaveshownitto bestated

entbelongingevento enw ic ' slifetime.


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N T R O S E ' S

wasraisedto thepriesthood

u n e, 1 7 4 , t he c o mm u ni t y wa s

revolutioniststosee refugein

ntthene ttenyearsofhislife.

ornheimwasre-openedon

heuncertainandunhappypo-

ental urope,togetherwiththe

ofallreligiousinthec oun-

nation,notonlypreventedthe

mprosperingagain,buteven

racticeoftheO rder schar-

erhand,the stronganti-C ath-

gand, whichborew ithspec ialforce

,alsogaveagloomyoutloo

rsPreacherinthatcountry.

vincedtheyoungA merican

orhimtounderta ethepur-

redthe Order. Theymore-

ompanionstooffertheir ser-

se—theRevs. amuelThomas

ondTuite, andR obertA nto-

hen enw ic f irstbroachedthe

rollc annotnowbeascertained

oposalwaswarmlyespoused

eric anhierarc hy. trec eiveda

DominicanMasterGeneral,

Gaddi, towhomthepro ec twas

ss ta n t, a t he r R i c h ar d u e C o n -

opofNew or . 2

onsandProfessions(A rc hivesof the nglish

heCathedralof aint-B avon, Ghent, B elgium.

s andtheprecedingparagraphareshown

v en i n c ha p te r s I I , V , V , V I , a nd V I I o f t h e

, andbythelastpartof thehistoryofH oly


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assedbetween enwic

atterarenolongere tant but

wthat thecorrespondencebe-

nother, addressedtoCarroll

804,indicatesthatthebishop

sign priortothislatter date. 1

herThomasA . Underhill, then

avehisreadyconsentthat en-

snativeland. H owever, when

heA mericanenterprise,Un-

plan. N orwerehisob ec -

sprovincecouldnotwell

tsbestmen. The uestion

neral.H edecidedin

d. 2

em, B elgium, in atherRaymundPalmer s ife

r, O . P. , C ardinalofNorfol . Writingf rom

olumbia, to atherR ic hard . C onc anen,

05, atherWilsonsays: E versincethenotic e

bishop,MonsignorRo uelaure,thatallreligious

ecularizedbyHisH oliness, wereentirelyunder

veturnedmythoughtstoA merica, whereanew

withsuccess (A rchivesoftheDominicanGen-

I , 7 1 ) . a t he r C o n c an e n, a f r ie n d of B i sh o p C a r ro l l,

tR ome, too a eenandhelpfulinterestin

riarsPreac herintheUnited tates. inc e

nc anen, someyearsago(C atholic Historic al

pril, 1 1 ), wehavedisc overedthedateofhii

heDioc eseof lphin, Dec ember28, 1847

,1808).

e n wi c , C a r s h al t on , n g la n d, t o C o n ca n en , R o m e,

owsthattwoprev iouslettershadpassedbetween

r c h iv e s of t h e Do m in i ca n G en e ra l , C o d e X I I I ,

e, C a s e , R 1 .

thersUnderhillin ngland, ThomasA . , who

andGerard A .,anelderbrother.They

healiasofP lun ett. enw ic beganhisc om-

through atherGerard.Therelationsbetween

nglishprov inc ialthroughallthec ontroversyaretruly


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N T R O S E ' S 9

dA ngierreachedMary landlate

eretheywere oinedbyWilson

r. Beforethearrivalof

s,BishopC arrollhadac-

nw iththeirdesire, andsignified

hemto entuc y . twaswel-

missionary . 3 enw ic wasa

tefromwhichbyfar the

olic sin entuc y , ortheirpar-

s,therefore,DoctorC arroll

riarPreac herandhis nglish

andthepeoplebetterthan

e,as wellasbebetterun-

ftheaims oftheDominicans

or theeducationofyouth,

westhadnoCatholic sc hoolsfor

dditionalreasonfor placing

stDioceseofBaltimore.

ntlye pec tedtosetupthestand-

andinheritedfromhis father

ebowedtothesolicitation

eshouldv isit entuc y inthe

seeifhe couldnotfinda

himselfandconfreres. at-

feredbythe newwest,he

ersWilsonandTuite. H edid

i sh o p e n wi c , p p . 2 - 3 a n d p a ss i m.

intGeorge s, Maryland, toCarroll, Baltimore, November

c hives, Case , R ) W ilson, Georgetown, Distric t

anen, Rome, O c tober14, 1805(A rc hivesof the

e X I I I , 7 1 ) B a di n t o C a r ro l l, D e ce m be r ,

es, CaseA pec ial, 10), and ebruary2 ,

p e ci a l, . ) . o r l at e r re l at i on s b et w ee n a t he r

sin entuc ysee ifeofB ishop enw ic ,

1 27 f f , an d C a t h ol i c H i s to r ic a l R e v ie w ,A p r i l 1 2 0 ( V ,


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nitedecisionwithoutthecon-

4

ittlebandof riarsPreac her

a t he r C h a r le s N e r i nc x , o f mi s -

mGeorgetownC ollegeforthe

e lef tatthisparticular unc -

nytheTrappistsofPigeon

erGuillet, wereabouttodepart

ver, thef ieldwaslarge, andgave

thelaborsmany.Besides,

argelywitholdshimfromthe

sons, afewwee saf tertheir

ptember10, 1805), athers

ispatchedonto entuc y .

ftheirwagonon thewestern

Mountains,fromwhichboth

rdedtheirprogress,theydid

untillate inDecember.

e uestofB ishopCarroll, was

the missionsofMaryland.

hesettlementofhispaternal

. 5

of thesuperiorin en-

ehouse ofThomasGwynn,

o n c an e n (R o m e ) fr o m C a r sh a lt o n, n g la n d, M a rc h 1 ,

Mary land, A ugust1, 1805(A rc hivesof the

e X I I I , 7 1 C a r r o ll t o s am e, N o v e mb e r 21 ,

ic toC arroll, a intGeorge s, Maryland, November

December1 , 1804(B altimoreA rc hives, Case ,

, passim. Notmanyyearsagooneusedfre uently

lhow atherWilsonhadanarmbro enand

uglycuton hisforeheadwhenthehorsesran

wagonastheyweredescendingthemountains.

c h ol a s D. o u ng , a nd a t he r a m ue l . M o nt -

authoritiesforthe statement.Thetradition


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N T R O S E ' S

haddied. Thenceheattended

ounty . nthisway, hebec ame

icholasMiles,whoseresi-

oodin thevicinityofthe

eyoungestsonwasdestinedto

of the riarsPreac herinthe

datthehomeof oneH enry

atholic wholivedintheneigh-

s . r o m th e re h e l oo e d a ft e r

ee ettlement, whichhadbec ome

n thestate.A lmostsimul-

undhimafewboys whoman-

esthood.Thesehelodged

dbegantoteachthem inone

ins. 6

schoolwasthe beginning

egewestoftheA lleghanies.

obertandN ic holas oung,

n wi c , w ho w en t t o e n tu c y ,

tor,withtheintentionof

notherwasthesub ec tofournar-

thasbeenhandeddowntous

ood atherTuite , whenthat

rgeof themissionsinNelson

ndinWashingtonC ounty , entuc y . tis

lyrecoveredtheuseofhis armandthat

o thegrave. heaspea softhismishapin

r ch i n t he U n it e d t a te s , I I , 2 7 4.

hersB adinandN erinc x substantiatethetradition

athersWilsonandTuitema ingtheirhomes

wynnandB oone. ather tephenB yrnespea s

etc hof theprov inc e, asalsodoes hea( ee

tionaboutboththisand theschoolisstill

inthev ic inityof aintRose s.


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nhisw ishtoc onsecratehimself to

etostudyunder atherW il-

loseof hisfifteenthyear,

thethresholdofhissi teenth,

fluenceofthe masterfulmind

ilson, whomB ishop palding

ostlearneddivines whoever

3 S O nlyashorttimebefore,

feducationalinstitutionsin en-

woodsmanc ouldhardlyhave

ate.Doubtless,therefore,his

h oyandgratitudebecause

nga vocationthatpos-

wedoubtthathis parents

dsincerestencouragement

oof,for theywerepious

hehand ofGodinthe favor

d.

unduphisbusinessinMaryland

hec loseof thene tmonth,

ntuc y . agertosethispious

ostimmediatelypurchaseda

ohnWaller, whoissaid

oleavealoc ality inwhic hso

ed.Thefarmlayon C art-

ashingtonC ounty, abouthalfway

d a i nt A n n s C h u r c h— s o m e

writerof tenlistenedtotheolderpriestsrec ounting

oungandevenB ishopMileshimselfusedtotell

tunder atherWilsonatthissc hool. There

abletraditioninthe provincethanthat

rdedinthisparagraph.

154.


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N T R O S E ' S

ndabouteightmileseastof

enc e. "

erlandatwo-storiedbric

emodeled. athersWilson

estudentsof theformer,

w home,whichwasblessed

180 . 40 twasdedic atedto

, A meric a sf irstf lowerofsanc tity.

icile,oneof theearliestbric

tuc y , becamenotonlythe

eventhefirst conventfor

es, w iththepossiblee c eptionof

entofTrappists,whichwas

y lvaniato entuc y , and

erplacesuntil theyreturned

efore, savealonethe ranc is-

Barbara,C alifornia,whichwas

domination, aintRose sis

n thecountry.Well may

ction.41

er sO f f ice, aPlata, CharlesCounty , Mary land,

to osephGardinerbearingthedateof une

din, writingtoB ishopC arroll, eptember17, 180 ,

purchasedtheWallerplantationwithinthreedays

uc y(B altimoreA rc hives, C aseA pec ial, 1 ).

nsforhishastewas atherBadin sunc on uer-

neverysort ofaffair.

ngf ield, entuc y , toC arrollB altimore, Marc h1,

es, Case , R 8). Waller sdeedofhisfarmto

ember1, 180 ; butitwouldseemthattherenova-

wascompletedbythistime.

rf rom ranc ein180 or1804, andsettled

vania. n1805theymovedto entuc y , loc a-

n s n o b, n e ar H o l y C r o s s C h u r ch b u t in t h e

vedtoCaseyC ounty . Thenc e, in180 , they

gforawhilenear C airo, llinois,andfinally

Mssouri. n1810, theymovedtoC aho ia, llinois.


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rioryofhisnativelandthat

realinsightintothe lifeof

mthestart, traditiontellsus,

ent,nomeantalent,aspiritof

dof sensiblepiety. ather

isteachers,withthe result

oonsprangup betweenthe

stime, bec ausesuperior, wasmostly

stryandthenewbuildings

ygotunderway.H owever,

stleofTennesseeinthe Wal-

plecalled it,wasofshortdura-

hsc hangew illbetheburdenof the

hey leftthisplacefortheeast, andaf terashort

C i t y r e tu r ne d t o r a nc e . t i s a dm i tt e d by a l l

tyofe emplarymen,buttheyhadthe

anunpracticalandcapricioussuperior.

ywentfromplaceto placeindicatesthatnone

dthecanonicalstatusofa convent.

ge(nowa eminary)underthe ulpiciansin

ollegeandotherhousesof the esuit athers

munities,werenotconventsinthestrict sense

thewC arr, O . . A . , hadbuilttheChurc hof

rectoryforhis orderinPhiladelphiaseveral

g of a i nt R o s e s , i n e n tu c y b u t th e A u g u s-

mto havebecomeaconventuntilata laterdate.


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B T O F A I N T DO M N I C

e n wi c ' s o r ig i na l i de a wa s t o

ndthat shouldbereallyan

ish riarsPreac her. Hehoped,

sfavor,thisplacewouldin

fothersimilarinstitutions,

ywouldbepreparedfor an

isO rderinhis nativecoun-

al, theMostRev. P ius o-

ota etheproposedA meric an

mmediate urisdic tion. He so

ugh atherC onc anen. Therea-

thewell- nown ealousy

ate istedintheUnited

ever, atherGaddiresolved

tinct provincefromtheout-

w ic asitssuperior.2B ehindthe

oftheMasterGenerallay

stheslowanduncertainmail

distancefromtheseatof

rthedangersthatencompassedthe

enedabrea ofc ommunications

ewW orld. urthermore,

o e n wi c , C a r s h al t on , n g la n d, N o v e mb e r 1 ,

e nglishProv inc e).

, N ovember( ), 1804(Copy inA rc hivesof

o d e X I I I , 7 1 ) .


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wishedtoseethe religiousin-

dedta eitsplaceamongthe

od,thespreadoftheC hurch,

ournewandpromisingre-

obly in atinA meric a. Un-

stances,thesurestwaytothis

ic ' senterpriseonanautono-

szealinthematterwassuc h

athasfew,if any,parallels

rderof riarsPreac her,

e istence.Thelawismost

hattheremustbeatleastthree

ecanbeestablished. nthis

tolicauthorityofcourse,the

edevenbeforeithad asingle

roll, byanothere traordinary

edtofounditandtodeter-

pitsstandard.

ctarrivedinMaryland

4Behindthemonecanclearly

nghandof atherR ic hard .

ed enw ic ' sc ausef romthebe-

rishassistantof theDomini-

selfishlygivenmuchofhis

doftheC hurchinmissionary

stohavehad anespeciallovefor

es. Thec laimsof theCatholic s

haveawaitedB ishopC arroll sanswer, andthen,

placitumapostolicum,erectedwhatis nownas

that,underthe circumstances,thebest

dasrecordedinthete t.

, Mary land, toCarroll, O c tober10, 180 (B altimore

) .


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tohis heartthatonlyage

nghisservicesintheir behalf.

nthroughcorrespondence

ll,whosefriendandagenthe

ersantwithourneeds,aswell

patriarc h slongingdesirefor

rsofChrist. rom enwic he

sw ishtohavethe riars

tance.5

mewerebetter nownatthe

oncanen,orsocompletely

eofitscardinals forhehad

dby manybishopsunderits

ngswiththat sacredcongre-

ason, hestoodhighinthees-

t h e e v en t h Pi u s. A t t h e p r es -

as stillinParis,whither

apoleonBonaparteemperorof

floatedbac thatcombined

uropetorenderdangerous

zing enw ic ' spro ec t.

heapprobationof ather

yhis nowledgeoftheProp-

doallinitspowerfortheChurc h

epublic,nolessthanbythe

etweenhimselfandDoctorC ar-

sre uestbeforethataugust

ettersofConc anentoCarrollintheB al-

rsf romCarrolltoConc anene istinthePropa-

oseof theDominic anMasterGeneral, R ome. t

nthetwoillustriousecclesiasticsthatledto

mentasthef irstbishopofNew or . ee, onthis

i s t o ri c al R e v i e w fo r a n ua r y, 1 1 , ( , 4 0 0- 4 21 ) .

I , 1 - 4 , a nd 7 - 82 ).


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a. Histrustdidnotproveun-

hesacredcongregation

ethatauthorizedthebishopof

ostolic,tocreatetheproposed

herinhisvastdiocese,if it

tertainedsofirma confidence

atteron thepartofBishop

alongwiththedocument

adC oncanenforwardlet-

sheadappointing enw ic

nce,andnamingit afterhis

s ep h . Tr u e to t h e Ge n er a l s e -

notonlyacceptedthepower

venlostno timeaboutput-

oreover,heseemstohave

lliberty inthechoiceofaloc ation

uc y.

5.The dateofthisdecreeshowsthatit was

wasin rance butitwasheldinabeyanc e

. He signeditonMay1 , 1805. Cardinal

chbishopDominicCoppola,respectivelythe

ePropaganda,affi edtheirsignaturestothe

805. tseemscertainly tohavebeenforwarded

timethat atherGaddi sletters, dated une22,

w ic .

daletter(inthenameof enw ic )toPius

mberorearly inDec ember, 1804. Thedocumentis

mber22,1804,followingits custominsuch

ropagandawrotetoC arrollinorderto

atter.N ow,owingtotheslowanddoubtful

eroffurther delay,thesacredcongregation

ntionedinthe te tasthesurest wayofsetting

opiesofallthedocumentsrelatingto theaffair

andwriting)areintheA rc hivesof theDominic an

sotheC atholic Historic alRev iewasinthe

e of B i sh o p e n wi c , c ha p te r s I a n d V. t

DominicanMasterGeneral,outofgratitude


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tythat ather enw ic pur-

enovatedthelittlebric house

blishedtheC onventof aint

useofitsremotenessfromany

onewouldhardlypic out

prioryorcollege,itwouldhave

turyanda uarteragotose-

alty thatgavegreaterpromise

riarPreac her sdesign. The

countrycouldnotbeeven

salmostentirelygiven toag-

,nor anytownswhosepros-

ereC atholicityhadgaineda

nthathepurchasedlayal-

atholicsettlements,whileit

eofthelargest andmost

dwasgood thecountry

autiful, pic tures ue thec lim-

ealthy.Throughthefarmse-

lowedC artwright sC ree ,

service,thenfurnishedan

erforrunning,thegreater

dasaw millthatstoodnear

ments,indeed,werealmostin-

ninstitutionin thebac -

hilenottrainedin generosity,

hanabundanceofthegoods

endlinessinthe matter,placedthenotedBalti-

theO rder sbenefac tor s, andmadehima

dgood wor sinperpetuum.

showthathesetmuchstoreonthesemills, while

longstoodthecommunityingoodstead.

nty-fiveyearssincetheold-timewaterpower

ter provingablessingtothecommunity

rlyac entury . ac ofwaterwasthereason


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erechivalrousand hospita-

ced,buttheywere singu-

and indly leadership. irm

to itspractices,itwould

rabetter C atholicbody.The

day.8

ovedtoosmallfromthe

thereforebeganwor atonc e

tantialbuildingofbric ,three

seventy-fivefeetinlength

t wouldservenotonlyas

e community,butalsoasa

ndidatesoftheO rder.The

cturelay somefourhundred

allerhome.Possiblyit

useofits beautythanbecause

mthemiasmaand dampness

omthecree thatranhardby

essedandopenedthenewabodeon

asa oyfuloc c asiononwhic h

eredfromnearandfar to

Whilst plaininoutline,the

s, whencompleted, wasoneof the

edificesinthe tateof

ely itstillstandsonthec restofa

erofapastthatis richin

inspiration.10

rneoutby everyreliableauthority.

n gt o n, e n tu c y , t o C o n ca n en , R o m e, u l y 10 , 1 80 8

ca n G en e ra l , C o d e X I I I , 7 1 ) .

rectntlyrenovated,andstrengthenedbya

fre-enforcedcement,andthewallscovered

samematerial.


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derofthe provinceandhis

greater oyattheopeningof the

nnessee sfuturebishop. H e

n auguryoftherealization

piration. A tanyrate, therehe

ndit remainedhishomefor

dinthe youthfulinstitution.

notonewhomthebetterand

terswouldenticetowastehis

espurof atherWilson, for

oalifeof industry,whilehis

the hopeofsoonreceiving

nic gaveaddedzesttohisstud-

atGod blessedhimwitha

aswellasagood mind—anin-

rrapidprogress.Therecan

neof thesi youthswho, a-

o atherConc anen, uly10, 1808,

ressin atin, . . . areverbally

mnlyadmittedtothehabit

s e s d a y, i n A u g u st n e t . 1 1

heenterpriseseemsto have

hiswishto seethisevent,the

rov incehehad ustestablished,

of theproto-c onvent spatroness

Perhapsalsoit hadbeen

postulantsshouldbe

at day,butitwasafterwards

entorbetterthat therecep-

ila laterdate.

.


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eofauthorityoverour

giouslife andthepriesthood

romthebeginningofhisc or-

e, enw ic hadstronglyurged

theRev. amuelT. Wilson,

geof theA meric anpro ec t.

eption,andtheprovincewas

enw ic ' shumilitywassuch

e hadnottheabilitysuc-

an.O ntheotherhand,

ceinW ilson.W ithhimat

sureallwouldgowell with-

eattempttofoundthepro-

dproveadismalfailure.

dsolic itations, ather en-

provincial,butsimplysuperior,

f irstof fic ialletters. 12 etthe

hownbytheA meric an riar

hehighest authorityinhis

ditionatleasttellsus, suc hwas

enceinhishumbleconfrerethat,

appointa provincial,hesent

nw ic , onenominatinghimto

nferringit uponWilson. A

paniedthesetwodocuments

orhimselfwhichoneshould

estoryruns, themee son

pthelettersofhisownappoint-

therW ilsonthosethatmade

enw ic ' sappointment, une22, 1805(A rc hives

r y) . n p r ac t ic a ll y e ve r y le t te r o f e n wi c t o C o n -

cameupasthe manwhoshouldbeappointed


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V. DWA R DD. E N WI C K .O .P.

TH E PR I A R S PR E A C H E R N TH E UN I T D TA T S .

S T B S H O P O F C I N C I N N A T


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nce.Thesedocumentsbore

, 1807, buttheydidnotreac h

oberof thesameyear. Thene t

eadbeforethelittle commu-

dlytoo hisplac eintheran sof

ndassumedthe reinsof

camethefirstprovincialof

ed tates. 14 trangetosay,

heincipientstate ofthe

mentmadehimalsopriorof

ic hardMiles superiorina

atherWilson sappointment(A rc hivesof aint

nlye tantletterof enw ic toC onc anenaf ter

asprov inc ialisthatof uly10, 1808(referredto

r). tgivesthetimeof thearrivalofWilson s

tit wasreadbeforethecommunitytheday

tdoesnot evenalludetoanyappointmentof

vincial.H owever,thisprovesnothing,forsuch

eepingw ith enw ic ' sspiritofhumility .

eonthe matterissodefinite,lively,and

aplacein thehistoryofthe riarsPreacher

ay , itisofsuchac haracterthatitbringsc on-

withthoseearlydays.Thistradition found

tc hofBishop enw ic intheC atholic Telegraph

, anuary12, 18 3 , afewmonthsaf terhisdeath.

inthec olonies, priortotheunfortunatesup-

A ugust1 , 177 , belongedtothe nglishprov inc e,

appointedfromthat country. romthetime

iety intheUnited tates(1805), byv irtueof

dtheaffiliationofits membersherewiththe

thersweregovernedbyasuperiorappointed

gust7, 1814, the oc ietyof esuswasrestoredthe

uitmissionofMarylandwasnotformally

til18 3 , when atherWilliamMc herrywas

al.

ov inc eof theA ugustinianswasestablishedat

rMatthewC arrwasappointedvicarprovincial.

avehadaformalconventor aprovincial

therWilson sappointmentin entuc y .


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. R . Tuitebec amemasterof

atherR obertA . A ngier, who

tthesametimethatthe

rsarrived(possiblyhetoo them

temporarilyincreasedthe

oughthetimeswerehard,

uthtellhisf riend, atherC on-

prov inc e hadsofarsuc c eeded

on , andthateveryonewas

erthanthesub ectofour

as atherW ilsonwaslittle

dthe firstsuperior,nowthat

affairs,seldomengagedin

wdocumentsthatthrowlight

ofthefuturebishop.W ith

dingsay: TheDominic ansin

ndwrotelittle. 18However,

atwiththe scantydatathat

heyoungman scourse

ude.

ngforhim, thoughan -

ceivingthehabit.Unfortun-

1808. asinnote of thisc hapter. ather

ef tinMary landatC arroll sre uest, reac hed

ober, 1807. Bythec loseof1808, orearly in180 ,

estof thebishop, hebec ameresidentpastorin

eheattendedothermissionsinthenorth andeast.

e nw ic , . T. r ., a nu nc le o f a th er d wa rd D .

ed t o o i n hi s b re t hr e n in e n tu c y b u t Bi s ho p

that heshouldremaininMaryland,wherehe

ssinceabout 1800,thathewasleftto con-

iedat aintThomas Manor, C harlesC ounty ,

8 1 . e e i f e of B i sh o p e n wi c , p a ss i m, f o r

M i ss i on s , p. 1 4 .


/ h t t p : / / w w w . h






n,thedate ofthisimportant

wbedeterminedwithpre-

enw ic wrotetoC onc anenthat

month, thefeastof aintRose,

ingofsi postulants. O thers

eswasgiventhe habiton

, indefaultofdoc umentsdefi-

on,thedateofhis religiouspro-

ytothe beliefthatthecere-

atitdid notta eplaceuntil

ateinA prilorearly inMay. What-

thosewhothendonnedthe

mantleof the riarPreac herwere

oung, WilliamWillett, tep-

elMontgomery,andChris-

werenativeA meric ans. Wil-

y theothers, w iththepossible

Maryand. A ll, save oung, had

tuc y . 17

erasinnote of thischapter hea, op. c it. , 274-275.

pisatwelvemonth norcanitbe prolonged

tgravereason.TheprofessionofMiles

nothavebeendeferredmorethan si months

heMasterGeneral.Thereisno recordor

delayed,nor any nowncausewhysuch

en.O ntheotherhand,in thedocuments

videnceofanardentdesireto hastenmatters

ewithefficiency. orthesereasons,inthe

cordorproofto thecontrary,sincetheydid

professionuntilMay,1810, itseemsalmost

dthehabitinA prilorearlyMay, 180 . hea

nic oungreceivedthehabitwithBishopMiles.

tma ehisprofessionuntilseveralmonths

owsthatthis isanerror.H ewasyoungerthan

verydistincttraditionin theprovincethat

sc lothingw iththehabitwasdeferredbecauseof


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epostulantsweresub ected

nbythesuperiorandhis coun-

sisre uiredbycanonlawand

ons,theywereobligedtoanswer

onsregardingthemotivesthat

dmissionintothereligiouslife.

togiveasolemnassurance

responsibilitiesthatmight

ntheworld. TheO rder, for

claimofparents,doesnot

esareindispensableathome.

c eof aint oseph, greatas

s,faithfullyadheredtothisrule.

ecclesiasticalannalsofthe

n,thiseventdeservesafurther

itwerethef irsttimethat

inpublic in entuc y , asit

pistswhohadgiven the

datemostli elydidsoin

ednolittle interest.Tra-

rswenttowitnessit,and

tedbecausethechapelwastoo

sapitythatallcouldnotbe

estitureofa riarPreacher,

beautifulandsolemnrite

mory , aswellasma esapro-

esstheparentsofthesesi

speciallyN icholasandA nn

gotthatoccasion.

dfortheceremonycame,the

nventualchoir,whichthen

thepeople.A tasignal

prostratedthemselveson


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etchedinthe formofacross.

" ( Q u i d u a er i ti s ) , a s e d t he s u -

yandyours (Miseric ordiamDei

stulants.Then,atanother

neltwhiletheyreverentlylis-

he prior.

molationofone sselfon

bedience.Theintentofboth

stosignifyto theyouthfulcan-

o livethelifeof truereligious,

e self thathenc eforththey

ewillof theirsuperiorinall

eenottodothewor of

whichwasassignedto them.

dlabor, notwherethey

eresent.Theprovincial

eew ithinhis urisdic tion the

ermostpartsof theearth.

tothem, togetherw iththeobli-

ssumeof bearingpatiently

mposedbythe ruleof aint

ulation, forthelifeofa riar

ne. nitsentirety itisa

dheroiclaborforthe salva-

yofGod theapplicantswere

theyprovedfaithfultothe

ss, thesuperioras ed: Do

God, tounderta eallthis

rength " Thesi c andidates

do. Thentheprioradded

completethatwhic hHehas

munityanswered: A men.


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o m e , O H o l y G h os t ( V en i

rds,R ichardMilesandhisfive

beforethe superior,laidaside

eclothedwiththe flowing

ndthecapuche—all ofsnow

asplacedtheblac mantleto

habit. Thentheyprostrated

time,whiletheprayersofthe

o eGod sblessingsupon

asgiven,theyaroseand were

r.Then,whiletheirbrethren

yreceivedthe issofpeace

ttlecommunity—a symbol

whichtheyhad beenenrolled.

whosesignificanceisconse-

tissacrosanctrubricren-

gesofcustom.Thecircum-

dtheincipientstateof thecom-

eaffairall themoreimpres-

occasion.

se,becausebothpriorand

eceremony.Nor canone

eingthefirstincidentofits

binedwiththecharmand sig-

ytoinspirethelearneddivine

uentande q uisitely instruc tive

hichstilllivein central en-

onenotinf re uentlyheardechoes

osewho newof itthrough

were presentontheocca-

dedbyaretreatof tendays,

der sc onstitutions. Nodoubt,


/ h t t p : / / w w w . h






deareviewofhis lifetothe

alconfession.Thiswasin

momentousstephewas

yrestassuredthattheyouthful

cencec ausedhimtoma eready

arereceivedinto thefold

hre uiresustota ethename

togiveusa modelafter

urlives,anda patronwhowill

. imilarly , intheO rderof

tother religiousinstitutes,itis

onofthe habit,toaddthe

thatbywhichonewas nown

atronthen becomesthee -

hereligious inhiseffortsto

dMilestoo thenameofPius

DominicanPope,PiusV,

nPontiffstoreceivethehonorof

mpulse toattemptapor-

adeonone ofthesuscep-

asMiles youngestchildbythe

aconspicuouspartinthe

c ymorethanac enturyago.

mpossibilityofdoing ustice

ttosaythatitreallymar ed

erof riarsPreac herinthe

y,atthereceptionofthehabit,becameBrother

ettB rotherThomas tephenMontgomeryB rother

t op h er R u d d B r ot h er A n t o n in u s. O f R o b er t o u ng s

record norhasitbeen handeddowntous

son,wheneverhisnameoccurs,weshallspea

t.Possiblyhetoo hisbaptismalnamealso


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hatBrotherPius, forthiswas

hardnowbecame nown, fully

of thestephehadta en. He

hypriestanda faithfulmem-

d oined, oneofwhosebright-

tathleteof thefaith( aint

hisnameinreligion.

e,practiceofvirtue,andthe

meamodelin thecommunity,

dgainedfavorwithmen no


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PBO F E S S I O N , TUD N T, PR O F E S S O R

nwic ' shumilitypreventedhim

whichnature hadendowed

hadsofarsurpassedper-

esowedwithwisdom.Thus,

ertyofthe mother-house,

hecountrywhichrannorth

rc ircumtanc esrenderedprog-

videnceblessedhisefforts

he uantity , of theharvest.

aciesthathelefthis brethren

reholinessof lifeandtheprac tic eof

ousvirtue.Theymusthave

the formationofBrotherPius

ywereob ectsofpersonal

dW ilsonweremenofonemind

oo,was amanofGod,

odoftheC hurchandthe

sitionasprior andprovin-

uanc eat aintRose s, brought

ashv ille sfuturebishop.

erTuite srelationsw ithhim, for

cesmadehim theirimmediate

uiredthathegivethemevery

etrainedsospiritual aman

esee sC hurchspea swellfor


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a fewscattereddocuments

aucityofpriests,hewas often

dayand undayonthemissions,

ns atherWilsontoo his

omeasettledmissionaryin

atebeforethefirstreception

etitisbutreasonable

ord ofhisapostoliclabors

esub ec tofournarrativein

ip,andin strengtheninghim

ttedthenoviceswasonthe

BrotherPius novitiatethere,

ntervenedbetweenhisrecep-

igiousprofession,butlittle

tlehascomedowntousmore

. etthroughboththese

hee tremewantof thecom-

derthan itwouldotherwise

ndersuchcircumstances,the

erwererathertoorigidlythan

andthatonlythebraveand

vere.

whybyfarthe greaternum-

e novitiateintheearlydays

hevows. orinstanc e, Chris-

ntoninus,whoreceivedthe

tthate plainswhyonesees atherWilson

ce-master,inadditionto hisotheroffices.

ngiertolaboronthemissionsinnorthern

heavy lossfor aintThomas C ollege, thenabout

wasdoneatthere uestofB ishopCarroll,

mgreatlycrippledtheteachingfaculty.


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P R O F E S S I O N , TUD N T ,PR O F E S S O R 3

oughadeeplyreligious

anhis strengthcouldstand.

letedhiseducationinthecol-

physiciananda citizenwho

ularityhegainedinW ash-

nfluenceforgood thathe

nafterlifehe retained

whichhereceivedinreligion,

ristophergivenhimatbaptism.

estatesenatorfromhisdis-

gressman.

oung, whotoo thenameof

eonlyone ofseveralwho

he habitwithhimaboutthe

0 , toremainforprofession.

ecamenecessarytomodifycon-

thelife ledattheinstitu-

ventothe hardysonsofthe

espitethemodification,those

dto completetheirstudies,as

he province,afterhaving

urope,foundreligiouslife

he bac woodsofthewest.4

: C o l l i ns , H i s t or y o f e n tu c y , I , 7 4 . W e b b

dhavingbeeneduc atedat aintThomas C ollege,

e wasinthenovitiate. omeareaverse,

uc hthings. atherByrne smanusc ripts etc h

on,however,leavenodoubtaboutthe fact.

ory isstillc herishedinWashingtonC ounty, andno

he onceworetheDominicanhabit.

i l so n t o th e R e v . o h n A . H i l l ( R o m e ), d at e d

e of t h e sa me a t he r H i l l , fr o m a i nt R o s e s ,

ber21, 1821, tosomefriendin ngland, giveavery

privationsofthelittle community.Wilson s

taliantranslation)isinthePropagandaA rc hives,

. V , N o . 1 8 H i l l s i s p ub l is h ed i n t he o n do n


/ h t t p : / / w w w . h






againthatnonebore

morebravelythan did

esonof aintDominic , he

. Nay, soitissaid, hewas

a ofhisnovitiateasthehap-

erewasnothinggloomyor

tlessthis buoyantdisposi-

ceofGodto sustainthe

tevertemptationmayhave

sandprivations,Brother

wellas madereadyforhis

ivotaleventinhis lifetoo

.5 twasofa unday, c hosen

theneighborhoodmight

27- 28. However, neitherdoc umentdetailsthe

ofullyas doestradition.

f theprofessionofB rotherPiusandhis

d tephenMontgomery, ThomasWillett, and

vehadtodependontheA nalec ta ac riO rdinis

ary , 1 00( V , 440). Thereusedtobeat

orfoursmallboo s, someteninc heslongbyeight

mass,church,community,andmiscellaneous

0.Thewriteroftenhadthemin hishands.

sago,theyfoundtheirwayintoabonfire

odicandcarelesshouse-cleaningsbywhich

lforhistoryhasbeen destroyed.Mostli ely

alectagotthedateofthese professionsfrom

emediumofsomefriend,before theirdestruction

ourcefromwhichhe mighthaveobtainedhis

amuel . Montgomery , oneof thef ive, saysin

rofessioninMay,1810,but hedoesnotgive

entiontheprofessionofBrotherR obert

sprobablyeitherbecausetheeditorwished

thosewhobecamepriests orbecausethe

data,undertheimpressionthathewanted

epriesthood,didnot copythenameofR obert

esent. WewillrefertoB rotherR obertagain


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pectacletheli eofwhich

verseen. twasperhapsthe

indnolessinthewestthan

riarsPreac her fortheTrap-

oor threenovicesatan

oneit inprivate.Theday

onfirmstheoldtraditionthat

rch, butlatelydedicated, wasf illedby

eceremony,andthatit

opicofconversationamong

of thestate.Doubtless

ndrelationswereamongthe

a t h o li c s of N e w o r C i t y

c tationof thearrivalof theirf irst

. R ic hard . C onc anen, O . P.

theinstruc tionof theprov incial,

ordertowelcomethefriend

se s. No doubthedelayedhis

yonac c ountof theprofession

masW illett, amuelMont-

gomery, andRobert oungon

ofB rotherDominic oungon

A ugust. 7Thetwo oungs,

eauthoroftenheardoldpeopleof aintRose s

spea ofthisprofession.H isownmaternal

y( delen)H amilton, awomanof f inemind

mory , waspresentatthec eremony. hewasa

time.

cedingnote)givesA ugust4,1811,asthe date

minic oung sprofession. Thisisev identlya

or.Bothtraditionandtheordo ofthe

1810,asthe dateoftheevent.Besides,Bishop

i sh o p l a ge t ( pa g e 9 ) s h ow s t ha t a t he r o u ng

ylandin 1811,andmet lagetatPittsburgh

ehadc ertainlymadehisprofessionpriortothat

havelef t aintRose sforsuc ha ourneyduring

outbrea ingitandhavingtoma eitanew.


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erehisnephews.He seems

or immediatelyaf terthe

hewasan ioustow itnessthe

na branchofhisO rderthat

andall themoresobecause

thus tobindthemselvesto

r,noryetmore sublimein

rofessionofa riarTreacher.

utifullye pressesit:

asionhasalwaysbeensimplein the

ofalle ternalsplendoursetsinc learlight

ndtheprofoundsignificationofwhatis

ficescallfornodisplay,still lessfor

onies.H ereissimplya manwhois

ly,unreservedly,untildeath.A nd

wordsshornofallrhetoric yetnoone

pramundanerealitiescanfailto be

ssoulwhenhewitnessessucha scene.

eenthoseofthe Prior,andrestingon

ions, neelingli esomevassalofoldbefore

onouncesinaloud voicetheformula

orever.

ac tedalawbywhic hthemem-

erere uiredtota e, atf irst,

s.Theseweretobefol-

eeyearslater,unlessa dis-

e.Today,byvirtueof

,religiousmustfirst ta e

years,andthenthesolemn.

mnvowswereta enfromthe

wi c , p p .1 7 - 1 74 .

r i re P r ec h eu r A u t r ef o is e t A u o u rd h ui , p . 1 8 ( a t he r

onunderthetitleofThe riarPreac her ester-


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berof theologiansheldthat

ementfromwhichnoteven

uldgrantadispensation.10

fourcompanionsmade

oldlaw.W ithoneheroic

wayfromtheworld,and

ablytotheserviceofGodin

er.Thiswaspreciselywhat

valiantsoldierofC hrist

theBlessedMasterby bonds

ered.W emayrestassured,

tendays retreatwhichpre-

e oyfuleventwithhiswhole

y t ha t a t he r a c u i n sp e a s

eu r A u t r ef o is e t A u o u rd h ui .

professionwhichBrother

usedat thattime,nolonger

t, weta ethatwhic hisfound

yfillingin thenamessuited

nglishtranslationofthewords

tothe wayofperfectionon

ife.

usMiles, ma emyreligiousprofession,

God,totheBlessedVirgin Mary,to

ntDominic , andtoyou, VeryRev. amuel

ovincialofthisProvinceof aint oseph,

MostR ev. P ius osephGaddi, Master

riarsPreacher,andhissuccessors,ac-

aintA ugustineandtheConstitutionsof

ligiousordersin thestrictcanonicalsense

usc ongregations. The oc ietyof esusalso

theruleofP ius X , foritsmembersdonot

lsomeyearsaftertheyhaveta enthesimple.


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youandtoyoursucc essors promiseobe-

es,oftheO rderofPreachers.11

ear, v igorous, tothepoint—e -

mpletesacrificeofone sself

ofhim whothusimmolated

nelovethatthirteenthday

eponderedoverthem

andtheirmeaning.They

uturelife. twasapic ture

hesacrificeinvolved,forinit

surepath thatleadstoGod

hH iminheaven.

bediencetoGod,forinobey-

lltothatof theC reator

.H epromisedobedienceto

emindedhimthattheQ ueen

essandprotec tri of the

bersowea specialfilialdevo-

deofthevisible headofthe

Pius newwell, asdoallhisbreth-

e isunderthePope,and

himasthe VicarofC hrist

arPreacheralsopromised

nic.Thistoldhimthat the

e ttotheDiv ineMaster, was

ould strivetomodelhislife

rotherPiusmadehispro-

on, theloc alsuperiororprov in-

name,butinthatof theMas-

lyshowedhimwhereinlie

trum . O rdinisPraedic atorum, Paris, 188 , pp.


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principleofunityin the

ourA meric anc leric f romthe

ualifiedobediencetoanyand

mhemightbeplaced. n-

eW ilsoninthelastsentence

Toyouandtoyour succes-

ceuntildeath.

ethathe wastorenderhe

ewords accordingtothe

tineandtheConstitutionsof the

wemustnotforgetthathe

eseinaddition tothelawsof

tholiccodeofmorality,which

legitimateauthorityascoming

yhavefailedto remar ,

tetotheprofessionoftheyouth-

deed, itispivotalineveryorder.

titutecouldl ongsurvive.

phasizethisimportanttruth

intDominic thevowsofpoverty

onedinthe formulaofpro-

edinthatofobedienceas

herose.

ervanceofthegeneralcom-

R enderthereforetoCaesar

sar s, andtoGodthethingsthat

Piuswasan ioustobindhimself

ounsels.H iswishtobe per-

eligiousstate, forhe new

gehimtostriveafterperfec-

ghtlycalledastateof perfection,becausehe


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R O F T H E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E

e aimsandpurposesofthe

uringhis novitiatehelearned

methingmorethanhisown

that aintDominicestablished

orthesalvationofsouls thatthe

Preac her, therefore, re uires

veruppermostinhismind and

whichheis tocarryoutthe

dominantdesigninthefounda-

achingandteachingtheword

aDominic an sstudies, theobser-

ythingelsemust subservethe

der, whic histhesalvationofsouls.

ours etchneverlostsightof,

iest,orbishop.

igherc ourseofstudies(thatis,

theaccompanyingbranches)

,unlesshehas madethem,

teringtheO rder. Heis

tedtheclassicsbeforehere-

atepropershouldbe given

ation.Butthosedays of

ewandthe callsforlaborers

cessitatedapartial dispen-

etthesuperiorswerecare-

vednoserious interference

elife.

mselftoaimat perfection. tisno sin

erfec t butitisasinforhimnottodesire

theprologueof theconstitutionsstatesem-

rwasspeciallyfoundedforthesalvationof

meansforthe attainmentofthisendare

ewordofGod.


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BrotherPiusapplied

weenthetimeof hisreception

,andlittledoubtbutthathe

atinwhenhetoo hisvows.

iasticalstudentswerediligently

tisthisthate plainshow

c ly . omeoftheearly fathers

e sweree c ellent atinsc holars.

heRev. osephT. arboe,

oteboththeproseandpoetry

bythehour.14

pMiles wasalsoagood

htobedoubted, forhisteach-

ngier, andTuite, weremenof

ellastrained intheartof

interestingto now usthow

usand thosewhobegan

or sonthec lassic sc ould

entuc yatthattime, and

fessorsbroughtfewboo swith

efectcouldberemedied,

tothemodernBerlitz method

perhapsnoothergivessuch

ginners.Thereissomething

cetothateffect. urther-

upplementedthismanner

essonswhichtheyre uired

eart andthattheresultswere

ldrepeattheclassicsw ithmarvellousfacility

the ageofeightyyears.

t atherW ilsonwrotea atingrammarandalso

yadaptedtothe needsof nglandandthe

ybeforehisdeaththe collectionofmanuscript


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Piusbeganthestudyof

mediately,afterhisreligious

adefouryears intheclassics

eancourse,ifweconsiderthe

nionthenpaidto atin.

ophyindueorder.These

rse,accompaniedbythestudy

ng,suchas cripture,history,

hichwasthen muchinvogue.

fc tiontohissuperiors. n

ouldnotforget, hehadthead-

oneofthe mostlearned

bestphilosopherandtheolo-

tates.

lygiventhiscredit,thefu-

onghisgiftsan artistictaste

sic. ortunately,inspite

etodevelopthemunderthe

e.Therehadlongbeena tra-

nhavingdecoratedthepar-

entof aintRose. A ndf iveor

eplasterwasremovedfromthis

ecourseofitsrenovation,the

obecoveredwithgracefulfes-

sinwater-colors.H ardly

there wasanyoneelsein

ecapableofsuc hartistic wor . 1

ghtthathehimself , throughane aggeratedspirit

esecompositionstotheflames.Possiblyhe

hic hhedestroyedinthesameway. palding s

spea sof thetraditionasregardsthec ourse

heyalsodec oratedthef irst aintRose s


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PR O F E S S I O N , TUD N T ,PR O F E S S O R 10

rotherPiuswasconsidered

oodsof thewest. H istalent

oughthimintoprominence

oproveda valuableassetfor

timewhenitwasnoteasy

usicalattainmentse cepton

rintheformer panishand

ondtheMississippiR iver.

heretainedchargeof the

atthe organforatleastone

tertotheR ev. ohnA ugus-

thattheearlystudentsat aint

renchand talian, inadditionto

ninseminaries.18Bishop

good now ledgeofboththese

raordinaryac uisitionforan

hohadbeen entirelyeducated

yhetaughtthesebranches

ollegewhileaprofessorinthatin-

berecalled,thefoundersof

v inc eofDominic anshadintended

withtheirconvent,acollege

ryouth.A ccordingly,prep-

a churchandstillanother

rposesweregotunderway

possessionofthenewpriory.

shopMiles musicaltalentinhisCentenaryof

211. A c ontributor(f romPaducah, entuc y , )

ateofA pril24, 1847, spea sofhowhelearned

s.Thecontributorseemstohaveattended

egeinthetwentiesof thenineteenthc entury.

apter. atherHillhadlatelyenteredthe

meric anprov ince, andwasma inghisstudies


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wereburnedforthesestruc -

w ithaneyetothefuture, itwas

mlargeenoughto meetall

e.1

couldnot eeppacew iththe

ers. ather enw ic ' spatri-

tedbywhathadalreadybeen

ldepressionboreheavilyonthe

houghbothC atholicsandnon-

ontributedgenerouslyoftheir

erprise,werenotabletoful-

y. twouldseem,infact,

shipsoreventhedifficultyof

necessariesoflife,theynow

gelylostinterestintheeduca-

o longershowedthesame

communitytheaidoftheir

he proposedchurchand

cturesrose muchmoreslowly

d.Becauseoftheuntowardcir-

ts,novices,andprofessedcler-

etheirstrength,between

ercises,withthatofcoloredser-

dyfarmerinma ingbric ,

ngtrees,sawingand haul-

orwhateverwor wasnec-

od.20Thistoilwastheir ree-

e i n gt o n, e n tu c y , t o a t he r C o n c an e n, R o m e ,

es o f t he D o mi n ic a n Ge n er a l, C o d e X I I I , 7 1 ) .

be toldthatnegroslaveryprevailedin all

time,andthateverywhitemanwithmeans

onsformednoe c eptiontotherule. ndeed,

thelotofa coloredpersonwhobelongedtoa

stitution,forinsuchhandshe wassureto


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erdiversion.Theirlives

dsatprayer,study,and man-

erenotaboveta ingpart

od-naturedrivalry. thas

hat atherW ilson, astoc ily ,

ouldholdhisowninlifting

aborers. earneddivineand

hespentmanyofhis spare

wasusefultothecommu-

hephysicale ercisenecessary

castina moredelicatemold,

viesttoil yethedidwhatever

mitted.

ea butw iry , busiedhimself

sortofoccupation.H ewas

.O nhisreturn fromamis-

earapidsurveyofwhathad

hen oininthewor himself .

r ourney in uestofsouls

t whathewishedtobedone

ealandrestless activityleft

partbravely . ven

rofour A mericanhierarchy,

pea ofhowhisfac ewas

whilehishandswereblistered

oilin hisstudentdaysand

ently,perhapswithaviewof

ightertrials,he lovedto

cesbeforetheyoungermenof

reatment,butalsodueconsiderationforhis


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dbeen adistinguished

almostinsupportableto

blytheywouldbe forour

sweare toeverymannerof

rememberthatlifeinthepast

whatitisatpresent. twas

ughithad itscounter-

nessandcontentmenttowhich

esides,someofthetrials

ereimposedbya necessity

usstudentofhistory,even

escapedthem,therecanbe

shipsconducetoformation

talittletodointhema ing

bygonedays,the perusalof

olessdelightfulthan instruc-

ationhavetheiradvantages

ages. ewmenhaveever

thavingpassedthroughthem.

ishopofTennesseetheyare

tionalcharmofsympathy,

theProv inceof aint osephmoredefinite

tabout themanualtoilofits early

onof aintRose sC hurc hand aintThomas

ields.W ehaveaverydistinctrecollection

eststell howBishopMileshadedified

rly e periencesalongtheselines—the

a r s on , a me s V. d el en , O s ma n A . W a l e r, o hn

ne . g a n, M i ch a el D . i l ly , o h n H . y n ch , o h n

eagher, eremiahP. Turner, Dominic H. N oon,

and osephH. linger. Theoldlaybrotherswere

y, andalsotheoldsistersat aintCatherine s,

tu c y , a nd a t a i nt M a ry s o f t he p r in g s, C o l -


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fmanhewas, ustasthey

ghimforthehard labor

im. tspea swellforhim

nd nowordofcomplaint

essivetheirtoiloradverse

yalwayswrote indlyofthe

ood-will,butnevercriticised

pport.

wbac s, aintRose sC hurch

tein180 , althoughithad

beforethattime. tsdedica-

eastofC hristmas, whic hfell

theoccasionwasa two-

heparishandcommunity . t

asthef irstbric C atholic

eA lleghanyMountains and

uous,itwasfor someyears

sttemplesofdivine worship

nto succeedoneanother

entuc y . O nN ovember4,

enedic t . laget, whohadbeen

towninA pril,1808,was

byA rchbishopC arroll.H e

sresidenc e, wherehewasto

rrily, in une, 1811. Therethe

sformedapartof thec ommittee

rc hbishopCarroll, ebruary5, 1810(B altimore

7). nthisletter atherBadinwrites: Thec hurc h

edonC hristmasDay thatof t. Patric , Dan-

probablyonthe17thor18thofMarc h. Thisdoc-

hecontentionthat aintPatric ' swasc ompleted

. twasc ommencedbefore, butitrosestillmore

tshowshowharditwastobuildin entuc y

odependwhollyonhomeaid.


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etherBrotherPius andthe

aniedthemcannotnow be

teprobabletheywerealsopresent,

ffortto ma etheoccasion

oneofthesecandidatesfor

yhaveeverseena bishop

dbeenconfirmed,although

edmembersofareligious

fre, Doc tor laget sarrival

oyformorereasonsthan

gyandseminariansthat

prelateto entuc ywasa

ev. Guy gnatiusChabrat,

u iliarybishopofBardstown.

edtothepriesthood. inc e

n thenewdiocesewellsuited

asthe firstsacerdotalordi-

ebuteveninthe entirewest,

modateallwhomightwishto

nsuggestedthat aintRose s

pose.Bishop lagetgrate-

There,accordingly, ather

ember aturday,December

edconsiderablepioussenti-

butunfortunately,asthe

wcouldattendthe cere-

M i ss i on s , pp . 1 82 - 1 2 a n d i f e of B i sh o p l a ge t ,

c hbishopCarroll, anuary1, 1812(Baltimore

) . D oc t or l a ge t s ay s h er e : O n t h e 2 1 of

ppinessofordainingMr.C habratpriest.The

in t. Rose sC hurch butastheweatherwas


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B rotherPiusmusthave

directedthemusicforthe

asBrotherPius,for the

sanctuary.A tanyrate,

ea life-longfriendship

edclergymanandtheyouth-

hafterwardsperhapshadits

othtothemiter.

rdinationofthe firstpriest

followedbyaneventofsadness

intRose s, whichonemay

rrowto thesub ectofour

rt oungfailedinhealth

ofession.Traditiontells

r e n wi c , t o o h i m an d h is

oung, toMary landinthehope

atemightrestorethe invalid s

idnotf ivelongaf terhisreturn

ertwasthenonhiswaybac

oneof thosewho, Bishop

gregationwassmall. verythingwascarried

dfervor.Previoustothe ceremony,Mr.

lyeverythingthatwastobedone,whichgave

opleandmyself.

ionsandhis ifeofB ishop laget, B ishop,

atherChabratwasordainedonChristmasDay, 1811.

havefollowedhim.W ealwaysfeltthat

wasane traordinarytimeforanordination

e entuc yof thatday, wherethec lergywere

ertionsinorderthat thepeoplemighthear

lydayofobligationonceinamonthorsi

shop laget, therecanbenodoubt, givesthe

tionof atherChabrat. Thetruthof itis

eof atherBadin—perhapsotherdiocesan

efac tthattheadventember aturday isone

rdination.


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erew ith ather enw ic when

Pittsburgh,inMay,1811.25

tain, B rotherRobert oung

2.H iswasthefirst death

ndit issaidthathe was

vemuchpromise.Pos-

contributedmorethan

smemorysolongin tradition,

tocompletehisstudies.2

i sh o p l a ge t , p. 9 .

tarecordofB rotherRobert oungcannowbe

se s. Possiblysomethingabouthimfoundits

onedinnote of thisc hapter. N otevena

ve.Doubtlesshewas buriedinapart ofthe

tforthec ommunity. n182 , atherRaphael

ialplaceforthe fathersandbrothers,towhich

yof atherWi lson,whodiedfiveyearsbefore.

smadeofatransferofB rotherRobert. Hehad

rs,andtherewasthenno oneleftattheconvent

eofhisdeath,andthere werenotombstonesin

d.Possiblyignoranceasto thee actspot

atherMufiosnottodistrubhis placeofrest.

woodenc rossesmar edthegravesinthe

ty.Oftenthese wereallowedtofallandrot

s,andsometimeseventhememoryofthe

nddef initetraditionintheprov inc e eptthe

ert oungalive.Thewriteroftenheardthe old

herNic holasD. oungwellsaythathefre uently

obert,abouttwoyearsandahalf olderthan

ndofnovicestoreceivethehabitand ma e

ose s, andthathediedthereasac leric alnovic e.

hisletterof uly10, 1808, tells atherConc anenthat

ngthepostulantsat aintRose s, whorange

ears. atherDominic oung, bornin17 3 ,

hichwouldma eBrotherR obertseventeen.

pentthelastyearortwoofhislifeinWashington

dand memoryuntiltheend.A littlewhile

rsat GeorgetownCollege gaveadinnerinhis

of whichwastohavehimgivethema history

ly . O urlatef riend, theRev. dward . Dev itt,

anandastudentofhistory , wasoneof theinstiga-


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structure,rosemore

tappearstohavebeen built

cespermitted.A lmostevery-

1812, ontherec eiptofa

ybyBishopC oncanen, ather

oc ompletioninahurry .27

evenerableclergymantoGeorgetown. ather

of tentoldus, wasinf inefettleontheoc c asion.

ndothers, sopostedthathec ouldnotnotic ethem,

Thestoryappearedin theGeorgetownC ollege

8 7 . n i t a t he r o u ng s t at e s th a t hi s b ro t he r

minic an, anddiedattheageof twenty-one. This

yearsandahalfolderthan ather oung,

n une11, 17 3 , wouldma ethedateof

hlatein17 0orearly in17 1, andthatofhisdeath

ecollegeconductedinconnectionwith aint

oshortlyaf ter1812. nthemonef indsanocc asional

iles,Dominic oung, tephenMontgomery,

ouisMontgomery(hiscompanionsinthenoviti-

t snamedoesnotoc curonc e.

wingofC olumbus,Ohio, whosemotherwas

olasD. andB rotherRobert oung, hadanold

nthe possessionofhissister,Mrs.C harles

a r , O h i o . t g i ve s t he d a te o f g n at i us o u ng s

7 0 t h at o f N i c h ol a s, t h e pr i es t , as u n e 11 , 1 7 3 ;

ebruary21, 17 5. uc hfamilyrecordsare

articular. fwee c hangethedatesofbirth

gnatius, ma ingtheformertheelder, andborn

tf itsinw ithalmostmathematicalnic etyw iththe

thestatementof atherNic holasD. oung,

aintRose s. TothewritertheBiblerecord

R o b e r t o u ng d i ed a n . u a r y t h , 18 1 2.

inedthattheyearwas1822 andthelasttimewe

waswritteninf reshin . tisnotstatedthat

n butthefac tthathedidnotattainthepriest-

hinthebac woodsof entuc y , wouldac c ount

ugh w ing, fatherof theRev. H ugh w ing,

eof the enw ic and oungfamilies, inwhich

be. HestatesthatRobert oung diedw ithout

ntionthathe wasareligious.

t o a c ob D i tt o e, a n ca s te r , O h i o, M a y2 5 , 18 1 2

o s ep h s P r io r y) .


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omeofwhomaresaidto have

nordertota eadvantage

feredthem.A lthough

mpantat thetime,many

undertheimpulseofthe col-

eir desiretoobtainaneducation.

tesurethatattimes aintThomas

morenon-C atholicsthan

ents.Thusitaccomplished

thestateandin thewayof

of intoleranceaswell.

a t he r s e n wi c a n d W i ls o n ha d

stateonhorsebac inorderto

o ec tofestablishingac ollege 21

ac entheirefforts. N ow

srewardineveryway,

emuneration. entuc ywas

hsparselysettled thepeople,

means thefinancialde-

dymoneyremainedscarce.

somanywent tothecollege

endit.W emaycallthose

ofessorsand theircharges.

astof thestudentsat aint

wndowntousonthe stream

eir boardandtuitioneven

uc y, whichlostperhapshalf

ecessarytopurchasearticles

nypaidpartly in ind nota

tt C o u n t y, e n tu c y , t o Bi s ho p C a r r ol l ( Ba l ti m or e

11). Thisletterisnotdated, butotherdoc uments

early inO c ober, 180 .

ayswhentheideaofstateban sranrampant.

edbyspecie,wassometimesevenalmostworth-


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r. Beforethecompletion

mostofthese spentafew

n whateverwaytheycould

atertheywereemployed

thatwashelpfultotheinsti-

rsupport.Thecommodities

hepupils,someofwhose

ants,provedusefulforthe

oughmore fre uentlythan

g themostbeneficialmethod

nity.

maymentionRobertA bell,

y smostef fic ientmissionaries

omewritersmentionthat

s C ollege buttheydonottell

icannovice.Perhapsthey

orperhapstheypreferred

owever,hisfailurethere

herecordingofit anyindel-

otashamedof it neitherdid

hadonc ewornthehabit. t

y inanotherthanareligious

ft thenovitiate,butwisely,

adv ic eof atherWilsonor

diocesanseminary.H eis

s C o l l e ge a n d a i nt R o s e s

hurc hof entuc y .

efriendshipsthatheformed

tiatedayswiththe riars

emaynotethosewiththe

eeand atherNic holasD.

stopherRudd, heretainedagrate-

ose sthroughouthislife.


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f therwhenhewastenyears

provinceplaceshimat

earlyyearsof theinstitution yet

ehimamongthepostulants

om ather enw ic found

nofthese wereeducatedgratis.

sli ely ta eninthesameway,

ssessednogenerousshare

Bethisasit may,aslong

cherlovedtovisithisalma

s earlyschooldays.O ften

eolderpriestsof theprovinc e,

ceshipat aintRose s, orlived

e occasions,werewontoften

medmanyprivilegesonthe

ons.O neofthesewasthat

oseethenovicesandstudents.

rfailedtorecounttheoldtimes,

udentandanov ice, andhowhe

a i nt R o s e s C h u r c h an d a i nt

y in a o c ul a r wa y , I h e lp e d to

he college.Thentheysent

onthought didnothave

sonof aintDominic.But

eprettywell—q uitesuff ic ientto

at wouldhavemadeavery

wever,Godrest him,hewas

priest,no lessthananelo-

rof itedmuchfromhim. The

0, 1808, toConc anen. Traditionhasitthathe

atherNic holasD. oungmadehisprofession.


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e amamemberof the

hesecularclergy,insteadof

intRose s, aplac ethat love.

ewaysofGodarenotthewaysof

nR o s e s t h at a m a p ri e st o f

tbetoograteful. 3 2

entpreac herthathewas, lostno

eech.O ntheoccasionsof

e sheinvariablygavetheyoung

esetal shee tolledthev irtues

ablishment,spo eofthefirst

fthe hardshipsandpriva-

ey , gavee hibitionsof ather

y,anddescantedonthe studious,

inthosedays.Thenoted

tand fidelitytohisalmamater

s(forsuchwemaycall them)

tand welcomeaswellas

e. romsuperiorandmaster

erycourtesy.Thedoorsof

o him.H esawit,andit

home. 3

enaryofCatholicity , p. 10 ) uotesaletterinwhic h

bellwentf rom aintRose stothediocesan

old fathersoftheprovincethoughtthisdate

c casionsofhisv isitsto aintRose she

dhelpedonthe collegeuntilitscompletion,and

tentionissustainedbythedateof hisordina-

whichthefirststudentsofthe seminarywere

d.H owever,itshouldbenotedthatthe date

sordination,A ugust14,1818,cannotbe

ld i ng s i f e of B i sh o p l a ge t ( pp . 1 8 - 2 05 ) s ho ws t h at

y forDetroitinMay, 1818, anddidnotreturn

81 . Wewonderif therealdateof ather

htbeA ugust14, 1817.

e s H . M c e n na , W i l li a m Q u i nn , a nd W i l l i am .

odieof thosewhousedfre uently tospea of


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ultiesagainstwhichour

adtocontendintheearlydays

cientcorpsofsuitablepro-

eswereespeciallytriedinthis

blicaid theyhadscant

hefaith,forthe protection

founded,werenotonly

utalsopossessedof much

tholics.Becauseofthesehan-

erchurchauspicesthepupils

withtheteachingofthose

efindthepracticeinabout

atholic colleges. twasnot

tionsthatwereaccorded

ghnotthebestin itself,had

ioneerdays. irstofall, in

enderedpossiblea C atholic

vebeenmaintainedunder

,itenabledmanyanambitious

ingatleasta partialpayment

is ownstudiestoapoint

erwiseitwouldhavebeen

gavethebuddingstudent-

ghthimtothin forhimself,

nsightinto hissub ect-

fromhisteachers.

elittlesupportfrommodern

hegreatestmenof thepast

hcollegeinthe doublecapac-

ts. tseemsthat, evenwhenondistantmissions,

rpasswithoutatleast abriefvisitto hisfirst

heeulogize atherWilson ssolid, instructive,

omehavethoughtthatheimbibedmuc hofhis

orpreachingfromthelearned riarPreacher.


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r.W efindthemin the

sics,philosophy,thepro-

ogyitself,nolessthanin that

ely,therefore,thesystemwas

vorableeyebythe publicat

of thefaithmadenodis-

oliccollegesmerelybecause

evidencedbythefactthat they

eeducationoftheirsons in

oredbystatepatronage,or

owncreed.Theyrealized

eguidedbyeducatedclergy-

ethatnoteacherprovedderelict

oralcharacterofthe

esametime thattheirminds

egeof aintThomas,in

ctedonthisplanseemsbeyond

bishopofNashv illehadc om-

theopeningofthe college

ittledoubtthathemadeapart

A tthesametime,fol-

day , heaided athers

nstructionofthestudents

f.

sion,ashas beenseen,he

longwiththesealso,for

sureinthosedays,he

theprofessorialstaffin

opic sonwhich atherA bellwaswontto

ebbinsinuatesitonpage204ofhisCentenary

uly10, 1808)tellsC onc anenthatthefathersintend

auseofthesmallnumberofpriests,the college

donotherwise.


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uired. H estilltoo histurn

needed,ortheoccasion

eofprefectfelltohim in

duties,traditiontells us,the

c uittedhimself tothe

rs. N omorec ouldbee -

o manythings.H eissaid

philosophyandtheology.

sevariousoccupationsto

feor observance.Punc-

ecommunitye erciseswas

eneverfailedtobe among

hem,unless preventedby

or thedutytowhichhe

dtodoubtthat onecould

sinthehighwayofeducation

uldrememberthatthesimple

littletime.Theyouthsofthat

than arethoseoftoday.

onditions,whichmadethem

ithgreaterregardfor their

rspirit ofobedience,rendered

wsand regulationsoftheir

beindustrious.Theyrose

r .Baseball,football,

erathletic sportswereun nown

modernyouthsin schoolor

mesandfestivitytheygave

anyways.Theydidnot

ughtthepresentgeneration,

tasticormerelyornamental


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y learnedmorethoroughly.

ourboysto wal onstilts

go weretrainedtotreadon

dprinciplesandelements,

onwhereontheycouldafter-

nalindustry—which,after

eofacollegeeducation.

orethanten yearsof

hisordination. twasa

thasplendidreligioustrain-

cter,atoncecharmingand

anornamenttothehierarchy

ch,nolessthanto itspriesthood.


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N T DA Y S , O R D N A T O N

terc riterionwherebyto udge

nthe lifeheleadsandthe

Triedbysuchatest,

a personagewhocompels

ingstates,theDominicans

le, theywerecertainly faithful

n thecauseofGod.They

medtheirdutieswell.During

erior, ather enw ic wrote

rrolland atherConc anen,

veusletters thatthrowmuch

of aint oseph sProv inc e

omthatdateletters become

however,thosethathave

genciesoftimeclearlyestab-

dinspiring traditionof

notberepeatedtoo often,

rsandfirstrecruitswere

eobligationsof theirstateof

reasontoe cusethemfrom

nunderthemostadverse

htminutelytocarryoutthe

heirO rder.

ectofournarrativewas

rinstance,theMaster Gen-


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thelittle communityat

spiritof religiousobservance, and

ypractice,despitethedif-

eway. Thiswasin181 .

sletterwasinreplytoonefrom

gere tant, giv inganoutlineof

confreres.1

etter(orrathere tractsf rom

n)f romtheprovinc ialto

dintheprev iousc hapter. A l-

2 , 1820, fouryearsaf terthe

thedocumentispertinent

tthispoint, foritaffordsapic-

underwhichhelived,studied,

ntellectuallyorspiritually.2

ofthedailycommunitylife

thecollege,writtento ather

anideaaswellof theneeds

rsPreac herasof theprivations

onswhomhee pectedto

ouldbepreparedtoputupw ith

uc y. nv iewofthesc arcity

onispreciousbeyondestimate.

e ofitslength,wetranslate

intoitsoriginallanguage.

t:—

f A u g u st 1 , 1 8 1 , ] e l ev e n mo n th s

lserve asacommentaryonanother

stRev. atherGeneral, inwhic h begged

ture,andconstitutedyoumyprocurator.

eethisletter also.

i t o a t he r W i l s on , M ar c h 1 , 1 8 1 ( A r c h iv e s of

y)

meric aCentrale, (Vol. V , No. 1 8).

hsletterofWilsonatR ome.


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N T DA Y S , O R D N A T O N 12

ylifetoperfection.N oonehasa far-

nordoesanyoneeventhin ofhav ingmoney

ere areneitherboo snoranyother

uc hase. Wewearthetonsure ustasyou

closeasampleofourclothes,habit,and

lconcernistoli vewithouttheneedof

sariesinourpower thatis,foodand

ulardressforthe missionaries.Wehave

er, andatailor butweneeda oiner

sincetherepairsonthese andtheir

ometwohundreddollarsayear.

s,notfor heavylabor,butforthe

fwhomthereare twenty-seven.4These

ntrolledandindustrious. placeso

dismissedouroverseerlastfall,an

saving,gainedusafourthof thepro-

. ndeed, asA meric anshavelittle

brotherswouldbe veryuseful,for

urinc ome fromthefarm . hopeto

r threeotherswouldnotbetoo many.

hecommunity.Of latewehave

es.Twoofour wagonhorsesdied,5

or twoyearsinsuccession.Moreover,

nthispartof thecountry , wehavebeen

nthisway,weshall probablylose

mproductswhichwedidnotconsume,

t,for thepasttwoyears.Thesum

dollars.Thesethings,however,should

eventyoufrombringingalong with

youhave writtentome,aswellas some

veconsiderablyoverfourhundredacresof

ittlemore,will supplyusallwith

ntenance.

ypographicalerror,foritseemsthat the

nycoloredservants.

etta. Carrettameanseitherac artorac arriage

at aintRose shadnoc arriageatthisearlydate.

n o f a t he r W i l so n s l e tt e r ma e s h im s ay : W e

othousandacresofland, whichisagross


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n slettergivesus, inaddition

he traditionoftheprov-

thespirit ofpersonal

practisedbythoseearly

hic honewouldhardlyas for

observance. trevealsthe

oreprivations,withoutlay-

erit therefor.A samatter

edocumentrathertones

ommunitythangivesthem

omitwec onc ludethatthe

hthestudentsin thecollege

withfoodand thecommunity

gclothes,whichleftasurplus

ll anduncertainaswerethe

mentaffordsaglimpseinto

ondamenslavedA fric answho

titutions,wheretheirbodily

efullyloo edafterthantheir

ouldweoverloo thelength

edlydueeithertoanoversightofthe translator,

ell- nownfertile imagination. Thetoneofhisletter

sonwasspea ingonlyof the aintRosefarm,

undredandfiftyacres,and thereisnorecord

asedpriortothis time.H enceourre-trans-

overfourhundredacresofland. acobDittoe,

ather enw ic threehundredandtwenty

ryC ounty,O hio,foranestablishmentthere.

f aintR osehadpurchasedtwelvehundred

nionC ounty , entuc y , ofwhic hweshall

onwastoestablishac ollegeinWestern en-

getob ec ted. A s mattersstoodatthistime, the

btforthis property,andwereholdingonto

ightsellitforsomethingli ewhatitc ost,

plantationnearC incinnati.

ovewhic htheold-timec oloredservantsof aint


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ill slettertoreac hitsdestina-

dayrenderedthelifeof

hemoredifficult,becausethey

iththehigherauthorities

, aslongashelived, onthe

novicesandthose whose

ollegeand convent.But,tra-

sor, atherTuite,forreasons

didnot thin itproductive

country,hadthepractice

or1825.Besides,thepriests

o tonsuredintotheplaces

gedtotravel.W hythen

H owever, the indlyman

edispleasureofBishop

orhefeltthatitwasarela ation

surehadnot beenwornany-

tates.

ethem c ontinues atherW ilson toan

on,cabbage,turnips,andsomewhatindif-

alsoof tenhavec hic en, duc , goose,

eptemberuntilC hristmaswehavefreshmeat

ygood. A ll thesethingsaref romourfarm.

nowthattheywillmeetwith tastesthat

palates,unlesstheyares illedinthe

lherearealittleinsipid, whic h, fancy ,

getablesaltsintheirfood,the seabeing

mus. orthisreason, weareobliged

p, cattle, andtheli e.

obadlyofffor thedaysonwhichmeat

e ustasfortunateasyouarein

rtheinstitution, seethewriter sA nA merican

a t he r M . A . O ' B r ie n ), p . 1 87 .

atatthreemealsawee thatis, fordinner

dThursday.Buttraditiontellsusthat,because


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ans newanythingaboutc oo ing. ouw ill

now ledgefromtheirwayofc oo ingfowl.

ived,whentheysendthe negroesand

. Theyta ethef irstonwhic hthey lay

tleonthef ire, wringtheheadsof f the

tothe ettleofboilingwaterwhilethe

ndleavethemthereuntilthe feathersare

ediatelythefeathersareremoved,the

dputintoaslowlyboilingpot. inally,

somebacon,in abasting-panuntil

eycertainlyhaveamustyodor and

asregardsvegetables. tseemsthat

nglandand landersaresuitableor

ate,fortheygrowtoo fast.Generally

obetterthanli enourbreadtothatwhic h

timeyou attemptedtoma ebreadat

ishardorabitlimy, of tenmuddy, andin

yf resh. nmanythings, itistrue, we

butwehavesomuchto dothat,without

oremoneywithwhichtoprovideaccom-

mainatrifle cruel.Thusitis not

also somewhatoutofpersonalinterest,

oseeyou andyourcompanions.

thedaysofabstinencethatthe uro-

heirgreatestdifficulty.10Wecan nothave

gtheentireyear,althoughacree runs

he house.While merelyadryfurrow

e,itwasnow andthengiventosomealso on

nealwaysabstainedfrommeatevenat these

nvert, andhadbeenamarriedmanandanof f ic er

terhisretirement,atan earlyage,hewentto

.H ishousestoodnearthe collegeofthe

whomhewasanintimatefriend.Bymutual

tionoftheH oly ee,heandhis wifeseparated

est. hewenttolivewith acommunityof

ifeofB ishop enw ic , passim.

osementionedinnote8of thischapterwere


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hesalongli eatorrentinthew inter.

applepieandotherpastry . altmac erel

singleonec ostsa uarterofadollar.

rriveinA meric a, theyfanc ythatthey

thanthosewhowerehere beforethem.

erthattheyaremista en bec ause, for

howtoma ebread, hec annotdoitwith-

heyeastalso— andsomethingmore,even

n. nc asehecandoallthesethings,

fhec anf indeverythingthatheneeds.

snothinghereoutofwhic htoma eyeast,

gofpooroldDec er: C ometoabeau-

llfindan abundanceofallthings,

ithyou. Thesamething,itoccurs

lthesciences.Thatis tosay,you

unlessyou nowalltheirac cessorybranches.

ourarrival,toregaleyouwitha little

wehavehereayoung rishman, aprofessed

l.11Upto thepresent,ourbeveragehas

peredwithamostwretchedsortof

e tractedfromgrain,hasthestrongest

erchewingtobacco.12

veryday. owetriedtoma esome

owever,hereagain,asusual,wedid

ripentoosoon,andthe ironvesselsturn

ehadtogiveuptheenterprise. Neverthe-

latertreesthataredoingwell. We

estoma ec ideroranythingelseinthat

etime forstudiesandotherduties.

noideaof thegreatneedwehaveofhelp.

atherTuite sv ineyard. thasf if ty -

undanceofmediocregrapes.Hence

enyoucome,ifyou canshowushow

wehaveac lumsyoldw ine-press. The

Bother amesThomasPolin, BrotherH yac inth

masMartin,allofwhomafterwardsbecame

ilson new littleabouttobacc o.


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evertouche ceptatthealtar— not

s,costsfivedollarsagallon,or forfour

otbeen abletorepressa

atherW ilson sletter. et,

ccuratepictureofcountry

dredyearsago. Thesame

vails there,whilethecus-

manyrespects.

yto disagreewiththe

spre udiceagainstc hic en

s illed. Connoisseursindeli-

ally,notonlypraisethe

c enintheruraldistric tsof the

atnowhereelsehasit so

mostthesamesceneasthatde-

nemaybe witnessedtoday

hestatesbelow theMason

hestopsforamealevenatthe

deed,asoutherncountryman

unlessitispreparedforthe

en illed.Thebacon,when

or bastedchic en,whileit

nreturn. atherWilson

nglishc ustomof eeping

oodandripe beforeputting

ec tsomuc hw itinsuc ha

manas theprovincial.N o

details inordertotonedown

thecommunity,lest ather

houldbe frightened,perhaps

oodintentions.Bethat


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howsa eensenseofhumor

withde terityfortheir

,oneis preparedtooverloo

elyalittlee aggeration,

einparttoafaulty talian

lthoughitisnot sostated,

dsofthe collegethat ept

hattheyhadlittle timeto

themselves.

anacc ountof thec onvent s

ilsonproceedstolaybefore

of thereligiousandeduca-

oryreflectsnolittle credit

lyifweconsiderthe adverse

hichithadtocontend. t

spiritof mortification,no

at advancementaswell

llof which,tradition

esset awholesomee -

documentsays:

ourtime, itisasfollows. Weare

oc everymorning, andma eahalfhour s

euntiltheconventualmass,whichis

hatis, atseveno c loc . Duringthattime

sofprime,tierce,andse t.Theseare

enitis permitted anditconsistsof

enf romthec ow, forinthesummertimethe

y uic ly . A ttimesalittleteaisallowed

avethesameforsupper. 1 A f terthe

o c loc ), thebellisrungforsilenc e,

omethingwaslef touthereinthe taliantranslation

oritseemsc ertainthatamorselofbreadmusthave

upper, butalsoatbrea fast. Doubtless, too,

ps,attimesalittlebutter) wasusedwiththebread.


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er.O nthefastdaysof theO rderwe

o c loc ; andonthoseof theChurc hat

stof theyearwedineatoneo c loc .

r tohavethefresherpart oftheday

ybeforeorimmediatelyafterdinner,

cribedforit.Beforedinner wehave

mTrinity undaytotheendofA ugust

ivilegeof sayingmatinstheprevious

ththerubric s( 6 ). A t thistime

o c loc , P. M., andc omplineatfour,

meditation. ilencef romthistimeuntil

nmatins, supper, andrec reationuntilthenight

t.

usttoTrinity undaywesaymatins

rningmeditation thatis, atfouro c loc ,

four, P. M. silenc ethenc euntilsi , when

owedby recreationuntilcompline,

efinished,allretireforthe night.

aveswesaymatinsand laudsatmid-

rder,andthehigherfeasts,wesing

e alve,andmoreorlessof thewhole

oirpermits foronlyoneofouryoung

ntwell.14Thesingingis accompanied

hers, thosewhoarenotpriestswor in

her indof laborapartof theaf ter-

althoughitreallyinterfereswiththeir

theology andphilosophy aregivenin

eafternooneachwee .Thesimple

eassiduouslydrilledin atin.A spiritual

verydayan hourbeforedinner.Than s

anen,nearlyallofwhoselibrarywasleft

suppliedinthewayofboo s. The

now renchand talian. However, we

onthelivesof thesaintsandillustriousmen

octavesaccordingtothe Dominicanrubrics

onoredtoday.


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boo sofcontroversy,andcommentaries

weteac hc atec hismandChristiandoc trine

oc . Thenc omessolemnhighmass, for

gsthe yrie, Gloria, C redo, andA gnus

leluiaortheGradual, ahymnissungby

nthegalleryat therearofthe church,

talianwhoteachesthemandaccom-

clarinet.A sermonispreachedafter

nchma eforthec hurc h, butitisc rac ed.

c s, butareinneedofapy . Thatwhic h

madeofcopperplatedwithsilver.The

yblac .Theparish,whichsurroundsthe

hreehundredandtenfamilies.Besides

manyyoungmenwhowor hereand

Thefamilieshaveanaverageof eight

nualassessmentof halfadollarfor

sofage butwecanscarcelycollecttwo

mostthreehundreddollarsayear.

n ind, andnotinc oin, wherebywelose

dhavewereit giveninmoney.

ontentiftheparishbrought useven

ethehorsesandsecularclothingnecessary

h fearw illneverbethec ase. N one

toperformgratisallreligious functions,

es,andtheli e.Theoutmissionsbring

enwegetadollar butthisbynomeans

pensesofthem.18O urpeoplehere,while

arepoorinmoney.Theta esareof

unttoonlyfour orfiveguineasayear.17

ianwasaprofessorinthec ollege. atherMiles,

dchargeof thechoiraslongas heremained

a t he r s we r e in O h i o , on e i n c o tt C o u n t y, e n -

ington. Theybarelysupportedthemselves, and

ngtotheup eepof theirc onvent perhapsat

ense.

ccountsthatwehaveseenofthatday thissum

n twelveorfifteendollars.


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ntsareinfre uentandsomewhatlong-

sonofthisis thatthereareonlyseven-

whomaremembersofour O rder,for

y , O hio, ndiana, andTennessee, avast

easall urope. venthebishopandhis

nthis numberofpriests.18

hethirty-si thandthethirty-seventh

asonit isverywarm butafterthe

oderateasin landers.Thehotweather

ne, anditgenerallyc ontinuesuntil ep-

ncesaroundChristmas.A ttimesthecold

mfouruntilteno c loc inthemorning.

er.

ries,diurnals,acollectarium,acere-

artyrology,etc.,etc.,etc.

.

elaysdowntheabovedoc-

heentireoriginalcouldnot

ractsperhapshurriedlymade

newlittleornothingabout

alsthebroad,orderlymind

eye-w itnesstothethingsof

ofaninabilitytodifferentiate

ldbeandwhatwouldnot

ftheC hurchin-theUnited

ethat pointsofmuchimpor-

therWilson sletterma eshimsaythatthere

hestatesmentioned butitwouldseemthat

Dominic answere athers . T. Wilson, . D.

it e , R . P . Mi l es , . . M o nt g om e ry , W . T . W i l le t t,

dN. D. oung. Thediocesanc lergy, besides

v id, wereapparently theReverendCharles

h a b r at , A n t h on y G an i lh , R . A . A b e l l , C h a rl e s C o o me s

illiamByrne, GeorgeA . lder, and ames

r c haef ferhadbeenordainedpriortothistime,

elgiumbecauseof illhealth. atherA ngier,

andforthesamereason. ndianaseemsto

sionally f rom entuc y, theR ev. A nthonyB lanc

beencalledtoN ewO rleansfromVincennes.


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terestwereomittedinthe

wehaveused.Thewholedoc-

rmsbut oneparagraph

thatitgivesus onlyasum-

letter, w ithmerelythepoints

ator sideas.Possiblyitis

oe plainthefailuretomen-

ollegeruninc onnec tionw iththe

rWilsontoforewarnthepro-

vincefromabroadofwhat

hew ildernessof entuc y .

pictureofthestrictreligious

evidencedbyaletterof

hortlyaf terhisarrivalf rom

erva, theresidenceof theO rder s

ouseof tudiesinR ome,

nglandthatthedietof the

veryplain , anditslife

vere. Thatthemembersen oyed

tributeto theprovidence

talianrenditionsof twootherlettersofWilson

o H i l l ( al s o a si m il a r r e nc h r en d it i on o f e n wi c ' s

nthissameyear(1820), andapetitionofH ill

e Propagandainthearchivesofthatsacred

ctionwiththatwhichwehavetranslated. ather

arnedman, anelo uentpreac her, agood

onary buthelac ed udgment. Henever

eold leavenoutofhimself,whileheretained

rit tobeplacedatthe headofthings.H ewas

er.Unfortunatelyhewontheconfidenceof

ndWilson, whic hc ausedthelattertoappointhim

me.A tonceheenteredonthe chimericalscheme

dA mericanprovinces,whichcausedsomeun-

omeyearsago, wehadatal w iththelate

Prov inc e, atherR aymundPalmer, onthissub-

asonhewasverypositiveinhisc ensureof atherHil


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hew indtotheshornlamb. 20

adition,sostronganddirect

tof illoutthestory . tis

eadwasalu urynotoften

of entuc y . Por and

theirmainstayof life.

eratonlythree orfourmeals

endedprincipallyonthelatter.21

reparedina varietyofways,

na m es c o rn b r ea d , h o e- c a e ,

hn ny -c a e , c or n do dg er , s we et

, a n d so o n . H o we v er p r ep a re d ,

neitherwasitunsavoryon the

enbuttercouldbeusedwithit.

entsorghummolassesmadeat

this commonstaplemore

rdinarilynecessityre uired

ation.

mmunitycouldcommand

rowingyouthsinthecollege.

ntly themoneythatc amefromthe

ohelpthe poorer.While

or theiryoungcharges,the

ulantswerecontentwiththe

ellsus, early inhisletter,

othesweremadeathome,with

tersecularsuitsfor themis-

owever,werereservedfor

ecialoccasions.Nobody,

mber21, 1821( ondonC atholic Miscellany , ,

apter.


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nuallyengagedinapostolic

ucha suitspeciallyforhimself.

menof aboutthesamesize,

sfitcausednocomment.

ywornbythe priests

ndonthead ac entmissionswas

parelofthecommunitywas

itwasalsohome-spunand

heyhavenowdisappeared,the

ndthe conventrelicsofthe

nning-wheel,loom,andother

loth. tsc oloredservants

becauseofthissortofwor ,

atestuffswasprohibitive

dermeans.

adnotsomuchas dreamed

whichelectricityisnow

erein entuc ywasgas

s. O f eroseneorotheroil

y,in thestate.Thefirst

andstudyat aintRose s

rompor . twaspoured

of theshapeandaboutthe

ng-li ehandleononeside

safety,andamouthor

her.A stripofcloth,pre-

ngreaselayin thepan,with

tleovertherimatthemouth.

othervesselforthesame

ematerialwasused,and

servicesomewhatlater)

eapinc ense-boat, oranalc hemist s


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sedonthealtars,and probably

onofthedivineoffice,didnot

ttheinstitutionuntil afterthe

hadbeen senttootherfieldsof

oversuchitemsasthe above

or theywerecommonto

roiceraof bravemeninthe

weventureto believe,has

dlyway inwhich atherW ilson

palliatestheirfailuretoassist

mighthaveindulgedinsome

tly, inv iewofthemodestsum

upportof theirpastors, andthe

rthe educationoftheir

aracteristicofthoseearly

spec iallyof athers enw ic

afac tthatspea svolumes

nindicatesthattheywere

f romnodrudgeryforthegood

of hiseducation,the

nTennesseedran deeplyof this

ide himthroughallhis

ndtheologyinthe O rder

andprofound. A tthetime

gtothecircumstanceswith

miliar,that givenin aint

ouldnotbec arriedouttothefull

asthoroughandpainsta ing.

earsnumbersoftheseout-of-datevessels,molds

oncandle-stic smightbeseenon thepremises.


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N T DA Y S , O R D N A T O N 1 7

enot conducivetostudyafter

obablyburnedlittlemidnight

rly torisewastherule. ven

wor edbyday. H enc e,

usedto besaidofthe

e sthat thesunneverc aught

andoccupationsmany,

companions,unlessother-

yseenwithoutaboo ortheir

ay, theywerereadyforordi-

theirhigherstudies thatis, at

mesterof1815-181 . Wec an

them,eitherduringtheir

atimmediatelyprecededit,

teventintheir liveswith

estnessthanBrotherPius.

haracter,onecannotdoubtbut

htsfromthe timehefinished

pecialnoticeintheC atholic

orvariousreasons. Neverbefore

dat onetimeinthestate.The

etwoMontgomerys)were

aredin thewestforthe

atherWillett, was en-

ontoattainthepriesthood while

fours etc h, wasthef irstc ler-

westoftheA lleghanyMoun-

p.

ontemporaryrecordofthe

erhapsstrangerstill isit

thoughhefollowedthediary


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writingthelifeof thatpious

otedtheordinationas priest

mateepiscopalfriends.2

isalwaysgivenasthatin

ometimesitisstatedthat it

ptember andthisisthetradition

nc isX . R euss, whospent

onforhis valuablelittle

onember aturday in eptem-

happearsveryli ely,in

soneofthe canonicaltimes

ma eitoc c uron eptember

wehaveseenthisprec isedategiven

ion, butwec ouldnotf indon

d.

tlyBishop lagetmadehim

t.Theceremony,ithascome

hatseemsun uestionable,

ose sC hurch, andarousedsomuc h

rededificecouldscarcelyhold

Quite naturallythepeople

ost eenlyinterested,forthe

orsoftheirsouls,while

gomerysweremembersof

onal now ledge, theoc casion

is ifeofB ishop laget paldingtellsusthat

y from1812to18 4. Thisrec ordthelearned

yfortheabovevolume. ChapterV (pp. 115-147)

1 , butitma esnomentionofB ishopMiles

s arlyCatholic Missionsplac esitin181 . O nly

lagetdiary isnow nowntoe ist. Thewriter

eseminary , atPrestonPar , ouisville. t

iversity.Throughoutitthebishopnoteshis

ediaoftheC atholicH ierarchyintheUnited


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dformedafre uenttopicof

ardlyhavebeenotherwise

ationofDominicanpriests

dac cordinglymar edanepoch

enewA mericanprovince

alsointhatof thef irstparish

harge. 25

eligiouslifeof aintRose s.

art, thoughitwasnotthe ind

efullyontheface.This

to believe,combinedwith

positiontocausehisordination

essiononhim.Thoroughly

nowananointedof the ord,

eoldpeopleof aintRose sParishusedtospea

hopMiles, atherW illettandthetwoMont-

enplaceinthec hurc hthere. Thetraditionisstill

the province.

Thomas eminary , p. 58)saysthatthetwo

nedin t. Thomas C hurch, PoplarN ec . B ut

orrect,unlessMilesand Willett werealso

ghlyimprobable. palding, uotingBishop

icMissions,p.224),simplysaysthatthreeor-

ceinthePoplarNec c hurc hbyNovember, 1817.

erethoseofthe R evs.Peter chaefferand

eotherseemstohavebeenthatof atherA nthony

probable,evenweretherenotraditionto the

agetwouldinsist,orconsent,thatthe four

iesthoodshouldbeta entoasmaller church

thattime orthattheyshouldbe ordained

c hurc hof theO rder, theybeingitsf irstf ruits

ll themorereasonforordainingthemat

seemstohavebeenthec ase, thenew aintThomas

dnotyetreadyforsuch aceremony for

havehadto beperformedintheold log-cabin

eof fac t, atherDerigaud, whowasraisedtothe

1817,issupposedtohavebeenthe firstmanor-

tThomas . R euss(op. c it. , p. 75)saysthatthe

aintRose sbyDoc tor laget.


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r ofsavingsouls,noless

ngelicalperfection.How

cationwehopeto reveal

es.

roughttheyoungpriestby

musthavebeenthe happi-

gavehisvenerableparentsto

veonearth asonwhowould

saltar.Doubtlesstheywere

ndamongthemostinterested

herwasthensi ty-eight

sseventy-sevenyearstoldhim

eyc ouldnotbefarf romitsend.

estchildbecameamessenger

hichheoffereduphisfirst mass

ssiblythehappiestdaysof

atholic lives.

enot,wrote:

houldertothewheel,

essing.

she nowbecame nown,

ywasfarfromsmooth,it

gehadhefollowedthelightwhich

ul,therefore,washein the

uldbeginthewor ofan


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S TH O O D

homas,attachedtotheC on-

entuc y , seemstohaveattained

numbersaboutthetimeof

ea . A lthoughhehimselfhad

le,traditionatleasttellsus

playedno littlepartin

ancialconditionof en-

perhapsneverbeensogoodas

Thus, w iththeadditionof the

hersMiles, Willett, andthe

ureofthepioneercollege

ever, atherRobertA .

dtorelin uishthecareof the

artof entuc y . A c c us-

ndeducationalwor abroad,

ryeffortsandlonelye istence

stgraduallyunderminedhis

mental.Thiswasin 1815.1

superiorof the esuit athersinMary land,

v e s of t h e N e w o r - M ar y la n d Pr o vi n ce o f t he o c ie t y

1 7 ) e t r ac t s fr o m le t te r o f sa m e to R e v . o h n H i l l,

11, 1820(PropagandaA rc hives, A mericaC entrale,

e n wi c t o a co b D it t oe , i n O h i o, A p r i l 2 0, 1 8 1

oseph sPriory) palding, arlyCatholic Missions,

W e b b , C e n te n ar y o f C a t ho l ic i ty , a nd O ' D a ni e l, i f e

.

thedoc umentisc orrec tly rendered, Wilson


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enc ombinedthisc harge, asbesthe

tolatein Ohio. Butnow

mtogiveall histimetothe

te,the needsofwhosegrow-

isconstantattention.Out of

ttherefore, atherWilsonsent

ontgomerytoreplac e ather

nc i s , c o tt C o u n t y, a n d ot h er

ntuc y . 2

dgreatlyincreasedinthat

stown.Theylivedin widely

eenwhichtheroadswereoften

ordingly , atherWillett, who

onaryconsumption,was

atherMontgomery , andsta-

whosegrow ingc ongregationhad

ory.H issuperiorshoped

evenun usttoA ngier.H owever,thecommuni-

butH illhonoredthetrustreposedin himby

anslationofthe document.Theletteritself

ierhadbeenac ompletenervouswrec , and

ughtonby overwor andthelonelinessof

yaddthetroublesomecharacterofa partof

81 , atherWilsonsenthimtoMary landin

ightberestored.Therehetoo chargeof

hhelaboredfaithfullyandfruitfullyfor over

tof hisdiocesetothePropaganda(1818)

ysthathehasthree nglishpriests,andthathe

moreli ethem. O neof thesec lergymenwas

8 25 , h e we n t to n g la n d. a t he r d w ar d . D e vi t t,

t he A . C . H . . o f Ph i la d el p hi a , X X I I , 2 4 1) s a ys h e

ey inordertoobtainhelpforhispoormissions.

ethrenpersuadedhimtoremainin hisoriginal

urn toA merica.TherehewasaPreacher

onors,andlaboredonfornearlya uarter

iedonDecember20,1850,in A ntwerp,where

e ianB rothers.

ons, ifeof laget, C entenaryofCatholicitv

, p a ss i m.


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S TH O O D

edby suchapastoral

thescatteredmissionswould

iragreatpartof thetime, might

fthezealousandtalented

ensorestorehishealththat he

fhis studentdays.

therWillett sdeparturef rom

ilarresponsetothecallofc harity

edthewest sf irstCatholic

notherofitsusefulmembers.

soverpoweredinO hioby laborsno

s.H ecouldnotattendto

l.Thelonelinessofhis

hadbeenthatof ather

y s o me y ea r s ea r li e r. n t h is

istancefromhisbrethren.

oung, therefore, ordainedon

toncesentto theaidofhis

e.4

first fiveprieststrained

ly a t he r s R i c ha r d Mi l es a n d

eryremainedtohelpwiththe

edtotheconvent,andits

stheordinationmadelittle

ub ec tofournarrativeother

him,asubstitutionofmin-

lasswor under athers

privilegeof sayingmass,

uredmorethanwordscan

itydidnotlessen hishumility

butitdeepenedhispiety,and

atruesignofarealmanofGod.

hapter. 4 ifeof enw ic , passim.


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spiritual,endowedwitha

ell trained,andpossessedof

asbutnaturalthat heshould

nstaysof aintThomas C ol-

tion.N ow,asapriest,he

that capacity.Theinstitu-

arian. ollowingthecustom

ecessary,hetaughtseveral

nadditiontothis,he helped

andidatesforthe priesthood.

redhim theylovedhim,

nfessor.Theirparents,

n-C atholics,esteemedhim nay,

enceinhisadvice. ather

rylip,and hisassistancewas

y.

e commanded,northetrust

served. orthrightandfran ,

penandaffable,heevergave

manwhom shouldli eto

onofgenuineworthin whose

. Withamild, uietstrength

ofprinciplehecombineda

dgenerousdisposition,which,

ood,wonandheldthe heart.

todec eive, ortobetraythefaith

allyeitherto hurtthefeelings

ofevenan adversary.5

ing ualitiesthatsoen-

fTennesseeto atherWil-

ndeddowntousthatperhaps

f thepraisesthattheoldpeopleusedtoheapupon

ardinc entral entuc y .


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S TH O O D

n(notevene c epting ather

provincialplacedsuchunlimited

eentrustedsomanyofhis

taffairs.A truepriestwould

ncomiumfromhissuperior.

itdidf romamanof ather

udgment, andc harac ter, itbe-

etogreatmerit.

oundman,usefulin what-

uperiorsemployedhim. et

eprovemorevaluablethan

hislongandintimateconnec-

oless thanthedistinguished

t,callsfor afurtherword

ollege. Unfortunately , than sto

riarsPreacherhavebeenso

nstheworldover,thatof not

rownwor (whic hisabout

whichtheyhavelagged),

thesub ec tthe usticethat

esamecarelessnessasregards

thegreater partoftheac-

eenwrittenofmattersper-

intThomas areirrevoc ably

spartiallyoffsetbyanother

chappearsmorecreditable

edinthis way. nthecoun-

ns,becauseofthegreater

hefewerdistractionsthat

onsarenotonly eptlonger

nin thebusymartsofcom-

oreintelligentthepeople,


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nowledgethuspreserved.

orldhavetheearly tradi-

enmore eenlytreasuredor

heC atholic sof entuc y ,

agricultural andtheyare

nyofthemeducated.This

ofthe neighborhoodaround

isintheveryheartof thestate

stC atholicsettlements.

ynoimmigrationintothat

e a i nt T h om a s C o l l e ge g o t we l l

onsconcerningthiscol-

wnfromgenerationtogener-

euniformity.Theirtrust-

antiatedbythefewdocu-

dbythetraditionsof aint

riarsPreac her. tisinthis

rtainthatthecollegepros-

fromthe verybeginning.

nformation,beiteverso

e abovefact,aswellastells

heldinthehighestregard,

m farandnear,andthat

nd atthatdayhada more

ll thisisthemore credible

aintThomas weree pertand

,menwhohadaidedinbringing

B ornheim, B elgium, tothezenith

twasa continuedgrowth

ogetherwiththeannoyances

gtheruralportionsof entuc y inhabitedby

struc bythevividnessoftheir traditions.

peoplealmostliveonthem.

nalHoward, passim ifeof enw ic , passim.


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S TH O O D

parablefromtheattendanceof

chools,andtheincreasede -

efollowingentryinan oldac-

otedtothecollege.

o ma s W i l s on , a t a s te r , re a ss u me d t he c a re

ionwasraisedfromseventy-fiveDollars

y-five.A greedtoadmitnomore e terns,

onesassoonastheir termisout.8

s,hadobliged ather

argeof aintThomas into

tissaid, infac t, thatfora

tertainedlesthis sic ness

oninformsusthatthe

y-pupilsarousedaveritable

ringf ieldandthroughWash-

s andthatthefurore

twouldseemalsothata

vancementoftheboardand

vetoonehundredand twen-

edin acompromiseonone

uldberidiculousto attempt

nsuchtermsinour day,it

ta centuryagoahundred

ofno smallconsideration.

stappearsshortlybefore

sordination, whic hreads: J ef -

y10, 181 . 10Thepresident-

federate tatesof the outh,

ountywasthenapartofWashingtonC ounty .

erpartsof thesecountiesaresaidtohave

sorfriends,wholived nearerthecollege,

dto haveattendedasdaypupils.


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rsofage,hadtravelledona

e tremesouthwesterncounty

teofMississippi.11 c arcely

of ofthewidereputewhich

egeen oyed. Thedistinguished

etaineda strongaffection

slong andeventfulcareer.

lovethatcausedhim,on

et atherMatthewA . O ' B rien,

venerablepriest sblessing. 12

Mr. Dav is rec ollec tions

omeparticularsasregards

ctating,attheageof

ars,thecourseofhisearly

hisgreat age,onemustcon-

s healthatthetime.1

s,environments,andactivities

encesofthedays hespent

owever, hise perienc estherew ill

heybroughthiminto

shville sfirstbishop,throw

owthatboys,evenatthat

still boys,andoccasionally

s. A s uotedbyhisaf fec -

a(H owell)Davis,thestory

usuallog-cabinschool-house though

wasseven eight yearsold, wassent

hatwasthenc alled TheWilderness —by

-Presidentof theC onfederate tatesofA merica

mericanA postle( ifeofV eryR ev. Matthew

nnote11above, pp. 2- .


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S TH O O D

tawandChic asawnations—to entuc y ,

holic institutionthen nownas t. Thomas,

nearthetownof pringfield.

81 ] therewerenosteamboats, norwere

ersingthecountry.Therivertradewas

eel-boats.Thelastnamedonlycouldbe

mmerc ebetweentheWestern tatesand

asconfinedtowater-routes.Theusual

ebac orafoot.Manypersonswho

nf lat-boatswal edbac throughthe

y, O hio, andelsewhere. Wepassedmany

....

wassentto entuc yconsistedof

inds, (whohadchargeof thefamousbattalion

hebattle ofN ewO rleans),hiswife,

maid-servant,andhisson H owell,who

dli emyself , mountedonapony. A

ewithsome supplies,besidesbedand

ut. The ourneyto entuc yoc c upied

tivethevenerablemantells

hereMa orH indsw ishedto

commander,GeneralAndrew

Mr. Dav is youthfulimpressions

ennessee,fortheyhaveno

, weta eoc c asiontonotetwo

ecordsshowthatthis our-

dof1815 andthattheyoung

fage,insteadof seven,as

llmattersthese, itistrue yet

orthesa eofhistoric al

nitisworthyofnotethatit

dsalsobroughthisownson

i n o rd e r to p l ac e h im i n a i nt


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wefindtheregistry ofa H ynes

thatofMasterDavis.The

given, butthesimilarityof the

d s a n d H y n e s m i gh t e as i ly

ling foundintherecords.

beenrenderedtheeasierby

readyanA lf redHynesinthe

festory , thee -presidentof

olic chool,called t.Thomas C ollege,

connectedwithachurch.Thepriestswere

rgeproperty productivefields,slaves,

erds.A sanassociationtheywererich.

vowedtopovertyandself-abnegation.

re,both spiritualandmaterial,of

s.

c hool, alargema orityof theboysbelonged

c Churc h. A f terashorttime wastheonly

andalsothesmallestboyin theschool.

thepriestswereparticularly indtome—

wardBishopofN ashville,treatedmewith

ative.

f re uentlymadethatitistheprac tic e

hoolstoendeavorto proselytetheboys

aymentionanincidentwhichis,in mycase

f thearraignment . A tthatperiodof

heologian, littleof thetruec reedofC hris-

enceswhichsurroundedme thought

shouldbec omeaC atholic , andwentto

establishment, atherW ilson,whom

parta ingofhisf rugalmeal, andstatedtohim

e indly, handedmeabisc uitandabit

atforthepresent hadbetterta esome

istimethatoneof thegoodoldpriests

s roomforme.Therewasan organ-

soneday, andthispriestwastheir


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S TH O O D

Theypersuadedmetoblowoutthe

ntheroom so,aftereverythingwas

thentheinsurgentspouredinc abbages,

toes, andall indsofmissiles. A ssoonas

chwasmadefortheculprits,butthey

n wastheonlywa efulone.

eseverely,but declaredthat

wouldnottellthat. Theonewhohad

o metoalittle roominthehighest

strappedmedownto a indofcot,

litatethepunishmentoftheboys but

y andhesitatedbeforestri ingmea

avereceivedsinc e hadbeenw iththe

i th m e : I f y o u te l l me w h at y o u n o w, n o

l et y o u of f . W e l l , s a id , I n o wo n e

ewoutthelight. Thepriesteagerlyprom-

piec eof information andthen said:

fc ourse wasletoff , butw ithalongtal

ndpreventedmefrom co-operatingwith

hemesofmischief.15

neofourmostnotedand

,givenoutnearthecloseofhis

nt.Theybreatheaspirit

ewiseofaffectionforthe

egeinwhichhehadlaidthefoun-

on.Theamusingincident

ichhaseverbeentypicalof

arsoutthe traditionas

plinethatprevailedat aint

somewhatoutof theordinary

poralpunishmentwastoo

if nottheonly,meansof

temwhichprevailedatthe

y issaidtohavebornee c ellent

er,severemeasurescouldbe


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y,buttheyseemtohavebeen

itewasundoubtedly the

inspecialchargeofMaster

boysconspiredtohave a

andeddowntousthathis

esledthe boystoattempt

er, hewasagoodprofessor.

woulddoalmost anything

oungDavislaboredunderthe

ttheconventwaswealthy.

sustobelievethat hewasde-

atholicstudentssogreatly

tholic,and astohissoon

olicattheschool,unlessthis

cation,whennearlyevery

blythefactthat allattended

whic hwasre uiredforthesa e

to believesometobeC ath-

aith. atherMilesbecame

rewasno atherWallace

ldseemthat thevenerable

atherWillett snamewiththat

adbeen misinformedasto

fessorsattainedthe miter.

whenMasterDavisleft

ege buthehimselfsaysthathe

woyears,fromwhichwe

iedtherefrom181 to1818.

hathehadbeen senttothis

mother s now ledgeorc on-

donot now) thatshe


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S TH O O D

eturn andthatheran iety

l.Possibly,therefore,hadnot

ntervened,thisdistinguished

ennumberedamongthegrad-

ceducationalinstitutioninthe

ntiatedbytheDavisrecol-

elived,thepersonal mag-

ed atherWilsondrewyouth

nceasamagnetdrawssteel.

writesthatthenumberof

as C ollegesoone c eededa

of aint oseph sProv inc e

ty , entuc y , assuresusthat

e thantwohundredpupils,

lmentforaboardingschool

umber,weareconvinced,

uringthetime thattheformer

sthere,forobstaclesofwhich

e tc hapterseemcertainly to

nceinlateryears.■

asarethee tantrecords, they

veofnotafewof themost

entuc y , bothCatholic and

rinstanc e, arethenames:B a er,

C alhoun, C lar , C lay , C rughan

H a g a n , H i l l, H i t e , H o p i n s

Thetraditionisthat, unli eherhusbandandillus-

tronglybiassedagainst thingsC atholic,and

tspartinherdisc ontent.

tractf romhisartic le L ' E tatdelaReligion

e n tu c y , e t da n s le s T er r it o ir e s Vo i si n s i n ' A m i

er8, 181 . Thee trac tisinthePropaganda

e n tr a le , Vo l . V , N o . 5 .


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ce e l ly , r u gg s a n c as t er , o v e,

c a y, M a nn i ng , M a e y , M i c e n ,

rmsby Polin, Pope, Prather

i m ms , k i d mo r e T a rl t on , T ho ma s ,

fewnamessuggestO hioor

sconwereprobablysonsof

con, early renchmillersof

y . Theother renchnames(over

scertain,wereborneby

Michigan, ouisianaorthe

s. panishyouths, f rom atin

guntocometo theUnited

n.

mesBoisleduc , whomtradi-

wO rleans,therecordsreveal

efullofinterestandillustra-

ef fersonDavis, hec ameallthe

v ingatthec ollegeon unday,

v identlyhisfatherhadinstructed

d,andtousethe proceedsin

tion. twassoldat public

alloo editsworsefromthe

tbroughtonlytwenty- f ivedollars

tofwhichthecrierreceived

wenty-fivecentsforthe

student, ulienDePestre, who

ier,seemsto havebeenfor-

se ofhishorseforthe

ngmanwholivedinthesame

andwasabouttoleave

1 , 1 .


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S TH O O D

mberof aintThomas

istinctionintheir afterlife.

P.Bates,astaterepresentative

manyyears,issaidto have

whosenameappearsinthe

dW. Ma ey, therepresenta-

in1845, itissaid, wasthesame

dswithouthis firstname.

nusPopewhowenttoschool

sonsof theHon. ohnPope,

otedlawyersandstatesmen, inthe

ssmanandsenatorofthe

esidentofWashingtonCounty ,

norof theTerritoryofA r ansas.

therof itsstudents, issaidto

on. tephenO rmsby, long

essman, anda udgeof the

dedthehighestrespectof

eal.Mr.W ebbclaimsthat

an , r . , so n o f on e o f e n tu c y s

nd udges, studiedat aint

B ardstown. 1 B utthetradition

shaseverbeenthathewasastudent

omas C ollegeattachedtothat

nameofR owanappearsinits

hestudent sf irstname andthe

2 attheearliest)seemstoo

ssc hooldays. TheGreenC lay

homas , thereappearstobeno

htyGeneralGreen C lay,

sof entuc y . 20

holicity , p. 281.

mentionedinthe lastthreeparagraphsseem


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S TH O O D

racter,andhavingawideprac-

ashingtonandthead ac ent

urnrepresentedthesame

ninthethirties.W illiamT.

grandfather, waselec tedtoa

onCounty in184 , serv ing

oPalmer, amesP. Barbour, a

41,wasnota C atholic.

dWathen, af tertheygraduated

c inridgeC ounty . A n

sionthey followed,andtothe

sno matterforsurprisethat

egood-willbutalso thehigh

eirwal inlifeortheircreed.

mongtheC atholic sof the

enridge , especially, thereshould

hthey didforreligionin

ceasedtoreflectbenefitson

holiczealwasproverbial,

theyever nowntorespond

apslesserrenown,wemay

arlesC . ellyof pringf ield,

egallights. Heheldimportant

tless faithfultohisreligion

orbusy life. tisworthyof

atinthe stateconstitutional

rettDavis,prominentinthe

movement, lateraleadingspirit

hing party, everanadversaryof

ntroducedanamendmenttothe

atwouldhavedeprivedC ath-

holicity , pp. 154-155.


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trangeasitmayseem today,

notdefeatedwithoutconsid-

muchheatedcontroversy.

eopponentswere udge elly

uddwhoweremembersof the

merstudentsof aint

aprominentpartin frustrating

e mosttyrannicalactsever

hurchintheUnited tates. 24

onedin theforegoingpages

foreBishopMileswas

hadperhapsleft itandbegun

hetoo ageneroussharein

hecontributednotonly

tofthestate,butalsothe

wellashelpedto brea down

ainsttheChurc handtobroaden

oughmen,albeitnot her

erentpartsofthecountry,

p . 0 4 , an d C o l l in s , H i s to r y of e n tu c y , I , 8 2 .

UnionC ountyalsotoo aprominentpartinthe

al.Thereis atraditionthat paldingwas

, butwedidnotinc ludehiminthelist, forit

antiated.However,hewas aneducatedman,

atholicschoolatthetimefromwhichhe could

on.

dRudd, ifnotbothof them(forbothwerein

anactivepartinthe debatefortheincor-

azarethA c ademies. odidDoc torR ic hard

tohavebeenanalumnusof aintThomas .

opagationdela oi, V , 557f f andCollins, op.

thernotedmanwho, ithasbeenpersistentlyhanded

tatthisDominic anc ollegewastheRev. ames

uc y andthetraditionseemstobesupportedby

whichhetellsA rchbishop cclestonthat

a n ca s te r f ro m h is c h il d ho o d. ( e e n ot e 4 o f

.


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S TH O O D

chingandherspirit. The

edtodemandmostofhistime

sc hapterspea s. However,

nywor .

olettersofB ishop laget

hhesaysthatonly ather

hediocesanseminary,and

son, provinc ialof theDomin-

aintThomas C ollege, c ould

iningathomeon undays.

toplaythepart ofmission-

outforthedayson whichthe

armass.This statement

hat atherTuite,even

wenttoDanvilleorsome

ery unday. atherWilson

congregationat aintRose s,

too c areof thatatPoplar

inarywassituated. 20

ncethattime,for the

not eptpacew iththatof

oscantilyprovidedwithspiri-

ls.Thus atherMileshad

additiontothoseconnected

at atherTuitewasgrow ing

olightenhisburdensbyta ing

mstancespermitted.Doubt-

oc alled aintThomas , which, wearesure,

entsinH on. B en. Webb sC entenaryofCatholicity

of athersA bellandDurbinthatseemcer-

verydefinitetraditionintheprovinceassures

intRose sattendedDanv illef romthetimeB ishop

tuc yuntilthedeathof atherWilson that

place whenhebecamesuperior andthatthis

fthemisunderstandingofwhichweshall

er.Theyresumedchargeoftheplaceyearslater,

5.


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ewentonthelonger ourneys

manmightbelesse posedto

stowhichheis saidtohave

eyoung priestsoon

sagoodconfessor. Whiteand

hesinneraswellasthedevout

wiselydirecttheirsouls

ces.Thisrepute,together

ness,patience,andopenchar-

sofpenitentsfromnearand

utset, aintRose sbec amea

onstowhichthepeople

undingparishes. tstillremains

ee amplesetbyBishop

siblythatnot afeware

ofeternalblissisduetohis

tpartof apriest svocation.2

otbecalledan oratorfrom

f lightsofelo uenceor

ch,infact,wouldneitherbe

dtooneof hischaracter—

onsideredagoodspea er. He

clear,distinctpronunciation

cefulgestures.H issermons

ctive,solidandorderly his

ssochosenasnot tobeover

ewasamanof finephy-

hopMiles youngpriesthood aintRose swasone

ceswheremasswassaid every unday.

ysonwhichtherewerenoservicesin theirown

edfromthead oiningparishesformanymiles

ealsobroughtthefathersalmostinnumerable


/ h t t p : / / w w w . h








a n d W i ls o n, O . P . 27

ishedmusician,notinfre-

rganfor highmass.But

his officeatthetimethe

ed,forhehadtopreacha

of thec eremonies. A thisown

wasimpossibleforhimtobe

echoir.A ccordingly,so

heservicesof atherMiles

nthis capacityforbothof

Doubtlessheenhancedthe

voice,andthus contributed

yoftheevents.

vorwasc onferredon athersN erinc x and

snobishopwestofthe A lleghanyMountains

y. twas,ofcourse,giventhembyvirtue

fthePope.


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I

UN D R A TH E R WI L S O N

eoftenthecircumstances

ofevents,whetherinthe

eprogressofasociety.

sthesameidea:

geshurriedwiththeswings

lridingtoandfro. 1

fthe littleA mericanprovince

hich atherMileshadnow

r,atthepresentperiodof his

dedonthewayinwhich

g.

oseph sProvincehadfore-

guaranteeingacontinuation

theC hurchinthenewwest

blishmentofanovitiatewhich

operlyhome-trainedand

wslightprospectsofget-

sub ects,ifevenany,from

thatthosetothemanner

itedforwor inA meric a.

slettersshowthatoneof thedominant

aintThomas C ollegewas

eO rderandmeansfor

ther ohnB . Dav idmusthave

m b le m s, I I , 1 .


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UN D R A TH E R WI L S O N 1 5

o possessionoftheirnew

ewee slater thec ollegeopened

underthepatronageof

hec loseof thesameyear

mByrnestarted aintMary s

MarionC ounty.4Thecollege

nmilesnorthwestfromthat

ctedbythe riarsPreac her

evenmilessouthof thatof the

ded,wetrust,willmeritno

onlyfallswithin thesphere

endemandedinorderto

ashville sf irstbishop, for

anac tivepartintheaf fairs.

efendnoone.Perhaps,indeed,

whilstnooneneedsdefense.

s, asfarastheywent.

hegreatergloryof God,

tinaccordancewithhisown

tion,distinctlyborneout

ilson, 5tellsusthatthe

beingableeffectivelyto

imity,especiallyinanew

sforeseen andthatBishop

rWilsontoconvert aintThomas

hoolforthe candidatesof

newerdiocesaninstitutions

ronage.Thesaintlyprelate

l a ge t , pp . 2 11 f f a n d a r ly M i ss i on s , pp . 2 5 f f .

i l l ( i n R o me ) , Ma r ch a n d e p te m be r 1 1, 1 8 20

meric aCentrale, V ol. V , No. 1 8).


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,thantoraise thatwhich

eanwhilethepallofthe

ndsubse uentyearsfellupon

edrightandleft. andand

alueless.Thefatherswere

ue tothemfortheir educa-

ouldaffordtosend theirsons

berofstudentsat aint

tural,declinedtoperhapshalf

rruptour narrativeinorder

of atherBadinanentthe

tuc y sapostlelef tthestatein

nthediscussionaboutits being

hoolforthe O rdermust

Doubtlesshetoo itfor

songaveintothewishesof

et. tisonly inthislightthat

nerablemissionary sstatement

etduR oi, December8, 181 ,

Thomas hadbeenc losed, and

ningtheireducationalwor

nlytheassertioniserroneous.8

ete plainedto atherWil-

nnote5above.

hingaboutthecessationofthe collegeinhis

Missiondu entuc y , publishedinParis, in1821

thepamphlet(overthenamesof athersWilson

thatitwas theninoperation).Bishop palding

0)saysthatitc losedin181 or1820. H emost

sf irststatementA c losesc rutinyofDoctor pald-

and ifeofB ishop lagetshowsthathewastoobusy

enec essarytoloo updates. A tleast, heisof ten

oledrift ofthepresentchaptershowsthathe was

atthefathersc losed aintThomas bec ausethey

incompatiblewiththatofthemissions.


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theUnionCountypro ec t

omeas ingthataDomini-

fO hio,andthatthemissions

lacedin chargeofthe

togetherwithprospectsof

edallthoughtstowardsthe

d,ifatallpossible,toretain

ntilthe returnofgood

sfromit mightbeusedin

roperty forthesupportofa

tostartin thevicinityof

ver, c ommittedtothewor of

ed,theymaintained aint

eration anditcontinuedtodraw

espitethehardtimesandits

atthisdifferenceofopinion

blerelationsbetweenBishop

ilson. ndeed, inthereportof

mbleprelatesenttothe aity s

a briefparagraphwhich

atherBadinandBishop

etimewhen aintThomas

gspo enofhisseminaryand

Doctor lagetproceedsto

ewiseestablishedacollegein en-

re uented, andpromisestobeofgreat

ilsonisatthe presenttimepresident

ownpietyandtalents.10

nnote5above. nv iewofthefac tthatwhat

period intheA meric anHierarc hywas ustthen

yblame atherWilson sfearslesta renchman

pofC incinnati.


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dicapswithwhichthefathers

ityofmembers.C andidates

numbers,buttheydidnot

ndthetrialstooseverefor

eptember11, 1820, toHill,

conventhasevenless difficulty

haninfindingthose whoare

urdensof itslife.N one

neremainedforprofession

therNic holasD. oungpro-

sway,it wasnecessaryto

ssthanto continuetheold

advancedstudentsassist

thelowerclasses.

Miles zealandprac tic al

provincial sprincipalsup-

ities. Hewasc alled the

butthiswassaidofhim

samatterof fact, hee er-

chfine udgment,andinso

ssand disinterestedzeal

neitheraroused ealousy

cism.

ven,thefuture oftheir

mesappearedgloomy,the

edonwith abuoyantspirit.

entthatGod,inwhomthey

esstheirefforts inH is

resent unc turethesehopes

ization.Thomas ames

McGrady, and amesV inc ent

professions.ThomasH .Mar-

hisnovitiate,whilstC harles


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gerbrotherof ather amuel

edthehabit.C harlesDom-

Thomas arboewere

ege,buthadalmostcompleted

thesewereyoungmenof no

eybeenwiththe fatherslong

suredoftheircharacters.

ghterin theearlyfallof

h n A . H i l l , B ro t he r s o h n

ohnBaptistVincentDeR ay-

osephO ' L earyandtwoorthree

ameswehavenotbeenable

urope.11Theywerethe

neswasreadyforordi-

eofDeRaymaec er, although

vows,havingthe singular

gapartofhisnov itiateunderH ill

rneytoA merica. O ' L eary

ntsin theology.Martinand

ve,hadaboutcompleted

asnotfarbehindthem.

re rapidincreaseinnum-

mentforeduc ationalwor hadper-

owing.Doubtlessnoone

promisesthanthesub ec tofour

herH illhadbeen ept, atleast

an sof thesub ec ts, they

ralized. A n e c ellentpriest

t o B is h op R o s a t i, N e w o r , A u g u s t, 1 8 21 , a nd

, e p te m be r 2 4, 1 8 21 ( a i nt o u is A r c h i ve s ) a t he r

e , p r in g fi e ld , e n tu c y , e p te m be r 2 , 1 8 21 ( i bi d .) .

meandontheir ourneythencetotheUnited

sebetween athersH illand enric whic hhad

erec ountedinthene tc hapter.


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UN D R A TH E R W I L S O N 1 71

plendidlyeducated,andanora-

prematureplac ingofhimin

thercircumstancesofwhich

engenderdivision,ratherthan

oc lose aintThomas C ollege.

rivaloftheaboverecruits

omeerectingtheDioceseof

ng ather dwardD. enw ic

then belittledoubtbut

nor nearthenewepiscopal

ty. H owever, to ather en-

sasune pec tedasaboltoutof

ble,heburiedhimselfinthe

e ofthusescapingthedreaded

enhewasfinallydiscoveredit

tyofhissuperiorsinorderto

iter.12A sstatedinhis life:

sraisedtotheepisc opac ybyB ishop laget

phany, unday, anuary1 , 1822. The

ofthe indperformedwestoftheA lle-

placeat aintRose s, ac hurc hthatthe

Bypapaldispensationtwoofhis col-

nandHill, assistedatthec eremonywhic h

pompandsplendorpossibleinthe

y . R i g h t R e v . o h n B. D av i d, c oa d u t or

hesermon.A ttractedinpartperhapsby

n,butespeciallybythelove andesteem

nmissionarywasheld,peoplecamefrom

nrolledintheC hurch sepiscopacy.

c y , e b ru a ry , 1 8 2 , t o A r c hb i sh o p Ma r ec h al ( B al -

e 1 , W 1 ) R e v . o h n A . H i l l , e n tu c y , N o v e mb e r

urope( ondonCatholic Misc ellany, , 27- 28)

nuary27, 1822, to atherBenedic tO liv ieri, Rome,

, c rittureO riginali, V ol. 2 ) palding, arly

d ifeofB ishop laget, p. 217 O ' Daniel, ife

4 .


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snowabishop. ButpossiblynoChristian

edwithgreaterdestitutionthanthat

stordinaryhadtofac e. Hehadta enthe

practisedit withscrupulosity.H ehad

dcallhisown.Thepoorconventfrom

nc ouldhelphimbutlittle. ortunately,

se sParish, thoughthemselvespoor, agreed

oninhisbehalf . nthemeantime, while

ehimandhis retinuetotheepiscopal

ted,thenewprelateconferredholy

confreresinthesamechurchin which

telyconsecrated. athersThomasH .

hMcGrady, . T. Hynes, and . B . V . De

woof whomhavealreadybeenmentioned,

od.

admadeitac onditionofacc eptingthemiter

eprovinc ial, wouldgotoC inc innatiinthe

ccordingly,havingobtainedbetween

rsin papermoneyfromthepeopleof

etherwhatevervestments,chalicesorother

spare,thesaintlyprelatestartedfor his

iedbythislearned divineand athers

aymaec er. The ourney, whichmusthave

madeinan old-fashionedcart,thenan

ofourpioneerbac woodsmen,drawnby

hion—allagif tof aintRose stohis

rainy theroads,latelycutthroughthe

uddy. nplacestheyconsistedmerely

ebysideovermarshesand lowplaces.

yance,carryingboththeepiscopalsuite

edown.Thetravellers,obligedtoswim

whic hwasswollenbyrec entrains, werein

lives.

eachedtheirdestination,theecclesias-

adsidehostelfor supper.A sitwas

ctedtheladyof thehousetoprepareany-

imeal, e c eptmeat. urprisedatsuc h

ssoway-worn,shesuggestedthatper-


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havec hic en. O nbeingtoldtheywould

, sheas ed: A reyouof thosepeoplewhom

oc ruc if iedour av iour O rareyou

ctheholyprelate indlyreplied: No, my

tians. WeareC atholic s butsomepeople

c s, bec ausetheheadofourChurc hresidesat

urceofamusementtothepioneerinn eepers,

ones,wasthesign ofthecrossmadeby

ftereating.

dayandthetimes,was allthatcould

oyedbythewayfarers.A bountifulpiece

thebishop,thoughtwasmadeofprunes,

efamishedpriestshad beguntoeat

ht,whenthey noticedthathislordship

ndwasamusedattheothers. A s edwhy

dwithasmile: I tisminc e. B utc on-

sonfordispensingyou.

vening, apparentlyMarc h2 , thatthe

culties,arrivedatC incinnati.Putting

estableofthe hotel,theywenttoMichael

buttheune pec tedarrivalofsomanymade

theirfirstmealin theepiscopalcity.

asnotlargeenoughtoac c ommodatehisguests,

y,anemptyhousewithin themunicipal

turdaynightand unday. Thebuilding,

room. ortunatelyitwasaspacious

bandofe haustedecclesiasticsslept

onthe floor.

,masswassaid inthisroomandthe

thelittlesuburbanchurchofwhichwe

atthislastplace, ofc ourse, thatthepapal

eofC inc innatiwasreadby atherW ilson,

wasinstalledinhisdiocesew ith humble

gyric. H eneedednoneother.1

,onemayrestassured,had

w ic , pp. 24 -24 , Thesourc eswhenc ethein-

s uotationisdrawnaregivenin thefootnotes


/ h t t p : / / w w w . h






sedapartic ipantthan ather

rloo thepartwhichthe

nTennesseetoo inthec eremony

eapostleofO hio. A sMr.

eswasregardedas q uitea

ccordingly,hewaschosento

asion,andpresidedat the

cenodoubtcouldbeheard

ssaidthatthec hurchc ouldnot

forthecrowdthatcameto

tall,whetherclergyor laity,

yinwhichhe ac uittedhim-

am.Thetraditionconcern-

samongthemanysweet

undthewallsofthe venerable

atherMilesthere.

sedbymorethanoneofhis

fwhatmaybe termedzealous

hisdiocesecontainedin en-

tationanyofhisowndioc esan

hepossiblee c eptionof a-

dianpriestwhoaccompaniedhim

seemsto havelaboredfora

missionariesinthatstateand

ebeforehebecamebishop,or

wO rleansor aint ouis. The

until182 , whentheRev. ohn

sstationedatVincennes,remain-

ssionaryuntil1827, orlater. n

yearbeforetheerectionof the ee

ther . P ic otinthatc ityand

olicity , p. 207.

abletolearn ather av ine sbaptismalname.


/ h t t p : / / w w w . h






m i er e a t O a R i d g e , Da v is

enw ic hadbegunhislaborsin

ybec ameabishopric , whilstthe

t atherN. D. oungto

at p a rt o f B is h op l a ge t s c h ar g e.

itted,wassadlyoverloo ed

of thetemporaryso ournof the

veatN ashville, in1828, nopriest

until itwaserectedintoa

, whentheRev. gnatiusA .

sbishopofC harleston,didthe

nglyconsentthatoneofhis

ortheheadof anotherepisco-

sus, inanswerto ather en-

orspiritualaid, onthedayofhis

agetconsentedthat rancisV .

orders,shouldtransferhisalle-

inc innati. 18 atherA nthony

ic ' sc auseofhisownac cord.

dtothe priesthoodinC incin-

, A pril , 1822, hisordination

ustasthatofhisolderbrother,

din, hadbeenthef irstinthe

eiatelyaf terwardstheyounger

edtoDetroit,Michigan,

nac , 18 3 , pp. 41-42 A lerding, TheDioc eseof ort

ioceseofV inc ennes, pp. 82- 7 A nnales, I I ,

ashvilleWhig, March28,1828.TheUnited

elany, May17, 1828, givesthispriest snameas

e rench, Cosgreveisprobablycorrect. O therw ise,

sgrove.


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e R ev.GabrielR ichard,over-

ethereturnof theRevs. ohn

v iertoN ewO rleans. 1

' sc onsec ration, amatterof

underwayat aintRose sthat

on sattention. romthetime

evenpriorto enw ic ' sde-

thefathershadw ishedtoes-

minican istersinA merica,

manyattemptto putthepious

ythelac ofmeanstoinsureits

ncedthathehad notlongto

emstohavefeltthat, unlessthe

ennow, itmightneverberealized.

nnottodaybedetermined,

edB ishop laget sapprobation

eauthorizationof theO rder s

sMauriceViviani,wasse-

secredentials,thelearneddivine

ong-contemplatedpro ectby

hebeautyandheroismof avoca-

hesisterhoodsof theC hurch,

aintRose sa undayortwoaf ter

onsec ration. Thebeloved riar

eaforpostulantsto enable

, pp. 247-248, andpassim. eealsosourc esgiven

c ' slettersto atherC onc anen, andoneatleast

e n wi c , t o uc h o n th i s su b e ct .

c argeneralof theO rderf rom1820to182 .

fhisadministrationweread: Die24Martii, 1821.

aN obiscommissa,concediturfacultasPatribus

ntuc i fundandiCollegiiproTertiariisO rdinis

i a e n tu c i e t O h i o . ( G en e ra l s A r c h i ve s , V ,

ue, Pagesf romaHundred earsofDominican


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whichhehadlonghadatheart.

orsthe blessingswhichthesac-

whoshould thusgivetheir

wouldbringnotonlyupon

thecongregation,the tateof

heA meric anChurc hatlarge.

therW ilson sdiscoursepro-

twouldseemthatheseta

dieswhomight feeldisposed

elvestotheDivineMaster

econvent.A tanyrate,on

1822,nineyoungwomenofthe

esfortheprovincial sunder-

htof thewor thensetonfoot,

y wasinspiredfromonhigh.

ury(laterthecommunity sfirst

MaryA . H ill, Mary ans-

RosannaB oone, udith

eton, andMolly ohnson. 22

zealmadeitself feltinallthis,

gheresteembythe congre-

nfluenceforgood,orcher-

orthepious underta ing.

hisappealmust havere-

under,as wellasmadehim

inhisnewenterprise.H ow-

dtogivehis protegesatrial

pectedtolivebeforeinvest-

f the istersof theThirdO rder

werethereforelocatedinalog

loft, whichstoodon aint

atherine sA c ademy, andMinogueasinthepre-

d, o u is v il l e, e n tu c y , Ma y 2 , 1 0 2 .


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lfamileeastof theconvent, in

eld. atherMileswasappoint-

ualdirector.N obetter

madereadyforhisnorthern

ionofB ishop enw ic atC in-

ndsi tyyearsofageandthe

velatthatperiod,he hurried

simmediatelyaf terthatc eremony

herofperhapsnotless beauty

mpleinthee treme.Thenine

odwereatthe solemnhigh

rc hon aster unday, A pril

esandsermonMissMarie

healtarrailing, where,inpres-

shewasvestedinthe tunicof

rwhichwereplacedthescapular

h e na m e of i s te r A n g e la . N e v er

arbbeenseenin entuc y ,

ates.

se,therefore,thatthecere-

sedthepeopleof aintRose s

ememberedandspo enof

ood. aterinthesameday,

n atherWilsongavethe

(MaryCarric o), isterMag-

), and isterColumba( ever-

agdalen sC hapel, asthelittle

,inhonor ofthepenitentsin-

shewasassistedby ather

lthingsfor them,noless

n therubricsandconstitu-

tCatherine sA c ademy, andMinogueasinnote22


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eferthereceptionof the

ongerwascausedbytheir

eprudenceoffurthertrial.

hnson,findingthatshehadno

e,wiselyreturnedto the

meMiss lizabeth ansbury

ngela),andMissTeresa

ntheabsenceoftheprovincial

be seen, atherMileshim-

dinvestitureinthe littlelog

iswasonA ugust , 1822, when

), isterCatherine(Mary ans-

R o s e a n sb u ry ) , i s te r R o s e

ter uphrasia—later isterMag-

nd isterMaryB enven( liz-

edthehabit.24

y,aftertheimpressivecere-

ay, atherWilsonhadreturned

portantmattersclaimedhisat-

airswasthe establishmentof

tepshadalreadybeenta en

tsofthe cityweread:

omanCatholic sof thisc ityandenv irons

ev. Dr. enw ic , latelyc onsec rated

the tateofO hio. Thisc irc umstanc e

tholic sbutallthef riendsof literatureand

eunderstandthathisintentionis ultimately

themembersofhisorderlong dis-

ndlearning.20

tec ertainthatthefathers, asa

favorwhic hB ishop lagetnow

inc innatiGazette, Marc h 0, 1822. eealsothe

cellany , , 475.


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ntThomas C ollege, haddeter-

utionto C incinnati,andto

c ymerelyasac onventandno-

llyeventogivei tupaltogeth-

mehallowedbytheassocia-

erit sacred.Traditionhas

andMilesadvocateddisposing

structurestothe sisters,and

sonwhytheywerehousedina

ysuchscant preparations

ncementoftheircommunity.

see . isterswouldbeneeded

or sinO hio. Whileitwasa

nstosuchalifecouldbe found

hio, thee perienc eof the isters

tersofC harityshowedthatthey

e n tu c y .

v iew , athers tephenH .

rady,andThomasMartin

utBishop laget,vigilantly

wndiocese,stronglyopposed

ppealedtoCardinalC onsalv i,

,topreventitse ecution.

heperhapshad nocompetency

at onceorderedthatthelittle

shouldbediv idedbetweenO hio

ngerstill, heissuedthec ommand

eeitherto consulttheirpro-

eof thec ase.2 O n theother

pagandatothe superioroftheDominicans

27 , 1 82 2 ( A r c hi v es o f a i nt R o s e s C o n v e nt , p r in g -

e n wi c t o A r c h bi s ho p M ar e ch a l, e b ru a ry , 1 8 2

se1 , W. 1) enw ic totheprefec tof the

182 (c opy inA rc hivesofNotreDameUniversity ).


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ificationtoseeW ilson,for

eadilyobeyac ommandthatli ely

cience,eventhoughitwas

uencesbothtohisO rderandto

c onfrere, B ishop enw ic .

ultof thisinterference,was

a i nt R o s e s . a t he r H i l l

c argeneralinC inc innati.

ordinanceofC ardinalC on-

aconcentrationofforces,

hewayofamorerapid growth

nc eof riarsPreac her itwas

c hannoyanc etoB ishop en-

edtheprogressof religionin

henumberofstudentshad

asedbecauseofthepreoccupa-

aintThomas hadnotbeen

eMontgomerywasthereforere-

nnorthern entuc y . ather

ef tat e ingtononly forthe

wouldnot permithimtoengage

ithhisdiminishedforcesthe

ereorganizationofthe col-

ghtsoonattain, ifnote c eed,

s. ntheseeffortsheplaced

atherMiles,whowasatower

eforgood.

mentsshow ing enw ic ' sbitterdisappointment

rdinalC onsalv i sorderreac hed entuc y in

whenmatterswereassumingshapeinO hio.

i n e i n gt o n on M a y , 1 8 24 . o r n ot i ce s o f

iendofB ishopMilessee palding s arlyMis-

e of B i sh o p e n wi c , p p .2 8 - 2 87 .


/ h t t p : / / w w w . h






tillhelp impoverishedand

ic sofarashec ould, Wilson

d atherH ynestoRome,

atherMc Gradyto reland.

obtainmeansandmission-

ity thatHynesdidnotreturn,

howhimtohavepossessedrare

r aswasthenneededinthe

asatR omethehigherauthor-

BritishGuiana,wherehe

e,andeventuallybishop. till

ewelcomedthechangefor

nstartedon theirwaywhen

disturbtheeventrendofaf fairs.

lson sproc urator, hehadsought

theA meric anprov inc esof

onow, inhisc apac ityofvic argener-

c eofB ishop enw ic , and

o dividethelittleA merican

epostulantswhomhebrought

minO hio. B utthereonlyone

herDaniel . O ' L eary, re-

ec e, therec anbenodoubt, was

outthehistoric agreement

nandB ishop enw ic , onthe

urneyto uropeinthelatespring

of aseparateprovinceofthe

rsB ishop enw ic spea sasthoughhehadsent

ope.H owever,hewasnottheirsuperior.Pos-

entthemathisre uest. TheA nnalesdelaProp-

a nu ar y, 1 8 9 ( X I , 2 f f) , gi ve a s e tc h of a th er

shGuiana.


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UN D R A TH E R W I L S O N 18

nd e nt o f t ha t i n e n tu c y . a -

es,opposedthemeasurewith

racteristicallymildandgen-

ostronglydoubtedthewis-

uthefeltthat,underthecircum-

ebestthing thatcouldbedone.

yashedisli edtodoso, hew ith-

ntreatiesofhis trustedfriend.

mildestofmen,yet anot

eaffairs,saysthatthe turn

erWilson sheart whichisnodoubt

rtinganewat anagewhen

urceasef romtoil.2 H owever,

ageinthesub ec tofournar-

nfreres,andbravelytoo up

Milesheentrustedthec hargeof

as opportunitypermitted,

mfortheirwor of teaching. 0

atherMiles(forthelatter

co-founder)haddonenomore

gdalen sC ommunityofDomini-

wnasthatof aintCatherineof

uldstilldeservetobe inscribed

alsofour A mericanchurch

aldivision,subdivision,and

heparentstem ofvarious

aintDominic , whosemembers

r V el z i, a n ua r y 2 a n d u l y 24 , 1 82 8 . Th e d is -

herHill sinf luenc eispatentf romvarioussourc es.

a t he r M il e s n a me , i ns t ea d o f a t he r W i l s on s ,

arliestrecordsoftheconvent. noneofhis

rsaf terthistime, B ishop enw ic spea sas

ehabittothef irstsisters, whic hisc ertainlyerron-

prelate, ow ingtothec rowdedwor sofhislife,

matter.


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atholicschools,conduct

andcarryonwor sofcharity

breadthofthe land.The

ol essthantheirmemory,still

piousladies. verywhere

1

egehelditsownwithitsc ompeti-

d,consideringthetimes.

efficientservices,inspite ofhis

aborsinthe parishandon

erWilson sc oursewasnearits

vethe greatmanthereward

.H edied,almostonhis

ebbrightlysaysofhim:

ministrationof thefoundationof t. Rose

ble.H eseemedtohavefeltin advance

tofthe country,inrespecttoC atholic

erlytrainedand educatedclergy and

etheinstitutionoverwhichhe hadbeen

totheran sof thepriesthood. . . , 2

f tere pansion, andthehappyresultsof its

ninthe heartofthecountry,ande tend-

oardacrossits face,aretobeattributed,

tothewisedirectiongivento thelittle

eventfulperiodofhislifethat atherMileslost

recisedateofN icholasMiles deathcan

buthisw ill, dated ebruary27andprobated

illB oo , pp. 28- 0, Rec order sO f f ice, B ardstown,

thediedinthatyear(attheageofeighty-twoor

sthetraditionthatheremainedactivealmost

lthough,inthenaturalcourseofthings,

ctedhisfathertolivemuchlonger,and must

een unusuallyblessedinhavinghimevento

tifiedinthebelief thatsodevotedasonfeltthe

urvivedherhusband,andissaid tohavelived

ise.W ecouldfindnorecordof herdeath.

holicity , p. 20 .


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/ h t t p : / / w w w . h






ebyitssec ond f irst prov inc ialthree uar-

wasfittedbynatureandgrace,as wellas

to whichhehadbeenappointed.H e

tionandrespect,thefirstonaccountofhis

owledgedtalents,andthelastbecauseof

n alloccasions,andthevirtuesheprac-

twereimpossiblethatbetweensucha

ereshouldnot havegrownupaffection

enceontheother.Thathelovedthem is

verythingthatconcernedthem,and

vancementinthe nowledgeofdivine

held bytheminthemost profoundrever-

ctthatin theirafter-livestheynever

singhispraises... . 4

educationinthec ongregationof t. Rose

andwhathedidfortheChurc hin en-

hzealousprieststoupholdandcontinue

ndofhisadoption, mustinthefuture, asinthe

ehisnamea by-wordofhonoramong

overthec ountry. 5

s, atherWilsonwashonored

eintocontact.Owingto his

sof ather enw ic , andthe

e,hisappointmentaspro-

ueadrevocationem(untilre-

epositionuntilhisdeath—nearly

e,withthepossiblee ceptionof

tw ithhisgovernment noone

orin hisstead.

epassedsincethe historian

uc ypennedthewordswehave

eac enturysinc ethegreat riar

thisnameisstill abywordof

ovinceof thebrethrenwhich

4 b i d. , p . 20 . 5 i b id . , p. 2 0 8.


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sointheparishof aintRose,

dbeyond. H isinf luenc eisstill

vesaddedzealtothelaborsof

esafteranother,thoughthe

y,anditsmembersaremany

ay.

moreardent admirer,no

gor faithfulhelperthan

ehisdeathwas deeplyre-

avefelt itmore eenlythan

ssee.


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UN D R A TH E R TU T

inc innatiforRometosee

oc ese, B ishop enw ic and

ointly toas theGeneralof the

elittlebandofA meric an

provinces.Thiswasin May,

onsforthestepwasc ertainly

esbetweenthediocesesof

wnoverthematteroflocating

ests. ittlelesscertainis it

lvedby ather ohnA . H ill,

callyforced atherW ilson

reac hedthe ternalC ity , as

nhisintentionofgoingthither,

V elzi. Vic arGeneralof the

v isitationof the ingdomof

atherA le anderBardani,

eatR ome,receivedthere-

n anuary11, 1824, issuedletters

theProv inc eof aint ouis

incinnati.H ealsoap-

prov inc ial, doubtlessatthesug-

enw ic andWilsontotheGeneralof theDomin-

ut itwasevidentlywrittenveryshortlybefore

me, attheendofMay, 182 (A rc hivesof the

entrale, V ol. X ). A numberofdocumentsshow

matter.


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wc . a i nt o s ep h s P r ov i nc e

f theDioceseofBardstown.

sintheaffairreachedtheir

sonhadpassedtohis eternal

of theProvinc eof aint ouis

nofthefathersin O hiofrom

wastobec omeoperativeonly in

eapprovedbya ma ority

ac onditionthatwasnotfulf illed.

atedtheentireenactment.

itesuc c eededWilsonat aint

ef initetraditionassuresusthathis

rgelyresponsibleforthemis-

o ec t. nthisway, although

nsiveman,heincurredthedis-

oredtwoprovinces—all the

npreventedthefathersin O hio

andpropertythatwereto go

hthe enw ic -Wilsonc om-

ouisB ertrand sProv inc e—ac opy inthe

t e ph e n By r ne , O . P . ( A r c hi v es o f a i nt o s ep h s

o). heatellsus(Historyof theCatholic Churc h

I I , 52)thattheoriginalof thispatentisinthe

meUniversity butwedidnotf inditthere. Doubt-

hisc opyfromthisbeforeitwasta enfrom

ocopiesofit intheA rchivesoftheDominican

s ig n ed o n e in C o d e V , 2 9 , e t te r s 18 2 2- 1 8 9 , p .

hV elzi snameinCode V , 2 . B utitseemsc er-

elatter inVelzi sname.Boththesecopiesare

.

st2 , 1827(A rc hivesof aintRose sPriory,

y). Thereareseveraldoc umentstothisef fect, but

mattertoW ilsonhasbeenlost.

onlettertotheDominic anGeneralasinnote1

ppearsfromseveraldocuments. tshould


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ionofthecase.Throughhim

enric , alearnedyoungpriestof

artlydrawnintothe affair.7

ybeany roomfordoubt,

foranumberofcriticisms

sadministrationandhisintimate

eMontgomery. omec omplaints

ebyB ishop lagetand ather

, astudyof the ivesofTuiteand

ththemanuscriptliteratureof

onstrancestohavebeennot

withlittle ornoreason.

ed, provethatthebishop s

wayssafeguardhimagainst

lesstal ,orharshnessincriti-

nhis udgment. O newhomhe

asanunscrupulousoverseer

by athersTuiteandMont-

superiorandsyndicat aint

i l l an d o u ng h e l et c o nv i nc e h im

thority. tseemscertain

ominic an istersforO hio

hanthroughTuite andMiles,

the urisdic tionof theO rder

redtopersuadethemall togo

nati.

paragraphareshownbyanumberofdocu-

pagandaArchives,and someinthoseofthe prov-

sPriory. ather enric af terwardsbec amebishop

shopofBaltimore.

selettersinthePropagandaA rchivesand

neral.

ch 2 8 , 18 2 ( ) ( A r c h iv e s of a i nt R o s e s

wi c , O c t o be r 2 , 1 8 24 ( A r c h iv es o f a i nt o s ep h s

o) M. ohnsontosame, uly18, 1825(ibid. )


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trationofthepronenessof

eciallywhenone sinterestis

onsistenciesintowhichitnot

estofus. Possibly itisthetra-

atterthathasprevented a-

bytheprovinceintheesteem

szeal,labors,virtues,and

Hedide traordinarymis-

whilehewasuniversally loved

.

estedpartiessoughtto

narrativeontheir side.But

balancedto bedrawnfrom

uty. videntyhedefended

oserightshe couldnotbut

attac ed, whic halonewouldhave

anof hischaracter. till

hetroubledwaters. ven

haveoffendedDoctor en-

d, atherTuitewassomewhat

otta eamoreactivepart

nglyfelt tobetheresult

tureprelatewasperfectly

illhavesomeofthesisters

gainsthimta ingtheentire

utionhe naturallyhadthe

0

inedtheeventenorof his

edastrengththatfewwould

w ithhismilddisposition. His

of theoldsay ing: S till

r y 2 , 1 8 28 , a nd u l y 2 , 1 8 28 H i l l a n d o h ns o n

precedingnote.


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thefaithfulco-operationof

olin,thentheonlypriests

ctedmuchgoodintheC ollege

asinthec ongregation. tu-

goodlynumbersaswellfrom

e andparish.

stinctlyrecallmeetingone

thedistantpast, ather

enalmostanoc togenarian, whohad

laborsinTennesseeinorder

sat aint oseph s, omerset,

hhestoppedforawee ormore

alastv isitattheplacewherehe

madehisstudies,andspent

ewasinhigh spiritsandfine

mindgood hismemorye c ellent.

entertainedthenoviceswith

aysthere.Besides,wehad

pointedtoloo af terhis

eft, weweredelegatedtota e

eofhis nephewwholived

.

orhis mindseemedfullofthe

oldpriestdiscoursedatlength

rsTuiteand amuelMont-

hich,hesaid,hada large

twasane c ellentsc hool.

hC atholicandnon-C atholic,

werea credittoevery

wor of teaching, butthe

ownstudiessoundermined

edhewouldnotlive untilhis

arlesD. B ow ling, amesV .


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imilarly , A B riefA c -

azione)of the ubilee, whichB ishop

statesthattherearefourcolleges

his conducted bytheDo-

elongtotheConventof aint

outhsareeducated.12

tpacew iththatofeducation.

swasthemodelparishof the

ebb butstatesaplainfact,

nn,thefirstoverwhichpastoral

edbytheDominican athers, andthatof

assucceededin1808,and whichisstill

guidance,hasatnotimebeenregarded

congregationofC atholicchristiansouls.

2 1827 , ontheoc casionof the ubilee

entuc y , ite c eededallothersinthe

hosewhoapproachedthesacramentsof

uc harist. Whereasthehighestnumber

neoftheother congregationsofthe

eferredto,wasbutfourhundredand

yC ross,)nofewerthaneighthundred

ninthesinglechurchof t.R ose.1

arrazionereferredtoabove

blefactthatthecommunions

arlydoubledthoseatthec athedral,

s, A meric aCentrale, Vol. X . ntheA nnalesas

I , 174and1 7, mentionisalsomadeof the

ngitinoperationin182 andearlyin1828.

ew isespea sof itinalettertotheprefec tof the

1827,and saysthatitis underthedirection

andaA rc hives, V ol. X , asabove). A llthis

adinand palding,whentheytellusthat

r1820. Thesameerrorisfoundin ather . A .

c hool ystemintheUnited tates(p. 178). He

alding.


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hofthe entirenumber

entyparishesof thediocese

14Thecorrespondentofthe

cMiscellany,whosignshimself

Thesolic itudeof thepiouspeople

ureofthe ubileecausedthem

morningappearance,andtowait

stre,thattheymight have

N earlyeighthundred,he

redtablebytheendof the

osibletohearthec onfessionsof

er thecompletionofthe

e whichmusthavec arriedthe

oconsiderablyovereight

ntsofthe ubileee ercises

boutallf romthepenof J .

noneof themdidthepeople

r,andearnestness,orturn

hgreatnumbers,asat that

eed, theirspiritof religionsoim-

hatitmovedhimtowriteto

edfromanapostolic e c ursion, duringwhich,

ungmissionaries, gavethe ubileein

newasthatof aintRose, wheresome

eivedholycommunion.... declared

laget, p. 2 0)saysthatoversi thousandper-

nduringthe ubileewhic hisevidentlyane ag-

arrazione,followingparishbyparish,givesthe

hreehundredandfifty.This documentis

ther . P. enric whoeverywherehelpedto

er10, 1827. J -M. wasli elyanassumedname,

todiscoveranypriestinthe ouisvilleDiocese

yapply.


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te pec tedtof indinthisparishsuch

ed andthat wasgreatlyc onsoledin

ythehighestpraiseonthe pietyofthe

thepriestswhodirectedthem.18

onoffaithwasasponta-

eart. tsreasonisnotfar

andhisassoc iates( athers

ery, andThomas . Polin)

sts,notwithstandingthe

atcroppedoutintheunpleas-

encehasbeenmade.They

theirpeopleunderstoodthem.

eywereeverat theirpost

theparish innumbersfor

nenttheirleader, whobore

W ebbwritesthus:

aymondTuiteandhislaborsthewriter s

hesimple factthathewasamost

ypriest....H eremembershaving

yafriend, yearsago, asonetoward

eaffectionofhisparishionersofthe

ose, andashav inglivedalifefilledw ith

hedeathof the ust.17

gandunpleasantnessdid

ofthefathersfor thesalvation

fact,theyneverlaboredharder

tthisverytime.C ognizance

tolic toilnotmerely inA merica,

f h ow a t he r N i c h ol a s e we l l,

yof esusin ngland, was

ftheir spiritualendeavors

is l e tt e r to a t he r n o ch e n -

etownCollege, writtenwhenthe

ober10, 1827(NotreDameA rc hives).


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. TheDominic ans hesays

thegloryofGodin O hio,

usemulatetheire ampleandrenew

. 18

municationwhichappeared

ateofA pril24, 1847. tc overs

spea ing,andshowshow

theseearlyfatherswas

meunderitsi nfluence.The

indatthe sametimethatit

ichmusthavebeenreceived

r d o f A p r il s a ys t h e wr i te r r e ad

C atholic nstitutions, Convents, c hools,

whic hcalledforthmanyseriousref lec tions.

s ta enmebac ,inthought,not

th,buttothe veryplaceofmynativity.

esandreminiscencesofmychildhood

arlyhalfac entury, andyet amunable

dofmyearlyhome.

neratedname, whic h, though c ouldlive

c annotforget. oritwasw ithinher

ivedthatsalutaryC hristianinstruction,

thersWilson, Tuite, Miles, Willett, and

hthegraceofGod,neverto forget....1

sedtogotoearlyMass, when w ishedtosee

endedGod,inthe holysacramentof

nyhurst( ), ngland, anddated eptember28, 1824

d-New or Prov inc eof esuit athers, Case

someofthe writersoftheuncharitableletters

rettedtheiractions.Thisis certainlytrueof

e n ri c .

hin thattheA dvoc ate sc orrespondentc on-

w ith ather amuelMontgomery . Willettdid

tRose saf terhisordination. Montgomeryspent

rPolinseemstohavebeenordainedshortly after

ath andthisfac tshowsthattheA dvoc ate sc om-

iodofwhichwetreatin thischapter.


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an eradicatefrommyremembrancethe

Polin. Hewasthemostholyman ever

w illventuretosay, ever neltathisfeet

terman.

learnedthelittlethat nowof

itionofthe R ightR ev.Bishopof

sfac tiondid thenen oy, on aturday

whentheyoungpeoplewouldassembleat

op,thenaPriest,at ourhead,andwith

e oyfulhymnsandanthemsappro-

sthere, too, that usedtogoon unday

thersof t. Dominic c haunt, orsingthe

therethateveryfacilitywasaffordedto

thepracticeofhis dutiesassuch,and

laimsinnersfrom theeviloftheir

, A p r i l 1 1, 1 8 47 .

herWilson, thesub ec tof

eactedas masterofnovices.

oronlyashorttime, foritwas

onafterhisordination. A sthe

e,thezealouspriestfound

ministerialandeducational

ishof aintRoseandtheCol-

fA q uin. ettotellofhislabors

esentperiodofhislife were

beenrecountedin previous

ntosaythatinallthingshe

smainstays, evenashehad

son s—andthenpassonto

olatewhichhadcomeinto

onofthe apostleofTen-

rsin pringfield,possibly


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ermonsthatdrewcrowdsto

mencedaseriesofv iolentattac s on

ingC atholic . A tf irst, little

aranguesbythefathers.

gantoengenderbitternessbe-

theirneighbors,aswellas

n uillityoftheneighbor-

gedtota eupthecudgels,no

ethanintheir owndefense

Gradually thetroublema er

hemasterfulrefutationsde-

ousein pringfieldandsome

Rose s. Thenhetriedthe

,wherehecameintoconflict

ohnB . Dav id. 20

sonandTuite, bec ausethe

dingspiritsin thiscontro-

beenhandeddowntousthat

ainedonlyashort time,played

he affair.Doubtlesshewas

yhismentor, atherWilson,

n everyuncertainty.Bethis

ot onlybroughthiminto

troversialist,butalsopre-

tful laborsalongsome-

enc edsuchwor priortothe

henowbecameespecially

Catholic faithtomi ed

pringf ield. H isfavorite

apostolatewasthat of

B ishopDavid sV indicationof theCatholic Doc-

ndVenerationof mages,etc.


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ather amuelMontgomery,

ngetobetogether,proposed

againsttheChurc handthedif f i-

therMilessolvedthem. His

e pression,andurbaneman-

steadintheseendeavors.

sthe carewithwhichhe

ffendanypartofhisau-

thatharshwords, sarcasmor

emind,butseldomenlighten

gstendrathertoclosethan

hisreason, hetoo partic ular

but indnessinhisrefuta-

ts. ittlewonderthatc rowds

therMiles gentlycontro-

dinanumberof conversions.

visedhimtobe morepointedin

eremainedf irminhisc onv ictionthat

rpolicy . Q uietlysowthe

theharvestw illc omelater. t

nowledgeofthegoodthusac-

.Theoldfathersoftheprov-

t inspiredBishop lagetwith

e ubileeof182 and1827

dthat atherMilestoo the

imeofthee erc isesat aint

hismaybe, thepro ec tgavetheRev.

onlyafewyearsordained, ane -

ployhissuperiortalentsand

religionin entuc y . 21

hecleverPropagandastudentdeclaredthat

ee erc isesof aintRose s, gavehimsomeofthe


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hemintheart ofpedagogy,

ndconstitutionsoftheO rder,

purposesof theirvocation.

eate slongyearsof faith-

werenowneartheirc lose.

ofof fic ewouldsoone pire. The

erHill sprov inc ialshipinO hio.

theGeneral, itwouldappear,

m ofthisfact,butthe letter

ed. Hillrepliedon anuary12,

enthis answerbytheR ev.

enttoRomeonbusinessfor

zitoco-operatewiththe

minicanprefectureapostolicin

f thediv isionof thefathers

ta enlegaleffect,indefault

orityof thebrethrenin en-

etheenactmentformally

aint osephsuppressed,

underthenameof aint

ead uartersinO hio. H enow

betterbothforreligionandfor

rswereplacedunderone u-

ffortswouldbe moreeffective

erminedtogivethefathers

theirprovincial.O nA ugust

wrotetoauthorize atherTuite,

s, A meric aCentrale, Vol. X ) ifeofB ishop

f .

r believingthattheproposedO hiopre-

atherH ill. uc hanideaf itsinw ithhisway

tally foreigntoBishop enw ic .


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esthouse, toc onvo ethe

orwardto himthenameof

orityshould udgethebestf itted

documentdeclaredthat,

e provincehadnotbeen

umberofthemembersin

beenstipulatedasnecessaryfor

effective,theProvinceof aint

veren oyedany legale is-

there shouldbeonlyoneprov-

dretainthenameof aint

fanewprovincialcouldbe

etitionforaprefec tureapostolic in

toR omeby ather rederic

ardinalCapellariandA rc h-

tivelytheprefectandthesec-

and atherVelzi.This

ththedisagreementsmentioned

ppointmentofBishop

c ommissarygeneral)of the

tofwhichbearthedate of

nlynoholiermancouldhave

ctioncouldscarcelybepro-

mitse tra-constitutionality,

ostdelicateposition while,

ansandmissionariesinhis

ee pected,orevenable,

o s e s P r io r y, p r in g fi e ld , e n tu c y . A s t h e p ro v -

convents,therightofappointingaprovin-

theMasterGeneral.

f a i nt o s ep h s P r io r y, o me r se t , O h io . e e

a ge t , pp . 3 f f .


/ h t t p : / / w w w . h






stpoisebetweenitsrightsand

achers.

ewho, uitenaturally,

of authorityinthehands

thoughhe hadbeenoneof

susthat,could anelective

havebeen held, atherMiles

orthepositionby practically

becauseofthehighesteem

nce sfounderwasheld,not

nraised againsthisappoint-

wthathehadnotsoughtthenew

thatthechoiceofhimfor

sthiswish.

ofthe letterspatentofthis

ment,whichhasfewparallelsin

, B ishop enw ic setoutfor

i nt R o s e s . W h i le t h er e , A u g us t

oC inc innati atherRaphael

taspriortosuc c eed atherTuite. 28

tisin thehandwritingof

good-willofthat humblere-

s spiritofobedience,and

ootherproof,thatMufios was

sforthepurposeofre-estab-

palding,evidently

ofhispredecessor,wasled

ntment, asamatterof fact,

acificto Bishop laget

o s e s P r io r y, p r in g fi e ld , e n tu c y .

aget, p. 288.


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ichhehadwitnessedof

hestillc herishedabiastowards

cher.Mufioswastheaus-

f iedhimself inthee treme,

ne, itissaid, untilthebloodran

asterof ac redTheology

heroyalfamilyof pain, a

eranda synodicale aminer

s wasw idely nownasazeal-

emplarycharacterandan

Moreover, hehadbeenaneff i-

forthreeyears. urely,

al,Bardstown sprelatewill

anatthehead ofthe

aveforeseenit,the choice

priorprovedsingularlyun-

deasdid notharmonizewith

rethren.H edidnotbelieve

reducationfellwithinthelimits

rPreac her. Thus, forhe

isappointmentassuperior

lof aintThomas C ollege.

enfullyawareofB ishop en-

blishsimilarinstitutionsatC inc in-

, ifnotevenanotherat aint

merset, inthesamestate, ather

sarrivalat aintRose swasto

heProvinceof aint

eonlye planationofwhy

monialletterssignedby erdinandM. Pantossa, c haplain

i ng o f p ai n (A r c hi ve s of a in t R o se s ).


/ h t t p : / / w w w . h






mttedtherec lessdeedtobe

editwouldenablehimthe

s forhisowndiocese.

thefathersat largeby

riorc annotbebettere pressed

nnalistof the nglishProv-

nof itsCollegeof theHoly

m,whencesprangthatin

MayGodforgive, whoeverthey

selso pernicioustothe

ecommittedalesserevil,

venttoashes forsuchaloss

e,whilstthisin urycannever

c hwerenowthefeelingsthatf illed

canbrethren.

ted atherMuf os ill-adv ised

the atherof theC hurchin

as hadbecomeastheappleof

ainedtheob ec tofhisheart s

adgiventheinstitution many

e. eenlydidherealizethe

hecollege,andthe drawbac

ibly,indeed,itssuppression

oc thatheevere perienc ed.

, whomB ishop enw ic re-

tmissionary,diedat C anton,

1 8 28 . 2 a t he r T ui t e wa s s en t

rdinalHoward, p. 1 2. C ondonetipsisDeus,

uereconsiliiProvinciaeadeoperniciosi damnimi-

umincineresredu issent damnumenimillud

mrepararipotest.

sappreciationofH illseeA nnalesdelaPropagation

8 -2 9 , a n d V , 50 - 50 7. A n n gl is h re nd it io n of p or -

tt e rs i s g iv e n in i f e of e n wi c , p p . 4 5 - 4 .


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UN D R A TH E R TU T 2 07

ilst atherMilesbecamepastorat

state, inorderthat ather

erymighthelpattheCathedral

amuelMontgomerywas

h s , n ea r o m er s et , O h i o ,f o r th e

eedsof theyoungA merican

shadnosoonerc losed aint

heturnedhis thoughtstowards

tMagdalen sC ommunityof

nc ein painhehadseenonly

der,hefeltthatthe activelife

incontradictiontoitstrue

rhardshipsastoundedhim,

ndwhytheyshould undergo

andprivationsfor theeduca-

fusedtogivethe sisters

sbeheardintheirchapel

hem,aswellastheir pupils,

sforthesacramentsanddivine

emwithouttheB lessed ac ra-

e oy,strength,andconso-

hepressedthemtosee a

wsandreturnto theworld,

persevereintheirwishes,

nityundermorefavorable

intervened, possiblyatthe

get. atherMuf iosthenreluc-

son undays,buthewould

whenhediscoveredtheir

eswassponsorforit, heused


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fmouthbeforehelef t en-

ferhewenttoO hio, wasthe

portandcounsellorintheirperiod

nay,urgedthemnotto yield

mthattheirresistance,which,

ctful,wouldnotbedisobe-

that,withprayerandpatience,

ythroughthe trouble. o

ous riarPreac hersaw init

hewor whichhehadhelped

luencehadits partnot

enw ic ofhismista e, but

8 0, toestablishabranc hof

erset, O hio, whichhassince

ovince.

shopwasconnectedwith

egefromitsc ommenc ementuntil

bouttwentyyears.Duringall

ditnot merelyfromevery

lsof romfarnorth, south, and

ormorefaithfullyin thein-

ewerebetterbelovedbyitspupils,

sofhisgood influencewere

iswor at aintThomas ,

he playedintheestablish-

ourfirstcommunityof

dtheirnecessitiesre uired.

dpiousassembly,onthedayof hisinterment,

widowhadlosta friend theorphananadvo-

sfairestornaments andthedioc eseofC inc innati

sionaries.H ismemorywilllivein thegrateful

fthenumerousfriends,whodeplorehisloss

etaught tounitewiththemin fervente ac-

departedspirit. M ullon .


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eshimtoa distinguishedplace

ceducatorsoftheUnited

y , w ho s e C h u rc h ha s h ad n o m or e

hhedidnot carryhispiety

uld neverbeforgotten.


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R Y N O H I O

o,althoughmorefavorably

ntuc y , wasslowertoattract

settler. Untilafewyearsprior

dianWar, theterritorynowem-

ealthseemstohavebeen

natureofa bufferspace

eastand thethinlyscattered

oththe renchandthe ng-

oits fertileplains. rom

anR evolution,whenthat

heUnited tates, until17 6 ,

ans,abettedbytheBritishat

mofhome-see ersfromthe

wtowardsthelandssouthof

roomfordoubtthatthe

teracewhoset footonthesoil

p a ni s h, t h ey r e ga r de d t he i r e p l or a -

lightofameansof carrying

ow ledgeofChrist, andtheway

edaboriginesas inthatof

omainof their ingabroad.

panish, everwentthepriest.

ntly thezealof themissionaryto

ledhimtooutstripthee plorer


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arethewayfor furtherprog-

g th e G re a t a e s we r e r a n-

arpriests, ulpicians,andmem-

esus. A stheuppermostparts

ofthewestwardmarchof

yprobablethat someof

dthestateinsearchof souls

snow nown. The esuits

he mostnumerousofthe

thernparts.H istoryin-

othefirst tosowtheseedof

,inpointofpopulation,the

heUnion. tillthereis no

senceofaC atholicmission-

when ather osephB onnec amp,

elerondeB ienv illeonhise pedi-

ritory for rance. O nthis

velswereahurriedwor of

dnothingindicatesthatthe

sterialfunctionsamongthe

thavesaidmassfor his

aborswerenotslowto

hea, atherA rmanddela

order, erec ted thef irstshrine

presentlimitsofO hio about

achurchstood onthesite

yof andus y. athers

a t h o li c C h u r ch i n t he U n it e d t a te s , I I , 3 0

i n N o r th e rn O h i o ( e di t io n o f 1 0 ) , , 2 - ; a m ot t ,

nnati, pp. 4f f . eealsoV ol. of hea shistory

opC arroll, passim.


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R Y N O H I O

bove)andN icholasPotierare

confrere,andto havealso

nalongthe southernshores

tunatelythev ic issitudesofwar

alous missionariesfromtheir

hatis nowthenear-west.

nW arbro eoutin1754. A t

ousstrife,andaconflict

renchc olonists. n175 , the

wonationshavingnowbecome

pthe uarrel. Despitehis

sattendedtheGaulinthebegin-

utintheendthetideturnedin

iesttriumphsof the

and throughthemtheC atholic

onedwereobligedtowithdraw

fellon eptember18, 175 , dec i-

anpossessionsinN orthA mer-

signed ebruary10, 17 3 ,

to nglandherc laimstothe

enderedthewholeof C anada.

epartureof the esuitsuntil

er osephDidier, thepioneer

tates, atGallipolis, O hio

lc c lergyman. Thiswasin17 0.

tualc hargeof theill-plannedand

lony. A lthoughapiousand

erewereof shortduration—

Hebuiltnoc hurc h. ind-

nydiscontented,unruly,and

rinc iplesof the renc hRevo-

intBenedictsoondespaired


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manentgoodamongthem,

ncastbecausehehadnoone

oul. orthisreason, he

ri,wherehetoiledin thecause

rereand tephenT. B adin,

oppedatGallipolisin17 3 ,

timoreto themissionsof

rriedonlythreedaysinthe

o,asfaras canbeascertained

theministry inO hiowasthe

. H e w a s a na t iv e of r e la n d,

tofthe DioceseofQ uebec.

eptember18, 178 , Great

rysouthof theGreat

t a te s y e t, u n de r f ut i le p r et e t s ,

orts inthatpartof the

17 5sheerected ortMiami

resentPerrysburg,W ood

hio.The presenceofthe

atherBur etothatlocality,

enorthernlandsby themob-

rylinesbetweenthediocesesof

owever, atherB ur ere-

heforc esof nglandthe

asbuilt. 8

hbishopC arroll, pp. 481-482 Guilday , ifeofA rc h-

5 - 40 4 C a t h o li c H i s t or i ca l R e v i ew , V , 4 15 f f ( T h e

y R e v. . . e nn ey , . . )

laire),Or igineetProgresdela Missiondu

o ll , p p. 4 7 4- 4 80 H o u c , o p . ci t ., p p . - 7 G u il d ay ,

8 amott, A rc hdioc eseofC inc innati, pp. 20-21

e n wi c , p . 1 2 . A f t e r le a vi n g O h i o a t he r B ur e


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Y N O H I O 215

enville, in17 5, andthewith-

ery, in17 6 , w iththe

fdangerf romthe ndianand

epresenceofa foreignenemy,

toO hiogrewsteadily . n-

rmousproportions,forthe

ilelandsnowturned thestream

dsthenorth. A tf irst, theywere

ngland butitwasnotlong

n frommanypartsofthe

nfromtheO ldW orld.

tsthereweredoubtlessafew

isno trace.A softenhappens

es,themostofthemmust

s,withthe e ceptionofa

natGallipolisin December,

f atherBur e sdeparture,

dapriestenterthelimitsofO hio,

dgrownbyleapsand bounds,

erectedinto astateasearly as

Pennsy lvaniaGerman ofA l-

trumentinhis coming the

ed,wasnoneother than

enw ic , whowentf romthemon-

herethesub ec tofournarrative

ionandv ic arapostolic ofN ova c otia. H e

.

, H i s to r y of O h i o , I I , 4 f f H o w e , H i s t or i ca l C o l -

c obDittoetoA rc hbishopCarrollbeggingfora

wi c , p p . 1 4 f f . a t he r B ad i n in a l e tt e r to C a r r o ll ,

ecember17,1807,andcompletedatBardstown,

O n C hristmasday of f iciatedatGallipolis, where

of faith. Thatsettlementhasmuc hdeclinedsinc e


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ntil181 , ather enw ic

atholicsinthesenorthern

emosttwiceina twelve-

hegavethemhisentiretime, f ind-

could. atein1817,he was

atherN ic holasD. oung.

ndthestressof theirmission-

sadorsofC hristcouldfind

eanstobuildahomefor

heyassuremethattherearemany rishCatholic

(B altimoreA rc hives, Case1, 5). A letter

cetheappearanceof enw ic ' s ife, wasalso

of someC atholicswhohadcometoO hio

hore , Mary land. tissignedbyWhalandGoodee

ssC ounty, C hillic othe.

roll,

asonemaninsupplicationtoyou, desiringa

herofourC hurchinthispartof thecountry

youtosendus one,wewilldoeverything

rthim. We havemadenocalculationofwhat

aswedidnot nowwhetherwecouldbe

canwegiveatrue accountofthenumberof

swecanc ome, it isbetw i t 0and40whic hc ame

re and, suppose, numbersf romotherpartswhich

t ed w i th . D ea r i r , if y o u wo u ld b e s o i n d as t o m a e a

ereisnothing which wouldgiveusmore

childrenaswell asourselves.Pleasewrite

ec t,

ornof f

) . a nd M a o r P hi l ip s .

enwic foundnoC atholics,e ceptthreefamilies

aythroughO hioin1808, andthatB ishop laget s

ey inthefallof1812mentionsonlytwoCatholic

eandtwoorthreeindividualsof thefaithin

ttheseC atholicsmusthavesoongoneelse-

tto entuc ythattheymighten oythec on-


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R Y N O H I O

prayerfor thepeopleuntil

owever, onDec ember ,

dopenedthemotherchurch

aint oseph s, abouttwomiles

ounty.Bothstructureswere

fhewnlogs buttheywerethe

fC atholicityinoneofthe

ncommonwealths.8

of theChurc hinO hio, andthe

oungitsPaul.Themissionaries

dtheterritoryineverydirec-

s, asmall, barnli ef ramebuilding

mitsofC inc innati, wasappar-

ghperhapsnotdedicated,on

l 1 1 ,1 8 1 . a i nt M a ry s , a n -

beenmadereadyfor divine

nthesameyear. Ne tin

bric warehouse,purchased

. Dugan, inZ anesville, atown

nterofthesecondfield of

ectofournarrative.

ttherewerepriestsin Ohio

ipally rishandGermans,into

gnumbers. 10 une1 , 1821,

ntoanepiscopalsee. ather

rstincumbent,buthisconsecra-

untilthefollow ing anuary .

a ss i m. i f e o f e n wi c , p a ss i m.

ea sinmorethanoneofhislettersof the

ndGermanCatholicsf loc ingintoO hio. The

uitea numberofGermandescentalsocame

whilenotafewdesc endantsof theold nglish

migratedfromthatstate. nthelatterhalf of

enc hsettledin tar andsurroundingc ounties.


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povertyofevery ind, the

eciallybewilderedforwantof

ourneyabroadforhelp,itis

rRaphaelMuf ios, of theO rder

cularpriests— theR evs.

hefirstbishop ofDetroit,Mich-

dPeter . De ean while,

hadthehappinessofordain-

gnatiusMullonforthedioc ese.

ehadtodespatchatonc etothe

c hardinMic higan, whenc e

nilhhaddeparted. Now

wassentto entuc y .

ntonafewwee slater and

es, attheorderofhissuperiors,

BritishGuiana.11

priests (si Dominicans

en)leftonthemissionsof

sthatnumberwouldhavebeen

fthediocese.Bishop en-

c tic allyobligedtoc all athers

Montgomery, andR ic hard

stoaidhiminthenorth.12

adbeentransferredtothe

romZ anesville,wherehehad

church,andplaceditunder

ohnthe vangelist. 1 A c c ord-

p as s im .

stheninO hiowere rederic Reseand ames

membersof theO rderofPreac hers tephenH . Mont-

oung, ohnB . DeRaymaec er, ohnH. Mc Gra-

ndDanielO ' L eary . Theadditionof athers

e . MontgomeryraisedthenumberofDomini-

oftheclergytoeleven.

tholic Misc ellany , ebruary24, 1827 utor, Past


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R Y N O H I O

stalledaspastor ofthat

ssions.

om aintR ose sisdated

sthathistransfer istemporary

oreportat theepiscopal

orfurtherorders,andinstructs

eyonthethirddayofNovember.

gationdela oiseemtosay

ton, andthetraditionof aint

c creditshimwithabriefpastorship

ethof atherHill. However,

thechurchrecordsofC anton,

earlierthan18 0, morethana

f theC hurchinTennesseehad

sv ille. 14

ewc hurc hboo atZ anesv ille,

rsthedateofDecember25,

ofThomasD. andPeter . ,

therine( arc het)Dusouc het—

amMcC addonandBarbara

anearlierboo ofrecords,

ofZ anesv illeandMus ingumCounty, O hio,

theA meric anCatholic H istoric al oc iety , eptember,

h re e C a t h ol i c C h u rc he s i n Z a n es v il l e, O h i o , b y R . . .

o fC o l um bu s, p .2 3 ; i fe o f e nw ic , p p. 1 0 an d 2 .

urchwaslaidon March4,1825 anditwas

eanscompletedinteriorly,on uly2,1825.

userroneouslycallsit aint ohntheBaptist s,

n th e v a ng e li s t s w hi l e Mr . H a r i n s se e ms e v i-

acesitsdedicationin1827.

nt R o s e s P r io r y, i n e n tu c y r e co r ds o f a i nt

a n t on , O h i o A n n a l es , V , 50 4 G r ah a m, A k e t ch

i sh ( C a n t on , O h i o) , p . 1 . Tw o l et t er s o f Bi s ho p l a ge t

aganda(May12andDecember12,182 —

ol.10)showthatBardstown sprelatecomplained

ngMiles, Tuite, and . . MontgomerytoO hiow ithout


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a time,theabovesacrament

dwithinawee ortwoafter

argeofwhatwasthen,though

ewothers,oneofthe most

iooutsideofC incinnati.15

rdappro imatesthebe-

odin atherMiles life.

ardshipforhimtotear him-

d aintRose s, thegood

edtoguide inthespiritual

thereligiouscommunity

ehadassisted.Buthe was

eda religioustohesitatewhen

dspo en. Norwashisready

e northslowinits reward.

oic man sarrivalinO hio, the

c teur, anew lyordainedpriest

oB ishop enw ic , wroteto

herH ill, thebishop, whoisthesu-

nicansherein A merica,wishingtofill

herMilesfromtheDominicanconventin

Milesfelt eenlybeingtornawayfromthe

a i nt R o s e s C o n g r eg a ti o n, t o w ho m h e

ebishoptoallowhim toreturnthither,

edafew monthsinO hio.Themon-

anesv ille, Mus ingumCounty(O hio).

atholicsinthedistrictsnearestto thatcity.

othebishop, e pressinghimselfasfollows:

myf irstc irc uit. v isitedseveralc ongre-

anyplaces. baptizedalargenumber

homas Churc h, Z anesv ille, O hio.

wasordainedinC inc innati(byB ishop enw ic )on

thesametimewereordainedtheRevs. ohnM.

ofMilwau ee)andMartin undig. C lic teur

82 .


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R Y N O H I O

whohad neverprofessedanyreligion,

ntsintotheC hurch,andleftmany

rdsconversion.Theselast willadmit

tour,whentheywillbe sufficientlyin-

havebeeninO hioonlyafewwee s,

epre udicesthat hadc onc eived,

t shouldli etoremainherepermanently

hepeopleofO hioaresowelldisposedthat,

,youcouldma ethewholestate

anesvillethereisacongregation

verts. thasnearlyfivehundredmem-

ta church,which,thoughsmall,is

Mileshasv isitedthesepeople, andmade

ngthem. Hesaysthatheremar eda

ntheserviceof theDivineMaster.

nd usafewmorepriests,and togrant

ationoneinsuchcongregations 18

husearlyby ourmission-

hiohashadmanyzealous,

onarieswhohaveaidedat

sedays,owingto theirenforcedlongabsences

csettlements,wereobligedtoconfidethein-

menstothecareofthe morefaithfulandintelli-

hesappointedtothat duty.

-510. Thisparishwhich atherC lic teurtellsus

ofconvertsseemscertainlytohavebeenthat

erTownship, GuernseyC ounty, whic hisspo en

teratureofthatdayas aparishofconverts.

shipwasta enfromGuernseyC ountytoaidin

ndisnow inthee tremenortheasternpartof

ldappearthatthis churchwasnearthepresent

istoric alCollec tionsofO hio, I , 3 4)givesthat

handstates: C atholic sarestronginthisregion.

ectedalogchurch,whichin185 wassucceeded

ostof$8, 000. tisnowtheparishofTemperanc e-

derinB elmontCounty . TheHistoryof theUpper

nd uller), I , 78 , isc ertainly inerrorwhen

hwaserectedin1822.Thiswor saysthat

ntMary s)waserec tedin1854.


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buildingupof herC hurch.

ghamongthebestof them.

ecenterofhis apostolicactivities

rsed Mus ingum, Morgan,

oshoctoncounties.At times

ic ingand no counties,

ccasionallyBishop en-

ow n to i ls o me o u rn e ys 1 f o r he

ompanionthana willingwor -

teverhewas as ed,endowed

oingit tothebestadvan-

tectwhatneededtobedone.

tleand amiableasthoseof

swaysofdealingw ithhisfellow-

hiszealasconsuming his

earing,thoughstately,asguile-

sgentlemanlyandpriestly.These

hanc edbyasplendidphysi ue—

erereflectedagreattenderness

onesty,nolessthana strong

ergy— andanunaffected

toallwhowerein distress,

ineverywaytoaidthose

rofthe goodsofthisearthor

ewasnotablyfelicitousin

howerenot C atholics.

n tu c y , s o in O h i o a t he r M il e s

ationofbeinga goodpreacher.

atholicchurch,asoftenhappened,

Presbyterians,theMetho-

iation— incourthouses,or

sCatholic Misc ellanyof anuary2, andDecember4.

ourneys.


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pallyinthe bac woodsof

hisaversiontoseeinghisnamein

isli efornotorietywehave

edidnot becomemorewidely

dwasnot ingreaterdemandas

nsofnote.

doubt,combinedtowin

nceofthosewithwhomhe

privatewal sof life. A s

ells usthatheeffectedas

conversationsasfromthe

veronthealerttospreadthelight

gbynature,hiszeal almost

broachthe sub ectofrelig-

byanychance.O ftenthe

sblossomedintotheflowerof

atherHillarec ommonly

e mostsuccessfulconvert

ymissionariesofO hio. etthe

eph sProv inc eisthat ather

n thestateasthey(nor

ensiveasthatof thebishop),

fec tiveawor eramongnon-

nowofhischaracter, zeal, and

ustifiessuchabelief.

hatfew,ifany,ofthe mission-

hadalargerterritoryunder

m,C oschocton,Guernsey,and

tsof ic ingandMorgan

tllhappymemoriesin aint oseph sProv inc e

olumbus(establishedin18 8).Thirtyyearsago

ous.


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Y N O H I O 225

nstitutedhisparishproper.21

ntinuallyonhorsebac . n

manydissidentsintothe

mednumbersoffallen-awayor

convertednotafewsinners.

ec ausemorethic lypopulated

rnumberoffaithful,demand-

edevotedpastor stimeandat-

untyalonewasmorethan

artmessengerofC hrist

resultsweretobeattained.

eofC incinnati,weventureto

ediligentlyoraccomplished

holicstherethandidthesub-

d,nolessthan howstrong

eartsofthepeople,is evidenced

oryisstillheldin benediction

, buteventhroughoutMus in-

early ahundredyearssince

ry inthoseparts. O nestill

hobearthefirstnameof Miles

theoldDominicanparish

ownas aintThomas , showa

andcurates.Passingover

herof theChurc hinTennessee,

oseph adoc A lemany, bec ame

manac(nowcalledC atholicDirectory)andthe

sC hurch, Temperancev ille, O hio, showthatall

edfromZ anesvilleuntilneartheendof 18 4,

enureof theRev. Martin undiginGuernsey

ember, 18 2, untilthemiddleofMarch, 18 3 . The

rd a in e d by B i sh o p e n wi c o n H o l y a t ur d ay , A p r i l

trof aintDominic s, GuernseyCounty , latein18 4,

smonO c tober 1.


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an rancisc o. A nother,

ontgomery,wasappointed

fornia,butdeclinedthemiter.

edV eryRev. awrenc e

T. M. , headedthelistsentinby

eirunanimousfirstchoicefor

shopW atersonintheDiocese

oneof them, however, havebeen

moredearlybelovedthanwas

tholicsheldhiminalmostas

ofhisownf loc .

ndeverstriv ingtoma etheser-

attractive,hegave much

m us i c at a i nt o h n s . A s a

oonbec amewidely nownfor

atholicliterature,anddesir-

with good,wholesome

forthe C atholicpapersof

sionsunderhisc harge. n

bletothefingers tips,noth-

tualadvantageofhisfloc

al blessingsitreceivedfrom

deringthetimesandthelength

muchfor theC atholicityof

way.O neofthefirst matters

onwastheerectionofa rec-

maybeseenfromthefact

r,itservedas aresidencefor

yearsago. Hec ompleted

rof aint ohn s, placeda

,andhung thereinthebell

fromawoodenframein the


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R Y N O H I O

sacrededificewasconsidered

y.

shouldnotbeoverloo edwas

duc atorhimself , atherMiles

hischargeto havethead-

ationthatcouldbe procured

ainedunderC atholicinflu-

inthiswaycouldtheir

feguarded,andthehighest

ected.A ccordingly,about

sementofhis church,where

estparochialschoolsinO hio.

eendelightedtoobtaina

ispurpose butunderthe

uchinstructorshehadto

achers,overwhomhe ept

heseimprovements,forhe

issionarymanagedgreatly

parish.Underhisguidance

alsprospered. twasin

s administrationthatthe

olumbuscouldtrulystate

alwaysbeenastrongholdofCath-

oreligioninO hioinwhichour

sdeeplyinterested,evenifhe

theenterprise,isrecorded

atholic Misc ellanyof ebruary

s, pp. 2 1f f . venifhehadsec uredsistersfor

sedthemonly forthegirlsand smallboys,

dnotteachlarge boys.


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ournal sc orrespondenttellsits

derof t. Dominic , c alledf romtheir

, afewdayssince, passedthroughC inc in-

merset, PerryCounty , O hio. Theyare

eschoolin thatplacenearthechurch

omtheir ualific ations, anddevotedness

religiousinstruction,muchgoodmaybe

tioninthelargeand respectablecon-

ph s. Thesameattentionwillbepaid, by

, asispaidbythe istersofC harity

ostfromthe timehewas

atherMilessoughttohave

Dominican istersfounded

dtothin that, couldhehave

villewouldhavebeenchosen

on.Possiblyhewasthwarted

hefactthathisf re uent

attendedfrom aint ohnthe

impossibleforhimalwaystogive

. B ethisasitmay, thereisno

ewasdelightedwiththe

inbringingthemintohis

uentlysoughtthemission-

onaslongas heremainedin

dacc eptedthesuperiorshipover

on withreluctance.Nat-

n ioustoberelievedof so

onstitutionalaposition.Be-

diocesanclergywereonthe

tthatsucha stepwasde-

icetothelittlebandof riars


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R Y N O H I O

ecalleda meetingatC incin-

, towhichhesummoned athers

uel . Montgomery, N ic holas

. M o nt g om er y , o s ep h T . a r -

tgomery.H ere,among

dthatthe bishopshouldas

Generalof theO rdertoac c ept

of theDominicans andthat

ersMilesand oungrespec -

sfirstandsecondchoiceforthe

onwassenttoR ome,andthe

hat itwastheunanimous

e sub ectofournarrative

ad.24

proverbiallyslowtoact.

edelaywas lengthenedby

inc innati sprelatewasheld

nd theDominicanGeneral,

dgeoftheneedsoftheyouthful

antly enw ic fellav ictim

oseph sPriory, omerset, O hio. Thepetition

enw ic senttoRomeonthismatterc ouldnot

daArchivesor thoseoftheDominicanGeneral.

eur, Henniand undig, alreadymentioned, B ishop

dtheRev. dmundQ uinninC inc innati, anuary

. T. arboe, C . P. Montgomery , CharlesD. B owling,

a t a in t R o se s , in e nt uc y , u ne 1 , 1 8 0 a nd

azzuc helli(lateroneof themostc elebratedmission-

inc innation eptember5, 18 0. Q uinnwas

eotherfivewereDominicans butMazzuchelli

ththehopeof laboringamongthe ndians.

omerset,andanotherofthebandseemsto

sameplace.TheR ev.A nthonyGanilhhadre-

eseveralseminariansatC incinnatiandelse-

ation.Thus,albeithestillneededmanypriests,

suchdirestraits,andsawhis waytoput

ontheirproperfooting.


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hio. Thisocc urredon ep-

erewerethosewhobelievedthat,

erhaddoneforreligionin the

ouldprobablyselec thissucc essor

reacher,andhopedthat,should

ouldfall onR ichardPius


/ h t t p : / / w w w . h





N C I A L , B S H O P

ntheagreementbetweenCardinal

heMostRev. osephVelzi, re-

ePropagandaandthe upe-

ans,hadauthorizedthe

enw ic astheheadof aint

n N o v e m be r , 18 0 , Pi u s V I I ,

daf terashortreign. talywas

gitatione c itedbythesec ret

arbonari,andwasbeginning

ceof renchliberalism.The

eeverywhere. O n ebruary

ethatlastedf if tydays, C ardinal

hroneofPeter, ta ingthename

everydayofGregory selec tion,

nc arani, suc cessorto ather

eofficeofGeneral in uly,

masterof the acredPalace),

d,andwas atoncesucceeded

e r di n an d a b al o t. 1

emblygatheredatC inc innati

aint oseph sProv inc ewere

rani sdemise. Possibly , there-

ve r sa l C h u r ch H i s t o ry , I I , 9 1 f f M o rt i er ,

n er a u d e ' O r d r e d es r e re s P re ch e ur s , V I , 4 7 2

trorumGeneraliumOrdinis F .Praedicatorum,


/ h t t p : / / w w w . h






ignationof theprovinc ialshipwas

asrec eivedby ather abalot.

R omedeclinedtoaccedeto

morethanayeartheyapparently

gethereceiptoftheearnestand

eapostleofO hiothathe

desirableaburden.

dontheconstitutionsoftheir

mindsof thefathersin en-

atthebishop ssuperiorship

ationof atherVelziwhohad

e,andfelt, uitenaturally,

a provincialta enfromthe

rder. atherMileswassent

hec apac ityofv isitorthathemight

lziarrangement,because

ather, wouldhavetostand

ndthatthebishopwas doingall

omtheunnaturalposition.2

0 , 1 8 2 , a t he r a b al o t wr o te

etonotifyhim that,incompliance

peatedre uests, hehadac-

dwouldappointhisnephew

eplac itumN ostrum. our

18 2, theGeneralforwarded

rN. D. oungbywhic hhewas

nce.

a s h in g to n , D. C , a n ua r y 2 , 1 8 2 , a nd C i n c i nn a ti ,

a t he r T ho ma s M ar t in , a i nt R o s e s , i n e n tu c y ( A r -

sPriory).

e n wi c is i n A r c h iv e s of a i nt o s ep h s , o me r se t ,

dtheletterspatentto oung buttheirdateis

ofessionBoo at aintRose s, andalsoin

ph e n By r ne o n t he m i n a i nt o s ep h s A r c h i ve s .


/ h t t p : / / w w w . h






iedonthetwenty-si thdayof

er but abalot slettertohim,

ywordsoftheletterspatent

ent, showsthattheGeneralwas

fac t. 4 tisev identthata

ce ssaintlyfounderwasa

nationofhis insmantothe

cial,insteadof atherMiles,

eentheC inc innatiassembly s

oubtless,too,it wasfelt

ringofthisposition uponthe

nsurethemostharmoniousre-

ctiveheadsoftheDioceseof

inc eof aint oseph.

efailedtodiscover ust

ec eivedthelettersofhisappoint-

appeartohavereac hedA merica

. Perhapstheleastdisap-

eat theGeneral sselection

Mileshimself,eventhough,in

rethren,hemightwithreason

wasduetohim for ather

and azealouspriest,while

tivedesirednothingmorethan

rofhis waysinlaboring

thoutthe weightof

sadorofC hristcontinuehis

ephenB yrneasintheprecedingnote. abalot s

rne, are: C um, vac anteof f icioProvinc ialatus

nc ti osephiinDitionibus oederatisinA meric a

bdicationem llustrissimietR everendissimiDom-

nisNostric u us ustissimaepetitioniannuendum


/ h t t p : / / w w w . h






ndonthemissions. Buthistoil

fterthedeathofBishop

omasMartin, whohadbeensupe-

, returnedtoO hio. When, there-

oelectasuccessortohim,

therMiles.ThiswasonMay

thyofnoticethatthiswasthef irst

aintRose s, foruntilthenits

bythe higherauthorities and

tone ballot,andthat,when

eywereallfoundto befor

he r o u ng w e re i n e n tu c y

ncialhastenedtoconfirmthe

dMilesto accepttheoffice

ataninvestitureinthe

twouldhavebeenimpossible

vewordinO hioandreach

eenthatdateandthetimeofhis

thathethenreturnedto

angehis affairsthere.

tuc ywasv isitedbyoneof

sofA siaticcholerawhichwere

tthrewallthestateintoc on-

lparts,wherelay theprin-

nts,theplagueappearedinan

dlyform.Theremourning

een onallsides.Perhaps

o severelysmittenasthatof

rabro eoutinthelatterhalf

rforc eremainedinZ anesville

e ss i on B o o , p . 1 2 4 .


/ h t t p : / / w w w . h





N C I A L , B S H O P 2 5

eappointed butonthevery

herCharlesP. Montgomery

fflictedcongregationthathad

hischarge.7

ached aintRose s, hefound

haterrorandbowedwitha

er seenbefore.H isown

swordbythesufferingand

.H islife-longfriend,good,

mR . Tuite, hadsucc umbedto

dthecholerawhileadminis-

f irstdaysof theplague, and

asonMay25, 18 3 . 8

ertohimself , atherMiles,

the way(somethreehun-

anesville,Ohio, onhorse-

mself intothethic andthinof

ngthesacraments,visitingthe

t,aidingthepoor,consolingthe

hateverotherdeedsofcharity

er c y ou r r i ar P r ea c he r n e w no

on,orcreed.Thecolored

tionasreadilyasthe free-born

yas therichest,thoseof

aintThomas , Z anesville, O hio. atherMiles

, 18 3 , and atherMontgomeryma eshisf irst

fessionBoo , p. 181. tisnotstatedtherethat

c holera butitisatradition, toostrong

aint oseph sProv inc eand aintRose sParish

easeafewdays afteritsappearance,while

, anddiedinafewhours. ormanyyears

rayedathisgrave, andtoo earthf romittotheir

masasaint.


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nasreadilyasthoseof his

at iolics, stric enw ithfear

ationsofreligion,floc ed

edbaptismontheir death-

hurchlaterasaresult ofthe

issionariesat thetimeofthe

of aintRoseandonitsmis-

useofhishappywayof meet-

ordinarilyattendedto such

hisministrationsborerichfruit.

t, onhisreturnf romO hio, the

wor ssuspendedat aint

eofc harityandc lericalministra-

amuelMontgomery, andC .

medwithcallsfromnear

r arboe, thesubprior, hadper-

selfandtwolaybrothers in

ytheentirepopulationwas

onetime. orfearof thedread

dnotbeinducedto waiton

ventoburythedead. ather

otospea ,thathemight

freres,nolessthanaid the

epidemic totheeditorof the

gationdela oiB ishop laget

hisclergyandthesisters on

nglesout thefathersof

eciallaudation, andlayspartic ular

dinc ident.

ths hesays theDominic an athers

ostnumerousC atholiccongregationin

selvesuptoalmostinconc eivablelabors. n


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nventnearlyalltheinhabitants,fiveor

, werestric enatthesametimewiththe

ernationbecamesouniversalthatthesic

themselves fortheneighborswere

nfectedwithanepidemicthathad

ather, bornandrearedin entuc y , though

dalreadymuche haustedbythefatigue

etoo himselfwithtwolaybrothers

thusgenerallyafflicted.A nimatedwith

ewhimselfintohiswor amidstthesic

hichwasbelievedto benothingshort

tedallwho wereinsuffering,whether

on-C atholics.H ewaswelcomedevery-

enthedispersedin abundancethose

chmereworldlingscannotbestow.N or

thebody,andhistimelyservices

omdeath. A numberofnon-C atholic s, who

ister,gavea readyeartotheinstruc-

ceptedthetruthswhichhemade nown

bracingourholy religion.

eemedto multiplythemselvesin

esic ,butaboveallin buryingthe

sonssuccumbedtothecholera sravages,

thanfifteendays.10

nsiderablelossesande penseswhich

abitantsofthevillage whosurvivedthe

nsistentlyas edmypermissiontobuy

churchonit,andtobestowthese

notmention ather arboebyname, butthede-

bouthisidentity.H ehadbeeninvery poor

ys.A tthetimeof hisordination,threeyears

thatitwasnecessaryfora priesttosupporthim

ehadagood nowledgeofmedicinewhichhe

oughouthislongandusefullife. nand

tillhearsthepeoplespea ofhislaborsthereat

eealsoV olz, A C entury sR ec ord, pp. 1 -17

herPatric Mc ennaandeitherB rotherPat-

oherWilliamPeterHutton.


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thersasaf ittingac now ledgmentof their

eimportantserviceswhichtheyreceived

hecholera.TheProtestantsofferto

wardsthistwofoldactofpietyand

easedtoreward hiszealousservants

world.A lthoughthefiveDominican

chgreatzealthroughoutthetime thatthe

tremelyfatigued,nay,e hausted,none

n sbetoGod, theyareallingood

reasontota eanhonest

stedby hisbrethrenatthis

ers couragehadbeentried

before,andtoa manthey

e faceofdeath. imilarly

gratifiedat theheroismshown

Dominican istersinwhose

oimportantapart,for they

ousdeedsduringthe cholera.

ntheir effortsofcharity.

etwrites:

rder of aintDominichaveasmuch

f thepublic asthe istersofC harity

etto. Therebeingonlytenorelevensisters

ntuc y , theyhadrec oursetoaholy in-

their forcesthattheymightthus

echurchin pringf ieldwasnoterecteduntil

edin anuary , 1844.

5 - 6 . T he s e fi v e pr i es t s we r e a t he r s Mi l es , a r bo e ,

lin, andB owling. atherC . P. Montgomery lef t

hio ustbeforethec holeraappeared. v identlyB ishop

atherTuitewhodiedatitsoutbrea . odidhe

,whenhe saidthatallthe fatherswereingood

rboewereboth uitesic ly . tisstrangethat

op laget, pp. 275f f), althoughhereferstothis

ea sof thelaborsofothersatsomelength, and

aysnota wordaboutthewor oftheDomini-

ofcholera.


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thesic inthecountyinwhichtheir

nducedwomenofmatureageand

tethemselveswiththeirwor sofcharity.

httheybeseenatallhoursofdayornight

sic weremostnumerous,ormiseryat

emorof theirc ompanionsdied butall

e haustedbeyondthepowerofwords

specialprotectionofdivineprovidence,

bleforthem solongtocontinuesuch

sion.1

ningtheseheroiclaborsof

stille tantinWashington

B eforehistransfertoO hio,

eof themostpopularand

t aintRose s. Thezeal,

hee hibitedthroughoutthe

ehimstill morebelovedby

aceorcreed.Thislove

ainsthef re uencyw ithwhic h

othblac andwhite,inthat

hthefirstnameofMiles, R ic hard,

aint oseph sProv inc etells

ment, zeal, andothere c ellent

thesub ec tofournarrative

theheartofB ishop laget

enconsultedhimon matters

O nesuchaffair,itis said,

utortosucceedagedBishop

ishop laget,sothestory

thertourgetheappointment

tiusC habrat, whosenamehad

, 4 . p a ld i ng , as i n t he p r ec e di n g no t e, t e ll s o f th e

harityandthe istersof orettoatthistime,

eDominican isters.


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me,ortoproposethatof the

e y no l ds i n h is s t ea d a n d a t he r

ntmentofC habrat,forhe

greater,servicesto thedio-

ritewiththe clergy,wasless

s.

aditioniscorroboratedby

atDoc torR eynoldsdidnoten oy

tuc y , 14andbyaparagraph

hyofB ishop laget. A f ter

ac ofcholerawhichbrought

ofthegrave,Doctor palding

nuedtofeelno littlesolicitudein

d utor. Thenegotiationsonthesub ec t

omemovedslowlyandcautiouslyinamatter

tlength,onthefeast oftheA postles

une2 th, 18 4, —theB ullsarrived, ap-

shopofB olina, andC oad utorofB ishop

ontoo placeonthe20thof uly , inthe

ourvenerableprelatebeingtheC on-

dandtheR ev. R . P. Miles, O . P. , being

of atherMilesforthesin-

olicity , p. 12.

280. Doc tor palding, earlierinhisvolume, tells

ehadbeensenttoR omesometimebeforethisdate,

asoppositionto hisappointment buthe

old sname. However, wehaveseenaletterinthe

gnedbyanumberofpriests beggingthat ather

ppointed.PossiblyDoctor paldingdoesnot

a ls o C l a r e , i v es o f t he D e ce a se d Bi s ho p s, I I ,

usphotostatc opiesof fourlettersofBishop . P.

agetonthe uestionofproposing athersC habrat

d utor. Theoriginalsareinthe ouisvilleA r-

tP ittsburgh, November , 18 2, andatPhila-

2 , e p te mb e r 17 , 1 8 3 , a n d a n ua r y 4, 1 8 4 .


/ h t t p : / / w w w . h






nttothe consecratingprelate,

yofobtainingfacultiesfrom

whentherewerebishops

sandC inc innati, andpriestsofhigh

thediocese,notonlyshows

riarPreacherwasheld,butalso

ition ustmentioned. A s a

ose spriorhadbec omeoneof the

steemedc lergymeninO hioand

owanddesolationwhichthe

hrewapallofgloomoverthe

orsomemonthsaf terwards.

e ind-heartedpastormadehis

fulhorse,consolingtheafflict-

ate,encouragingthetimid,suc-

verywherewerehisvisits

elof mercywhospreadbless-

e poorcoloredpeople

pec ialsolic itude. O nec anbut

he goodthusaccomplished

ofC hristwillcontinueto

erationtogeneration,for

yeverbeendispensedwith

rebeneficiallytoreligion.

ithwhichthe peopleof

effortshelpedtosustain

bledhimtoproceedwithhis

terheart.Buteven tooutline

fromhistoils inconnection

ethreeyears ofpriorshipat

merelytorepeatwhathasbeentold

e ertionsalongthesame


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io. uf f iceitthentostate

adership,thefathersdiligently

ecauseofsouls religion

fulweredelightedat thezeal

ationwas eptopenfor

aintDominic thanafaithful

Milesshowedthegreatestcon-

servancesofthecommunity.

aregularity andprompt-

edificationtoall.H e

forhefeltthat, assuperior,

chhe wishedtheothersto

elydidhe misstheconven-

hewouldputhimself toalmostany

ghtbepresentatthem.Gen-

ppearinchoirand atmass.

entofthepriory, withthe

etonsure,heissaid tohave

nashismodel, whosenamehe

utthe ualific ationof happy

ealsheeverheld uptohis

1

pwasgladto beagain

eatl) loved, andamonga

specialaffection.However,

ut a i nt T h om a s C o l l e ge c o ul d

hatit hadbeentohimin

onin whichhisheartwas

s,andwhichhefelt e ercised

for thegoodofhisO rder,

e nt l y se e s o f h ap p y me mo r y a f te r a t he r W i l s on s


/ h t t p : / / w w w . h






mentofreligionandC hristian

ewilldisclosethathe cherished

errorofclosingtheC ollege

uinrec tif ied, ifnoteventhatof

ent.

yaf fordedbyhisreturnto

pportunitywhic hitgavehimof

therine sC ommunityofDomin-

htineverywaytohelpthem.

aditionintelling usthatthis

theyshowthatthec ommunity

ngratitudefor hiseffective

ary lifeinO hioaddedtohis

fsouls.N odoubtthisfact

ghislaborsin entuc y at

wenowfindhim,in answerto

tsof thediocese, ourneying

ypartsofthestatefor ser-

ercises,orotherfunctions

herehiseffortswereproduc-

edidhefailtopleaseeitherthe

mewas nownandhonored

Valley.

oung, theprovinc ial, had

aint oseph s, omerset, O hio,

18 4, 18heseemstohave

nstitutionhimselfuntil18 6 ,

helac ofpriestsmadeit

rsuperior. atherMiles

d earsofDominicanHistory , p. 7 .

d De ce m be r 2 , 1 8 4 ( A r c h iv e s of a i nt o s ep h s


/ h t t p : / / w w w . h






c ye piredonMay1, that

owbecamepriorof aint

rstohavebeenthef irsttoholdthe

fthefactthat theselection

ntbelongstothe provincial,

tstothe contrary,weare

was appointedtothatoffice

herthanelectedbythec ommu-

betterchoice,noronemore

ouldhavebeenmade.1

hurchinTennesseenow

tthemotherchurchandconvent

mintostill moreimmediate

ofC atholicityinthatstate

anesville.H ereheshowedthe

terizedhisapostolateinhis

dwonthe affectionsand

e cameintocontact.The

prior,hetoo histurnwith

issionsattendedfromthe

erbroadeningofhis views

etoiledthereforonlya short

tc eof thebishoptheCatholic

manyyearshewaspastorof

rsetandZ anesv ille inthisdio-

spiritualandtemporal

hismost indandgenialman-

n. 20

pointmentasprov inc ialbythe

abletof indanydoc umentof atherMiles ap-

riorof aint oseph s yetitisc ertainthat

mediatelyafterthee pirationofhistermof

s .

ry 2 5 , 18 0 .


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N C I A L , B S H O P 245

a ba lo t re ad S u b e ct t o O ur

ostrum).ThisGeneraldied

y2 , 18 4, hissucc essor, the

riceOlivieri,reappointed

ameoff ic e, plac ingthetermof

lowingthethird unday

hichMondayfellthatyearonthe

. n ebruary , 18 5, O liv ieri

alfor thatofC ommissary

dwassuc c eededbytheMostRev.

olletti,whomBishop enwic

tedhiscoad utorinC in-

ungeithergrewwearyofhis

atherMileswouldma e

theprovince for,ifwemay

ipolletti, hewrotetothatGen-

ngthevirtue,zeal, prudence,

of thefuturebishop,and

well toappointhimpro-

ollettidecidedthattheincum-

ceforthe timespecifiedin

more,theGeneraldetermined

rovincetheirfirstopportunity

al.H ethereforeinstructed

vo eac hapterforthispurpose

ialship.22

o u ng s a p po i nt m en t ( A r c hi v es o f a i nt o s ep h s

riesMagistrorumGeneralium, p. 14 Mortier,

ne r au , V I , 4 7 4- 4 7 ; i f e of e n wi c , p p .

g, O c tober , 18 6 (A rc hivesof theDominic an

vesof aint oseph sProv inc e). atherC ipolletti

MagisterO rdinis butthereisnodoubtabout


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sinstructions,thecapitular

s e s o n A p r i l 17 , 1 8 7 . T he y

o u ng , R . P . M il e s, . T . a r bo e ,

. P o li n , . V . R u l l oc , C . P .

lng, amesHyac inthC lar -

ustineWilson. 2 ather oung,

neral sorders,presidedat

.Theirfirst actwastoelect

ersMilesand arboeandthe

ors,orthelaw-ma ingbody

becauseitwasreallythe

dinthe province,several

nsiderationofits needs.O ne

ertainlytheestablishmentofa

eselectionofa newprovin-

2, 18 7, and atherMiles

neoftheassembly,pos-

endofaffairs,evidently

onlyninevoteswerecast.

receivedseven, and ather

ta eitforgranted, gavehis

sub ectofournarrative

apracticallyunanimousvote.

told thatthechapterproved

c ing. 24

emenhadnoc onstitutionalrighttota epartin

c hwec onc ludethattheGeneral, inasubse uent

edthisprivilegetoall thefathersinorderthat

ghestsuperiormightthebetterrepresentthe

whole.Thissuppositionisborneoutby an

dvoc ateofMay1 , 18 7. However, someof

hapter.Doubtlesstheyremainedawaylestthe

mtheirabsence.

echapter(A rc hivesof aint oseph sProv inc e).


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e oungtheGeneralhad

edocumentofelectionshould

ation,theonechosenforpro-

eofficeimmediatelythathe

es,therefore,begantofillthat

7. tissaidthattheprov inc e

periencebeneficialeffectsfrom

pthe uestionofacollege,

onsiderationlater. ather

pressthematterimmediately

fortheCatholic A dvoc ateof

ingof theDominicansandthe

nc ial, says: I tisunderstood

shapublic Collegene tyear.

moreespeciallyinstituted

tiesofthe ministry,yetitis

tionofyouthmaybemade

heirmembersfortheproper

ortantduty. Doubtless

institutionsnear aintRose s

of aint oseph s, inO hio,

efollowingnotic eintheCath-

musthavebeensentintothe

ecloseof thepreviousyear.

progressofbuildingonthe convent

oseph s , whichw illsoonbef inished, andwill

smanyfacilitiesofac uiringathorough

dMathematicaleducationasareen oyed

sof theUnion.Theprospectusofthis

shedne tyear.28

lsoCatholic A dvoc ate, May1 , 18 7, whichshows

e capacityofprovincial.


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oresawthat,underthe

,thisenterprisewoulddemandno

e buthewasnotonewho

ygoodby suchdifficulties.

l,whohadstrangeideasof

eligious,wrotetothenew

stsat aint oseph stoC in-

reat,althoughtheymade

year.Thee traordinary

rebroughtforthareplyfrom

ealsthe uiet, gentlestrength

theman,noless thanthe

.

tpleasuretoc omplyw iththere uest

ethatalltheclergyshouldmeetat C in-

fma ingaspiritualretreat butitwould

cultyonour part.O urverylimited

possiblethatweshould allattend.W e

ustomedtoma eourretreatannuallyat

houlditpleaseyourR everenc etopermitus

edcourse,itwouldberegardedasa great

twoofusw illattendthe ynod, aswas

y.

verence, e pressingyourpleasureonthis

llyac now ledged.

ghestesteemandrespect,

tservant,

818 7. 27

stohavereceivedthedocument

ectionasprovincialonlylatein

efallof18 7. O c tober1,

ameUniversity.


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ettertothefathersof the

hemonthechoicetheyhad

ndanothersimilarincharacter

.2 C ipollettiwasasuperior

nglaynearertohis heart

ious instituteoverwhose

hapsnoneoftheGenerals,

ptionof atherGaddiwhoestab-

lyaninterestin aint oseph s

yearsafteritcameintoe is-

ndlyc onc erninspiredthetwo

ned,bothofwhicharedelight-

ging.

uldnotbuthavebeenasource

rovincial.Unfortunately

rred,thoughapparentlystill

sub ec tofours etc horhisc on-

elytothwartthesegood

ocastagloomoverthe province.

esiredto havehisdiocese

entuc y . A f terthelopping

ianathroughtheerectionof the

4, onlyTennessee, adomain

beensadlyneglected,remained

stown soriginal urisdic tion

relate sw ishmightbereal-

mericanhierarchyassembled

2 , 18 7, forthethirdprovinc ial

shopC habraturgedthe

oanepiscopalsee,andas ed

witingof ather tephenB yrne(A rc hivesof

r y) .


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minateditshead. ndeed, apart

nt oseph sProv inc e, there

atDoctors laget(thenin

hadagreedonboththeseprop-

mblingofthecouncil,ifnot

artedabroad, in18 5. A c -

hecouncilre uestedtheH oly

of N ashville,andplaced

attheheadof thelistofpriests

heselectionofaworthy

2

of theBaltimorecouncil

eB riefUniversiDominic i

illeanepisc opalsee, andthe

um, bywhich atherMileswas

othdocumentsbearthe

t he C h u rc h in t he U ni te d t at es , I I , 0 8, 5 ;

D e ce a se d B is h op s , I , 1 4 ; e a r B oo o f t . M ar y s

08, p. 47 ac ts(Chattanooga, Tennessee), A ugust

fB ishop rancisP. enric showthatthevote

asunanimous.A tthesametime,they prove

adnotlosthisformerpre udiceagainstthe

nTennessee. nthattoCardinal ransoni(A pril

daA rc hives, A mericaC entrale, V ol. X I I )hetells

ndathathewould nothavegivenhisconsent

adnotBishopChabrat laudedhispiety, zeal,

Practicallythesameassertionis madein

of enric totheRev. PaulCullen, thenrec tor

ome, andlaterc ardinalarc hbishopofDublin

ic a n C a t ho l ic H i s t o ri c al o c ie t y, V I , 2 5 ) . A s

oan ioustoe presshisv iewsaboutDoctorMiles,

otherrecordingadoubtwhetherthel earnedthird

ldhavehadthecourageto facethetas which

rstbishopofTennessee.A fterwards,however,

yadmiration. eeA n A mericanA postle( ife

B rien), pp. 141-142. Thehighregardinwhich

ouncilheld atherMilesisfurthershownby

edhis nameonthelistof priestsproposedfor


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, wereforwardedtoA meric aat

edBaltimorelateinO ctober. 0

eebroughtconsternationto

v inc eofDominic ans, forthefathers

overtyandwiththeirsmall

uldnotaffordto losesoval-

belovedprovincialseemed

omeyearsagoaletterof

oneofthemostunselfishand

ymissionaries,inwhichherather

gainsttheappointment.He

edeterminedtoma e ather

havehad himappointed

inC inc innati, sothathec ouldhave

ren,insteadofsendinghim

erviceswouldbelostto them

mselfthoughtabouthisnom-

ollowingreply toBishop

, N o v em be r , 1 8 7 .

:

nstantreachedmethismorning.

nominationtothe eeofNashv illew ill

ersf rom oiningyoueitherintheretreat

tacc ept, itw illbenecessarythatweshould

tothe affairsoftheO rder,whichwill

moval andtherewillbeno timeto

musthastentoad ustmyaf fairshereand

emberofthe Order atthistimewill

donotseehow c aninc onsc ienc eacc ept,

ec retaryofB riefs, Vol. 4 2 , V aticanPalac e, Rome

eBulas, BrevesyO trosDocumentos, etc . , I , 7 4

ide, V , 1 3 .


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rchbishophasinformedmeofficially

harere uestedhimtosendontheB ulls

chhesaysarein hishands. fthese

thenhavenoc hoic e butif lef t

mainso.

toc omplainofmysuperiors, but thin

blundercommittedinmynomination.

nteredinto themindofanyone toappoint

nnotcommandonecent,incaseheaccepts,

sneitherac hurc hnorac lergyman, norany

of, toproc ureeither. shallnotevenhave

ev iary andmybrethrenarenotobligedto

amta enfromthemwithouttheir

posedto assistme.Unless,therefore,

tselfinamannerthat cannotresist

shallfeelmyselfboundundersintorefuse.

ne.

,

of t. oseph.

. 82

oritself. tisstraightfor-

ong,and clear itbreathes

obedience,andrespectfor

ell-poisedmindanda noble

erest,nolessthanasoulpos-

strength itmar sasuperior

e oic etoliveandtolabor.

arPreac herwrotealetter

sGeneral. Mostli ely this

w ieldedareadypen andhe

re,andthewordsin,whichsuggestsitself,

singspac e.

DameUniversity .


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N C I A L , B S H O P 25

atMiles re uestasofhis

eninresponseto theentreaty

freres.Q uitepossibly,so

etaintheirprovincial,the

professedmemberofthe

on anuary2, 18 8, ather

hersin general,statingthat,

he himselfwasoverwhelmed

byhis minenc e ames

ni,prefectofthePropaganda,

izedbishopof N ashville.

aredthen,andstillfears,to

tment butif atherMiles

totheHoly ather, begging

honorforthegoodof the

canmissions,thentheGeneral,

ed,willdowhateverhepossibly

acredsecrecyunderwhich

documentsoflessthana

avediscoverednoletteron

shopelec ttoGregoryX V ,

hefollowed atherC ipolletti s

ymademorethanoneurgent

hegloryof themiter. n

position,theaffairdragged

th. Rome sinf le ibility in-

ingtestimony (praec larumtesti-

eclaresinthebullof

ved fromthelateprovincial

he r t e ph e n By r ne s h a nd w ri t in g ( A r c hi v es o f a i nt

nthisletterC ipolletiappoints ather oungprov is-

eprovincemaynotbe withoutahead.


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Miles ] piety, moralinteg-

abor forthepropagation

obeurgedatthe papalcourt

snomination.Possibly

brat—andevenB ishop laget

urope—weretheresponsible

laboredonwiththe affairs

stateof uneasinessstoodinthe

vancement.Thepro ect

omhisappointmenttoa

oposednewcollege,for it

ionuntilmorethantenyears

sitiveorderfinallycamefrom

emustacceptthe dreaded

edtothewillof heaven,and

of aint ouis:

i r :—

etterfromtheC ardinalPrefectof

his minenc einformsmethattheHoly

eptingthearduousofficeof Bishop, have

onsecrationw illta eplac eonthesi -

ntheC athedralof t. oseph, atB ardstown.

everencewouldbepresentontheoc ca-

onveniencetoconferthis honoronone

ardedasagreatfavour,andone not

meantime begashareinyourprayers

i r ,

eem,

umbleservantandbrotherin esusChrist,

e.


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8 8.

i,

4

btgone toBardstown,im-

fhis ordersfromR ome,to

habratofhisacceptance

ethevenerableDavidtoper-

yofconsecration butthe

wastoofeebletounderta e

.Thenitwasagreedthat

c torR osatiasthene t

here alsoitwasdoubtless

uldta eplaceinBardstown,

dthatinv itationsshouldbee -

ordinaries,for atherMiles

aldisplay,andhisheartwas

B ishops lagetandPurcell

B ishop enric ofPhiladelphia

adbeenapriestin entuc y .

trof theCatholic A dvoc atere-

hgratif iedtolearnthattheR ightR ev.

nc enominatedbytheHoly eetothe

ashv ille, has, inc onse uenceof letters ust

ceptedtheappointment.Wehavere-

lywhichhasre oicedusmore.The

ughoutthe tateofTennesseehavelong

tualaidthanit hasbeeninthepower

ntoe tendtothem. romthe nown

andzealofBishopMileswemostcon-

arvestofspiritualblessings tohisnew

thasaffordeduniversalsatisfaction,both

and aity , andtoallwhoareac uainted

e s of a i nt o u is .


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Mileswillta eplacein t. oseph s

the1 thof eptember. TheR ightRevs.

andB rutehavebeeninvited, andaree -

casion.Dr.Milesearnestlyinvites

c ularC lergyof entuc ytobepresent

pethatallthose whoseoccupationsmay

re uest. 3

ecountryevincednolittle

dvoc ate sstatement. or

elegraph,A rchbishopPurcell s

eof eptember , 18 8, de-

ofgratif ic ationand oyarein

rfriendsof theC atholic

efollowingannouncement.

tatesC atholic Miscellany , c on-

ndhimself , says, on eptember

hefollow ingverygratify ingintel-

cA dvocateofBardstown,of

ncialC ouncilrecommended

e ofN ashville andtheap-

oo edforwardtotheevent

e wastoreceiveadignity

faresponsibilitywhichhe

ntrinsicinterest,nolessthan

r narrativeandinthehistory

see,wemustnotomittwo

ionbyeye-witnesses.Oneis

theotherbya chancespec-

aith.Thefirstmusthavebeen

ecare,foritreachedthe

olatefortheissueimmediately

t 25 , 1 8 8 . B i s ho p e n ri c d i d no t a tt e nd t h e


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appearedon eptembr22,

publisheduntilthatof the

.

R A T O N

T R E V . R . P. M L E S , D. D.

o placein t. oseph sC athedral

. A tanearlyhour, thec hurc hwasc rowded

erythinghadbeenprepared,theproces-

ergymovedinorderfromthe acristy

ightR ev. osephRosatiactedasB ishop

asassistedbytheR ightR ev. Dr. Chabrat,

Bardstown, andtheR ightRev. Dr. B rute,

ightR ev.Dr.Davidhadbeenin-

ttoofficiateasBishopC onsecrator,but

nfirmitiespreventedhis acceptance

rableoldmanhoweverassistedat the

otable toparticipate. 8

nT.BadinofficiatedasassistantPriest

D u rb i n as D e ac on t h e R e v . Mr . C h a r l es

7 t h e R e v . M. . p a ld i ng , D .D . , as N o t a r y,

r at i on a n d th e R e v . . v r em o nd , . . ,

lar actedasMastersofCeremonies. The

eryandtheRev. osephHaseltineassisted

aplains. Manyof thec lergyof theDio-

ular,werealsopresent,andaided in

nsacrifice.

idceremoniesofthechurch,inthe

wereheightenedintheireffectbythe

ethatB ishopDaviddidnotunderta etobethe

orinaletter, written eptemebr17, 18 8, to ister

ty , hetellsherthataslightattac of illness

sanc tuary aboutthepreface (A rc hivesof

ardstown).

,whengivinga briefaccountofBishopMiles

ericanA postle(page5 ), westatedthatthis

thonyB lanc , laterarc hbisopofNewO rleans.

atedin18 5.Themanmentionedherebelonged

n.


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eperformed.A lladmiredtheperfect

thegravity,thedignity,andunctionwith

sec rator, theR ightRev. Dr. Rosati, per-

tionsofthe day.Thereisinhis voice

hingpeculiarlyimpressiveandmoving—

andsetsoffinits properformthesplen-

ch.

withtheappearanceofthe Bishop

fected,hewentthroughthewholecere-

possessionanddignity.Whetherma ing

thin thehandsoftheconsecrating

olemn uestionspropoundedtohimin

t— whetherprostrateinprayeratthe

he prayersofthe aintsinheaven,

ofhandsfromthe Bishops,andbeing

nction—the emblemofhisconsecration

gtheBoo of theGospeluponhisnec ,

sin futuremoreespeciallyboundtobear

fhis episcopaloffice,wal ingproces-

egationandgivinghisbenediction—

mnfunctions,heawa enedadeepinter-

waspreachedbytheVeryR ev. ohn

riateande cellentdiscourseonthemin-

usChrist. Heprovedfromnatural

esthatC hristestablishedaregulargra-

ersofhischurch— thattotheirchargeH e

epositoffaith andofthesacraments,

entarethefaithfultoattend,if theydo

oandfrobyeveryw indofdoc trine.

op lec tatthec loseof thediscoursewas

ess.H ealludedtothedifficultiesand

aveto contendinhisnewDiocess,

uccessmightcrownhis laborsashad

htR ev. B ishops lagetandR osati, who,

suchbeautifulmonumentstoreligion.

beinN ashv illeon unday, the14thof

i etheA postles, w ithoutpurseorsc rip,

wehopeandtrust thathehasa large


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thathiszealouslaborswill becrowned

willbearw ithhimthe indw ishesand

manyfriends.Godprosperhiminhis

8

enfromTheR ecordwhich

ofroma sourceun nownto

ntlyavisitor inBardstown,

eardonthemorningof ep-

taCatholic bishopwastobec on-

hatday. ogreatwashis

emonythathedeferredhis

tothechurchat thefirstsound

sforan earlymass,through

nedinthe vainhopeofseeing

owever,hewasrewardedbythe

ymanifestationofpietyonthe

mass andinreceivingholy

hisimpressionsatlength,and

avingthechurchformybrea fast,that

ation, whic h hadsomuchan ietytow it-

tteno c loc . B eforethehourarrived,

nd hadpreviouslyadmired,seemedto

erbumDomini. returnedtothe

ellf il led seatedmyself inaneligible

arandthepulpit. Presentlythereen-

of thestudentsof t. oseph sC ollege,

y. oonwaseverypewfilledtoover-

vacant.

te, eptember2 . 18 8. tshouldhaveappeared

eptember22. tisworthyofnotethatthe

palding, whoac tedasnotary forthec onsec ration,

ouisvilleandarchbishopofBaltimore whilethe

opreachedontheoccasion,afterwardsbecamethe


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untthespectatortellsof

undredandthirty young

cademy,whooccupiedseats

of thepews.Thetribute

enoted institutionwhichthey

utitcanscarcelybe saidto

c eremony. Conse uently

earticlewhichstates:

nall thesublimesplendorofthe

intothesanctuary,amongstwhomwere

honoredwiththe Mitre. regret

macywiththeC atholicliturgydoes

e characterofthistrulysublimeand

e numberwhothrongedthesanctuary,

esperformedthe sacrificeoftheMass,

intimatelyconnectedwiththeconsecrating

ofitselfwasimposing.H eseemedtobe

whichhewas intendedbynature his

gnified,seemedtoaddmuchtothe

ellectualcountenanceappearedasthough

ectscelestialintheirnature.

he itaniae anctorum,togetherwith

tinand nglish, werec hanted. Themusic

ofmyunderstanding,arousedeveryfeeling

myheartthistruth,that homageis

horofhisbeing. wonderednot, af ter

rpheusofoldharmonizedthepas-

ubduedthe ferocityofthebeasts,

etorturesofthe infernalregions.

d,one ofthesacredorder,having

above,retiredfromthe throngedsanctuary

e deliveredashortbuttrulyelo uent

ndreturnedtoaffordanopportunityfor

steriousandcertainlyinterestingpart

noffering,apparentlyconsistingof

ofwine,wasmadebythe newBishopto

r,inaccordancewiththeirancientand


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V.R I C H A R DP U M L E S .O .P.


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hangingcharacteroftheirreligious

oftheunalterableattributesof the

ofBishopMileswascompleted,itwas

matesofthe sanctuarythathehadto

hechurch. twasinstantlyclearedof

ompaniedbytwoothersof thesameran ,

, atthesametimeinvo ingf romonhigh

t.R obedinthevestmentsofa Bishop,

cetrulygrandandimposing.H ismild-

toimpressthe crowdedassemblywith

on.When theceremonywasended(which

ours),the noisecreatedbytheim-

sdrownedbyaburst ofrichmelody

eriseto themostpleasingsensations.

accordancewiththeoccasion,e ecuted

ropriate.

on,whichsurpassedinbeauty,

nything hadeverhadthesatisfactionof

oncludedthatthisceremonybore,un-

ssofsomesupernaturalinstitution,forits

ebeenreachedbyhumanintellect. 9

memberof theA meric an

methefirstbishopof Tennessee

f theA lleghanyMountains.

inginoldB ardstown. A

eenconsecratedwithabeau-

nedwiththepomp,glory,and

ritual yetthecongratulations

vesoundedalmostli eirony

nteruponhisnew field

es, withoutpurseorscrip, or

ttheclippingf romTheR ec ordwhic hweusedfor

e dateonwhichitappeared butweremember

earsago.A nothercauseforregretisthat the

Deppen, theneditorofTheRec ord, didnottell

alappeared.


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ortunatelyhepossessed a

Withoutco-laborers,

anion.A llthathecouldcom-

ic enedbytheorderofGod

aronearth,and,as theeditor

, his k nowntalents, ac uire-

hichwemayadd v irtueofa


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I

E S S E E

sseevieswiththat of en-

ur.Theearlysettlersof both

amestoc ,hadthesame

ontend,showedthesame

sedthesamespiritof chiv-

e sameviewsintheirwest-

hise plains,inpart,why

endantsisstri inglysimilar

r sympathiesandpolitics

ndeed,climaticallyandtypo-

onwealthsseemtohavebeen

onlyone.

nf irstsetfootonthesoilof

verbe nownwithabsolute

rearemanywho,notwithout

nclinedtothe belief,ifnot

olessill-fatedthanhistoric

dode oto(15 9 -1542)madeits

of thestate,haltedforabout

asawbluf f , wherestandsthepres-

therecrossedthe Mississippi

sThe ndianvillageofC hisca,

hesamesitethatis nowoc-

basetheirargumentsona

phyofthecountrydescribed

otow iththatofsouthern


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fC hisca,andthefactthat

nishma ehavebeenfoundon

stbelowthesouthernlimitsof

paniardswanderedsofar

uestiontheearliestofthe

atpartof theA mericancon-

erofclergymenwiththe

themtwoatleast, athers ohn

de oto, seemc ertainly tohave

f aintDominic. 2Thus, in

ayfarersreachedTennessee,

estatewere confreresofthe

C ircumstancesrenderedit

ariestodoany wor among

tthelongandperilous ourney.

(orMavilla)theycouldnot

paniards,foralltheirwheat,

rchvesselswerelostina con-

erealmofprobability,

proof , that ouis olietand

thosewhohavereallystudiedthe accounts

ationsplac eTennesseeandMemphisontheroute

rygoodarticleonthesub ec tbyWalter

ommerc ialA ppealof uly2, 1 0 . Thelate

hristianBrothersC ollege,Memphis,whowas

storyofTennessee,andespeciallyin thatof

thatDe otopassedthatway andheusedto

athadbeenfoundon ac sonMound.

ionsamongthe ndianTribesof theUnited tates,

edafter thee peditionpassedundertheleader-

owhosucceededtocommandafterthedeath

heChurc h, , 112 Winsor, N arrativeandCritic al

I , 2 4 ; p a ni s h x p l or e rs i n t he o u th e rn U n it e d

a r r at i ve s o f a r ly A m e r i ca n H i s t or y ), p . 1 3 .


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E S S E E

ettetouc hedonthewesternshore

gedownorup theMissis-

e rt C a v e l ie r d e a a l le m ad e a

reat atherofWatersin

ud hommeonthesiteofour

sedtheflagof ranceoverthe

thathetoo possessionof the

sCatholic ma esty , ouis

l le w e re t wo r a nc i sc a n R e co l le ct s ,

mbreandA nastasiusDouay. 5

to se peditione tendedinto

werethefirstwhiteracewhotrod

efirstpriests withinitslimits

uette, orthe rancisc ansMembre

emencouldhavelabored

hetime butatleastthetwosons

thaveof fereduptheholysac rif ic e

snowstands. nanycase,

ntrywereofthe C atholicfaith.

ssomption), sonamedinhonor

eededPrud hommein1714.

donofsmall renchforts

pringup,whichsoone tended

nandA lliedDoc uments(editedbyThwaites),

t he r v ol u me s o f th e s am e wo r t o uc h o n th e s am e t op i c.

dthat olietandMar uette ourneyedasfarsouth

heA r ansasR iver andthatMar uette s ournal

mban mentswhichcorrespondwiththoseonthe

ssippi,whichsuggeststhathe probablystopped

eealsoCharlevoi - hea, HistoryandDe-

e , I I , 1 7 8 ff .

h u r c h, , 2 f f C a t h ol i c n c yc l op e di a , X ,

o ry o f t he U n it e d t a te s , I I , 1 7 - 1 8 R a ms e y,

9 ; Phelan, HistoryofTennessee, pp. 5, 1 ;

ry o f O h i o, , 1 4 - 1 44 .

1 ; Goodspeed, HistoryofTennessee, p. 2.


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at a es, andthenc etoNew

inspiteofthe smallnumber

orld, therewasac onstantcom-

astGallicanpossessions.

riesandc on uests, trappingw ild

ththe ndians,actingunder

ure,respondingtothecall

ngordersfromthe civic

ththeGaulwanderedbetween

st topost.Q uebec,Mon-

eGreat a eslayatoneend

wO rleansattheother. O f tentimes

n whenalone forthenhis

bed,contemplateandrevel

fprimevalnature.Per-

dthatenablesthe rench,

the mostrefinedsociety,to

wildsofforestor desert,and

ngthemsuc hsplendidmis-

edpeoples.

ofQ uebecwasestablished

bec ameabishopric , whose urisdic -

oonembrac edallthethen nown

ed tatese c eptthe nglish

tic seaboardandthoseof pain

ofthe GulfofMe ico.8The

egreatarteryof trade,travel,

eenthesouthernmostand

sof rance.Upanddown

chtoaccommodatethemselvestosuchuntoward

nowncharacteristicofthatnation.

isdeMontmorenc y- avalPremier ve uede

he ec ondC entenaryofhisDeath) hea, History

nd I I , p as si m.


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E S S E E

madetheirwayto andfrom

eramongthe aboriginesor

men.

ortA ssumption, wasa

forthesezealousmessengersof

elac ofdoc uments, therefore,

ttheyoftenhaltedthere,ad-

esacramentstothe whites

ndsoughttochristianizethe

be inthevicinity.Q uite

therlandingsonthe eastern

enthepresentstatesof en-

owever, the ndiansinTen-

e offeredanattractiveorprom-

or foritappearscertain

enoconcertedeffortforthe

hat state.

nofthisapparentneglectis

erandlocationofthese ndians

largelywanderingtribes,

The hawnees, onthelower

gratorythatitis difficultto

e. TheC hero eeslovedthe

10livedintheeast,and were

pentthegreaterpart ofthe

thecommonhuntinggrounds

entuc y . B esides, theywere

sions,andfarremovedfrom

wedbythemissionaries.

pperC umberland whilethe

wasbuiltatthemouthofWolfR iver(theMargot

thepresentsiteofMemphis.

eissaidtomean uplandf ield.


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ndusedtheterritorybetweenthe

rivers,andwerebitterene-

urthermore, thestrongholdsof

Mississippi,wheretheycould

chedfromthesouth. nthese

eprincipalreasonwhy

foramorepromisingapos-

egreatwatercourse,both

numbers,madetheirway

sscatteredthroughthestate.

ngpostwasestablishedonthe

e.Possiblytherewereothersin

oryor tracehasbeenleft.

coveredthatoneChristianPriber,

suggestthathewas anA l-

hero ees. Heseemstohave

asternTennessee.H e

he ndiansperfec tly , sought

vilizedmanneroflife,and

ench,aswhoseagentheacted.12

holics,butthereisnoindication

edia, X I V , 508 Phelan, op. cit. , passim B ancrof t,

heC atholic ournalof the outh, Dec ember21,

yc lopediaofN ames, passim.

. 45, 7 ; Phelan, op. c it. , pp. 10, 114 H istory

ooldridge), p. 8 C layton, HistoryofDavid-

p. 17 A dair, Historyof theA merican ndians,

n s, H i s t o ry o f Ge o rg i a, , 1 4 - 1 7 N i n e t ee n th A n n u a l

f A m e ri c an t h no l og y , Pa r t , p p . 6 - 7 . t i s

ev.B. tevensstretchedthemost,hisimagination

harshc harac terizationofPriberasa esuit. There

oranyothermissionaryof thatnameinthenorth,

esnotcallhim apriest,andthereis nothing

ortunately , . W. Powell, inthe thnological

by tevens, andc allsPribera esuit.


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E S S E E

alityevervisitedtheirposts

nwhosefriendshiptheycul-

ndianWar, theterritory

nthelowerMississippi,to-

westof thegreatriver,

pain. ThustheCatholic

panishdomination.Quebec

overthosepartscededtoGreat

aris(17 3 )guaranteed

abitants.TheQ uebecA ct

edthisfreedomofcon-

ionof the oc ietyof esus

edthemissionaryforcein the

iththerecognitionofthe

ed tatesby ngland, ep-

e ap p oi n tm e nt o f a t he r o h n C a r -

newA mericanrepublic,

hisnominationasbishopofB alti-

78 , themissionsonthesouthern

eswereseveredfromtheir

owever,owingtotheoccupa-

shforces,theecclesiastical

emainedindoubtuntilseveral

onsec ration.

r e nc h an d n d ia n W a r t o

her ohnCarrollprefec tapos-

ee tremesouthernportion

ec. Thenitbecamesub ec tto

ptionnolongerplayedany

onization. etitwasseizedby

T he y e re ct e d o r t a n e r di -


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ssessionforfouryears.1

omtherecessionofthe

ntryto ranc eby pain

e ouisianaPurchaseby

), untiltheestablishmentof

,westernTennesseeappearsto

occasionalvisitfromapriest

rdownthe atherofWaters.

en suchcalls yetitseems

ryshouldhavebeenleftso

missionaryof ouisiana,

us,althoughTennessee

atholics,andtheearliest

fthestateweremadeby them

failedto plantthestandardof

ywithinitsboundary.Those

,as willnowbeseen,came

thelands ofTennesseeby

heeast. The renchhad

ybecauseoftheir lac of

ympatheticsupportbythe

nglish-spea ingc olonists

h theirownbraveryand

nthefirstof thempassedover

sentlimits ofthestatewill

n. H owever, itseemsalmost

plorers,andtraderswiththe

ntoTennesseeata somewhat

ll, 6 8), w ithoutgiv inghisauthority , says

wasrazedin1740. B utPhelan(opc it. , p. 14)

edby ort an erdinandodeBarancas while

eC ityofMemphisand helbyC ounty, p. 0)says

dasatradingpostwith varyingfortunes.


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E S S E E

ntuc y—apparently inthe

oftheeighteenthcentury.

theseforerunnersofcivili-

erningtheabundanceofgame,

healthfulclimate,andthe

yondtheA lleghaniessoon

ebraveand ambitious,with

igrationwasnotslowto set

here,it wasthought,wealth

yadventurer.

he greaterpartofthe

VirginiaandN orthC arolina.

e,buttheyhad needofgreat

e dangersanddifficulties

nnopartofA meric adidthe

ubbornormorepersistentop-

Therewas almostperpetual

ac esforovera uarterofa

rceoftroublewastheuncertain-

sapart ofVirginia,orapart

averiseto thehistoricW a-

hwasperhapsthefirstattempt

nmentbythe nglishwest

ains.

elawsenactedby this

to1777, when, attheirownre-

edtoNorthC arolina. Removed

eof disturbance,thepeople

hresentmentattheaggression

fTennesseeisasbloodyasthatof entuc y .

missionthatrightlaywith the ndians,forthey

thewhiteswereencroachers.Thesameis

y.


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ent,andlater,bytheirprowess,

ardsturningthe fortunesof

ricansinthesouth,ata mo-

medallbutlost tothepatriots

C arolina,however,wasted

c uisition,leftitsinhabitants

withthe ndians,andfinally

to theUnited tatesgovern-

e,theydeclaredthemselvesthe

reeandindependentofNorthC ar-

cameitscapital whilechival-

n ev ier, asoldierof theRevolu-

mostnoted ndianfighter, was

epstoprotectherrights but

ntilitse piration, in1788, when

n ce a se d t o e i s t e v en i n n am e . o r

ewasagainapart ofN orth

riodofdissatisfaction,large-

emanifestedscantinterestin

ondthemountains. inally, in

a enunderthec hargeof the

became TheTerritoryof

u th o f t he O h i o R i v e r . H o w e ve r ,

ftreating withthe ndians

protectedagainsttheirdeadly

elylessthanithadbeen before.

actorwasanembargowhich

thenavigationoftheMis-

opleof theUnited tates, and

erighttodepositgoods at

snomorethannaturalthatthe

setworestrictions forthey


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llyvalueless,byleavingit

mar et,orburdeneditwith

ritstransportation.W hile

of thesettlersinTennessee

n eartothesuggestionsof

nd rancisB arondeC aronde-

rsof ouisiana,thatthe)7

etotheUnited tatesand

panishpossessions,therewere

adoptsuch ameasureinorder

awbac thusplacedupontheir

ultywasremoved,inO cto-

ith pain.

ns oywasfinallyfilled

hentheirterritorywasac c ordedthe

the si teenthcommonwealth

onderectedwestoftheA lle-

ev ierbec ameitsf irstgovern-

apital butthishonor, aswas

edtowardsamorecentral

s(184 ),itdefinitelysettled

e.

thoughitis butsoberhis-

uchli eanoverdrawnnovel.

ybelongsto awor ofthe

olume foruptothis point,

eoftheleavenof C atholicity

beit social,political,religious,or

arshall,Phelan,andother

llrepayanyonefor thetime

ufficeitheretosay thatall

orsareattimestoodrasticin theirstrictures

aniards.


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atthereal settlementofthe

sof theWataugaR iver, in

veronwardtheboldpioneerspushed

rdships,war,andbloodshed,

ranother,untiltheygainedthe

thereputationofthecountry

amefromalldirections.By

meastate thepopulationhad

ythousand.

glish-spea ingCatholic sen-

ee,whencetheycame,orwhere

mswhichcannotnowbede-

wever,thecivichistory ofthe

tionma eitalmostcertain

to theeast,andthatthe

too uptheirabodesinor

c uments, whic hwillbeproduc ed

vorofsuchaconclusion.

stswereof nglish, rish,

mong themwerenames(Bean,

ouldsuggestC atholicsinMary-

e theminTennesseeseem,as

efromVirginiaor N orth

certaincluetothe religionof

rly,onerunsacrossanumber

ctivelyC atholic rishnames.

ohavemigratedf romtheC aro-

c eothersc ameisnot nown.

wereborninthe merald sle

ry(p. 5)saysthat thehistoryofTennesseeasa

ginsw iththeerec tion, in17 9 , ofWilliam

rintheforestthanhispredec essorshadventured.

wasthefirstwhitechildborn inTennessee(ibid.,


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hbishopC arroll,thenprefect

hanhimself indic atesthathewas

ionsinVirginia.18Thence

wayintoTennessee,whichhe

nhisfieldof labor.Bishop

e nownhimpersonally,writes:

f a th e r W h e l an i n t he s p ri n g of 1 7 0 ,

uc ywereagainlef twithoutapastor. nthe

ver,therearrivedamongthem,incompany

tsf romNorthCarolinaand astTennes-

ohan. 1 H eseemstohavebeenbornin

ntage, andwasareputeddoc torof the or-

dthrownhimontheA mericanshores

tohisarrivalin entuc y , hehadre-

oninVirginia,fromthe VeryR ev.Dr.

ardshehadtravelledtoTennessee,where

a year.

dMassfortheC atholic s, visitedthesic ,

amentsofBaptismandMatrimony but

confessions,ashedidnot atfirstbelieve

dtothisdistantmission. H esubse uently

hssub ec t, onthegroundthat entuc y

thedateofhisfaculties,whichhad

tate, oraportionof it. 20

anperformedthesamespiri-

atholicsineasternTennes-

Perhapsit wouldbeno

ase , . Theletterisnotdated, butit

or178 .

measdeR ohan, othersgiveitasRohan. nthe

rec edingnote, andinanotherofMarc h 1, 17 4

se A , 12), A rc hbishopC arrollc allshimRoan.

ecorrectname. nanumberof atherBadin s

ne.

sionsof entuc y , pp. 48-4 . Thesameauthor

atherR ohanspentthelastyearsofhislife

town, wherehediedin18 2. Doctor palding

eref rom182 to18 0.


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thathe alsoheardconfessions

hismindasto whetherhehad

meof thefaithfultoaccom-

y, wherehethoughttheywould

helan andthatothers, unfortu-

rredto remainbehind.

erwasgallant ohn ev ier

mostnotedmen, governorof

n, thefirstandseveraltimesaf ter-

tateofTennessee,con-

olandeverbelovedandtrusted

Thereisawidespreadtendency

atholic . Whileamemberof

,andafterwardsinW ashing-

attendedC atholicchurch-

eitherapriestnoraC atholic

thisspiritualprivationled

rianchurchwithhis wife,as

guptheir childreninthat

hiswishtohaveaC atholic

arertohishomethatcaused

hlandforaC atholicsettlement

W a sh i ng t on , D .C . , M a y 10 , 1 0 , t o R e v . o h n .

ity , Tennessee(Dioc esanA rc hives, Nashv ille). Parts

publishedintheTennesseeH istoric alMagazineof

d a n ua r y an d A p r i l ,1 2 0 . N o m en t io n i s ma d e of

pril,1 20,issueoftheMagazine,coveringthe

f re uentmentionof ev ier sattendanc eat

shingtonC ity—so often,indeed,thatonesuspects

lifemightresultin positiveproofofhis

historiansgenerallysaythathewasbornin

uenotdescent. tisprobable,however,that

ingfathertothethought, andthat ev ierwas

hanmanyA mericanswithC elticnames,despite

endantsoftheso-called cotch- rish.


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ndtodonatea tractfortheir

anisatoncesad andedifying.

yDonegal, reland, wherehe

fyofTyrone.H ebelonged

ers " anditwouldseemthathelef t

rdertoescapethepolice who

associationswiththis patriotic

homeforhimselfandyoung

wWorld. ailingonthelast

nglandforthecoloniesbefore

ion,heheardinmid-oceanofthe

romvesselsreturningw ith

ericanprisoners. nPhiladel-

anded,heobtainedemploy-

w ithtorysentiments. However,

stman-of-warfittedoutfor

cidentpreventedhimfrom

hisship.

hCarolina, where, w ithDaniel

ngagedinmercantiletrade,

causeofthefaith ofthethree

he C a t h o li c s to r e. H e r e R o g a n

agentfor thepatriots,whom

plotsandintendedraidsof

daysthereasa merchantwere

oyedin helpingtosurveythe

sabout178 . nTennessee

nthecontestswiththe n-

ereceiveda pre-emptionforsi

andwhichis supposedto

rbiltUniversity,N ashville,


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ne c hangedthispre-emption

esnear Gallatin, umner

irty-fivemilesnortheastof

horses,whichhereceivedinthe

rthe seashore,whencehein-

ndthathemightbringhisw ife

nVirginia,unfortunately,a

onegaltoldhimthat hiswife

o en-heartedmanthenre-

17 5or17 6 , R oganheard

atelysetofffor hisnative

orethantwentyyears.Per-

leftPhiladelphiahadheseen

ore,theoccasionwhichthis

himofhearingmassandreceiv-

hesturdypioneeras much oy

feandson,thelatterof whom

usyoungmanhood.

yabroadwasbrief , forhehurried

umnerC ounty. There ranc is

astchild, wasbornin17 8. A

olationfollowed.H ugh

orally:butitwouldseemthat

. We maytrustthathisar-

fortsto servetheDivine

couldunderthecircumstances

tisnoteworthythatthis

nprinciple,astrong abolition-

onlybecauseofthenecessity

n unc tiontohissonswasthat

practice— nevertosellacol-

rderto preventafamilyfrom

ertoretainthe moneyobtained


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aithfullydidtheyobeytheir

Mrs. R oganthatshe

nga priest.Thewayin

almostprov idential. n18 1

edMissMartha ytleRead , who

see smostnotedfamilies,the

erformedbyaMethodistcir-

ountain . P itts, although

ghtupa Presbyterian.Mrs.

anddeeppietyprofoundly im-

aw. rancishadgrowncare-

et,whenhiswifeaccidentally

B yrne, founderof aintMary s

y , a t Mi s s e a nn e l o yd s , a n

o eptapastryshopather

his goodpriestthestoryof

ndas edhimtogo homewith

ybe toldthathisune pected

ld oytothispioussoul. He

andbaptizedheronlygrand-

toseeher daughter-in-law

h.Bernard,thesonwhowas

edsingle. rancisdidnotta e

ionuntilafewyearsafter

ethishome, whic hwasthatofhis

spitableandwelcomedstop-

ries,noless thanthestation

e scatteredC atholicsofthe

ontinuedforseveralgenera-

omstoodfirmin theirfaith.22

a(Rogan)Desha Manusc ripts etc hofHugh


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nwasthereforethefirst uropean

thesiteofN ashville.A batingall

orlessofwhichhavebeennaturally

enturedintothisregionat soearlya

ughtowarrantthe conclusionthatthe

nadvanceofthefirstA mericansettlers

rs.O neofthestreetsof thecityis

nerableTimothy.24

oo isdated1880, anditstates

sc endantsstillresidedinNash-

sessionthewatchandgun

e ofQ uebecatthetimeof the

ateofthe renchcoloniesin

dentlyhetoo prideinhis renc h

er ssouloverf lowedwithdelight

dNashv ille, inMay, 17 7, by

theDu eofO rleans, theeldest

piedthethroneof rance

sPhilippe. A gain, in1825,

he agedfrontiersmanhad

thepresenc eofGeneral a

oyonthisocc asionwasallthe

spea tothemanwhohad so

dsthedefeatofthenationthat

mhiscompatriots..25

msnotonlytohave en-

oninNashv ille, butalsotohave

omas, O ldDaysinN ashv ille, p. 17 B arr, ouvenir

h e dr a l, p . ; a c ts , A u g u st 1 8 , 18 4 N a s h v il l e H e r al d ,

ounty , Tennessee, pp. 1 2-1 3 . Thehistorians

w littleabout rench, givethispioneerdif ferent

tasit soundedin nglish.Thenamewhich

isthatgiventothefatherofNashv illeby

ry , as uotedby palding.

e , pp . 5 - 6 , 1 0 2 C l a y t on , o p. c i t. , p p. 1 7 , 2 04 .


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Probablynoother man

ucated. actswhichwillsoon

oughtherewasneitherchurch

tainedthefaith,anddid not

omwhichwemayconcludethat

o instillthetruereligioninto

schildren.Thefatherof

thereappearslittle reasonto

rstCatholic s.

sintheearly annalsofTen-

said,wouldindicateC atholics

blysomeofthese men

arrollforapriest, andthe

d atherBadintoinvestigate

themissionaryof entuc y

elateon ebruary28, 17 9 :

erwouldhaveonemorec ongregation v iz. ,

unty . B utitisaboutbeingdissolved, several

othershavinglosttheir lands,others

owe ploringTennessee. havewritten

at tateinorderto procureanecclesi-

thin thatfor1, 000poundsasmuc h

ereat thisdayaswouldat afuturetime

ourdiocese.Theaboveemigrantsand

ettle themselvesaboutonehundredmiles

2 8

u n e , 1 7 9 , a t he r B ad i n

hop: TheGovernorofTen-

eman,hispartner,wrotetome

holic settlementofonehundred

doffersmeahandsomeseat

rc hives, Case1, 12. Thereadermustre-

dinwasa renc hman, ande pec ttof indsome

e haveta enthelibertyofomittinga the

beforeTennessee, andan a oneortwotimes.


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erethenfourmissionaries

ave atherB adinmoreleisureto

membersof thefaith. ohe

torC arrollonO c tober ,

nowofnoc ompactsettlementofCath-

ishpeople, etc. , thin , aresc atteredhereand

ppearanc eofPriestsf loc together. uc h

tleencouraging,ifthere wasnot a

rylanders. intendtotravelthither

rspiritual assistancemust

atholicsinTennessee. ohn

donC arterforhispartnerinland

rnorofthestate.Theminds

sonC ounty, entuc y , were

ecausesomeofthemhad lost

flictingtitlesof theearly

spro ec tofaCatholic c olony

onsfailedforreasonswhic hhegives

pCarrollonA ugust4, 1800.

olic sofTennessee havelatelybeenin-

arlyonehundredfamiliesof themin

otfarf rom no ville. Theyaremostlyof rish

sfac toryacc ountwasgiventomeoftheir

f the faith. havewrittentoa rench

swithGovernorBlount,andma esan

on.W hen receivefurtherintelligence

titto our ordship. TheGovernorof

oo greataprice sothatnoneofmy

oretosettleonO bey sR iver, wherethe

ndc onse uently theof ferhemadetome

1 4. 2 i bi d. , C a se 1 , 1 .


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dfor theC hurch,etc.,istothisday of

edwithe -GovernorWilliam

amesDardiswhosenamewill

ecourseof thesepages,and

oedify . v idently ather

ntended ourney forneitherin

voluminouscorrespondence

eightyearslater doeshemen-

e isevercarefultotell his

s, andhisfailuretospea of

spositiveproof thathemade

y almondiedinthef irstpartof

a t he r o h n Th a ye r s i n ab i li t y to

thevicargeneraltrouble and

sinto entuc ygrewdaily .

endereditne ttoimpossible

atthetimeintendedin order

southwards.Wewonder

ycollectionofC atholicsin

meantime.

tletter uoted, A rc hbishop

nestthe uestionofhavingawest-

BadinwritestotheBaltimore

ec t, Marc h1 , 1805. nthe

sDoctorC arrollthatheen-

rom udge amesTwymanof

hichhehadintendedtoforward

adds:

. TheHon. W illiamB lounthadbeenthegovernor

territory.N odoubtitis fromsomeofthe

easternTennesseethatnota fewoftheso-

atteredthroughthesoutharedescended.


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sof theCatholic sinTennessee, this

latelyreceivedbyseveralchannelssome

emwhichisofgoodomen. wrotethem

vethemnoticethat,shouldPriestsarrive

p e ct e d, s h ou l d ne t s u mm e r or f a ll v i si t

villeseveralC atholicsofgoodname,one

an. 0

oof that atherBadinhad

aswellas anotherindication

eredhereandtherethroughthe

orthebread oflife,butfound

. v idently atherB adin s

oneotherthanTimothyDeMont-

ville. Mostli elyhewasone

entuc y soverwor edmission-

etotheC atholicsinTennessee

tant stillitdeservesin-

sasanotherstonein thefabric

atholicityinthatfaircommon-

wordsare:

thatweareabouttohaveanA rc hbishop

hormoreso thatwearetohave aBishop

in e n tu c y , a s th i s t a te a n d Te n ne s se e

ese. fancy thathisresidenc ew ill

y , asveryfewCatholic sresideinthe

mparedto entuc y . 1

ber ,1804),theindefati-

othearc hbishop: A boutten

redw ithyourfavordatedO c tober

you re uestanimmediate

hic h havemuc hatheart v iz.,

c opal eeinthis tate. Then

p e ci a l, .

c ottCounty , Dec ember24, 1804, to atherB adin

se10, 1 ).


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pinionasregards otherin-

ustothatonewhichshallbe

y , inthec ourseofwhichhe

uropinionthataB ishopric should

rehendbothstatesof entuc y

arieshadarrivedin entuc y

omthat timeuntilmorethan

f Tennesseeisconspicuousin

tsabsence. inally,inthe

atherB adintothearc h-

0,butnot finisheduntil

ealingw ithallsortsofmatters, we

ragraph: haverec eived

rwrittenbyac ertainMr. Patric

the C atholicsofthatvicinity,

m.A tthepersuasionofMr.

promisedtogotothatc ountryne t

hetirelessmissionarywasableto

oronhisreturnto entuc y ,

oll:

anuary , 180 .

God:—

ed 0th eptember and hadthehonor

ovember. inc ethatepoch, v isited

v ille, andreturnedsoonenoughtoattend

e. hadthegoodfortunetoobtainthe

sGough ustreturnedfromyour tate

orrid C umberlandMountains tobe

en oyapuncheonbedatnight. re-

p e c i al , 1 0 .

. Thelastinstallmentof thisletterisdatedMay

he document,togetherwiththefactthatBadin

onMay12, showsthatMay 0wasanover-


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t no v ille, where foundsi orseven

s,withagoodwillto adheresteadfastlyto

urc h. WouldtoGodtheywereasan -

heardonlyfourconfessions,and

fdifferentages,andpreachedfour

se. Hiemetalaborum.

edisheartened. hopeforbettersuc c ess

promisedtoma ene tO c tober. ac red

,andpromisegivenmetopurchasefora

o acresontheedgeofthe townand

ver. A sthetimeofmyne tv isitisprec isely

opethat shallseealargerc ongregation.

,theland-titlesbeingtherefullyas un-

y , theB ishopofB ardstownwillhavebut

ate.Thesoilisrepresentedas veryfer-

R iver, Tellico, etc . but haveseen

nthepartsthroughwhich travelled. 4

esnodoubtbutthatthis

rs t v is i t to n o v i ll e . i m il a rl y ,

ofallreference,bothinit and

ypriorapostolic ourneyto

inthatthis wasalsothefirst

eredthestate. O n eptember

rc hbishopCarrollthathewould

again andinalettertothesame

says: I shallmyself leavethe

b e at n o v i ll e o n th e f ir s t u n da y

f terhisreturnto entuc y , hewrites,

andpreachedbeforethe egislatureonthe

yofO c tober. baptizedfouradults,

ages,hadafewmorepenitentsandcom-

andinsteadofbuildinga chapelin

thepurc haseofatrac tof landforthemain-

he tatelandsaresold for only

1 . ™ b i d. , C a s e 1, 4 a n d 5.


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cres,payableyearlyinten install-

therB adinpaideastTennes-

ofspiritual mercy.On this

hbishopC arrollf romtheC ity

ay10, 1810:

God:—

rc h. hadthehonortowritethree

t favorwasreceived.Mr. ames

holic of thisplace, w illta ethisw ith

ourcity . Heta esc hargeof$ 0. 00for

illhavethegoodnesstoreceive,unless

er personally.Mr.Dardiswillbe

c ouldwriteabouttheinfantChurc hof

all a intA ndrew. Thereareabouttwelve

unconnected,andmanymorestragglers,who

mightgatherinonefold,if timeper-

ountryinsearchofstray-sheep. 7

.

8 . A f t er t h e ar r iv a l of a t he r N e r i nc x i n e n tu c y ,

reaccustomedtonameamissionbeforeachurch

ne inthepresentinstance.W ilson sGazette

es, aturday, May1 , 1810: Tomorrrow, atfour

tephenTheodoreB adin, RomanC atholic Priestf rom

hattheCourt-house, ontheResurrec tionofour

f luentialmanat no v ille intheearlydays

fthe firstaldermen,asuccessfulmerchant,

searliestban . B ec auseofhishonestyand

emstohavebeenli edandtrustedbyall. There

whowas alawyerinthecity asearlyas1800—

eastarelative, of ames. Doubtlesshetoowas

mesofPatric Campbell, whowroteto ather

3 )leavelittledoubtc oncerninghisoriginand

u n e 1 , 1 8 10 , h as t h e fo l lo w in g i te m : L O S T —

en n o v i ll e a nd M a o r W i l l ia m C a m pb e ll s e r ry ,

c ontaining:1st, asmallsilverplatewraptupin

erswhichcanbeofserviceto nobodybutthe

mallpamphlets.Whoevershall findandreturnthe


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ter,afterspea ingof

a t he r B ad i n ad d s: Y o u w il l

ationtosend,by Mr.Dardis,

stone. Thesupplywhic hyouhad

mylast visitinBaltimoreis

ndthedocumentendsw ith: I

morrowmorning.

asyetreceivedlittleatten-

tlers.ButN ashville,inthe

culturaldistrict,wasfast

hpromise. omeCatholics

dedbyTimothyDeMont-

hanonceto atherBadin

hezealousmissionaryfinally

btlessbeing thefirstpriest

alTennessee.O nhisreturn

s, hewrotetoA rc hbishopCarroll,

v isitedasmallc ongregationofeighty

K entuc y , onGreenR iver, whic hhad

ytheR ev. Mr. Nerinc x . wasthenon

ere wascordiallyreceivedbyMr.

aintanc es, butfoundveryfewCatholic s. 8

ndicatesthat ather

offeredlittleprospectsforthe

efuture.H eratherplacedhis

ndeed, hisletteronthetenthof

clearlythatheintendedto

rnTennessee andinthe

mpbell, orCapt. William vans, shallberewarded

adin.

CatherineWhiteandMissA lberta oenof

ndsintheGazette.


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icationfromwhichwe uoted,

ements, hesays: I ame -

he l a st w e e o f O c t ob e r. N a y ,

n o v i ll e ), N o v e mb e r , 1 8 10 , a n-

tephenT. B adin, R omanCatholic

sm,inthe C ourtH ouse

threeo c loc . H owever,

readyto startonthe ourney,

nedhimathome.

donthepointnot onlyof

h,butevenofsoonbecoming

emission.Possibly,nowthat

p, atherBadinaspiredtobe-

ssee,ashehad beenthatof

et, asfarasdoc umentsandindic ations

notseea priestfromthetime

810,untilafter atherMiles

fN ashville,orfornearly

f thesaddestsilenc esinthe

Churc h. Nowonderanti-

erebecamealmostinsurmountable.

sthat entuc y smissionary

reportofhisdiocesewhich

omein18 6 , thathe(B adin)

ursionsintoTennessee.40The

onbeseen,is madeby ather

hewroteon theDioceseof

on. B . . Webb, inalec ture

nces, spea sof atherBadin s

in, itisapity thathewasnotendowedwitha

ment,amilderdisposition,andagentlerspeech.

ssionarywhomorerichly deservedthemiter

bor.

. 2 5 - 2 6 .


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c etiouslyremar s: H etold

hehadonc eta en, inc om-

BardstowntoN ashville. 41

efour ourneystoTennes-

e, andonetoNashv ille), ofall

ccountsoverhisownhand.

enttoRome, A pril10, 1815,

ply : I ntheneighboring tate

outtwenty-fivefamiliesof

vedofallthe aidsoftheC hurch.

o,theywerevisitedonceortwice

c y . Notasyethasitbeenpos-

m. 42 imilarly , inanartic le

a t h o li c R e l i gi o n in e n tu c y

tates, whichhewrotesomeeight

rance,andwhichappeared

aeDec ember8, 181 , ather

e,whichisapartofthe samedio-

byany missionary.A tleast

mationtothateffec t. 4 B y

ymeansthatnootherpriest

e forlessthantwoyears

own embracessi largestates—Ten-

hio, Mic higan, ndiana, and llinois. There

all thesestates,e ceptthatofTennes-

wingto itsgreatdistanceandotherobsta-

fourtimes,and thatbythesenior

y thatis, byB adinhimself . H ebrought

esofa ayCatholic in entuc y , p. 5.

s, A meric aCentrale, Vol. I I . Thetypewritten

Tandemenimpossibilemihifuitadeos per-

e tandotherdoc umentstobeseenlatershowthat

written nondum insteadof tandem.

e l i gi o n et d u R o i , D ec e mb e r 8, 1 8 1 .


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E S S E E

ationat no v ille, itsc apitalc ity . May

e fulfilledinthisstate: willcollect

hershis floc withthecallofhis voice,

em and w illmultiply themasbefore.

eoples,andtheywillbearmein mind

44

hadcalledthelittlemission

n d r e w s y e t it i s e vi d en t t ha t n o

imilarly,thereisnorecord

seofprayerhavingbeenbuilt

or ortA ssumption, whereMem-

nessee,althoughitssettle-

neverseenthe timewhenit

cchurch.

elaMissiondu entuc y , pp. 24-25. Thesame

, N o . I , p . 4 1.


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I I

O L I C C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E

stenttraditioninN ashville

fthe firstC atholicchurchin

ytheconstructionofthefirst

landR iverwithinthemunicipal

plendidstructuresupported

emainsofwhichmaystillbe

northof theWoodland treet

aneThomasdescribesitas

ther-boardedli eahouse, w ith

et inthelight.1Perhapsthis

etimesc alled thewooden

thestonebridge. Unfortu-

henoughwhenlargerboats

e. orthisreason, itwasta en

etevenaslateas1880itwasc on-

est bridgethathadsofar

d.2

onofthis bridgecoincides

edto substantiatethetra-

Thecontractforbuildingitwas

c erand ohnsonofPittsburgh

le, Tennessee, p. 54. Theproto-bridgee tended

treet, astNashv ille, totheshortalleywhic h

othePublic orCourt q uare. A nearly

thisalleywascalledBridge treet.

4 H i s to r y of N a s h v il l e pp . 1 02 . 0 - 0 7 , 2 - 2 7 .


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O L I C C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E 2 5

hv ille, editedbyWooldridge,

B ridgeCompanywasorganized

, andaninstallmentof f ivedollars

tobepaidA ugust 1. The

hebridgecamefromPenn-

entbeingmadein anuary,

Mr. tac er, oneof thec ontrac tors

Pittsburgh,December8,

nics. 3

hio, otherwor menwere

nd ouisville. Manyof these

atholic s. Whentheyreached

edthattherewasneitherchurch

estorygoes,theywereso

linedtoremainforthecon-

oseinterestedin theenter-

tobuildachurch,andsent

yforamissionarytov isitthem. 4

hwhatseemsto havebeen

b e ll s f i rs t p as t or a l o u rn e y to

theC atholictraditionofthe

her amesT. origanwrites

opedia:

ofapriest inTennesseearecon-

t. Mary sC athedral, Nashv ille, when

20)fromBardstowntoattendthefew

ashv ille. hortlyaf terhisarrival,

o thebuildingof thef irstc hurc hinTen-

mallbuildingonwhatisnowCapitolHill. 5

e e a ls o H i s t or y o f N a s hv i ll e , p. 4 9 .

o h n . a r i n m a e s t he s a me a s se r ti o n in t h e

f une2 , 1 10. A rec entsearc hfailedtounc over

hers origanand ar in butmanyof thedioc-

ntheyweretransferredfromthe oldcathedral.

eirarticles,thesetwopriestswerenot aware


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notheraccountofhis dio-

efore(O c tober18, 181 ), in

of thePropaganda: I n

elythirtyC atholicfamilies

everysentimentof religion.

mfromtime totimehas

Godsparesmylife, w ill

tstatene tspring. 6 When

ualaidinbehalfof thewor -

shoppossiblydecidedtosend

v illeatonc e, andtoawaitfur-

eta inghisintended ourney.

emsnoroomfordoubt that

frstpriestplac edinc areof

nt A n t h o ny s , B re c i n ri d ge

tendedmanymissionsin west-

essitwasthere, possiblyaf ter

s,thathereceivedwordtogo

mscertainlyinerror,whenhe

ellv isitedNashv illeonlyonc e

s . t i s b ey o nd u e st i on e i th e r

hop lagetonsuc ha ourney

tf romB rec inridgeC ounty,

asthenpastor. 7 oagain, be-

onofN ashville,therearein-

ssionarywasinthe citya

oo edaftertheinterestsof

entuc y . Perhapsthee peri-

Baltimorewhicharegivenin theprevious

es, A meric aCentrale, V ol. V . atherBadinwas

he BardstownDiocesewhohadvisited

f t hi s o u rn e y on p a ge 4 o f h is C e n t e na r y.


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O L I C C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E 2 7

edintheC entenaryofC atho-

alltothesouth,andMr.

osaythatitwashisonly our-

aintA nthony s.

y,apartfromthecorrection,

est,and pertinenttobe

e venerablehistoriantellit

edat t. A nthony s, hewascalledas

tthetimereferredtotherewerefew

andnotoverfivefamilies,nominally

twashis ourney slimit. O nthisoc ca-

tolddifferently,butthe writer,having

onaryhimself,naturallyprefersthe

anincidenttoo placethatisatleast

srelatedby atherA bell, isasfollows:

rseveralwee s, saidhe, andtheeffec ts

therwerebeginningtotelldisastrously

pantaloonswerethreadbare,andmy

hingsofthreadsandpatches. was

earance,andwhile remainedinthe

ofmee c eptafternightfall. O neeve-

al , andac cidentbroughtmetothe

tobeaProtestantc hapelormeeting

en,andmanypersonswerepassinginto

ughtoftheproprietyor impropriety

ng, wentw iththerest. A smallrostrum

allwasindicativeoftheuse thatwasto

sion. managedtogetaseatnearthe

velyunnoticed, waitedfordevelopments.

ven outandsungwitha will,the

c e, whic hwas uiteorderly , ta ingpart

beenof feredup, aboutwhic h shallsay

owmountedthestand andannounced

oursethatfollowed. Hewasgoingtoprove

omanCatholic C hurchisasystemof


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atthePopeofR omeistheveritable

re d t o in t h e Bi b le . w a s in t er e st e d. h a d

bleanopportunityoflearningthe esti-

nmyreligionby itsenemies.The

edoutto be,wasasignorantas dirt,

d.As heproceeded,youmaybesure

hedthanconfounded.H iswholediscourse

entandtravestyofC atholicdoctrine,

atholics,andespeciallyofthePope.

oped,wasguiltlessof intentionallying

conception,andpossiblybeyondremedy.

gtoanendatlast, anticipatedthe

he directionofthedoorbyrising to

rattentionforamoment. L adiesand

thereisnotraitof theA meric anc harac termore

orfairness. ouhaveheardto-nighta

hereligionthatis professedbytwo-thirds

oubeholdinmea ministerofthatrelig-

ornc itizen. f mayspea hereto-

providemewithahallin whichto

c anpromisetoprovetoyouthatthereligion

ndthat neitherisitunreasonable.

thegreaterpart oftheaudiencehadleft

myselfsurroundedbya notofyoung

aredtobean iousthat shouldc arryout

hadmade. twasatoncearrangedthat, on

shouldoccupythestandfromwhichthe

. 8

sontotellhowthereportof

crowdthatit wasdifficultfor

romwhichhe wastospea .

fhisoratoricalpowershadpre-

feltmoree ualtoanoc casionin

d soonhadbothmysub ec tand

d H efounditeasytode-

hadbeenmadeontheChurc h.

icity in entuc y , pp. 14 -150.


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nthatpriestsre uire spec if ic

rpretendedforgivenessof

c alledattentiontohisfadedandworn

muchtheaudiencethoughthe

usandsofpenitentswhose

eassuredthemthat,should

hisholy office,hewouldat

hee erciseofhispriestly

ellreceived italsogave

titwasanothermatter,when

enersinareligion whichthey

heirinfancy . nthis ather

failedsignally.H owever,he

atemporalway for, as uoted

say:

nthat hadmyselfnoreasontobedisap-

myunpremeditatedincursionintothe

ainedmeanumberof friends,and,what

meatthetime,a completesuitofclothes,

ommitteeofgentlemendulyappointed

obligingdonors,whichdidme

t o a i nt A n t h o ny s , Br e c -

allof1818. verythingseems

rney ustdescribedtoo place

ther origansayspositively

ein1820 andinv iewofB ishop

81 andwhathasbeensaidinthe

otseemprobablethathe was

ossiblythereportwhich

omewithhimcombinedwithan

onvinceBishop lagetthat


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isitinpersontothatpartofhis

e,wefindhim,in company

ashv ille inthespringof1821.

laget sdiarybeforehim, gives

ney inhislifeof theprelate.

mportance,nolessthan

gup thefragmentsbefore

thattheearlyTennessee

noneconvenientvolume,

tellhisownstory . tshould

erearesomestatementsin

robablynotta enfrom

theselaborsDoctor palding

fhis diocese,whichhehadnever

stherewerefewC atholicstherein,

m,untilother andmorepressingcalls

er B adinhadalreadymadefourmissionary

te.10

1821,the Bishopsetoutonthis

dbythewayofB rec inridgec ounty , in

theR ev. Mr. A bell, whowastheresta-

itc hf ieldonthe7th, andonthe8th

n,wheretheyfoundbut fiveC atholics.

onthe10th,andput upwithaMr. Mont

oreceivedthemwithtearsinhiseyes.

first Massthatwaseverofferedupby

celebratedbyour prelate,inthehouse

oodofthe amb,nowmysticallyshed

aldinghasthefollow ingfootnote: Thisfacthe

nalnotetoB ishop laget sreporttothePopein

avebeenac opyof thereport eptintheB ardstown

atherB adinwasnotin uropeaf ter1828, or

v isitsweremadebeforethebishopreac hed en-

rproofthatTimothyDeMontbrunretained

iritualdesolation.


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O L I C C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E 01

potentappealinbehalfofthat infant

ofC atholicsinN ashvilleandvicinity

andtherewerenot, perhaps, halfasmany

tate.Theprospectsofsoonestablish-

erecertainlynotveryflattering.The

andpoor. ettheB ishopwasnotdis-

edtoma ethee periment.

enhefoundthathisproposalwasmost

enbythefirstProtestantcitizensofthe

criptionwasta enup, signedbyProtestants

lotforac hurc h, 70by100feet, was

grandmasteroftheMasons.12TheProt-

oneanotherinshowingeverypolite

dhisc ompanion. ThelateH on. eli

fearegratefullymentionedbythe

e wasinvitedtota eteaw ithaPres-

ampbell.1

tendedMass andalargeandin-

ssembledeveryeveningatthecourt

of theR ev.Mr.A bell.Theylistened

ohiselo uente positionanddefenceof

nconfession,onbaptism,andonseveral

odamongProtestants.Thenotorious

rdiman—was inN ashvilleatthetime

eevenwentsofarastogivenotic e,

thecourthouseonan evening,whenit

ellwasengagedtopreac htherein. The

er,succeed hisfriendsprevailedonhim

asgreatpublicindignation,already

tempt, wouldbeli ely tobrea upon

rastoin urebothhimselfandhissect. 14

rtyshowsthatitwassi tybyonehundredfeet.

nghim, havemadethesamemista eas palding.

enttoTennesseefrom entuc y. He wasaliberal-

riendlytowardsCatholic s. palding( arly

p. 2 )givesapretty illustrationof thistraitin

ianpreacherreferredtowastheR ev.A llanD.

y to n ,o p . ci t ., p . 1 , a n d H i s to r y of N a s h v il l e, p . 47 ) .

eRev. eremiahV ardemanof entuc y( ee

.


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opreachedin ran lin,Tennessee,where

tholic family andinColumbia, wherehe

rtoapreacher,whohad grosslyattac ed

sermonhedeliveredinthelatter place,

eagreat impression andseveralProt-

sintheplace,madehim apresentof

es,inconsiderationoftheveryhand-

addressedthe preacher,whoappears

ntandunpopular. O n the ourney, the

sMass, andtheymutuallywenttoc on-

ydepartedforhomeon the27thof

ourneyofB ishop lagetand

snothingaboutthesermonin

orthesuitofc lothes. 1 Weare

slatterincidentoccurredas

narratedbyDoctor pald-

missionaryreceiveditatN ashv ille,

illageofC olumbia,where

generosity,aswell asless

s.Possibly,however, ather

dinthisway forhissermons,

tlydefendedtheC atholicdoc-

.

inthata numberof

non-C atholicsshowedthemselves

holic c hurc hintheirc ity . tmay

pired inpartbya wishto

ge t , pp . 2 5 - 2 8 . n a f o ot n ot e D oc t or p a ld i ng

lumbia: H isnamewasMc Conic o " andof the

bellthere: Thesumpresentedwastwohundred

erwasprobablytheRev. GarnerMc Conic omen-

ashv ille(page47 ). Wewonderif palding

eaboutthismoney, anditwerenotthesumc on-

heerectionofa C atholicchurchinthatcity.

h o li c it y , p. 4 .


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dinpartbyadesiretoma esure

eted butthefactisnone the

that. O neof thosewhotoo an

rwasA nthony oster, whom

averybenevolent,hos-

17

op lagetapartof lotone

otmeasuredsi tyfeet

length.The deed,which

1,tellsusthat thelandwas

getandhissucc essors forand

resaid A nthonyhasthata

hshouldbeerectedintheTown

idsocietymayworshipthe

religionwhichtheyprofess,

eDollarto thesaidA nthony

enedict,thereceiptwhereof

d. O nthesameday, A nthony

hop lagetac ontiguousportion

suredfortyby onehundred

ng twohundredandfifty

8Doubtless atherA bellwas

stime, too advantageofhis

etransactionsforthe bishop,

butedbythecitizensto

ground.

ernsideofanelevationthen

o b. a t er i t w as c a ll e d C a m p-

asthemoredignif iednameof

ile, Tennessee, p. 25.

5 8 - 5 , R e c o r de r s O f f i ce o f D av i ds o n C o u nt y

wereregisteredonN ovember1,1821.They

y oster, andnotRobert oster, asonesome-

propertytoBishop laget.


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smallframechurchhadbeen

edbyA nthony oster, even

sv isit. A verydef initetradition

Nashv illetellsusthatsuc ha

omeyearsagowemetsev-

redthelittlebuildingwell,

ordivineservicesintheirtime,

ededbya bric structure.

ill iamH . H yronemusandMrs.

dthatboththesehousesofprayer

ychildhoodrecollections.

olicchurchesinthe tateof

cies,wasrunupat once

etaintheC atholic wor men

structure,wearetold,was

hemselves,betweentheir

tractors.Thiswoulde plain

foritissaidthatnearlyallthe

ashvilleafterthecompletion

schurchwasnotcompleted

hosewhoremained, nodoubt,

dyresidentin thecityand

pletion.Perhapsthenumber

,whilecertainlysmall,was

ebb,ordiscoveredby

ofac hurc hhadbeenbuiltbefore

chanics foratravellingcor-

tatesC atholicMiscellany,

entuc y , December1 , 1824,

itionofNashv ille isborneoutbyC layton, op.

bytheH istoryofN ashville, p. 4 9 .


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positionofthe prieststhere,

ther, inthelowerpartsof the

s urisdic tionavaste tentof

timesintheyear visitsthe

essee,whereinachurchis

v ille. Meanwhile, ather

m aintA nthony s. Webbsays

ein182 , or1824.20 rom

ralyearslater,N ashvilleseems

nattended. nthereportof

ary11, 182 , B ishop lagettells

nda:

e re i s t he R e v . a t he r u t t o n ] , w ho

treceivedhisentireeducationinour

edordersfromme.H ehaschargeof

ndsanumberofstations,directsthesis-

onventbelongingtothecommunityof

vertheschoolconductedbythem.Thesame

bif)the tateofTennesseetwicea

enric ,thenaprofessorat

touchesonthesamesub ect

0 , 1 82 , t o t he P r op a ga n da s

uliusM. Cardinalde omaglia.

statementsdonotappearprecisely

bishop andheindicateseither

t to a i nt o s ep h s C o l l e ge f r om

orthatsomeotherpriesthad

, 1 8 2 W e b b , op . ci t ., p p .1 5 , 2 2 . W e a r e

atherA bell sministrationsatNashv illec eased

scompleted,andtheC atholicmechanicsbegan

hvilleGazetteofMarch14,1825,showsthebridge

hadbutlatelybeenfinished.

s, A meric aCentrale, Vol. V I I . Thisac count

wehaverunacross ather utton sname.

ypriesthood.


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esseeafterAbell gaveupthe

hony s. Thelettertellsthe

whichisapart ofthisdiocese,has

edhereandthere,whoarelittle solicitous

epriestwhousedto attendthemthree

vicepresidentofthe college,andcan

ut onceortwiceina twelvemonth.

n theC ityofN ashville,hasneverbeen

sed anditeitherremainsclosed,or it

hoolmasterwhoholdshisclasses

ealsosaysthat,about1825,

buildinginthenortherne tremity

dforapreparatoryschool, as

ollege. 2 H owever, thisar-

orary andthefactthatthe

ompleteduntil18 0or18 1in-

erframestructurewhichwas

nycase,thefollowingstate-

esC atholic MiscellanyofMarch

of thefaithinTennessee

eston, outhCarolina, for

cgentlemanofDublinwritestoa C atholic

uestingthathewould,ifpossible,visit

sresidentinthe tateofTennessee.This

ousBishopunderwhose urisdiction

odoubt,ma eeverye ertiontosupply

tatew ithregularoroc casionalv isitsof

fC harlestonsuffersaswellasmany

awantofa sufficientsupplyofuseful

ef lectonthesituationof thoseCatholic s

of life, andtherearebutafewtobrea

s, A meric aCentrale, Vol. V I I .


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tionedwherethe aidofaPriest is

e, ran lin, Winc hester, andGallatin, Ten-

anceofthis article,and

t, thefirstattemptwas

iest inN ashville.A ccord-

tionalBannerandN ashville

O L I C C H U R C H : — O n u nd ay ne t ,t he 0 th

esCosgrevew illc elebrateMassintheCath-

fromtheGospelofthe day.Thepro-

eursinN ashville(ladiesandgentlemen)

ogivetheiraidontheoc c asion. nthe

lappropriatepiecesofmusicfrom

etc.,willbeperformed.TheC hurchbeing

ate,andfromthecircumstanceofthe

entclergymanlocatedhere,inorder

withsuchintention,the R omanC atholics

theirfellow-citizens(alreadyamply

erouscontributionswhenbuildingthe

meansto finishtheinteriorofthe

purposeacollectionwillbemade.Mass

at10A .M.

pitiousforthepious

mptwasmadeforthepurpose.

thesamepaperannounces:

O L I C C H U R C H . n co ns e u e nc eo ft he

ron undaylast,thecollectionthat

madeforthe benefitoftheC atholic

ll undayne t, the thinstant( aster

v . amesCosgrevew illc elebrateMass

sicians,professorsandamateurs,ladies

n indlyvolunteeredtheirserviceson

mmenc eat10o c loc A . M.

rwasaman ofaction,

neunturnedin ordertobring

Doubtlessalsothe aster


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otrealizeasmuchas hehad

fore,heresortedtoanold-time

orreligious,charitable,and

uentlyadoptedwhenallother

ery.TheBannerandW hig

C H U R C H : O T T R Y N O . 2 — F O R 18 28

olars threeprizesof2,000Dollars

Besidesnumeroussmallerprizes.

es$2.50 Q uarters$1.25.Tic etsinanyof

behadin thegreatestvarietyofnumber,

nand touts, N ewO ff ic e, Nashv ille.

eNationalBannerandN ash-

vealanyac countof the aster

musthavebeenduetothefact

mplete.H owever,the

cMiscellany,givingthatpaper

ay17, 1828:

v . amesCosgraveof f iciatedon aster

cchurchofN ashville,andasplendidMusical

eoccasionbytheProfessorsand Musi-

y . General ac son, withseveralother

wasamongtherespectableaudiencethat

ytheirpresence,andaidbytheir contri-

schurch,whereofthisworthyclergyman

ightR ev.BishopofBardstown,resi-

tholicsofthiscity,andthe others

tate,maydoubtlesshailthiseventas

oftheir religion,hithertoretarded

sionaries.

tholic ournalspublishedin

andoftheseonlytheUnited

elanyofC harleston, outhCaro-

entuc yandTennesseetobe

appeningsofthe C hurchin


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wthfewe c eptions, prac tic ally

preservetheprimalrecords

hshouldbethe foundation

alhistory.Tothesecauses,

edthefailuretodiscoverany

amesCosgreve(orC osgrave),

vepromisedmuchgoodfor

e. Bishop ngland, inthe uo-

worthyc lergyman , and

himwell. Thathewasanener-

mthe initialstepsofhis pas-

htthelittlebric C atholic

apitaltocompletionbeforegoing

ecoursetoBishop enric

that hemightbeableto do

aldistress. nanundated

yofthisperiod,that learned

get:

thereturnofMr. B . mithtorenewassur-

d myfriendshipforyou. wishalso

plaintsandpetitionsofanumberofyour

dthroughthe tateofTennessee.Mer-

elphiahaveapproachedmeseveraltimes,

stmyself intheirbehalf but have

shouldapplyto you. ately,whena

ivar,Tennesssee,visitedmeandmade

ninwhic hhewasplac ed, promised

oyouandwaivethe servicesoftwo

edthemselvesforthisdiocese,shouldyou

idofthe C atholicsinthatstate.25

ashvillethatapriestdied thereatan

ebeen ather amesCosgreve

eA rc hives—photostatc opy inthewriter shands.

shvilletotheeffectthat ather uliusMassip


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getmadetothiscommuni-

Possibly,however,thecircum-

atherWilliamByrne, whose

nectionwiththeR ogan

mtorelin uishtheeduca-

charge forheseemstohave

Tennessee. paldingtellsus

ateavisit buthedoubtless

oanapostolic tour, ashewasso

nditionofthe C hurchthere

eitthetheaterofhisfuture

sha C atholiccollegeatN ash-

sometimein18 2, ust

esuit athers aintMary s

oundedin entuc y . Unfortu-

uthisdesignintoe ec ution. 28

eoldCatholic A lmanac (or

n18 3 , isnotalwaysc omplete

heonlyguidewehaveto

entinstanceitw illli e lyserve

escantC atholicactivityin

until atherMiles appoint-

heA lmanac of18 3 hasa

tyonceortwicein theearlydays.Q uite

coursetoBishopPortier alsoforspiritualaid,

rytothem—withthe permissionofBishop

herMassipwasordainedinMobilein18 0or

arsintheCatholic A lmanac until18 8. A s hedoes

gnedto anyparticularplace,hewasmostli ely

omtheA lmanactellsusBishopPortierused

atherMassipseemstohavebeena renc hman,

nedto rancein18 8.

M i ss i on s o f e n tu c y , p p. 2 7 - 27 8 . H e r e we h a ve

ssplendidpriest. eealsothewriter sA n

. 27f f. atherB yrnediedofc holera, at aint

ne 5 , 18 3 .


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ichmeansatleastthatnospe-

ac e. ntheeditionof18 4,

t , pa s to r o f a i rf i el d , N e l so n

hermissionsin entuc y , is

o ashville. n18 5, N ash-

nt , a n d i n 1 8 6 , a s h a vi n g no

uttheA lmanacsfor18 7and

ashville is v isitedsemi-annually

rbin, dwellingatMorganfield,

h i s e t r ao r di n ar y m an M r . W e bb

inwasintrustedw iththepastoralc are

pulationofwesternandsouth-western

uartersnearMorganfield, inUnionCounty .

oncoveredthousandsofmilesofterritory,

erewere livingatleastisolatedC ath-

whomwasdependentuponhimfor

ndtowhosecalls,in casesofsic ness,

sideredbyhimasof imperativeobligation.

dreasonablyseem,wasbeyondthe

ncapabilityto cultivateproperly

inginthetier ofcountiesthatbordered

eO hio, inthe tatesof llinoisand ndi-

sownpeopledependentuponhim inall

eirspiritualneeds.Besidesallthis,from

,thetermsofhis pastorateobligedhim,

tov isitN ashville, inthe tateofTen-

,to thefewC atholicfamiliesthere

ministry.28

ather lishaDurbinno

ve. nallthe placesmen-

18 3 , p . 5 4 1 8 4 , p. 8 2 1 8 5 , p. 2 1 8 6 , p . 8 1

, p . 11 7 .

Thiswor saysmanybeautifulthingsabout athers

tterdiedon une28, 187 , agedeighty-two

utyuntilthe dayofhisdeath.


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dinbenediction.H owever,

cbecorrect,hisregularvisits

Tennesseedidnotcommence

hanli ely theybeganlatein

. TheCatholic Telegraphof

esaletterwrittenbyhiminUnion

irdofthepreviousmonth,in

yformerletter mentionedmy

hville,etc. havefulfilledmy

ontoresignthe careofTennes-

. However, atherDurbin

wasprobablyin ordertoen-

wasgiven anassistantatthis

bratselectedhimfor thetry-

abetterchoicehavebeenmade,

tfaithfulandtirelessmission-

ryhasbeenblessed. n

almostwithouta parallel.

thernf loc ofhisintended our-

udgedfromthefollowing

tholic A dvoc ateofA ugust ,

R Y V S I T

sto informtheC atholicsofTennes-

sitthat tate. Hispresentintention

the rd unday inO c tober. H ew illa lso

lle.C atholicsresidinginotherparts

eethiminNashv ille, orlethim now,

placesofresidence,thathemaycallon

c , 18 5, p. 1. MatthewMartinof ayettev ille, Ten-

y10, 18 9 , totheCatholic Herald, says: O ur

tatehavebeenv isitedbytheR ev. Mr. Durbin

" H e r a l d of A u g u s t 1, 1 8 9 ) .


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atherDurbinaspastorof

wnofabetterdayfortheChurc h

c anbutbelievethathe eptbefore

onditionofthe scattered

ativeneedofaresidentbishop

ainafirmhold inthatfairstate.

samanofmuchgood udg-

netration,heforesawthetact

tiencewhichwouldbere-

rchwellonitsfeetthere, af ter

nguntilled.

ofC hristdidall thathe

hisdisposal, to eepthefaith

people. romthepastorate

hemodestbric c hurc hwasrarely ,

gmissionaries.Thus ather

fdilapidation.Perhaps

nin usticetohissmalland

themtheburden ofrepairing

c ondition. Hetherefore, no

e ampleofhispredecessors,

hthelargerhousesof the

sticalfunctions.But,inthis

hadalmostgoneto rac and

Miles consecration.

htedwhenheheardthat

nerectedintoanepiscopalsee,

enappointedasitsfirsthead.

tothecityandvicinityin order

oic sw iththegoodnews, noless

preparationshecouldfora be-

hop.O nhisreturnhome,


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brat,inhischaracteristic,brief,

henominationofR ightR ev. Mr. Miles

hv ille. B ut c annotc onsidermyself re-

l seehiminstalled. havepromised

mtof i himself there. hopeyouw ill

y— bothpriestsandthepeopleof the

hopeyouw ill nowthetimehew ill

ge, ortota ec hargeof theplace, and

ttothisplac eatthesametime. suppose

dinstallhim andthenitmightbewell

)tov isitthePurc hase onyourway

plac eonyourwayhome. 0

t oseph sProv inc e. ThePurc hasewasoneof

ionsinwestern entuc y . tgotitsnamefromthe

of the J ac sonPurchase whiche tended

he r D ur b in s l e tt e r wa s wr i tt e n at S t . V in ce n t s ,

y , N o v em b er 2 7 , 18 7 .


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A . DUR B

.M A GU R E

I ON A R I E S N T N N E S S E E B F O R E B S H O PM L E S .A N DO N E

T W H O C A M TO H I S A S S I S TA N C E


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aintRose sC onvent, seemsto

ist atherDurbinatthe

wasahappyc hoice, forthethree

aystheCatholic A dvoc ate

c tober, theR ightRev. Dr. Miles,

ev . [ ather arboe, lef ttheChurc h

w ay t o N a s h vi l le , h is p i sc op a l e e . Th e

dprecededhimafewdaysinordertodispose

shopMilesunderta esadifficultand

butwehaveeveryreasontohope thatGod

hatR eligionwillflourishinTennessee.

ow n to u s t ha t a i nt R o s e s

teed, andthatheand ather

atplacetoN ashvilleonhorse-

ionisborneoutbythefac tthat

ingthe ourney. fwemay

rboe sac c ount, thec eremonyof

tself.Perhaps,however,

n,aswellasthemore C hrist-

n. Certainly itwasnolessin

iles spiritthanin eeping

povertyandprivation. n

o s e s , O c t ob e r 2 , 1 8 8 , t o

c A dvoc ate, ather arboethus

eyou, was ustsettingoutw ithR ight

whome,N ashville,whichwereached

w ing, havingspentaday in ran lin

tuc y , wheretheB ishoppreachedanelo-

e R u l e of a i th t o u i te a r e sp e ct a bl e

hewor of theministry, R ev. Mr.

sinallthec hurc hes, hadbeenatwor in


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E S S I O N O F H I S E E

eparationsfortheB ishop srec eption. The

building,forty-fivebyfifty-fivefeet,had

rmanyyears,andwasconse uentlymuch

urbinhadthe windows,door,andfloor

sof genteel,plainseatsmade,num-

ninarow aneattemporaryaltar, anda

buta usttributeofpraisetothisinde-

tethathecontributeda hundredand

wntowardstheserepairs,andthat he

hathasvisitedtheC atholicsofN ash-

sothattohim theyareindebtedfor

whichtheirfaithhasbeen eptalive.

vdedforusatthe WashingtonH otel,

nvisitedbymost oftheC atholicsof

of thecitizensofotherdenominations

scomingamongstthem,ande presseda

smanynecessities. ndeed,hisdig-

modestandunassumingmannerswillnot

llwhobecomeac uaintedwithhim,

ceinallhis laudableunderta ings.2

wasunfavorable,thechurchwastolerably

essedthecongregationbeforeMass

rnalmanner,andassuredthemofhis

oselatelycommittedtohischarge. n

nearthly.Puttingselfentirelyoutof

vedonlyfor them,andthathisgreatest

nlife anddeath,wouldbetosee them

thoseC hristianvirtueswhichour

hermembers.H ee hortedthemto

oftheholysacraments,asbeingthemeans

aviourforobtainingallnecessary

eternallifewhich esusChristhaspur-

ofHisblood. Hee pressedhisutmost

onofheaven,andthefinalsuccessofhis

thatno worldlyinterestcouldever

dN ashvilleWhigofA pril11, 1828, showsthat

toodonMain treet, attheeastsideof the


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E S I O N O F H I S E E

ordshaveaspec ialvalue, forhe

ssessedofgoodcritical udg-

tof lattery. v identlyhe

ntilthedepartureofthe

in. A swelearnf romasub-

mepaper,whichgivesadigest

vels,theytoo asoutheasterly

tMurfreesborough,which

afrom181 to182 , theydis-

milyofsevenpersons,andone

ty.Thencetheycontinued

e, overWalden sR idge, on

ndan nglishC atholic family ,

andMountainstoA thens,in

aceand alongtheC harleston

missionarieswerewelcomedby

c rishmen, w ithwhomthey

theminstructionsandthe

istdidnotvisit no ville,

haddied outthere,andthat

edfor spiritualaid forthe

y s ourneybyhorsebac f rom

rstepswestwardthroughthe

heyvisitedC alhoun,R oss-

anding, nowChattanooga), 4

d ayettev ille. A lthoughitis

sthattheymeta few

aces, Doctor palding sdigest

rChattanooga, layonthemissionaries route. The

seethatwehavebeenable todiscoverisin

ewesternpartof thestate.


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at ayettev ille, wheretheyfound

ntheneighborhood.5

ceedednorthward.At

doneC atholicfamily. ome

mbia.Theirlaststopwasat

y- f ivemilessouthofNashv ille,

to administertoahandful

vicinity.

rDurbinhadriddenon

ndredmilesbythe timethey

heyhadpreachedincourt-

churches,andintheopenair.

fewdaystheynowremained

ey estimateditsC atholic

veronehundredandthirty.

gotonthemap,andcalls for

infromthat uarter,espec-

shopandhis companion

olicsinthestatenumberedper-

red,butthey werescattered

itslength andbreadth.7

asgloomyindeed, f rompointof

erical,andotherneeds,the

than the indlyreception

ishop,werehopefulsigns.

gestofthe Tennesseeletters,

wasthentheeditorof theA dvo-

a notonlyforawidespread

DioceseofN ashville,butalso

nuary2 , 18 9 , showsthat atherDurbinc om-

ingof theine ac tdigestwhic hheprintedof

Dec ember7, 18 8.


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of thec ountrytota eupits

eds. tsbishop,hedeclares,

hecomforts, buteven, toa

c essariesof life. A ttheend

m atherDurbin sletterin

rysays:

yin thedifferentDiocesseswillcon-

tsome onemaybespared,andbewilling

B ishopMiles . B utitshouldbeone

othecause,willingto spendhimself

ng,or ratherfi ing,theBishop,and

ssa e. don tmeanthathemaynot

sistence.TheC atholicstherearefew,

dnoble souls. dohopethattheclergy

leonthestateof thingsinthenew

ebt, and unf inished theroofdec ayed.

thoutahome. fwefoldourarms, and

oassistinthesethings, thewor must

entuc yespeciallyoughttofeelourselves

derthoseofTennesseeaspartof our-

ec tthatitisawor of the ord and

airof truthinavastf ield. tisneedless

nthecourseof hisobser-

epinterestinthewelfareof the

andthisisouronlymotive, asit

ortheremar swhichwehave

esourcewelearnthat, aftera

shville, thebishopand ather

encethelatterreturnedto

Milesalsowentto entuc y

sortofarrangementsforhis

see.8O n unday,December

therDurbinissaidtohavev isitedB ishopMiles

orsinTennesseeterminatedwiththe ourney

He issaidtohaveriddenahundredandf if ty


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dstowncathedral,wherehe

appealforan assistantpriest

regardtothe firstaimhefailed.

havehadbettersuccessin the

s, forinitsissueof anuary

oof theCatholic A dvoc atewrites:

y aprivateletterfromN ashvillethat

eededinraisingfunds almostsufficient

thedralChurc h. everalC atholic fam-

ashvilleduringthefalland winter.There

oonbeing inthatcity uitearespec-

tion.Muchcreditisduetotheliberal

fortheirgenerousaidin contributingfor

holicC hurchinthatplace.W ecordially

ccessinhis newfieldoflabor.Besides

,he hasthesympathiesandwellwishes

himoninhisarduouslabors. nthe

er,he willnodoubthaveto sowin

ayhopetoreapin oythegoldenharvestof

newwhichwaytoturn,

sshe feltthatoneofthe

derthecircumstances,wasto

thepenitentialpracticesof

gly,hepublishedregulationsfor

theA dvoc ateof ebruary ,

p er w a s ta e n b y so m eo f t he C a t h -

oughthemthenoticewould

osewhereaboutshedid not

ingthefirst regulationsofthe

thedocumenthastheadded

ac inthefulfillmentofhismissionaryduties.

meage. HewasborninMadisonCounty , entuc y ,

asordainedon eptember21, 1822 anddiedonMarch

ealmosttotheend,

ber1, 18 8.


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iceabledifferencesbetween

standthe milderlawoftoday.

eat itsays w illbeobservedfrom

efollow ing aturday, bothinc luded also

yand aturdayof theensuingwee sof

f romPalm undaytillH oly aturday, both

meatis allowedonallthe undaysof

unday, w ithoutrestric tionastothenumberof

alowed, atonemealonly , onMonday,

everywee ,afterthefirst unday

euseof f ishandf leshatthesamemealis

,cheese,andbutteris permitted.The

bemoderate—andin uantityand uality

racticeofpiousC hristians,soasnotto

acollation.Personsdispensedfrom

one meal,onaccountofdelicatehealth

heothermealsuseonlyfoodof such

hosewhoareobligedtofast.

nion,withoutmeans,and

reehundredofhis faith

eralhundredthousand,and

utastatenearlyfivehundred

overahundredin width,and

ousands uaremiles,the

enowbusiedhimselfwith

earermissionsuntil the

enhestartedon another

ngthis time,inanswertoa

mosttothee tremeeastern

heC atholicA dvocateof

i ve s a p ar t ia l a cc o un t o f hi s o u rn e yi n

Miles,BishopofN ashville,has ust

ofthe easternportionofhisDiocess.

hundredandf iftymiles south eastofNash-

dred rishmenengagedingradingthe


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threedayswiththem,said Masson

preachedto alargecongregation.O n

onesborough,onehundredandfifty-five

thens, whereheunderstoodseveralpersons

m. O n ridayhearrivedatC ol. Matthew

nanddaughterweretheob ec tsofhissearch,

tedinthe mosthospitablemannerby

onvertswelldisposedand ac uainted

trine,havingobtainedtheir nowledge

instructionsofanelderbrother,whohad

hurch,andisnowstudyingwiththe

C ity , Mary land. B ishopMilesremained

aptizedthem,saidMass,andgavethem

chtheyreceivedinatrulyedifying

adneverbeforeseena C atholicclergy-

assfor thefirsttime hissisterhad

onventoftheVisitation,Georgetown,D.C .

milywith regret,andreturned

hereac hedontheeveof theA sc ension. O n

ssinoneof theshantiesandpreac hed.

linefourdays, ma ingastationeac hday

censionstartedforN ashville,which

rdays travel,havingmadeacircuit

iles,aloneandon horsebac .10

gratefulof men.Under

eallowafavor,orevenan

, togow ithoutsincerethan s.

ourney ustrecounted, he

rf romtheR ightRev. A n-

prelategraciouslyoffered

ayhecould.Theimmediate

wO rleansillustratesthis

herof theC hurchinTennes-

f18 fellontheninthofMay, whichshows

ashvilleonhisreturn ourneyontheseven-

y.


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hlight ontheconditionand

9 .

BrotherinC hrist.

v ou r o f th e t h A p r i l i n my b o o n my r e tu r n

sitationof theeasternpartofmy

tofindthat someofmybrethrenremem-

estitutesituation,where amleft

lthe arduousdutiesofthishitherto

andwheresomuchaidis neededtorepair

ndeeprootamongmypoor,deserted,and

ndCatholicsinalmosteverypartof thestate,

anyyearsneglectedtheirduties,and

sttheirfaith forthewantofsome

enseofreligion. A ndwhatc ana

nthe vergeoffifty,amidstthisgeneral

meofthe meansofofferingacom-

man andindefaultof this amdoomed

efrightfuldifficultiesof everyspecies

od nowshow longthisunpleasantstateof

rthesa eof thedearsoulsentrustedto

otbelong.

htosay inyourletterthatyouwould

etoma e nownthemannerinwhichyou

n ingyoumostc ordially foryourgen-

fessthatmywantsare sonumerousthat

entionthem,lest shouldfrightenyou

raged,however,byyourliberality, will

mostprominent. need,inthefirst

tivePriesttohelpme,and whoshall

ortthat c anproc ureforhim. need

gour church,vestments,chalices,etc.,

arlypleasedtogetone ofthoseclothante-

eseensentf rom rance. w ishalsoto

orthealtar forwhic h w illpayyou,

ghtosendittome.

thing. A ndifyouc ansendmeanything


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conferafavouronyourpoor,destitute

nbeforgotten. wouldcheerfullypay

gtoolatein theseason.Moreover,

mongmypeople.Be indenoughtolet

andshoulditbeinyourpowertosend

es,pleasedirectthem tothecareof

ommissionMerchantsofthisplace.

nddearB rother,

ctionatelyyourdevotedservant

t,at thetimeofhis

8 8, B ishopMiles traversed

leTennessee " thatheprom-

sitinthespringof18 9 ; and

mdoingso onlybywantof

ewrote:

odbutinmyowne ertionsand

gheardduringthewinterthat therewere

sboro w ishingtobecomemembersofour

myf irstdutytoseethem which have

tification,addedtwoferventmembersto

oadnearA thenswasinmyway, and

ettledconditionof myaffairsathome

urn, andthus havefailedine ec uting

ewwhen lastwroteyou. nmypresent

eimpossiblefor metovisitmydiocese

yc aseisahardone, and hopemy

. mustv isit entuc yonc emore, and

ocureassistance. f failonthisoc c asion,

stwaittillGodpleasestorelieveme. 1

i en, thetwoc onvertsmen-

d v o ca t e of u n e 1 , 1 8 9 , w e

reDameUniversity .

olic Heraldf rom ayettev ille, Tennessee, uly10.

g u st 1 , 1 8 9 ) . l l b id .


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.P. M L E S A M S A R R E L L

R Y C A T H E DR A L

' S I R S T C A TH E DR A L . I R S T B S H O P .A N D I R S T


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ghtonTennessee searly

hbornandrearedwherethere

broughtupstrictMethodists,

chthroughaspecialgiftfrom

dall butdiedoutin the

oubtlessit wasareward

brother, ather ohn .

T en n es s ee s f i rs t p ri e st . H e b e ca m e

t GeorgetownCollege,

esus, andthroughhisletters

whichhesent homeconverted

andhadtheunusualhappi-

agedfatherandmother.14

sfaithfulsteedwaswornout

g ourneys, forthistimethe

edto entuc y inthestage-

vetheminorordersand

ugustinePeterA nderson,

priesthooduponBrotherMat-

B uthefailedtosec urehelpfor

ry landProv inc eof the oc ietyof esusf rom

ismalR egisterofHolyTrinityChurc h, Georgetown

ontheR iseand preadof theCatholic Missionsin

enswereanotedfamilyofPulas iC ounty,

i enmarriedMissBlancheBrown,possibly

omhe settledinW ashingtonC ounty,Ten-

n, theireldestson, wasbornthere, A ugust11, 1814

ollege wasbaptizedaCatholic, Dec ember 0,

o ci e ty o f e s us , A u g u st 2 5 , 18 7 w as o r da i ne d , u l y

s C a t h ol i c Ma g az i ne , I I , 0 — S e p te m be r , 18 4 4)

stly lifeatA le andria, V irginia, wherehis

diedatGeorgetown, ebruary , 18 1. His

sofhis family(archivesofN ashvilleand aint

evealthattherewasalargefamily , andthatheleft

ethemCatholics.

, 1 8 9 A n A m er ic an A p o st le , pp . 0 - 1 .


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v o ca t e of u l y , 1 8 8 , i nf o rm s

o thestageforNashv illeonTuesday

ryandalone, w ithoutyethavingthe

ntoassisthimin hismanyandarduous

mcouragetobearup underdifficultiesand

to behopedthatsomezealousclergy-

spendandbespent inthec auseof the

fferhis servicetolaborina fieldwhere

dlittletobe gainedforthisworld but

samassingtreasuresfor heaven,which

me,northievesbrea throughandsteal.

hanasiusA . A udof theDio-

himtheirservices,butmet

superior.18TheR ev. oseph

seminaryatC inc innati, however,

aborinthe desolatediocese

measDoctorMilescouldpro-

eltthatthe poorbishopwould

chlongerunderthe strainof

ofhisan iety . twasaprov i-

ed,theholymanhadalready

. When ather to es, onhis

ed ran lin, entuc y , hewas

urgedhimtoma ethere-

edilyaspossible,for Bishop

7

edatN ashvilleon aturday

hilethebishopwasverysic ,

orfear. B utthene tdayhe

atholic Heraldasinnote12 theRev.

e R e v . M. . p a ld i ng , D .D . , De ce m be r 2 7, 1 8 9

t o e s t o Bi s ho p P ur c el l , e p te m be r 1 5, 1 8 ( C i n -


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eenlifeanddeathfor more

pt em be r 15 , 18 9 , a th er t o e s

ebecameworse,andthebestmedicalaid

ttendedby threeofthebestphysicians

hereceivedthelast acraments,made

his VicarGeneralandadministrator.

avebutfaint hopesofhisrecovery.

nce,butarewith himdayandnight.

feelinthisstrangec ity , andyethow

God.TheBishopof N ashvillewho

assistanceofaPriestwouldnot be

ceivingtheholy acraments.My

todwell uponthedesolate situation

lottobeplac ed.

Godtoc allBishopMilesaway, perhapsyou

harity tolendmeoneof theyoungPriests

oly eedisposesofNashv ille. urely

sfavour. f itpleaseGodtosparethe

tthisdayin despairofhisrecovery,it

etmyre uest but thought, inthe

f yourPriests,youmighthavesomere-

amstationed. shouldc ertainly

riestatanytimeyouwouldappoint.

ndthePriestsand istersandorphansand

BishopMiles,andnot toforgetmyself

rethanthegoodB ishop. aminattend-

him. wonder that feelnofatigue. 18

snotmentionthec harac terof the

etraditionofN ashv illeandthe

ephtellsusthatitwaspneumonia

hhisconstitutioncouldnot

enedbye posureande c essive

isdangeroccasionedwide-

ote. omewordsaretornoutof . ather to es

hebrac etsinthe uotation.

stantiatedbvtheA dvocateofNovember1 , 18 9 .


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pPurcell,forinstance,wrote

ue l c c le s to n , O c to b er 5 , 1 8 9 :

eatalarm, atthebeginningof thewee ,

dusfromN ashvilleofDr.Milesbeing

ishop lagetwase c eedinglyaf f licted

day,whenhereachedthistown after

hio.Butduringdinnerthegrateful

sconvalescencewereannouncedtous.

forthemomentis indeedauspicious

Tennessee.20

A d v o ca t e of O c t o be r 2 , 1 8 9 ,

toinformourreadersthatthe health

opMilesisfastimprov ing. He isnow

letoride outinacarriage.21This

ghlygratifyingtohisnumerousfriends

mtheaccountstheyhadreceived,entertained

not recover.Theprospectsofthe

becomingdailymorecheering....

,abundantmotivesforhopingthatGod,

histrust,willspeedilyprovidefor his

ndonedfloc .22

adfinallyawa enedsome

forfromthesameissue of

erof theRev. dwardB arron

at, besides ather to es,

editorof theCatholic Heraldin

ervices.Doubtlesshetoo was

ase25, Q 10. Theomittedportionof the

ssomeofthefac tsc ontainedin ather to es s

op lagetwas ustreturningf rom uropeaf ter

ouryears.

no carriage buthisfriends,veryoften

carriageseverathisdisposal duringthetime

chatleastis thetraditionofN ashville.

he uotationcontainswordsofpraisefor

to es, theprospectsof thedioc ese, andsoon.


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romgoingto Tennessee.

dcometotheconclusionthat

his floc withpastorswas

nderthedirectionof ather

Possiblyanotherfactorinthisde-

ceivedfromthetreasurer

forthePropagationof the aith,

op sstraits, andwrotetohim

societyimmediatelyforthe

dforhis diocese.2

regainsufficientstrengthto

Memphisthanhedespatched

hec irc uitwhic hhehimselfhadhoped

pring. ran lin, Columbia,

r,and ayettevillewerevisited.

otheCatholic A dvoc ate:

nalltheseplac es. A mongstsomethespiritof

tinc t whilstothers, notw ithstandingalong

inistry,adheredwith asurprising

C atholicforefathers,re oicedat

st, andpreparedfortheholy acra-

icted,aseveryPriestmustbe,atthe

someof ourC atholicpeople,andfor

eseat least,muchallowancemustbe

hconsolationinwitnessingthetenacitywith

andthroughev ilreport, somehavec lung

er 2 , 1 8 9 ; a t he r B ar r on , O c t ob e r 7, 1 8 9 , t o t he

o m e R e c o r ds o f t he U . . C a t h . H i s t . o c ie t y of

7) B ishopMilestoB ishopB lanc , O c tober2 ,

otreDameUniversity ). atherCullenwasthenthe

egeatRome. A f terwardshebec amethec ardinal

therBarronlaterwentasa missionarytothe

ef ttheUnited tatesfortheRepublic of iberia,

mevic arapostolic ofNorthand outhGuinea,

arbishopofC onstantia.H ereturnedtothe

at avannah, in185 or1854( eeCatholic

17).


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Massinhisprayer-boo , and

a Protestantchurch,until

henhewenttohearMr. to es

much,whenweconsiderthe

im,andthetemptationsinto

samewritergivesus an

thetrialsofthe earlyC ath-

hesays:

nC atholicresidingherearenot nown

threninthe ast. O nthe abbathday

ensofotherdenominationsgoingtotheir

hip.H ehaseitherto gowithsuch,or

ugh havelivedinthisstatenearly f if teen

beenatMasspubliclycelebrated.2

rvicesofapriest continued

cesof westTennessee.

oundtownsin thatpartof

ousbias,realizedthebene-

siderationforC atholics

osettlein suchplaces.O ne

atholicofBrownsvilleinter-

of A shport,onthe

midwaybetweenthenorthern

ofthestate,wroteto the

longtimethatc itiesc annotbebuiltw ithout

auseoftheslowgrowthof theTennessee

agementgiventoC atholicstosettle

ulltria lof thislately . Wehadanumber

or ontheA shportTurnpi e, whoc ould

fearofdyingwithoutapriest. The

ommunicationistoproposethat yougeta

tle himself. willguaranteethatthe

mb e r 0 , 1 8 9 .

ettertotheC atholic Heraldasinnote12.


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shportshalldonatetotheR oman

n whichtobuildachurchofany dimen-

ualchancewithallotherreligiousde-

vertisementforthesaleof

ofwhic hConnorsenttothe

prietorsofthe incipienttown

fythestrongreligiouspre -

tannouncedinbold

theuseof thePresbyterian, Bap-

scopalChurc heswillbeset

containednotsomuchas a

c s. Nevertheless, the ather

see, an ioustoavailhimself

espreadof religion,didnot

preventhimfromta ing

wardedConnor sletter, to-

ment,totheA dvocate,for

tit mightbringC atholics

e newwellthesouthern

edthatthe presenceot

nconversionsamongthefair-

ourneyhimself , B ishopMiles

o e s t o a c s o n, A s h p o rt , a nd

4, 18 9 . verywherehewas

fewwhobelongedto thefold,

shospitalitybytheleading

hport, wherehespentawee

icsandgivingthemthesac-

ehundredandfiveby one

dtothebishop,andA ndrew

mb e r 21 , 1 8 9 .


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ppointedhisagenttosuper-

achurch,fiftybythirty-five

esspea sintermsof the

illiamConnorand t. C .

prietorswhomhemet.Unfor-

undacity provedabortive,

urchtherecametonaught.28

thefirstpriestof thedioc ese,

glish-spea ingmissionary , to

orthisreason, asalso

ayedaconspicuouspartno

thetemporalwelfareof the

to estellthestoryofhislabors

s.Besides,theyshowthe

edallalonghis route.

hesays onThursday, the14thof

c eedinglygratif iedatthe oythatwasman-

ofthattownonthe firstarrivalofa Priest

ille. 2 TheCatholics, someofwhomare

entandrespectablecitizensofthat

yconductedthemselvesina mostedify-

mselvestoreceivetheholy acraments,

hibitedthemostgratifyingtestimonyof

emercifulinstitutionofour R edeemer.

wasinvitedtopreac hintheMale

ndwasfavoredbytheattendanceofthe

f itscitizens. 0 endeavoredtoe plain

ary4, 1840.

romA shporttoMemphisinorderto eepan

c toA shportlater.

agevney slogsc hool. Magevneywasthef irst

nMemphis,andone oftheearliestofany ind.

twascalled,stoodinwhatis nowthecenterof

y intheveryheartof thebusinessdistric tof thec ity .

sstrue,tellsus thatthefirstpublicmass said

scelebratedwithinthehumblewalls ofthis


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TH E R O F TH E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E

taughtonthevarioussub ec tsofwhic h

tertainsucherroneousnotions and

themgenerouslyofferedtoassisttheir

nthepurchaseofalotand theerection

eirtown.Messrs.Magcvney,Mc eon,

ereappointedaC ommitteetoselec talot

sforthebuilding andfromthe nown

gentlemen, aswellasthe indandliberal

erally,wecanhaveno doubtthatin

rchwillsoonbeerectedthatwill dohonor

yreligionwe profess. 1

sessedabuoyantdisposition, whic h

nedbyBishopMiles unfail-

tandhisownpreviousmission-

Dioc eseofCharleston. H eever

cspirit— doubtlessduein

ellastothebishop sdesireto

eststoTennessee. nthe

,whichwefeel surewas

ng,hesaysthathewent from

sdowntheriverto attend

sippi,andreturnedtoN ashville

rt,reachinghomeonMonday,

he ourney, hetravelled seven

onhorsebac . Thec loseof

beputin hisownwords.

sed acramenttofifty-twopersons,

andbaptisedagreat numberofchildren.

menwere ugeneMagevney, Patric Mc eon,

na. Thefourthalwayssignshimself M. angan in

een. TheA dvocateofDecember7, 18 9 , shows

nna, wifeofP. R . enna, anativeofB altimore,

urchatC incinnatiafewmonthsbefore,diedin

1 8 , an d wa s a ss i st e d by a t he r t o e s . t o e s

otehere,isdated:N ashville,Tennessee,December


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edoutlonger, muchmoremightbedone and

sof instruc tiontodistributeamongst

en uirywase c ited, greatgoodmight

atedasweare,poor1in everyrespect,

s, wemustonlypraythatthe ather

stus,andsend usafewdisinterested,

willnotsee inthisworldtheirreward,

solemnpromisemadewheninitiated

minusparshaereditatismeae,et calicismei

onofmyinheritanceandofmyc up .

hrist,

Dec ember1 th, 18 9 .

overty , andinc essantlaborsfar

atedlittlecathedralthatstood

ameatempleof prayerworthy

dicatedit totheMotherof

olyR osary. A C atholic ,

e anuary27, 18 9 , saysthat

ealof thef loc , the indliber-

ow-citizens,andtheuntiring

thebuildinghas undergonea

oratedinachasteandsimple

utifulc hurc h. neworgan

dwasusedfor thefirsttime

orMiles,inhislove ofmusic

havethedivineservicesas

aineda choirofwhichseveral

part.Thesingingatboth

f theN ativitywase c ellent.

tendedhishelpinghand

rrespondentdeclaresthatthealtar

ated,althoughhisattentionseems

e s a t he r t o e s i n it i al T . — e v i de n tl y a n ov e r-


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tractedbysi largecandle-

n la d y in B r oo l y n, N e w o r .

edthe churchwereanumber

ongwhomwerenoticedseveral

ture, theninsession. A f ter

o c loc mass, c ontinuesthe

pascendedthepulpit and,

heevidentlywas,hedelivered

themysteryofthe day. The

wasbeyonde pression, delight

nanc e. ChristmasDay, 18 9 ,

thebeginningofanewera

city inNashv ille. 3

nesstoBishopMilesat this

nofasecondmissionary,the

whoc ameupfromtheDioc ese

boredon themissions,aswell

C ollege. A studentatasem-

offeredhisservices,andthe

ainhimwhenheshouldgotothe

datBaltimore,in May,1840.

etterof ather to estothe

ed ebruary1 , 1840. 4B efore

wever,DoctorMileswishedto

eepersonally,thathemight

rrangementsheshouldma e

e.

t o e s t el l s us , h e an d a t he r

dtoA shportandMemphis.

ftheroads,theinclement

anuary11, 1840.

dvoc ateintheUnited tatesCatholic Misc ellany


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hebishop shealth,they

hthisnecessitatedamuch

eventedthebishopfromgoing

shedto visit.A tbothtowns

hemwithunfeigned oy,while

edthemwithgreatcourtesy.

ytimes,andhelped ather

tionofthesacraments.They

fewdaysbefore ather to es

atherC lancyaccompanied

episcopalcitybecauseofthe

nof thelatter shealth, forit

nedthatthemissionaryshould

w ithA shport, ac son, B oli-

erplacesunderhis charge.

sobeenstartedwithtwo

nageof aint oseph, while

Preparationswereli ew ise

hoolfor theC atholicboysin

asinpart hisdesiretoobtain

onthesegoodwor sthatnow

oughtstowards urope. 5B ut

er,attentionshouldbecalled

mistic ather to esrealized

obeovercomeerethe faith

he soilofthenew diocese

usmission, oronethatre uiresmore

nthatofTennesseeisnotto befound

mrelianceonProvidence,andour

mb e r 27 , 1 8 9 , a t he r t o e s t el l s Do c to r p a ld i ng

ainrelianceonthisseminary,andthathe will

maintainit( ouisvilleA rc hives).


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,wehavealreadyabundantevidences

ected.

for1840informsusthatthe

heninthedioc esewere Gallatin,

ayettev ille, Memphis, Columbia,

l i n. r o m th e s am e s ou r ce w e

volunteeredoccasionallyto

orthwesternpartofthestate.

eim, stationedatNewMadrid,

esamefor someacrossthe

smission. 0

wasanativeof rance, buthewasordainedin aint

8 7. NewMadridseemstohavebeenhisf irst

wassentto llinoisin1842. n1845hebec ame

ec retaryandanassistantatthecathedralin aint ouis,

ary , 1854.


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BR O A D A N D C O N T N U D A BO R

withano lessrichfundof

indnessandgoodhumor.

dhimac c usedofanun ustor

d.H islettersarealmostuni-

gentlethoughhewas,he

ibleifdutydemandedit.

tyhec ouldnotbroo . very-

nunderthe mosttrying

fcheerfulnessneverdeserted

relydidhefailto actonthe

unsaidneedsnottobe re-

toallwasadominanttraitof

rbec amee uberantinhis

riticalinhis correction for

ndtheotherwereharmful,

ts.H isgoodnature,tender

udgmentalldisposedhimto

atherthantocensureor

ofourshepherdofsoulswas

hichhe eptoverhistemper.

asonlynatural,heseemsto

eactionofthosemenwho

terbeingforcedupon him,

entthatevenone oftheir

ofhisneedydioc ese. t


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houldbeleftalonethroughwhat

usselfishnessfortheirrespec-

hedidnotli etoe presshis

rds. tisthisdelic ac yof

a t he r t o e s l e tt e r to t h e

ding, D. D. , December27, 18 9 :

odisedifiedBishopMiles that

presenttotrusthimselfon

e uestsmetowriteandsayhe

whomyoupropose forthe

emayc omeassoonashe

nwhic hhisf riendof the

its partindetermining

residentof aint oseph s

ivehisservicestotheDiocese

ma esuc hanarrangement

nce.Theproposalbrought

pMiles letterrevealsat

onofthegenerousoffer,anda

s itneededhim,itwouldhave

n wellbeforehesacrificed

tuc yforthedoubtfulpros-

ethefutureofthe C hurchwas

ty.

, 1840.

muc hesteemedfavourof the21stinstant

dhasaffordedmemuchconsolation.

yprobablyone daybeamongthe

toforecruellyneglectedDiocesegives

c annote press. N otforgetful, however,

eme, willnotpermitmyhopesto go

.


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BR O A D A N D C O N T N U D A BO R 4

appointmentasmuchas havehere-

rnatureofmuchlessimportance.A s

you, w illnotenterintoanyparticulars,

endthematterseriouslyto A lmightyGod.

nc ilisapproac hing, havethoughtit

onsultingwithBishopR osatiuntil

e. A ndifyouw illbe indenoughto

gian,youwillnotonlyaddanotherto the

vealreadyreceivedatyourhands,butyou

ityofconsultingwith theassembled

f oiningthemissionofTennessee.

difthis favourcanbegranted.

usinessof importanc etoattendtobeforethe

homeinthelatterpartof thene tmonth

at t. Roseforthef irst unday in

which hopetoseeyouin Bardstown.

o r ea ch o m er s et , O h i o, f o r H o l y W e e . n

omebefore aster,youcouldperhaps

ac eaf ter aster. donotw ishDr.

yhingaboutthesemattersuntil seeyou.

r e as o n wh y m a e t h is r e u e st t h at i s ,

eore c ome.

earrived safe and,althoughsome-

tobewelldisposed, andw ill hopeprove

ustarrivedf romGeorgia. A ndoursem-

hthissmallbeginning.Theordoeshave

reobligedtousetheCatholic A lmanac

. Mr. to essendsyouaportionof the

eabounds.

r i en d ,

st,

enoutofhissic - roomfor

wasby nomeanswell.Doubt-

his mindtowardsR omethat

a s e 5 , , 7 .


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of theC hurchontheneeds

f romtheCatholicsof urope

goodwor swhic hhehad

ghtalsobeinducedto offer

e. nthisplanthe zealous

ampleofourbishopsbefore

drecourseto thiswayof

entohisf riendsaboutthe

octors,whowereuneasyabout

hematter,andurgedan early

spositivelynecessaryfor

nceheshouldbeat Baltimore,

rlybegun.Thebishopthere-

uehiswayabroad.Muchof

teofhisletterto ather

turef romNashv illewasno

sforthis underta ing.

atholicA dvocate,head-

orallettertothe faithfulof

ef irstof its indeverseenin

eofGod, andwiththeapprobationof

ofNashv ille,

heR omanC atholic aityoftheDiocese

dBenediction.

voyageto uropeforthepurposeof

rDiocese,andsolicitingin ourfavour

ourCatholic brethrenin taly , rance,

beforewedie, toformsomereligious

,andgenerationsyettocome,willbe

urearlyC hurchc angiveusac orrectideaof the

ewhic hweowetotheCatholic sof uropeat


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BR O A D A N D C O N T N U D A BO R 4 5

nDivineTruth— urged,moreover,by

our voyage,nowthoughtindispensable

ofourhealth— wecouldnotthin of

ngtoyouthisourPastoralA ddress.

ationweso unworthilyoccupy,and

runworthinessforso responsible,

indid weremonstrateinallsincerity

s, PopeGregoryX V , andsolic it

urthenofthe piscopacy.Ac-

hyourspiritualprivations,andfearingthat

entwewouldresistthewill ofH eaven,

soulsredeemedbythe av iour sblood

olelytothemerciesofour God,whoalone

gourwea ness,andimpartingtous

e—weatlengthsubmittedto thewill

dwerec onsec ratedB ishopofN ashville

mber, 18 8.

ighteenmonthsofour piscopacy

vesarewitnesseswhetherwecansay

c learf romthebloodofall, mindful, as

f thechargeof theHolyA postletothe

a eheedtoyourselves, andtoallthef loc ,

sthasplacedyouBishopsto rulethe

s, X X , 28). tiswell, belovedbrethren,

thyouhaveobservedthesolemnpre-

O beyyourprelates, andbesub ec tto

beingto renderanaccountofyoursouls,

h oy, andnotw ithgrief forthisis

( H e b re w s, X I I I , 1 7 ).

oncealfromourownheartthat, whilst

consoledandedified,wehaveyethadmore

oysinceourelevationtothe piscopal

eyearto procuretheassistanceof

ngnochurchinwhichtoofferwithdecency

ligion obligedtoperil ourownhealth

ons andstillan ioustosuc c eedinpre-

ganizingourf loc inour piscopal ee,

dertheweightofourcares andlabors,were


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ercifulProvidenceofGod.O urgrief,

mitigated,and,midstallthetrials to

ec ted, our oywouldhavebeengreat,

floc allthatzealforreligion,that

es,thatan ietytoprofitbythe saving

chhavedistinguishedthe aithful

vedbrethren,howfre uentlywehave

have eptbac nothingthatwasprof it-

hedit toyou,andtaughtyoupublicly,

(A c ts, X X , 20). ouw illbearw itness

ostle, wehavenotc easedtotreat of

ndof the udgmenttoc ome (A c ts, X X I V ,

show oftenwehaveurgedyouto

enancefortheremissionof yoursins,

orthytoparta eoftheblessedbody and

av iourintheMostHoly uc harist,

eclarationofDivineTruth: A men,amen,

ueatof thef leshof the onofMan, and

h al l n ot h a ve l i fe i n y ou ( t . o h n, V ,

ethren,notwithstandingthissolemn

R edeemer,yetflatteryourselveswith

youobeynotH iscommands,or

romises

owanc eforapeoplesolonglef tw ithout

thepainfulpartforthe purposeof

ourdeparture,butrathertourge you

ationofyour duty,thatinourabsence

partingcounsel,andnolongerremain

ichyourholyreligion soabundantly

eabletosayw ith t. Paul: O utof

shofheart, wrotetoyouwithmany

e madesorrowful,butthatyoumight

vemoreabundantly towardsyou (2C or. ,

ouwithallaffectionandcharity,beloved

nesttodopenanc e, wee hortyou to

ditionandcircumstancespermit,withthe


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thisseasonof ent to bec onvertedin

d inweeping,andinmourning

hisholytimewhen, betweentheporc handthe

rd sministers, shallweep, andshallsay:

ypeople andgivenotThy inheritanc eto

, 1 7 ). N o w , i n fi n e, w he n y ou a r e e h o rt e d in

het towashyourselves bec lean

a eawayyourdev ic esf rommyeyes c easeto

odowell see udgment relievetheop-

efatherless defendthew idow. A ndthen

yeththe ord: fyoursinsbeassc arlet

s snow andiftheybe redascrimson,

o l ( s a ia s , , 1 , 1 7 , 18 ) .

en,resistthosetenderassurancesofour

topromoteyourownpeace,andaffordus

wehopeforbetterthingsf romyou. ou

hemanyblessingsyouhavealready

be our oyandourcrown. W ehave

ral, theV eryRev. oseph to es, to

ntsof ourbelovedfloc ofthediocese

bsence. nhiszeal,piety,learning,and

limitedc onf idenc e, andwere uireofour

hisauthoritytherespectandobedience

ren,promisingtobeevermindfulof

crifices,andcommendingourselftothe

eaveninourfavourofour brethrenand

eGraceofour ord esusChrist, andthe

mmunicationoftheH olyGhostbewith

esidence,Nashville,Tennessee,March

sforitself. trevealsa

eart, profoundlyhumble,

nginzealandaffectionforhis

e, Marc h21, 1840.


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ficehimselffortheir salvation.

amanofGodwhoselifeillus-

tells usthatvirtueavoids

hesafeandsoundmiddlecourse

lancyintemporarycharge

houldsettleatMemphis,Bishop

astartedfor aintRose s,

eyarrivedonthe undayeve-

theymetBishopPurcell,

oy , on e o f th e b es t n o wn e s ui t s

r r a nc i s X . v r em on d , . . ,

e ge , i n e n tu c y . t w a s at a i nt

atthe atherof theC hurchinTen-

ntsforthemissionatN ashville

later.Therealso,withthe

get,DoctorMilesraised

dersontothepriesthoodon

steredconfirmationtothe

Telegraph,whogivesus

t aintRose sC hurchwastoo

mefortheoccasion thatthere

cspresent andthatamainforce

theloveof thepeoplefor

dthathehadpassedthe

there. How A V isitor, as

asimpressedmaybeseen

ofhiscommunication,inwhich

madeseveralv isitstomanyof the

f entuc y , andhavealways

onotrecollectthat haveatany

ay , 1840.


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difiedthanona recentvisit

ose, occ upiedbythepriestsof

ni c .

sthebishopproceededtoC inc in-

ecruitsfor hisdiocese—the

randWilliamO . C . Morgan.

raphofA pril25, 1840, tellsus:

ishopofN ashville, lef tthisc ityon

PerryC ounty....Thebishop wasac-

ev . Mr. to es, V icarGeneralofNash-

McA leerandRev. Mr. Morgan, the

edsubdeaconon aturdayanddeacon

ilesintheGermanCatholic Churc hof

edgentlemenhaveresolvedto labor

wewishthem everysuccess.7

welearnthat atherMorgan,

an,andthe firstpriest

fN ashville,aswellasthe

e,receivedsubdeaconship

rinityChurc h, C inc innati,

840. Mostli elyhewaspromoted

rMiles,a fewdayslater,at

ar omerset, O hio. Thenc eheno

oNashv illew ith ather

ishopc ontinuedhisway, v iaMount

ge, tothemetropolisofMary land.

nof oiningtheNashv illeDio-

hichprobablye plainswhy

octorMilestothecouncil,

ctB ayer, C . S . R . , ofB altimore

0.W ehavenotbeenable toascertainwhere

ecclesiasticalstudies.Possiblyhebeganthem

edthematC inc innati.


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riarPreacherprelate.8

be r 1 0, 1 8 9 , a t he r t o e s

eRev. ohnMc Caf f rey , D. D. ,

tMary sC ollege, mmits-

esays: TheDioceseof

meyouareaware, wasinamost

eappointmentin18 8of

till moredistressing,none

hislaborsandprivations.H e

priest,almostsincehis con-

umentgoesontotell how

fc onsc ienc eforbidshim tohold

menoccupiedinotherplaces,

fortwoseminarianswho

eirstudies.

y 1 , 1 8 40 , t o e s w ro t e to t h e

pwouldordainayoungman

hevisitsMary land forthe

st , 1840, inalettertothesame

ev. ohnMaguire, analum-

ry s, wastheninTennessee.

orMilesstoppedatthat

ayto Baltimore,andthat

eof theprefectsthereforthe

840. romthesefac ts, although

statementtothat effect,we

esub ec tofournarrative

priestforhis diocese.10

ndA dvoc ate, une , andMiscellany , May2 , 1840.

, The toryof theMountain, , 405-40 .

heA dvoc atewith to e sletterof ebruary

piedintheMiscellanyofA pril4, 1840. eealso

, 1840 Meline-Mc weeney, op. c it. , , 402 Miscel-

c orrespondentof theCatholic H erald(issueof


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hebishopreachedhis ourney s

spossiblyB ishop nglandwho,

didpaperthenewsabout

nthecourseofhis letter,when

ctorMiles,heuseswords

ttle affection.

ednesday, May14, hesays thezealous

rvedfromtheCollegeof mmitsburg, over

sidedwithsomuchadvantage.W ith

ennessee,thelaboriousDoctorMiles,

siderablyimprovedinhealth—andwith

d heightasanyofthe sharpshooters

ecottonbagsofN ewO rleans.11

t councilattendedbythe

n hiscapacityasamember

of itslaborsseemscalledfor

t theprelatesassembledon

40, andthatthecouncilwas

tdaywitha solemnhighmass

c c leston, andanelo uentsermon

sDoctor ngland. A ll the

represent,e cepttheR ight

o f N e w o r , w h ow a s in u r op e .

ciladmittedtoits sessions

o r bi n - a n so n o f r a nc e wh o

aysthat atherMaguirewasthef irstpriestordained

videntlyanerror. Possiblythatwritermeant

clergymanordainedbytheprelatethen living

olic Misc ellany, May2 , 1840. Thec ottonbags

reagood-naturedreferencetothebattleofNew

815), inwhichGeneralA ndrew ac son, largely

Tennessee, defeatedthe nglishunder ir

TheB ritishmadebreastwor sofhogsheadsof

usedc ottonbales.


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eUnited tates, anddrewup

consolationtothearchbishops

howeresufferingthetrials of

of r e de r ic W i l l i am I I ,

,BishopsMiles,R osati,and

ommitteetota eitsproceed-

ealsoentrustedwithduplicates

ementsentbythe A merican

etropolitans. ailingfrom

r it i sh Q u e e n, u n e 1, h e an d B is h op s

edPortsmouthontheseven-

y thenineteenth.Bishop

effectsof hislateillness for

acetheheat ofasummerin

ntat Paris,therefore,hewent

ew athers ohnV . DeRay-

B altimori, 15 f f Telegraph, May 0, and

840. Theprelateswhotoo partinthisc ouncilwere

e c c lestonofB altimore, andtheR ightRevs. B ene-

t ow n , o h n n g la n d of C h a r l es t on , o s ep h R o s a ti

ct . e n wi c o f B o st o n, r a nc i s P. e n ri c o f

randadministrator), ohnB . Purc ellofC inc in-

ewO rleans, Mathias orasofDubu ue, R ic hard

ndC elestinede aH ailandiereofVinc ennes.

ryC onwellofPhiladelphiaand ohnDuboisof

pac itatedbyageandinf irmity whilsttheR ight

o f De t ro i t an d o h n H u g he s o f N e w o r ( c o-

tor)werein urope. TheR ightR ev. Guy .

Bardstown,waspossiblydetainedathomebyill

of thisc ouncilisgivenin hea sH istoryof the

f f . Guilday sN ationalPastoralsgives(pp. 120f f )its

ry.TheMiscellanyof une20andtheTele-

ontain atinand nglishrenditionsof theletter

uncilsentto thearchbishopsofC ologneand


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drianV anDeWeyer, bothof

mericanmissions.1

dthewarmhospitalityof athers

rancisA c erman, twoaged

latelybegunto reorganize

pressionbythe renchR evo-

UnitedNetherlands, in18 0.

adalwaysshowna eeninterestin

puttinghimselfatthedisposal

hiscountryinsearchofaid.

lic ity inTennesseehetoo a

mtheconventinGhent,which

sactivities,hetraversedBel-

dwasdoubtlessaccompanied

osts.W hilethere,withthe

the place,heseemstohave

conventualchurch.Most

mthelettersof theB altimorec oun-

hbishopof C olognethrough

ollandalsogaveDoctor

b u t a t he r s o h n D. R a n e n

ymondV anZ eelandof c hiedam

ciallyactiveinhis welfare.

atherR an en shomethechief

id. 15A mongthegif tsreceived

1 a n d e p te mb e r 12 , 1 84 0 M i sc e ll a ny , u n e 1 a n d

R ev. Herc ulesB rassac , Paris, uly7, 1840, toB ishop

oryofMother eton sDaughters, , 2 0).

athersB raec manandA c ermanin rench—

(A rchivesoftheDominicanMasterGeneral,

) A d v o ca t e, e p te m be r 1 , 1 84 0 M i s c el l an y ,O c t o be r 1 7, 1 8 40 .

ettersinthe A rchivesoftheProvinceof

theDominicanstheredidall theycouldtohelp

nection,itmaybenotedthat theonlyaidwhich


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ra- largemonstranc eofsolid

dset withpreciousstones.

teandartisticin character.

asarelic,itis usedonlyon

sbaseisa atininsc ription

glish,reads:

o r d 18 4 1. T o th e i n g of

, andHisA postleintheUnited

ric a, R ic hardPiusMilesof the

rstBishopof N ashville,the

H olland,havemadeagift

rossbutone briefmention

afterhisdeparturefromParis

tsayingthathe spentsome

he returnedhome.The

agationof the aithhadgiven

sdiocesein18 9 . Thene t

hispresence,hisallowance

0 butin1841, perhapsbec auseof

where,itwasloweredto24, 00

9 , and anuary , 1840, hehad

f aint osephrec eivedfromabroadwasthemite

ollandandBelgiumbegantoturntowardsthem

tthistime.Theannalsof the renchand

rthepropagationofthefaithmentionrather

nalltheother ordersintheUnited tates,but

iththee ceptionofthemodestdonationsmade

nWisc onsinf rom1844to184 . Perhapsoneof

ntoversightwasthat thefathersneglectedto

atradition,borneoutbya lettersoontobe

opPurcellabsolutelydemandedthatall donations

shouldbesentto him.

X L I . R e g i R e gu m, e su C h r is to , et A p o st ol o e u s i n

alisprovinciisfoederatis,RichardoPioMiles, O rdinis

piscopoN ashvillensi,hocOstensoriumdono

s ueUdenses, inHollandia.


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on,whoseAnnatespublished

rs.17A stheseprobablycontain

e renc hpeopleatthetimeof

nfacts,omittingonlythose

edindocumentsalreadylaid

see,thestatehad nothad

ears.H ereheevidentlyrefers

nlyafew loc alitieswerev isited,

sionary.Throughthisisola-

tholicsbecamescatteredli e

omeofthemlef tthestatein

shmentfor theirsoulselse-

ownwea intheirfaith, oreven

mi edmarriages, thec hildren

on-Catholic s. ngreat

eligion hasleftscarcelya

possessionofhisepiscopal

urch,whichisstill theonly

andhowhefoundnotmorethanone

olicsthere,onlytwelveofwhom

naftermuchpreachingand

owperhapsthreehundred

en thetwopriestswhocame

otheir homes,hewasleft

naryefforts,unableto answer

ccorthatcamefromwidely

idingonhorsebac aboutnine

ains,throughforests,andby

ga ti on d el a o i, X I I , 2 25 X I I I , 1 25 , 1 0


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asinthehottestpart ofthe

18

ndwasatthe doorofdeath

stwhosezealandpietygave

dconsolation.Thepopular

aitharenot hardtoovercome.

doctrineispreachedthepeople

nan ietytohearite plained

ee pressedadesiretohave

priestin theirmidst.The

piR iverarestrivingtoerect

he bishopwillsoonbeable

butwhatcanhedowithouteither

A llef fortshavefailedhimin

othinghimself , andta enfrom

helphim,helabors under

otherbishopswerenotobliged

eminary inhisresidence. or

dhispriests hemusttrustto

Propagationof the aith, whic h

obligationswhichhe cannot

enot abletodefraythe

heirpastors. fGodw illbut

missionaries,andtheC ath-

emeansfortheir support,the

: N ow, O ord, dismissThy

ishopwenttoV iennain

ov isitthatc ity . nA ustria,

pMilesspentthesummerof18 intravel-

oughTennessee.

I , 1 25 -1 28 .


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alsoreceiveddonationsfrom

ationestablishedspeciallyfor

mericanmissions.Thencehe

me,possiblyreachingthe

hristmasholidaysin1840 forwe

ene tyear.20 n talyhe

fromtheprovincialofthe

hertouchingonthemisguided

tof1828,bywhich aint

asdirec tedtogivethebishopof

ddollarsayear,unlesshe should

hichthefathersfeltcertainly

donmisrepresentationand

yoftheirGeneral.Besides,

ntheirstateofpoverty. n

, anuary1 , 1841)to ather

e oc iety forthePropagationof the

havethedesiredef fect. shallc ertainlydo

havereasontobelievethatthis and

thyourBishopwillbring meinconflict

gret, as haveagreatregardforhim. ou

elings,and ta ecarethatnoneof your

hingthatmaywidenthe breachalready

ainanythingbybeing atwarwithyour

spreparedamemorialto presenttothe

gofthematterbetweenyou. feelcon-

rightlyunderstoodhere,therewillbeno

oursatisfaction. talsoappearstome

stoodthemattercorrectlyhewouldnot

e ebruary , 1841 Miles, R ome, ebruary18,

v . o s ep h O ' F i n an , r e la n d (A r c h i ve s o f a i nt o -

dvoc ateshowsthathewrotetofriendsinN ash-

mber1,1840.

oseph sPriory. Thislettersubstantiatesthe


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womonthsatR ome.O f

the capitalofC hristendom

ac tthathappytraditionsofhis

ongthe riarsPreac herof that

urneyhemostli elypassed

pril10(Holy aturday),

ationinthenewandsplendid

atR otterdam. A f ter

andBelgium,hepossibly

and reland. B ethatasit

, w h en h e r ea c he d N e w o r o n

ee.22

es et , O h i o , an d a i nt R o s e s , i n

yonhishomewardroute, butwere

ovedmostne ttohisown

ehaltedatthemall.W hile

headministeredc onf irmationtothe

olyTrinity (in omerset),

, u n ct i on C i t y . 2 B e ca u se o f t he s e

treac hNashv illeuntil at-

41. The oyof thepeoplewas

notdobetterthanlet ather

seemstobehis, tellthestory .

e1 .Thematterofgivingthe ordinaryof

ddollarsannually,whichwasthecauseofthe

obyMiles,draggedalongfortwentyyearsor

ohadbeeninRomeandta enuptheaf fair

pMiles visit,actedharshlyfromthestart.

n atherN . D. ounghemethismatchinhard

ott sH istoryof theA rc hdioceseofC inc innati, pp. 181

adeoutthememorialinbehalf ofhisbrethrenin

ethesec ondbishopof aintPaul. tisim-

hecaseonitsmerits andnotcometothecon-

rightwereonthesideof aint oseph sProv inc e.

c ate, une5and eptember25, 1841.

dvoc ate( uotingtheTelegraph), O c tober2 , 1841.


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arrived.O urBishop,ourfather,and

ein uropeformorethaneighteenmonths

uchregret,has byhisreturngladdenedthe

dif fusedbyhispresenc euniversal oy .

announcedonwhichtheB ishop sarrival

eCatholicsofN ashville, c omposedof renc h,

h, andA meric anpeople, w ithoneacc ord

this returnbygoingin abodyseveral

nto meethim.A ccordingly,aboutone

turday last, atrainofc arriages, f illedw ith

ndfollowedbya numberofpersonson

fromtownatarapidpac e, andine c ellent

n ioustomeettheirBishopsometenora

notmore,however,thanthreeorfour

whenthe priests,whooccupiedthe

sion,recognizedata distancetheir

ccompaniedbyoneof hisclergy,a

telychec ed thecarriagessoonun-

sebac dismounted andall, withuncovered

,approachedtheirBishopwhowassoon

ithafondaffectionallthosewho sought

oveandvenerationfortheir Prelate.

eholidayattire theheartywelcome,better

aninwords,affectedthegood Bishopeven

astoralaffectionheblessedhisspiritual

nshadceased,theBishopascendedthe

rhim,andwithhim sathisVicarGeneral

emphis,theR ev.Mr.McA leer.The

sresumed andall,inthe finestspirits,

rovedhealthandappearanceoftheirmuch

niedhimtothe episcopalresidence,in

heB ishophadpaidhisadorationtothe

isdomesticchapel,hewasagainsurrounded

econgratulationsofhisaffectionatechil-

olthen appeared,bearingaflagof


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scribed,insimple butbeautiful

ationsforthehappyreturnoftheir

deed, sodelightedwasthegoodPrelate

chmenthethisdayreceivedfromhis

washeard topronounceitthehappiest

ndeedmaytheC atholicsofTennessee

ous,andamiablea Prelate.24

olemnmassof than sgiv ing

eturnwassungby ather

rNic holas avelliasdeac on, and

esassubdeac on. B eforethemass,

worshippersina waythat

r themandhisdelightto be

ethehappinessaffordedhimby

sdiocese. ntheafternoon,

preached.On bothoccasions,

berofl iberal-mindednon-

severalmembersofthestate

sontobe pleasedwithhis

dnotless faithfultothe

nzealousinhislabors. na

, 1840, hetellsthereadersof the

thecomingofthethreepriests

ersMorgan,McAleer, and

becomelighterforeach,the

outloo morec heerful. ather

eofhisinfirmhealth,was

e c tober2 , 1841. ThelettertotheA dvocatebears

eA dvoc ate sc orrespondent, statesthiswasthethird

sentranc eintoNashv ille, whic hisnot uite

. T . a r bo e s l e tt e rs i n t he A d v o ca t es o f O c t ob e r 12

8, showthattheanniversaryhadpassedbyafew

ofC hapterX I V .


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givenchargeofthelittle

licitudetoourrespec tedBishop the

entosecureto theDiocesePriestsoftrue

edtodoallthings, tospendandbespent

vneMaster. now ingalsothecharacter

pleofTennessee,hewas mostdesirous

dpossessthenecessary ualificationsto

oe plainwithsatisfactiontoourcitizens

hurch.Twomissionarieswere,forthis

raveltogetheras amutualsupport

us,e emplary,andfullycompetentto

mannerthewordofeternallife.

parturefor urope, heinstruc tedhis

esigncarriedinto effectassoonas

videnceappearstofavorthegoodBish-

appytostatethat,withthe divineblessing,

toberealizedtotheir fulleste tent.

dclergymen,properly ualified,have

sions, and oyfullyunderta entheenviable

eatportionofour Diocese.TheR ev.

ev . ohnMaguire, bothalumniof t.

mitsburg, havebeenappointed, andalready

stravellingmissionaries.

hadpreachedinGallatinand

ounty, wheretheC atholic sare

nbe sufficientinnumberto

t w e e t h ey w i ll g o t o r a n l i n,

aA priest, atherC lanc y, is

oareatN ashville, ather

atherMorgan.

th er t o e s l et te r of e pt em be r

ersMc A leerandMaguirehad

liamsonCounty , onA ugust15,

icsandnon-C atholics,madea

st22, 1840 C atholic A lmanac , 1841, p. 172.


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eltthatapastor mightbe

henearfuture,andfindthe

rt. rom ran lintheypro-

auryCounty . O ntheirroute

ghimselfaCatholic whohadnot

rs. nMauryCountythe

ross severalnominalC atholics,

families butinnoinstance

ollyor strictlyC atholic.

catedthemselvesinthetruth

mittheirchildrentounitein

ntneighbors.

heyarrivedonA ugust20, and

mbassadorsofC hristreported

andinginsociety,onceC atholic,

f neglect,aredistinguished

renbynocharacteror merit

aveunhappilyforgotten

ghtthemin earlyyouth,and

dedtotheir faultbyanungen-

creed. twillnotbe long

onedin MauryC ounty.

ssionariestravelledto helby-

preachedeitherinsomenon-

ourt-house. verywhereitis

edmarriages,longneglect,

mattersreligious,and,morefre-

finalapostasy.A sisalways

e forconversionsamongthe

ngthosewhohavefallenaway


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phishasspentawee at

ounty , wherehepreac hednearly

stchurchwithgoodresults.

atholic c hurc hw illsoonbebuilt

Theproprietorsof thepro-

r t Pi c e r in g , u s t be l ow

otfora church,anditis

builtthere,insteadofat

that partofthestate.27

welearnthatDoc tor palding

ninthesummerof1840

promisedthebishopthis

s disappointmentfornot

companyinghimtoBaltimore

ouncil.H oweverthisbe,the

entlyelectrif iedthepeopleof

sandlectureswhichhethen

osaryC athedral. nspea ing

a bo r s, a t he r t o e s s ay s : W e

dBishopofBardstownmay

hisclaimuponhis servicesin

eedssomuchthe zeal,and

enli ehim. paldinghim-

toNashv ille. Bishop ngland

sattheBaltimoreC ouncil

ennessee scapital,andgivea

ember1 , 1840.

eA dvoc ateandarec ordintheboo ofbap-

840, showthatDoc tor paldingwasinNashv ille in

eptember. tispossiblethathisdesireforan

esseecosthimhispositionas presidentof aint

f o r we s o on f i nd h i m st a ti o ne d a t e i n gt o n, e n tu c y .

. p al di ng , pp . 8 f f .


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anwasta enill, whic h

aguire sbeingretainedatN ash-

atherMc A leermadethene t

letterontheselaborsisnotdated,

aboutthe middleofN o-

eftN ashvilleonO ctober2

middleTennessee. O n unday

d preachedinthehouseofa

ounty. Ta inginthepartsof

his route,hethenvisited

, someeightymilessouthof

c olnC ounty, whereheusedthe

anchurchforpreaching,he

yofMatthewMartin. A t

nCounty , thene tplac evisited,

ntheMethodistchurch,and

olicswhohadhithertoescaped

s i,henowpreachedthere.

thattown,andhe didnothear

ondvisittoPulas i ather

methataCatholic Priestwas nownto

,youmaywellimaginethe greatan iety

rone.Manyseemedto beoftheopinion

wasto ma ehisappearanceintheshape

andtotheiruttersurprisetheyatlength

sonofour missionary,ahumanbeingnot

gthemselvesspo e, andpreac hed, and

inedhisdoctrinesbyappropriatete tsof

vedthegreatest indnessevery-

month. O nepriestc annot

nessee.Thispartofthe


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tedne tinorder.2

departurecamealltoosoon

theplanswhichBishopMiles

hhisvicargeneralwas follow-

y. atherMorgan shealth

tseemstohavebeenthought

ryrest. Hewentto e ing-

hediedNovember10. 0The

priest wasaseverelossfor

cese.W hilstnotsosad,

mber21, 1840.

ntheA dvoc ateofNovember21, 1840, runsas

morningof the10thinstant, in e ington, entuc y ,

on, theRev. WilliamO . C . Morgan, of theRo-

Thedeceasedwasanativeofthe cityofDublin,

eceivedordination,andwasattachedtothe Dio-

hfarremovedfromhisrelationsandcountry,

rhimina distantlandnewfriendsandbrothers,

hissorrows,andsmoothedthe pillowofdeath.

maidofH eaven,came,sheddingherhallowedin-

bed,assuagingeverypain,softeningeverypang,

sof hisfaithabright andgloriousvistain

dillnesshere withheroicfortitude,edifyingall

isfaithshoneoutin everycircumstanceof

dhee piredwithasmileuponhisc ountenanc e.

ttotheC atholic faith andinbecominga

thedispleasureofhis parents,who,inconse-

nnectionswithhim.Thusdiscardedathome,he

butbeforehedied,headdressedaveryaffectionate

ortingher, ashislastre uest, toen uireseriously

h. Hishumilitywasadmirable. He v iewedhimselfas

lehe reposedanunboundedconfidenceinthe

v iour. He earnestly re uestedthatnothingmight

isdeath andthat.itshouldbeannounced

thanentireconfidenceinthemeritsof C hrist.

slyattended,andadiscoursewasdeliveredon

. palding, whohad indlybefriendedandas-

ington andtheinsc riptiononhistombstonetells

odourofsanctity .


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theC hurchofTennesseewas

ationfromhis insman,the

pofCharleston, bythepastor

statetogo tothemissionsof

12, 1840, ather to es

TheRev. Mr. Mc A leerhas

Memphis,withthechargeof

aGrange, etc ., intheroomofthe

, wholeavesourDioc eseto oin

eR ightR ev. Dr. C lanc y. 1

f ruitfulevent, nodoubtarranged

foreheleft for urope,was

ashvillecathedralfromA pril

hers ranc is vremondand

e su it a th er s of a in t Ma ry s C o l -

nduc tedit. Theirearnestpreach-

essionalnotonlyeffected

were alsolongremembered

appiestrelationse isted

s C o l l e ge a n d a i nt R o s e s C o n -

ather vremondwereespeci-

mber1 , 1840. Thefreedomwithwhic hthepriests

ntfromonediocesetoanotherin theearlier

tattimes practicallyimpossibletotracethem

bor.TheMiscellanyofN ovember22,1828,

. . C lancywasordainedbyB ishop nglandat

ous unday whiletheCatholic A lmanac of18 3

. C lanc y inc hargeofC arbondale, riendsv ille, and

y lvania. imilarly , theA lmanacsof18 9 and1840show

nc yatMontgomery , A labama, w ithvariousother

e s l e tt e r of e b ru a ry 1 , 1 8 40 , t o th e A d v o ca t e ( e e

hapter)ma esitc ertainthattheC lancy inA labama

twouldhaveinvolvedendlesstime andlabor

ndashelabored foronlyashortwhile in

,wedidnotattemptto ascertainwhetherhe

sintheDioceseofC harleston,orinthatof


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BR O A D A N D C O N T N U D A BO R

sletterofMay10, tellingof the

of themission, ather to es

foundadmittancewithinourbreasts,it

eofourbelovedBishopon thatday

manyofhis faithfulchildrenwereful-

esofhispaternalheart. neednotsay

ovednamewasrepeatedon unday, the

fhappinesswouldseemfull, couldhe

oc . TheRev. ather vremond, in

good andcommonfather,andthetearof

yesofmanywhoofferedup afervent

eedyreturn. 2

asnow lef tasatravelling

swell ualifiedforthiswor .

prefatorynoteof ather

heitinerantharvesterofsouls,

ttotheA dvocate,thezealous

dlaborsbroughtonafeverwhic h

. 3 TheMaguiredocument

importantforthe early

essee,thatweclosethischapter

most initsentirety.

t o e s .

: —

21stofMay, andproc eededto ran lin,

t e a cr a me n ts . r o m r a n l i n w e nt t o

elast ac ramentstooneperson. v isited

byv illeandWinc hester, c rossedtheCumber-

41 . a t he r t o e s l e tt e r is d a te d Ma y 1 0.

theA dvocatetheletterwhichhehadreceivedfrom

er to eswrites: Thefollow ingc ommunic ation

ealousmissionaryofour Diocese,theR ev.

ldhavebeensenttoyouforpublicationbeforenow,

of themissionary, whoselaboursande posure

e cludedforatimeeveryother thought

2, 1841).


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asper), andarrivedonthef irstof une

stTennessee. O nthesec ond v isitedthe

ntheWesternandA tlantic Railroad.

atholicsonthisroad,withwhom have

wee s. Theywerenotv isitedbyany

ars.O urbelovedBishopandthe

v isitedtheminthefallof18 8, whenwor -

ailroad.Theirnamesareheldin benediction

eceivedmewith oy,andimmediately

chinthemidstof theforest. 4

entevery undaytohearourdoc-

ofwhomevinceagreatdesireto findout

rotestantscommencedsomewee s

neforthemselves, and havethehappi-

eirstudyendedintheir convictionof

yreligion.A respectablefarmercalled

go, andas edmetoe plainmyc reedto

eparture gavehimsomeboo storead,

seemeagain.H ereturnedintwo

h o wh e l i e d o ur d o ct r in e . A s f a r , s a id h e ,

ed, amwellpleased. f irmlybelieveinthe

er, inthe nfallibilityof theChurc h, andin

s us C h r i s t i n th e o r d s u p pe r . g a ve

hisc hildren. hopeeralong, w illhave

outhathe andhiseightchildrenhave

ld. 5

svicargeneral thatmany

oad,becauseoftheirhard-

ns,havebecomeaddictedto

ongdrin . A c c ordingly , hehas

societyamongthem.Twen-

enthepledge,andhebelieves

lsoonfollowthegood

eremembered,alsovisitedtheserailroadmen

Thisrailroad, asalsotheriveraf terwhic hit

llywritten H iawassee.

ober2, 1841.


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hemovehavebeenhighly

probable, wemaynotehere, that

ctionsinthis matteralso.

t, hewasalwaysawarmadvoc ate

orthosewhocouldnot other-

s. ohadhetwicevisited

eturntotheletter: ather

manyC atholicsinBradley,McMinn,

ties. setouttov isitthemonthe

eveland, B radleyC ounty, manyrespectable

ry indly,andtheyinvitedmeto preach

espectableC atholicfamiliesinthis

vemeabeautifullotforac hurc h all

cordingtotheirmeans. foundmany

eswhowereglad toseeme.O ne

tforsi ty -si years, anotherfortwen-

edthreetimesinC harleston,onthe

asinvitedtoreturnbysomerespectableProt-

ainourdoctrines.

efamilyneartheN orthCarolinaline

d. determinedtogoand seethem.

ataneatfarmhouse, andc alledforlodging.

ametothedoor, andinavery indand

etoputup forthenight.A ftera

m wh o w as . W h a t " h e e c l ai m ed , a

myGod amahappyman. newthat

nme. H eembracedmewithswim-

heart.H ehasavery interesting

themupintheCatholic religion. H e

sc ellany and, bytheaidof thathighlyre-

deavoursto eepalivethef lameofC atholic -

performedseveralmarriages,ad-

teenchildren,andadmittedtoholy

ersons. returnedtotherailroadon the

rduousbut consolingmission.Thus


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asyou re uested,ofmylaboursand

onths,duringwhich havetravelledon

ousandmiles.

st,

, 1841.


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UT O O K

stoliccircuitsagainassoon

rst, hetoo arapidsurveyof

earermissions.Thenhe

ennessee,wherepreparations

erectionoftwochurches

inMemphis,theother prob-

galthoughthefailureof the

ma eita successrendered

f fortsthereabortive. 1O nhis

avethetonsureandfour minor

owdeandWilliamHoward, and

hacht, aturday, November27,

hef irst undayofA dvent,

ubdeaconship onTuesday, No-

adeac on, andon unday,

sraisedtothe priesthood.2

tionseveradministeredin

eritualwas carriedoutwith

udays. ather to esac ted

eed tolandfora churchatMemphison

ofDec ember25, 1841. ather to es letterto

ec ember , 1841. verywhereoneseesthisnew

Dowd butintheNashv illerecordshesignsit

whiswayofspellingit. ather c hacht sbaptismal

ameapriest)was vo buthewrotethec apital

l thatinsomeearlyc ommunic ationsitappears

en t ly b e in g t a e n f or n o .


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ersH osteandMaguirewere

ubdeacon ather avelliwas

edescriptionofthebishop s

ofthearchdeacon,andthe

istersshowsthatthe ourney

rdedinthis regard.Many

wntothechurchbythenovelty

essfilledtheheartsofthe

ewhohadformerlysuffered

vation.

atherO ' Dowdeasan

shopMilespreachedonthe

oplethathe wasgreatly

tthe littleseminarywouldhelp

a sufficientnumberofspiri-

to esspea sinhighpraiseof

dgoodnatureof atherMaguire,

sasamissionary in E ast

hopMileshewrites:

communicatethatwhereverhevisits

hescatteredfloc ,andhereceivesfrom

ectandconsideration.Toyou,how-

opsowellit willnotappearsurprising

esecuretheesteemandregardof those

rse.H eisindeedmostdeservedly

. ouw ill, now , re oic etohear,

artof theUnionc anbefoundamore

nthegood Bishopandhisclergy.

nnersofBishopMilesattachallto him.

sc lergyandpeople andif inotherplaces

alshisinerror, whenhestates( ac ts, A ugust18,

ohnM. ac uetwasthef irstpriestinChattanooga.

thatBishopMilesand atherDurbinwerethere

theplacewas nownasRoss anding while

t atherMaguiremadethecitythecenterof


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UT O O K

tageswedonotpossess,inthe unionand

sistbetweenaBishopand hisPriests

shv illec annotbee c elled. A ndthis,

compensationforwhateverprivations

onof atherO ' Dowde,

aguiresetoutfor thesouthern

emtohavepassedoverthe

ntothemissionsinthesouth-

owhichthatzealousmission-

ttention.4O nhisreturnfrom

e s n e t l e tt e r in f or m s us , D oc t or

ectureson temperance

athedralinthe firstpartof

athemightsetthe people

sclergy, andhislittlebandof

edgeina bodyinthecathedral

27. mmediatelyaf terthelec -

bishopbegananothercourse

onof theCatholic faith, whic h

er undayfortwomonthsor

hnumbersthatthechurch

c apac ity . 5

thebishopadoptedthe plan

whichhehadformerlyfollowed

hioand entuc y . ather

esedisc oursesattrac tedsomuc h

swerereceivedbymail,

opsub ec tsfordisc ussionand

esameconnec tionthev ic argeneral

5,1841.

0 , 1 84 2 . t o e s l e t t er i s d at e d A p r il 1 .


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essthiswor . Muc hpre udicew ill

butGodalonecanbestowthedivine

vlle, althoughthereis, andmustbe, c on-

instourfaith,slanderedaswehave been,

ngbeenraisedin ourdefence,forso

esus pleasuretostatethatthe most

edofthecitizens evincetowardsusthe

urclergywithrespect,andmanifesta

whatwereallybelieve.8

eemstohaveadvocated

e,hebelievedthat,as arule,

onshouldbewellinstructed

sacrament.Possiblyitisfor

t recordwhichwefindofhis

eseisinA pril, 1842 andit

ethat headministeredthe

ybeingduetothe difficulty

ather to es lettertellsof

l afterwhichitproceedsto

Milesf rom urope, ac hurchhasbeen

seethroughtheac tivezealof theR ev.

notherinMiddleTennessee, R obertsonCoun-

essofbeingerec tedinthe Western ]

see,underthesuperintendenceofthe

Mr. Mc A leer. nourownc ityofNash-

ensivelotpurchasedbytheBishop,we

dthebuildingofour eminary,whichwill

shvillecathedralregistryconfirmationwasad-

and10 buttherecordwaswrittensometimeafter-

atherA lc manywho, itseemsc ertain, hadnot

t o e s l e tt e r A d v o ca t e of A p r i l 0 , 1 84 2 ) sa y s

0 buthisletterisdatedA pril1 . B esides, it

wasgivenon unday,andA pril20,1842,was

atypographicalerrorfor10,andA pril10,

thefirstconfirmationgiveninN ashville.


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e,nowpastoroftheC athedral,haslately

ro ,wherehevisitedtwoedifyingconverts,

her,whowerereceivedintotheC hurch

y theBishop,who,whenhehadnopriest

thislongandpainful ourneyoverthe

. atherMaguiregaveusthemost

mnesswithwhichtheyadheretoall the

scrupulousobservanceofall theC hurch

. ohnO ' Dowdhasrec entlyv isited

oC atholicMissionaryhadeverbeen

tteredmembersofthefloc almost

hereabout, ather to es

sof vicargeneral,pastorof

fthelittle seminaryand

aguirebec omesthec athedral s

suc ceededby ather

ryinsouthernandeasternTen-

pitethehardshipsand priva-

rty,thesmallnumberof

situationofthe fewC atholics,

eseloomedbrighterthanever

manifestedgreaterzealthan

etoiledharder, ortoo longer

s, whetheronhorsebac orby

forthe salvationofsouls.

letosetthee amplewhic h

iscommandwas:

n G o " a n d it w as g i ve n i n ac t io n ,

holinessof lifeallregarded

1842. Thetwoconvertsat onesborough, itw ill

rt a n d Ma r y . A i e n . a t he r t o e s l e tt e r is


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theR ev.Mr. ancastertoo his

tobepresentatthe commencementofhis

ttheRev. Mr. Hazeltineremaineduntila

rthe isters,whointhemeantimewere

onatelyentertainedbyarespectablelady

ofNazareth Mrs. T. . tevenson .

alargeandcommodiousbuilding,the

in ohnWilliams, onthebrowofC amp-

ble site.Theyhavealreadycommenced

pectsofe tensiveusefulness.We

ismerciestous, andwehopetoprove

worthyoffutureblessings.11

etters, wefeelsure, presentafair

anifestedbythemoreli beral-

owardstheC hurchandthe

inginTennessee.Tradition,

ndencewiththeA dvocate,

s straightforwardchar-

yse ertedastronginfluence

indly feelings. H owever,

nfraternalandoptimistic

sappearstohaveoverloo edthe

softhemasses.Perhapshehad

wotherthanthewell-disposed,

morestubborn,morebitter,

eligiousbias—especiallythat

holicpropagandawhichhas

onthroughoutthe nglish-

otoday itwasinf initelyworse

turyago.

ber24, 1842 isterMaryV incent, Nazareth, De-

o R e v . W i l li a m W a ls h ( N a s hv i ll e A r c h iv e s) . e e a ls o

ofC harityof eavenworth, ansas, pp. 1 f f . , and

harityofN azareth, entuc y , pp. 114f f . but

setwoauthorstobein errorwhentheysaythat

villein1841.


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UT O O K

e istersofC harityinto

pnoless calculatedtoadvance

nthatof religion,arousedthe

ofmanyalmosttoafrenzy.

f thatc itywas absolutely furious

malignity . TheCatholic

too uptheunscrupulous

ercyin alengthye coriation

2BishopMiles,however,

rtraditiontothecontrary,

saccustomedcourseofpatient

mpromise,whichrarelyfailed

rchaswellasfor himself.

medoctrinallecturesorser-

ply,but referredtothe

Thiswashis usualwayof

vebroughtgood results,for

lypatronizedbynon-

ultiplicityoflaborshad

riarsPreachertocarryout

elovedbishopofN ashville.

nthearrivalof athers

o s ep h . A l e m a ny , t wo p a ni s h

givehim theirservices,as

f missionarywor thatwas

TheTelegraphofA pril25,

atelyarrived fromR ome,

dfor theDioceseofN ash-

v iewofthisfactthatthe

senttothe C atholicA lmanac

ather to esatNashv ille, and

er17, 1842 andPilot, A pril12, 1845.


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mphis,withthechargeof

aGrange, says:

helbyv ille, ayettev ille, andWinc hester—

eph adoc A lemany, O . P. everalc ounties

ttendedbyRev. ohnMaguireandRev.

MissionariesforWestTennessee—R ev.

e v . o u is H o s t e .1

mandedthatA lemanyand

ptinO hio. Meanwhile, inA ugust,

ugeneH. Pozzo, O . P. , . T. M. ,

dat aint oseph s, inthat

d, ather avelli, whoc ame

ehasalreadybeenmentioned,

nnesseemissions.Possibly,

a talian, and now ing

fetheretoolonesome. A tany

ofNashv illeforthatof aint

ofB ishopMiles lifeatwhic h

obablyitwasin parttofill

emanywasnowsenttoNash-

ec ordatZ anesv ille, O hio,

42 andhisearliestatNashv illewas

of thesameyear. Hewasthe

nTennessee.15

nac for184 showshimasassistantto ather

intMichael s, rederic town, Missouri. Thene t

sameplace,andremainedthereuntil184 ,

rleans. H erehewasappointedpastorof the

herehelaboredefficientlyforelevenyears.H e

c tober , 1857, bymembersofan taliansec ret

Telegraph, November7, 18 7.

ofN ashvilleatthistimeare sofewandfar

o determinethedateofanew priest scoming

eCatholic HeraldofPhiladelphia, A ugust12, 1841,

ssionaries, Rev. Mr. Tavelli S avelli , forthedioc ess

atherPozzo, of theO rderofPreac hers, forthe


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UT O O K

oceseisfromR obertson

ovember15,1842.Thesig-

etherw iththeunmista ablesty leand

es, leavesnodoubtastoits

a detailedaccountofthe

assat aintMic hael stwo

seeandhear aC atholicbishop

e church.Beforethecere-

edonconfirmationandthe

vereda sermononfaith.

uluse ofthe criptures,no

e,that madethoseofhis

inentranceintothelittle

edifice,inspite ofthe

couldbeheardalmostas

.1

perienceafargreaterloss

feredthroughthedeparture

i r s t, a t he r t o e s o ff e re d h is

ashvilleforonlyoneyear.

thistime becauseofhislove

Miles,andhis pityforthe

ritualdestitution. ven

e,heappearstohavethought

of esus.17TheCatholic A dvo-

, announc es: Weunderstand

seph to es, V icarGeneralof

isoffice,andproceededtothe

, inMarionC ounty, entuc y ,

ave ustarrivedf rom eghorninourPort. R ev.

lef tRomeinthemiddleofMay.

e2,1842.

o Bi s ho p P ur c el l , e p te m eb r 1 , 1 8 9 ( C i n c in n at i


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elftothatdistinguishedorder.

thereasongivenabove,

eousinthat itstatesthat

already lef tthediocese, itwas

sintention.The C atholic

ubtlessbec ausethereportof the

orehisresignation,still gives

ashv ille butthatfor1844

ry s C o l l e ge , wi t h S . . a f t e r

partureof ather to es, whic h

edmorethanBishopMiles

eofN ashvillelostnotonly

issionary,andaclergyman

nmusthavebeenasourceof

hisc o- laborers, butalsoa

ecauseofhisletterstothe

hurchthere,hedeservesthetitle

orianofTennessee.1

105 A lmanac , 1844, p. 150.

wasbornin reland, studiedatCarlow , andwasor-

seofC harleston,December21,1822.Thenhe

dioceseofDublin,probablyatMaynoothpre-

ngland sseminaryandc ollege. B uttheU. .

une15, 1825, says: C olumbia S outhCarolina :

o eshasbeenappointedtota echargeofthisand

tionsuntilsomefurtherarrangementscanbe

dtota ec hargeofhisf loc . Thisisthefirst

vefound.H eremainedatC olumbiauntil

wastransferredto avannah, Georgia, ofwhichhe

llthesetenyearshewasoneof themostac tive

lestonDioc ese. rom avannahhewentto

utafteraboutayearthere hebecamerectorof

nati, whenc ehewenttoNashv ille. nallthese

a finescholarandelo uentpreacher.

ationwasnot toareligiouslife,he left

ge, in entuc y , andthenlaboredforawhile(1844-

h s C h u r c h, N e w o r C i t y . r o m 18 4 5 to 1 8 51 h e

U t i ca , N e w o r . n 1 8 51 h e b ec a me p a st o r at N e w


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UT O O K

ezealof the atherof the

othebeautyofGod stemple

as ofthewayinwhichhe

ardbythegenerosityofC ath-

letterofatransientwho

phian totheCatholic A dvoc ate

er 1, 1842. irst, hetells

yoftheplaceandits favored

nrenton aformerbusiness

tthesight ofitsdilapidated

thoughtthatamongsucha

sbestgif ttoman, Hisoneand

y nown. Thenheproc eeds

ybeheldonlastChristmasmorningits

shop,....surroundedbyayouth-

ditschurchthrongedby manyofthe

tingmenofN ashville.A llwascalcu-

dthe mostpleasurablefeelings—contrast-

rcumstancesthatthensurroundedme

them,ofotherdays... .Butmyattention

eparationsthatwere beingmadefor

sacrificeofthe MassbytheBishop,

ests,robedinvestmentssurpassingany-

ersaw inric hnessofmaterialandc hasteness

olemnsacrificewithanair ofmost

feltdevotion.

oodhealth. Heisnaturallyma estic,

hedignityofhis character.He stillseems

ofmanhoodblendingwiththeapproaching

dgiveshopethathemaystillsurv ivemany

in1852, thebishopofH artford, whothenlivedin

and, too himtothatc ity , andmadehimhisv ic ar

uly1 , 1854, at aratoga, whereheseemstohave

asasplendidpriest, butseemstohavehad

osition,perhapsbroughtaboutbyhis long


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UT O O K

he 0th anuary , announcingthetimefor

ometohand. ourf irstneverreac hed

at haveanythingtoproposetotheCounc il

but thin thereisanabuseinthepublic a-

tcallsfor someattention.Thereappears

andsomeofthemc ontaine pressionsthat

zeProtestants. nsomeoftheprayers

Virginsheis styledDivine inothers

aProtestantc ountrysuc he pressions,

domuc hin urytoreligion. w ishto

if donotobtainitbefore, theappointment

eDioceseofNashv ille, asmyhealthisde-

abletoattendtothe arduousduties

here uestof thepoornegrobelongingto

yendeavourstofindhis wifeandchildren

essful. havefoundacolouredmanin

aintedwiththeaffair,andwhohas promised

indenoughtoassurethepoorfellow

owertoservehim. 22

erysign,tellsusthat the

oad utorwastheR ev. Martin

ssitwasinparttoprepare

ntthatthe distinguisheddivine

acourseoflecturesin

ofthese discoursestothe

readinsucha light,noless

theecclesiasticalauthorities

ossofsousefulac lergyman.

respondentsignshimself , spea s

chDoctor paldingproduced

,irrespectiveofcreed ofhis

aintPatric , unday,

ewasadmiredbyallc lassesin

ofthegood whichhehad

ase25, M7.


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ffurtherdispellingreligious

beginsw ithane pressionof

forthemanyblessingswhic h

omthatstatethroughthe

epalivethespar ofCatholic

eople,butespeciallyforthe

ovedpastor. nthislatter

enmorethanthis,to entuc yin

iritualfathertoherchildrenin the

eart yearnsfortheirwelfare onewhose

esareincessantlyandunsparingly

dtemporalwell-being.2

, whoissaidtohavew ielded

theauthorof thiscommuni-

adition,theletterofBishop

altimore,thefriendshipthat

ndtheformerpresidentof aint

andthepopularityen oyedbyDoc tor

theimportofthedocument

e entuc y hasdonesomuc h

ooddeedsnowbe crownedby

ofourdiocesethe manwhom

oad utor.

hfuleyeovereventhe most

oc , andsoughtto eepalive

couragementaswellas by

neverhecould.H isbig

touttoall. A lettertoR obert

nfar-of fWashingtonC ountyw ill

howheforgotnoone. A lthough

nsforhis ourneytothe

heaffairs towhichhehadto

8 , 18 4 .


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UT O O K

e,ontheeveof hisdeparture,

1 84 .

ersaryofyourbaptismand first

fadutywhich havedelayedtoolong.

yclergymencorrespondedwithyou,and

usinesssincemyreturnhome, have

nc ipally tothem. am ustontheeve

to bepresentattheProvincialC ouncil,

fourteenthofMay andinorderthatyou

oapproachtheholysacraments have

Dowdtovisityouforthatpurpose. He

nnesseeintwodays, andw illbew ithyou

onth. He hastoc allatA thensand

hereareC atholics,inordertoafford

y.

hearthatyouremainfirminthefaithandin

s and trustinthegoodnessandmerc y

veretotheend.H eavencannotfail

ndalthoughyouseemalmostleftwithout

ndyou, yetH ewholoo sdownwithan

isseatofglorywill neversufferyou

youarefaithfulto yourengagements.

earchildren.A greatrewardawaits

arsof toilandtroubleamidsttrials and

ssedaway,thatbeneficent ather,for

inedthecombat,willrewardyourlabours

ory.

smustsoonpass away.How

ectwhichfuturitypresents Theeye

rd,neitherhathitenteredinto theheart

eparedforthemthatloveH im( C or. ,

encontinuallyaspiretothepossessionof those

s. etussighcontinuallyforthat happy

eeternallyinebriated,asthePsalmist

entyofGod shouse, andbemadetodrin

sure fortherew ithHimisthefountain


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)—thegreatriverof thewaterof life, c lear

sfromthethroneofGodand ofthe

oftimeto closemyletter.Please

oyoure c ellentparents, andprayforyour

n,

st,

opofN ashville.2

saintlyprelatewaspressed

athedidnot visithisbeloved

seonhiswayeasttothef if th

erehefoundsuchrest ofsoul

hememoriesofformerdays,

earlyfriends thathewould

hefounditpossibleto visit

ic TelegraphofMay , 184 ,

passedthroughC incinnati.

t oseph swashistheologianat

ot discoverwhetherhetoo

f omerset, O hio, inorderto

ser,orproceededdirectly

more,andengagedtheservices

acherbyletter.25

May14,andlastedforone

andregulationswereenactedfor

meric anChurc h theHoly

theerec tionofnewepisc opal

ago, Milwau ee, Hartford, and

erw iththeestablishmentofav ica-

n ather gnatiusReynolds

M r . R o b er t P . A i e n , ne a r o n es b or o ug h , W a sh -

ee (A rc hivesof aint oseph sProv inc e).

ol i c Ma g az i ne , I , 7 7 .


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UT O O K

orofDoctor nglandat

ohnMcC los ey(af terwardsour

u t or o f N e w o r , a n d a t he r

forthesamepositioninB oston.110

ninregardtoac oad utorto

eactuallyre uestedthatthe

ppointmentofoneforhim,

ouncil,misledby the

ranceoftheholyman shealth,

intenanceoftwoprelates

ta onTennessee sfewCatholic s,

burden ofhislaborsalonefor

otheyoverloo edthefact

waswellabletosupporthimself ,

neofthereasons whyDoctor

fortheplace ofcoad utor.

ittledoubtthatthee pres-

receivedfromhisbrethren

ehard-wor ingmanto

metimethathe foundasource

nintheever-increasing

n theproofsthathethus

rowththroughoutthec ountry.

sthepresenceofaformer

seenfor someyears,and

Dubu uebroughttothec oun-

ather amuelC . Mazzuc helli.

b ec tofournarrative, probably

enric (whoseestrange-

hepast),wenttoPhiladelphia

aB allimori, pp. 207f f United tatesC atholic

- 7 8 h ea , H i st or y of t he C h u rc h, I I , 4 5 - 4 1 .


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himoutwiththeneedsof his

ehealsopreachedin aint

behalfof theorphansof thatc ity .27

sinessinthenorth was

manhurriedbac tohisown

etoo upagaintheendless

llof184 atherMc A leer

asubstantialbric church

vethe nameof aintPeter.

esnowmadeanothervisit

fthe state.A tMemphis

mentofconfirmationinthe

ac son, indefaultofatemple

e,heperformedthesamecere-

ofthefaithful. verywhere

chbythe sunshineofhis

thof hiszealandthe piety

toNashv illewhenhe

romhislittle seminary.

wardwhowasbornin reland,

ativeofB elgium. Theyrec eived

undayofadvent,Decem-

etwenty-thirdof thesamemonththey

eac on andonthene tday,

theywereraisedtothepriest-

ntif icalmass. atherHoste,

stedasdeacon,and ather

Unlesshewasoutonthe

emusthavebeenthemaster

une1, 184 . ThetraditionofNashv ille isthat

efinancialaidfromPhiladelphiathanfrom

ted tates.

y , 1 8 44 .


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L McA L E E R

. C L A R K S O N .

C H UR C H

R S T C H UR C H . TH E PR I E S T W H O BU L T T. A N DTH E I R S T

R E


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I

D GA I N S

edhimtore oic einthe

oftheadvanceofC atholicity

ry,eventhoughitsprogress

owanduphill. tdelighted

mentofnewbishops.H ow-

atallpossible,hesought to

is presenceattheirconse-

e factthathewasover-

me,he ourneyedto

asassistantattheconsecration

gnatiusR eynoldsforCharleston

rMilwau ee. Theceremony

,1844,byBishopPurcellin

postle ofO hio.Doctor

fP ittsburghwastheotherassis-

earthecloseoftheprevious

' Dowde, whohadc hargeof the

edby atherMaguiresouth

rnTennessee,hadgrownweary

nd gonetotheDioceseof

ewasgivenc hargeofB rownsv ille,

en,andWatertown,inthe present

A shisnamedisappearsfrom

and 0, 1844.


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after184 , heprobablyreturned

me.2H isplac einTennessee

William ennelly , whoseems

hedralofBoston. tispos-

her ennellyof feredhis

erelyuntil athersH oward

dainedandplac ed forwef ind

y, in1845, wherehebuilt

u r c h.

toldusof themodelc ommunity

ergyatN ashville,wherethe

actermadeeveryonehappy, in

osedbypoverty.Thepriests

dbymeanssenttothe diocese

of thestric test indwasa

sthisthatcausedall the

onof atherMc A leerin

homewiththeir belovedprelate,

rofthemwerepractically

8 45 , p p. 8 - 8 1 8 4 , p p . 1 0 7- 1 10 . a t he r O ' D o wd e

ount aintMary s, mmitsburg, andpartly in

dmadesomeofhis studiesbeforecomingto

ymissionaries,findinglife inthethenundeveloped

ntheyanticipated,returnedtotheirnativelands

yre uitedtoil.

1 1 . T he r e wa s a R e v . M r . e n ne l ly a t B os t on

manac for1844(p. 14 )giveshisf irstname

therec ordsatN ashv illeandsubse uentA lmanacsshow

n184 , hetoo c hargeofvariousmissionsin

ssc ounties, entuc y . n1850, hewenttothe

w or , wherehelaboredonvariousmissionsuntil

e d b y a tr a in , e b ru a ry , 1 8 8 . H e w as t h en

sC hurc h, O neida, andeighty-si yearsofage.

tingtypebyhand,whenanerror gotintothe

edalongtime.Until thelastyearsofhis life,

amewasveryof tenwritten innelly . A tO neida

anc isD. Mc hane, oneof thec ensorsof this


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D GA I N S

erehuntersof soulswho

domesticcomforts.

edforsomeyears,appar-

tionof athers c hacht

ncementtothepriesthoodno

e pec tedarrivalof ather

ery , oneof thebishop searly

terminethe atherofthe

spiteofhis slenderfinancial

oreconvenientandefficient

rces. atherMontgomery,

erstationedatN ashville,seems

nd ofA pril,1844.Though

e,hestillretainedmuchof

or.H etoolivedin the

eheattendedad ac entmissions,

eful generally.4

of thisnewhelper, ather

sidenceatC lar sv ille, wherehe

ectionofabric church,the

aidon une11,1844.

tedhisparish. nH umphreys

phadsecuredalarge areaof

toestablisha C atholic

ctalsosoonhadac hurc hunder

arationswerestartedfora

hepurposeby rancis

mGallatin.Thelasttwofanes

ue,buttheywereneatand

onsidered uitegood

sarrivalatN ashvillemaybeappro imatedfrom

a t a i nt R o s e s , i n e n tu c y , A p r i l 1 , 1 8 44 .


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s, RobertsonCounty , wasalso

d i st r ic t .5

omthe episcopalconse-

shopMilesmadeanother

nTennessee.On May12,1844,

d M ar y . A i e n a t o n es -

atherHowardw ithhim,

the youngpriestwas

thenthecapitalofMorgan

thefirstresidentpastorof east

swithhimto themountains,

eA dvoc ate, ardentzeal,

indispensablere uisitesforper-

ation.

finitelychosenasthecapital

t oncebecamecertainthat

uldbeselectedfortheloc ationof

emanner, probabilitieshad

ailroads andotherwor s

tuallyencroachonthe

odtheepiscopalresidence.

ceoffriends,perhapsnoless

udgment,BishopMilesnow

notherlocation,whereon

athedral.A plotofground,

wofeetinlengthbyseventy

edarand ummerstreets

tephensonatacostoffour

, 1844. Thelettertoitseditorwaswrittenat

, 1 84 4 .

, 1844 C atholic A lmanac , 1845, p. 128 c athedral

ntgomery,amerehamlet,isabouttwomiles

rg.ThislettertotheA dvocatewaswrittenat

44.


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dfortydollars.Theland

eof C edarandfacedweston

if thA venue. Preparations

sacrededificethere.7

ucturewaslaidon the

s t i, u n e , 1 8 44 . C u r i os i ty ,

broughtanimmensecrowd

wasthef irstof its indin

elGraham,aPresbyterianand

whosehomestoodonthe

mmerandCedarstreets( ust

church),notonlygavethe

bishopandclergyforthe

edaplatformtobeerected

guireheldhislargeaudienc e

earned,andelo uentsermon,

nintheA dvocate.8

pMiles,hispriests,and the

roceededwiththeceremony

orner-stone.Tall,straight,

veninadvancingyears,the

sma esticinappearance,must

henclothedintherich pon-

eceivedfromabroad.H e

him.TheA dvocate scorres-

utwhat appearstohave

specialmannerwas thegood

asion,thegreatregardin

byall classes,andthefact/

fthecitycontributedfarmore

5 - 7 ( R e c o rd e r s O f f i ce , N a s h vi l l e) N a s h v il l e

uary12, 18 0. ThedeedisdatedMarc h 0, 1844.

844, totheeditorof theA dvoc ateasinnote .


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ndidthosewho professed

ibutestothe zeal, piety , and

DoctorMiles, whosee ample

sc lergy . Writingtoa

hophimselfsays:

eofourCathedralonC orpusChristi,

essedbyalargecrowdofourcitizens

esonthatoccasionwithasmuchpropriety

ec tedeveninBaltimore. atherMaguire

hhasbeenmuchspo enofsince.A fter

nproc essionf romMa orGraham sto

ndations.Thisis thefirsttimethat

vebeenseeninthe streetsofN ashville,

eproduc edstrangefeelingsinmanywhohad

rewas,notwithstanding,great uiet

ony .

of thatdaywhic h, thin , isworthyof

orGraham,whoisa Presbyterian,

hsuchliberality.Tell me,canBaltimore

O urfoundationisgradually rising and

haveatemplefor worshipinsome

tBeingfor whomweintendit. ou,

privationinthisrespect,cangiveyour

eaofit. saysomeidea,forit is

evere perienc edanythingof the ind

aof it. 10

slowtoraisea stormof

s. ec tarian ournalsaswell

againsttheprogress of

sand atherMaguiretoo

.Thewriterofthecommunicationsignshimself

bablyav isitingc lergyman. He statesthatinthe

r-stone atherA lemanyisgivenasthevicar

ista e, for atherHosteheldthatposition.

ne1 , 1844, toMrs. milie anders, B altimore

ollec tion, A rc hivesofA mericanCatholic Historic al

. Mrs. Charles anders, ane emplaryCatholic ,

andwasvisiting herpeopleatthetime.


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D GA I N S

terofc ourse. B ut ather

moreimpulsive,camebac atthe

esthatmusthavemadethem

strong,logical,andwell-

ee, atherA lemanyhad

rchofmeansto helpnotonly

opMiles.A fterthedepar-

e s , th e p a ni s h r i ar P r ea c he r

fthelittle seminaryatN ash-

conscientiousmancouldhave

e.H owcarefulhewasin

dfor admissionmaybeseen

BishopBlanc.

fultoyou, ifyouwouldbeso indasto

tionyoumightaboutthemoralsand

manwho livedwithyouat

notseehow, ifhewasdestinedbyA lmighty

oudidnot eephimforyourdiocese

menenough,hedidnotma ebeforehand

otherplace. begofyoutobe so

nformationaboutit whichwilloblige

pstrongerinmymemorythe indnessand

yourwhole houseinmypassingthrough

oandc omingfromH abana. 12

thesameyearourbusy

emanysendabriefac c ountof

ust24andDec ember7, 1844.

ashville, anuary21, 1844(N otreDameA rc hives).

eis notontheletter,but theconte tsuppliesit.

letterofMileswithouteitherdate orthead-

othareshownbythecontentsandtheletterofA le-

lestellsB lanc thatheisforwardingtohisc are

oisgoingtoCuba onthe uest. twasat

lemanyobtainedinCubaalargec rucif i whichis

aint oseph s, omerset, O hio, andwhic his

stin theUnited tates.


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nda.Tennessee,itsays,has

mongwhomtherearesome

c s. nglishisthelanguage

eplacesGermanis spo en.

shop,areeightin number.

dchapelsbuilt.Besides

chesincourseof construction,

thedralofN ashville,whose

he eastofCorpusChristi,

ne ustpast. Thediocesansem-

nofaDominican.The is-

number,haveaconventand

ypupils.1

tbelieverin C atholic

etodowhateverhecouldfor

egro. nspiteofhis untoward

lemanytellsus, hehad two

boys— oneinN ashville,

Therewasalso af ree

ple intheepiscopalcity.A t

or thewhitesofN ashville

w iththeseminary whilethat

mtohavebeen conducted,in

,intheformerframechurch

ly atherMc A leerhad ugene

structiontotheyouthsof

af terhours, andforthisreason

assif iesthe MemphisA c ademy

c h i ve s , A m e ri c a C e n tr a le , V ol . X I I I — c o p y in N a s h -

tionwehaveseenofa C atholicschoolin


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D GA I N S

the atherof theC hurchin

ofboo swhereverhewent.

BishopO ' F inanprovedoneofhis

he obtainedmanyvolumes.

otonlywasthelittleseminary

but also,aswelearnfromthe

hersources,twocirculating

e inN ashville,andtheother

oc torMiles ob ec tintheestab-

atherA lemanystates,was

o read,whetherC atholicor

unitytobecomeinformedonthe

.15

D. ounghadbeenelec ted

s . A n i o us t o c el e br a te i n a

ythef irst aintDominic s

thatinstitutionsincehewas

oungpersuadedB ishopMiles,

tuc y , togracetheoc casionwith

esuit athersand c holastic s

s. TheRev. WilliamMurphy,

eachedthepanegyric.

mnpontificalmass,atwhich

hreeDominicanstudents,and

ponBrothers ydneyA lbert

phThomasR yan. Thec hurchwas

ll whocameforthe

brsathome, ourvenerable

morethanawee at aint

atherine s. Thelovewhic hthepeo-

c A lmanac s Miles, Rome, ebruary18, 1841, to

. P . (A r c h i ve s o f a i nt o s ep h s P r ov i nc e) .


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madethemeveran iousto

dren.A ccordingly,on

44,heagainadministeredthe

oat aintRose s, beforewhich

on thegraceswhichconfir-

nthem,andtheobligations

ssume.A fterthehighmass,

eathwhichbrought tearsto

essmanbac inhisown

hitsneeds.O nDecember8,

hurc hof the mmaculate

ather c hachtatC lar sv ille.

ebishopgavean e planation

ec t. atherMaguirepreached

theeveningofthe sameday,

sermon,andadministered

itredB ishopandpriestsintheir

estheA dvoc ate sc orrespondent,

public ly inourtown andyou

d i to r , of t h e an i o us l o o s o f

on-Catholic sweresota enw ith

nyas edthefavorofspea ing

anted,and theywereso

numberof themthereafter

ateConc eptiononthe undays

lar sv ille. 17

arWaverly , HumphreysCounty ,

ather c hachthimselfdedi-

ster unday, March2 , 1845.18

st25, 1844.

, 1845. 18ibid.


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A T C O N C E PT O N C H UR C H

L E ' S I R S T C H UR C H , A N D TW O PR I E S T

B S H O PM L E S


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D GA I N S

rehadapparentlybeensent

nessinc onnec tionw iththe

twasnecessarytosee inmany

redforitsc ompletion. unday,

preachedinthec hurc hattac hed

styattheteno c loc mass, and

thesocietyfortheconversion

ontributortotheC atholic Herald:

, andforc iblespea er, hisaim

zletheimaginationwithhigh

age,buttoconvincethemind

. andonbothoc c asions

mapprobationof largeaudi-

edthetitles totheproperty

dobtainedfromA nthony

Milesnowas edthatitshould

v identlyhisre uestwasmisin-

stothev ic argeneralof ouis-

184. 5.

d:—

stfavourthatinourlate correspondence

erstoodeachother,andtheshortestway

boutittill wemeet when,ifnecessary,

urtherinvestigation. begleaveonly

heremar madeaboutthedeed,

toanythingdishonourabletoBishop

onliv ingofmyac uaintanc ewhose

whoseperson honourmorethanB ishop

uentlyheisthelastonethat wouldbedis-

disrespec t.

dto thedeedwhenconvenient,and

1 , 1 8 45 . T he H e r a l d s l e tt e r is d a te d a n ua r y 2 .


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t am,asheretofore,

eofthisdocument,asis

lourbishop scommunica-

hatit allayedDoctor

evidentfromthene tletterof the

m fortherethegrateful

, 1845.

forthevery indattentionandgreat

ormywelfare. have,agreeablyto

dacopyoftheformin whichthematter

ot istobe managed,which sendyou.

of thedeed, thin ithadbetterbe, as

orassigns,asit wouldbesomewhat

porated,thelegislaturehavingrefused

eliableto succeedthanyourhumble

eorebeafraidtotry it. tisnotnec -

rnofMr.Maguire,asany othertwo

ngtheirsignaturesbeforethecourtof ouis-

ascommencedundercircumstancesmore

newsworthyyourattention.

thA c ademy, nearB ardstown, entuc y . ather

rgeneral. ustbeforethedateof thisletter, or

doneofTennessee sgreatmenwhoselifeperhaps

influenceontheerectionofN ashvilleintoadiocese

n. HewasfriendlytowardsCatholic s, anditisnot

medrewthe attentionofthebishopstowards

tin ma ingthembelievethatabishopric

e.

thA cademy.Thereweretwochurchlotsin


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D GA I N S 4 05

vednolittle oyatthis

plishedbytheacademyunder

hwhomhehadbroughttohis

nedanenviablereputation,

netypupils. A ll Nashv ille

hibitionofmeritgivenatthe

schoolyear1844-1845,which

ocatepaintsineulogisticterms.

e an n ua l e h i bi t io n o f t . M ar y s e m al e

the istersofC harity . was indly

rena, the uperior. Theirneat, clean, and

me. tsloc ationisadelightfulone itis

ouses inthecity. metwithmanyof

mpaniedbytheirbloomingdaughters

stodisplaythe now ledgeac uiredduring

enthecustom,consisted

ons. atherMaguirec on-

andthegirlsshowedthe

heschoolwasconducted. t

onnection,thattheeditorof

holic Magazinewassopleased

osinge erc isesof theNash-

seit fornoticeinpreference

forthatyear.2 A notherthing

hecare withwhichBishop

dbyA nthony oster, theotherboughtf romhim.

eltthatheshould bepaidforthe lotwhichhe

shopMilesthoughtthatit belongedtothediocese,

forithadbeenc ontributedinN ashville. laget s

earsthedateof eptember , 1845, andisin

p p .1 1 - 1 2 , R e co r de r s O f f i ce , N a s h vi l le . i v e

tionpaidforthem.

, 1 8 45 .

ne , e p te mb e r, 1 8 45 .


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he sistersandalocationfor

sofhislaborsherec eivedan

celltobepresentfor the

athedralinC incinnati,to

sual happymanner,inter-

whichheeverhad at

8, 1845.

end:—

tiontobepresentatthec onsec rationof

received,andifpossible willdomyself

amatpresentengagedindirectingthe

affair which hope, bythattime, w ill

oallowmyabsenceforthatgrandocca-

sesofwhichyouspea —therew illbe

e,formetopreach,asthere willnodoubt

resent,andmyaw wardmannerwould

the occasion.Don t,then,counton

nythingthat c ando w illdoc heer-

Mrs. Mc C lellan ] , w ithwhom deeply

eavement.

sinC hrist,

enerableprelatestoppedat

re , on u n da y , O c to b er 2 , 1 8 45 , h e

ndadministeredconfirmation

sh. B rothers . A . C lar son

owmadedeacons B rother ames

dsubdeac onship whilstthe

wereconferredonBrothers

nglof f , ThomasDominic Buc -

es.


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D GA I N S

ustine elly .25Normustwe

highregardhererepeatedby

espondent for(itc annotbetoo

ooverloo thelove,esteem,

verywhereinspiredwere

correctestimateofBishop

ightR ev.Prelate hesays ,and

hadlongsinceendearedhimto the

n,ofwhichhewasmanyyearsthe pastor

romptednodoubtbya correspondent

hepeopleofhis formercharge,are

ndcongratulation.Buttheattestation

veforhimisthe deepeffectwhich

upon thesub ectoftheireternal

isvoicehasalwaystheforceof a

af riend s. H isv isitsgivealsototheCath-

estants,ofthisneighborhoodthe

someofthemostimposingrites ofour

aboratepreparationsfor

wCathedralof aintPeter,

ovember2, 1845. TheMost

tonperformedthec eremony, being

devergone westofthe

ightotherprelateswere

idnotcloseuntilTuesday.

emnmassofre uiemon

andwasnodoubtselec tedfor

accountofhis splendid

seofhisgreat devotiontothe

er1,1845. N earlyallthesemenafterwardslabored

lle.

b e r , 1 8 4 ; A d v o c at e , N o v em b er 8 , 1 84 5 U . . C .

45.


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ropagationofthe aith

thegreaterpartof itsrec eipts

ountry itwaslargely ept

eCatholicsthere anditc on-

derGallic direction. twasthus

avebeen e pectedthatthe

partialitytowards rench

fits alms,forthehuman

religion. etnotafewofour

ewho,itwouldseem,could

haid,protestedstrongly

tillanotherfactorwhich

ributionof thesefundswas

prelate epttheneedsofhis

atorsofthesociety.

rotefewlettersto the

egavethe briefestrelationof

thatthis shouldsuffice. o

eletterofcomplaintfrom

ec eived. nallthathehad

dedonthis sourceofaid,for

scathedralwasunderway,

d,andheloo edforwardto

hen,therefore,theholy

attheallotmentforN ashville

,hewasalmoststunned.

courage,forhe evertrusted

e wrote,December18,

ht beborrowedonreasonable

nhetellshisfriend:

vedlast eveningfromParisthatmy

be lessthanhalfwhatit hasbeen

t haveneverreceivedmorethanhalfas


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D GA I N S

bouronthe north. havehadallsortsof

cestostrugglewithfromthecommence-

reaseratherthan diminish.Why the

tiondela o havethoughtproperto

n c antell. 27

ndedto erectachurchin

erH owardapparentlydidnot

fortheA lmanac of184 does

ery.Possibly,however,

emissionaryforceswas

nyrate,thediocesanaccount

E astTennesseeisattended

v ille " andthat alltheprin-

gesofthe statehavebeen

ng andsummer,thecounties

eclergymenasto enable

eredC atholics,ande plain

hetenets ofourholy

ameyear, ather ohnM.

rance. He wasatonc eputin

ry inorderthat ather

tohelp atherMc A leerin

ate.2 A correspondentfrom

reeman s ournalinN ovember,

atholicsofthiscity,underthedirection

leer, ourzealouspastor,erectedafine

es. TheA nnalesshowthatN ashvillereceived

2 2 1 ,5 0 i n 1 84 ; 2 8 ,5 0 0 in 1 8 44 a n d 18 , 50 0 i n 18 4 5.

thatBishopMileswrotealetter tothesociety

nse uencehisallotmentfor1845wasraised

1 8 4 , p . 1 4 .

et sf irstbaptismalrec ordatN ashville isdatedA ugust

many sf irstatMemphisisdatedA ugust1 , 1845.


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byseventyfeet,whichisnowaboutto be

,withabeautifulspire surmountedby

onehundredfeet,andwillno doubt

eserviceofA lmightyGod,byourR ight

ashville, underthenameof t. Peter s.

mbersaboutfivehundredC atholics,and

McA leer,hasbeenassistedinhis

isterialdutiesbythe R ev. oseph

riestof theO rderof t. Dominic , whowas

emigratedtoA meric ain1840. H isaid

ntanduseful andweconfidentlyloo

ssto attendtheircombinedefforts.

thebeliefthatit willnotbelong before

ouscongregationregularlyattending

m whichtheabove

n s hi m se l f G . W . M . H e

a glowingdescriptionof

s.Memphisisnotonlypros-

salsoanadvantageouslocation

neof thegreatestcommercial

arlyhisob ec tistoattrac tthe

thenorthand easttowardsthe

nbrief , theartic leisoneamong

Milesat C atholiccoloniza-

sletterofnotif ic ationthatthe

ofBaltimorewouldconvenein

, andthatthemembersof the

dtobetherefor themorningof

herof theChurc hinTen-

dralanddiocese butheat

e reeman s ournalc ontainingthisarticle but

ateofDecember20,1845.


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D GA I N S

hevoiceof authority.A bout

em,hesufferedthelossof

therW illiamH oward. A

usibletellsusthat Bishop

hopH ughesstole athers

andMcA leerf romme.

wef ind atherHowardinthe

in1847 whileitiscertainthat

ersofour A mericanhierarchy

eptingagoodpriest from

houtconsultinghisbishop.

t severelytocensureaclergy-

toaninvitationfromthe tate

eCatholicitywasgrow ingby leaps

capetheprivationsinthat

severactedontheprinciple

ane eattothosewhodesired

e c eptforspec ialreasons,

us lefthisdiocese. 1

ofMay7,184 ,statesthat

hopsofMobile, N atc hez, Nashv ille,

s, Vinc ennes, andDubu uepassed

wee , attendedbytheirtheo-

Baltimorecouncilto

. N odoubtDoc torMiles heart

ewedproofofthe growthof

bythepresenceoftwiceasmany

asbornin reland, butheseemstohavemadeall

tN ashville.H ewasstationedinthe partof

r t a e n t o fo r m th e D io c es e o f A l b an y i n 18 4 7. H e

missions, andwaspastorof aint rancisde

imer, whenheretired, onac c ountof illhealth, in

ebruary25, 1888.


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one,ashadattendedhisfirst

. 2

see,Bishop orasof

erMc A leerw ithhimtothec ouncil

emphis pastormetthe

ghes, laterthef irstarc hbishop

nduc edhimtoc ometohisdioc ese.

eman s ournalofMarc h5, 1881,

oftheinfluencethroughwhich

tivelosta good,zealous,and

eof atherMc A leerwas

essee sholyprelate,buthe

welltoma enoprotestnowthat

ofC hristhadsethis mindon

ouldnotgivehim. ather

hechurchrec ordsshowthathis

eenabedofroses.Possibly

himto acceptthecallfrom

histroublesinthesouthwould

eir end,whiletheprospects

ingbrightereveryday. 3

untsof thisc ounc ilthattheUnited tatesCatholic

)andtheCatholic wee liesgivethedatesand

ebishops, plac ingMiles birthonMay17, 17 1.

ounc ilwastheRev. C harlesH . . C arterof

Mc A leerwasborninC ountyTyrone, reland, March

oughthimtotheUnited tatesaboutf iveyears

deric , Mary land. HestudiedatMount aint

andwasordainedinC inc innatibyB ishopPurc ell

e2 , 18 7. romthattime, untilhewentto

oredatC anton,Ohio, andonad acentmissions.

y , h e wa s a t on c e ap p oi n te d p as t or o f a i nt C o l u m ba s

argeuntilhisdeath, ebruary24, 1881. Hewas

ary land. atherMc A leerwasasplendidpreac her

priestandamanof considerableerudition.


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op sappealtotheA ssociation

aithhadproduceditseffect.

ged. ndeed,eitherthesociety

atshould begrantedhimat

btainedafurtherassistance

ce,forhewrotefromthe

ladelphia, Mar A nthony

.

hec for18,054:15francs,whichyou

ebestadvantage.Bytomorrow smail

ond. havesignedandendorsedthese

vethegoodnesstof illuptheblan s. A s it

shallgohome, w illstillas youanother

be indenoughtoe c hangetheproc eeds

sonN ashville, ifpossibleore pedient, and

ytoMr.MichaelBurns,N ashville,

oftheamount,sothat mayseeit,when

eofvisiting myfriendsinPhiladelphia,

vurs, am, dear ir,

udedthat, asthedistanc eissosmall, would

together. Havethegoodnesstoinformme,

yhavearrivedsafe.

Philadelphiahadbecome

ticfriendsthatthe distressed

amongourA mericanhier-

Doc tor enric ' sinv itation

meric anCatholic H istoric al oc ietyofPhiladelphia,

A . renayewaslongthetrustedagentinsuc h

canbishopsandpriests.


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ityofB rotherly oveaf ter

eanothercollectionin

diocese.N odoubteither,

cH eraldreceivedauthoritative

gnoticeinhispaper:

es,BishopofN ashville,preachedat

n unday last, afterwhichac ollectionwas

cess,whichis inaveryimpoverished

numberof C atholicsresidentthere,

eyare scatteredthroughoutthediocess.

commendable but,situatedastheyare,

alas effectiveasthepressingwantsof

emand.

meratedsomeofthemanyprivations

dsincehe too chargeofhisdiocess,

hhe wasobligedforatimeto discharge

ngle clergymantoassisthiminthe

ohissacredoffice.W esincerelyhope

nd ourfellowC atholicsoftheneigh-

hthatcompletesuccesswhichheso

s causeissoeminentlyentitled. 5

aidto havecontinuedhis

rthesamepurpose. Perhaps

nthisway, toma esomesort

a ing atherMc A leerf rom

rmsusthattheN ashville

rthese ourneys. imilarly ,

n . C h a n ch e o f N a t ch e z wr i te s t o

1 8 4 : l e ft B i sh o p Mi l es i n

suc c essfulcollections. 3 8

eloved aintMary s

thyearofsuccessfulW or

ichwasconsideredthebest

, 1 84 .

c h iv e s.


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D GA I N S 4 15

ashv illehadhithertow itnessed.

present. atherMaguire

ercises.GovernorA aronV.

uates,andgavethemtheir

ogistandchemist,Doctor

ntedtheday se hibitionin

c whilethepublicpresswas

hesistersandtheirschool.

butorwhogivesusthis infor-

th: ThevenerableBishop

einafewdaysf romtheNorth.

mpletedbyC hristmas.Our

gveryfast.O urcityisvery

apidly. 7

rdly reachedhome,when

ohnMaguirehadalsodecided

ssofthree missionariesin

tnatural,sorelytriedthe

therMaguire sac tion, although

suchthingsthenwent,pro-

hemorebec auseinhimthe

itsmostefficientpriests,

chargeofitsbestparish,and

beenshown.A tfirstit was

hio.Twolettersofthe

whichthematter isreferred

dedfeelingsof Tennessee s

tobeingsevereandcritical

therwehaveseenfromhispen. 8

te, uly20, 184 . Theartic leisdated uly20, and

Doubtlesswor onthecathedralwasslac ened

snotcompletedfornearlyayearlater.

opPurc ell, A ugust28and eptember8( F east

), 184 (N otreDameA rc hives).


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apsbeasun usttoc ensurethe

rgeticpriest sdetermination,

meBishopMiles,hadhe

erunderthecircumstances.

elf, atherMaguireseems

li etotryhishandatteaching

eturnedhismindto entuc y ,

heendof thescholastic year

s ui t a t he r s ga v e up a i nt M a ry s

ate. H e newthatB ishop

ot wishtoseethecollege

hemusthaveofferedhimself

heCatholic A dvoc ateof

nnounc es:

hepatronsof t. Mary sC ollegeto

ev. . Maguire, sofavorably nownin

ere, hasassoc iatedhimself toR ev. [ ulian

entofthisflourishinginstitution,where

esofprofessor. Weareinformedthat

ntshasalreadysecureda fairprospect

sstothecollege,and wemaywith

oparents whoarean ioustogivetheir

education.Thesecondsessionwill

h,1847.40

c eseemstohavebeensent

thelptherewhile ather

wasbroughtfromtheDioceseofVincennes.

MaguirewasborninCountyCavan, reland.

directedbyhis Uncle,theR ightR ev.George

ofGalway, andthenof lphin. atherMaguire

v inityatMount aintMary s, mmitsburg,

eenordainedby BishopMilesinMay,1840.

rlyattainmentsandasplendidorator.During

7-1848hewasv ic epresidentof aintMary s

romthefallof1848tothatof18 0, heheldthe

sameinstitution,andcontinuedteaching

ybeforeheleftTennessee,ayoungerbrother


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D GA I N S

morecouncil.Butnow,at

BishopMilesforhelp, hewas

o s e s , i n e n tu c y , wh e re h e

and subprior,andstationed

nuedhislaborson the

his cathedral.August 28,

opPurc elltolearnifhecould

eofC inc innatitobuildagood

ater,hestartedon adiocesan

sternTennessee.Perhaps,

e presentchapterina

totheC atholicsofMemphis

ededicationoftheir first

olicA dvocateofDecember

s :

m relandtostudyfortheA meric anmissions

ry s, mmitsburg. rom1851to1854hewas

s , e i n gt o n, e n tu c y , wh e re h e b ui l t th e f ir s t

inthatcity . n1854and1855, hewaspastor

w p or t , e n tu c y . T he A l m a n ac o f 18 5 s h ow s h im

hic ago. TheCatholic Telegraphof une2 ,

sforawhileatNotreDameUniversity butas

ondo notrevealhisname,it isprobable

onedbythefac tthat aintMary sC ollege, en-

athersof theHolyC rosslatein184 (Catholic

eTr sR ev. P ireBasile-A ntoine-MarieMoreau,

erMaguirewasli elyw iththemthereforawhile.

dseem, hereturnedto relandbec auseof the

opBrowne,whodiedonDecember1,1858.

entedyoungpriest(he wasonlyinhis early

ileonatour forliterarypurposes.

slastbaptismalrec ordatMemphisisdatedA pril

erecordsforthef irsttimeonA pril14, 184 , and

mthefallofthe sameyearherecordsregularly.

, atherA lemanysignshimself v ic epastor.

es.


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anrecentlyfromMemphisthaton

ovember, thebeautifulCatholic Churc h

ctedbytheR ev.MichaelMcA leer,

lcareof theR ev.Messrs.A lemany

ssolemnlydedicatedtotheserviceof

epatronageof t. Peter, bytheR ight

tedbytheR ev. Geo. Wilson, Prov incialof

,withthePastorsofthe congregation.

thechurchwascrowdedtooverflowing.

ngH ighMass,andtheBishopdelivered

ropriatesermonontheoccasion.

ame dayVespersweresung,andthe

ationwasadministeredbythebishoptoabout

homwererecentconverts.Thewhole

onductedaccordingtothemanner

adeamost stri ingandfavorableim-

the largeandrespectableaudience,a

Protestants,andwhohadneverpreviously

ind.

ofaspire,crownedthechurch.

nsfor thischangewasthe

y. ndeed,theerectionofthe

w,tedious process andit

elongbeforecompletion.

orscouldseethatitwere

namentation,fortheinflu

atalarger templeofprayer

toaccommodatethem.


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I I

L O W , BUT T A D

wonderedhowBishopMiles

endsmeetw ithsosmallan

planationsof thisfeatisthe

andhispriests. ather

hohadshownnolittles illin

ffairswhilesyndicat aint

dstewardoftheepiscopalhouse-

boo ofac countswhic hhashappily

merevealstherigid economy

cessarieswerepurchased

everthelessatnotimewasthe

osedtothepoor. nfac t, he

thehonestanddeserving,

onality,orcreed.Thisplain,

arityunitedwith hisother

ustlyanduniversallybeloved.

shopduringtheperiod ust

thathecouldnotwithsafety

ffreerpriests inhisdiocese,

d unselfish.Theirprivations

attheycouldhardlybe

teropportunitiesofferedthem

edepartureof athers

erefore,themanofGod

o s ep h s P r ov i nc e .


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mphistoareligiousorder.

ewastheinstitutetowhich

partfromotherreasons,two

dyinthe city.

madeinNovember, 184 ,

emphisforthededicationof

yrate, thec hurc hpropertythere

minicanson anuary15,

ednostatementtothateffect

thatthezealousprelatewas

stolicvisitationatthetime

hsucha tourtheninvolved

telymoretrialsandfatigue

m ph i s to N e w o r i n o ur

ngthatthe offerwasreadily

rangementwasnolessbene-

elpfulto theProvinceof

eonehand, itassuredasuc -

nTennessee.O ntheother

stplacewhichtheyhadsofar

ncehadbeenine istence

thecountryhadlabored

rmities,Bishop laget

tionofhisdioceseinto the

, Doc torC habrat. n1847, this

hedeed. atherMartinP. palding snotes

aintPeter swasgiventotheO rderin1845.

thateffect andthefactsinthe caseshow

neous. Doubtless ather paldingdrewhisc on-

eof atherA lemanyinMemphisatthattime

hichmadethesamestatementon thesame

eerwaspastorof aintPeter suntilhisresig-

timore,inMay,184 .


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L O W , BUT T A D

eavisitationofthe parishes

tohelpthepeoplethebetterto

bileewhic hwasc elebratedthat

iedhesufferedarenewed

dywhichhadlongthreatened

hendeterminedtogoto

ndengagedtheever-willing

hevisitationofthe diocese.

c tofournarrativespenta

e ubileeyearin entuc y .

of unetothemiddleof uly ,

elson, Washington, and

theplacesvisitedwere

aintVincent s,Bardstown,

t a ti o n, a i nt R o s e s , a nd H o l y

iesofNazareth, orretto, Geth-

s entuc y sc elebrated

aintMagdalen s(the

ne s). O nalltheseoc casions, he

edthesacramentofconfir-

es, saystheA dvoc ate, madea

cialimpression. OnMonday

ssedand laidthecorner-stone

ewc hapelbelongingtothe

r pringf ield. 4

wasobligedtoreturntohis

msedtoreturnto entuc y

engagementwithBishop

tationsinB rec inridge, Hardin,

westerncounties.5That

847.

1847.

and uly24, 1847.


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, wemayta eforgranted,

eranyaccountofhis

forthereneverlivedaman

sthe atherof theChurc h

thesetoilsin entuc y , the

eeinhisowndioc ese, wor on

ercaresmusthavegiven

gust1 , 1847, hesentanac count

aganda,thesubstanceofwhich

sincehisappointmentto

hehasbeenbishoponlynine, for

cceptedthedreadedburden.

tholicreligionhasmadelittle

comparisonwithitsrapid

ecountry.H owever,inview

nessee thedeeprootta en

han astrongdisli etowards

icesagainstC atholicitywhich

e uenceof thisneglec t andthe

wadvantagestoimmigrants

sitnoe aggerationtosaythat

mplished.

snotasingle priestinthe

adbutonelittlec hurc h

nofNashv illeandonthe

hsandA thens, therewerenot

sinanylocality.Thetotal

threeorfourhundred.Today

c hurc hes, threec hapels, a

eptember11and25, 1847, showthatBishopCha-

sc oad utorship(madeonac countofhishealth)

butthismadenodifferencein regardtoBishop

would ustasreadilydoitforB ishop laget.


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L O W , BUT T A D

haritywhoc onduc taschooland

hoolfornegroes,and a

omefifteenhundred.O urholy

edinplaceswhereapriest

otmorethaneighty-five

intotheC hurchsincehetoo

butthenumberofconversions

ionyearbyyear,whichgives

harvestin thefuture.7

sitionofthestateof hisdiocese,

houtefforttocoverupthe

thatpartof the ord s

,musthavepleasedthesacred

ay udgebythereportsof

e,theaccountratherlessened

ofthosewhohad comeinto

wasdueto hismanycaresat

edthelittleseminary,thetwo

s,andthecathedralthatwas

eptember10,1847,hewrote

o thislastitem:

dvancedwithmychurchastohave

bereadyfordedicationonthe last

ndhavesetthattimeforit. May indulge

mpanyonthat occasion shallbe

methatfavour.A sourchurchis

eblessedforthepresent. fyouw ill

ceonthat occasion,weshalle pect

onsermon.Theorganintendedfor

yourcity. hopethatgoodDutchman

lleA rchivesfromthePropaganda,Udienzadi

47, Vol. 107, fol. 1248.

es.


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eofthis letterandtheend

wellfilled inwithepiscopal

yandhisowndioc ese. However,

rogressedasheanticipated

UnionofNovember , 1847,

he 1stultimo, alargebodyofour

anovelandimposingspec-

e newC atholicC athedral,

autifuledifice,situatedonthe

ummerstreets, isanornamentto

adescriptionofthechurch

eferthatcontainedinthe

ovember20. etwemustnot

nionthat thecathedral

arc hitec t , andthat Dr. Miles

istasteand enterprisein

sadditionalarchitectural

ashvillefsaystheA dvocateofN ovember

tedtoA lmightyGodonthe 1stultimounder

ftheBlessedVirgin ofthe evenDolors.

ifulspecimenofGrecianarchitecture,and

thec ity . tse ternaldimensionsare

inlengthbysi ty inbreadth. The

ovethefloor itisflat,and istaste-

dingsands uarepanelwor . The

orticosupportedby twofine onic

ee teriorandinteriorof theedif ic eare

splacedatsuitabledistances,imparting

walls.

reisaspaciousand commodiousbase-

smclassesandschoolrooms.Thehigh

ularrecess,andissurmountedbyan

aryrepresentingtheMost orrowful

ssbodyofherdear sonwhenH ewas


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L O W , BUT T A D

ss,theseprincipalfigures beingsurrounded

iguresarecomposedofwhatiscalled

wholegroupwasprocuredin rance.

heA dvocateproceedsto

000,whichwerecollectedby-

ashville,butalsoinmany

es.Becauseaconsiderable

athedral,itcouldbeonly

bishophopesto haveitconse-

manofGodhimself

emonyofdedication,during

plainedfromaplatformthe

done.BishopPortierof

high mass,andDoctorM.

thesermonfortheoc casion.

entwas ather lisha . Durbin

nesstheconsummationfor

.BishopPurcellpreached

theA dvocateandthe

crowdswitnessedthecere-

reachingwithrapt attention.

suadedtoremainanother

ndtolec tureeverynightonreligion

cfaith.Theimpressionwhich

d. ndeed,saysthecorres-

sofourholyreligioninthe

notbutbeconsolingtoevery

enheproc eedstorelatetheearly

hadtoface,totell what

teofalmostunparalleled

of the e c ellentandwell-

rary whichhehadcollected,

esewords: A llthishehas


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hthedivineblessing,with

hushasoneof themost

mericanC hurchbeenmade

st.

ervesnoticehereappeared

eA dvoc ate. Herewelearn

edicationBishopPuree11

y-twointhenewcathedral,

nverts.Besidesthese,there

atelybeen receivedintothe

ime topreparefortherecep-

romthisonemaysee how

ntheaccountof hisdiocese

Possiblyhemeanttosaythat

econvertsintheepiscopalcity,

snoticeofthededicationassures

mberedsomeeighthundred.

hedral,allthingsconsidered,

hievement anditwasso

tsc ost, saidbysometohave

000,representedahugesum

erenot morethanfifteenhun-

essee,whowerepooras well

hestate. vennowNashv ille

devotionalchurch.

anarc hitec tofnomeanreputation

ee sstatecapitol,isreported

est ecclesiasticalstructure.10

ertainlywellpleasedwith

ember1 , 1847. Thepublic ationof theacc ountof the

roughamishapinthemails, whichcausedthis

pitol,minusthecupolawhichis notacon-

, isc onsideredagemofGree arc hitec ture.


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O PM L E S . T L L O N E O F N A S H V L L E ' S I N E S T C H UR C H E S .

D A S A H R I N E B T C A TH O L I C S


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L O W , BUT T A D

tssoonbecameevident. n

ecember ,1847,hewrites:

edtoseeaf inec ongregationin

unday. A ndtherearef ine

ch,thoughslow,willbesteady.

dic tum B lessedbethenameof

n d en o ug h t o be g o f Go d t o ai d o ur

otherletters, ofdatesrespec tivel '

uary , 1848, toDoc torPurc ell

prelate shearthadbeenglad-

beautifulmadonnaforhis

hersA lemanyandGrac ehad

ocietyforthebeautificationof

borssoon boregoodfruit.

mberswroughtvestments

usefulas wellasornamen-

uary.A mongthenote-

idwasto haveacrucifi ion

wnTennesseeartist,William

ghungoverthe highaltar,

eneraladmiration. nO c tober,

nHightowerH alltoraise

largebellforthe church.12

ever,wassoonmademasterof

a t he r a m es H y a c i nt h C l a r -

,too hisplaceaspastorof

t,wasnowfastoverta ing

intheN otreDameA rc hives.

mber , 1847, and anuary22, 1848.

slastbaptismat aintPeter swasonNovember

s o n s f i rs t o n De c em b er 1 , 1 8 47 .


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onavisitationofthe western

Milesadministeredconfir-

27,1848,toa classoftwenty-

onverts. naninteresting

orrespondentoftheA dvocate

dlyincreasing.Thenumberisnowat

generalintelligenceandrespectability

hanyotherclassofourcitizens.Many

Protestantsattendregularlyatour

beralityonalloccasions.Thoughfew

made,wetrustthe goodseedthatis

tifyand produceahundredfold.14

achedhomewhenhe was

ofan talianpriestwhosoon

lousand self-sacrificing

e F atherA loysiusO rengo,

rtureof theRev. ohnMaguire,

eenbroughtf romClar sv illeto

ereturnof thebishop, pursuantto

atteredC atholicsvisitedas

esentthe Belgianprieston

of thestate. twasahard

treamsweremuchswollenby

hadnotmerelytocrossmountains

innearlyeveryinstancehewas

rsesw imtherivers. However,

8,1848.Thearticleisdated March5,and

teonthetitle-pageofaGury sTheologiaMoralis

v illeonMarch24, 1847 butthiswaswrittenlong

entheyear.The baptismalrecordsat aint

y , showthathewasthereuntilin ebruary , 1848. H is

sdatedMarc h2 , 1848.

nc , 18 4 7, p . 1 4 .


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L O W , BUT T A D

chingineverydirectionfor

faith.

ef irstplac ehementions, the

rish,whohadgatheredthere

mentalityofBishopMiles,

e ontheincrease.The

ygaveabond forfiftyacres

setapartforapriest, and

for achurchandschool,

atholicsengagedtobuildinthe

ssionary ourneyedsouth-

hefootof theUna aor

ns, MonroeCounty , wherehe

atholicemigrantsfromH ol-

ohnson, forwhommostof the

dedtothebishoptwoacresof

sforac hurch. TheB ayer

unty , wasv isitedne t andwhile

hristwenttoaneighboring

nantof theChero ee ndians.

notappeartohavegoneto

orough, forhedoesnotmention

utelay ratherinanother

ellsusthat, withthee c eption

enchman, alltheCatholic she

selvesoftheopportunityof

nts.He rodesevenhundred

chedhomeshortlybefore

aronthe twenty-thirdday

ecidedtoconverttheold

4, 1848. Theartic leisdated une1 , andsigned

oymunderwhich ather c hachtof tenwrote.


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ral, whic hfac ednorthonGay

ndgirls orphanasy lum. This

ather c hachtimmediately

missionary ourney ustout-

withawarmwelcomefrom

l, s a ys a t he r c h ac h t, m y

whatneedednolongerany

sbythe sideoftheirpriest

ceandc harity . twasnotso

e spiritinwhichthey

memost. nanastonish-

tionswerein operation.

echargeofthe istersof

uchgoodinN ashville—

rerandmiddleclasses.1

proto-cathedralfora

nthe structuremadeitface

umberwasthen 3 North

tneouslyw iththisrenovation

eerec tedaframecottageonthe

sistersincharge,orcon-

nchurchintoahomefor

allerorphansatleast were

piousguardians.1

hichB ishopMilestoo a

wastheappointmentof

utorof ouisville. thad

2, 1848 une24, 1848 and anuary20, 184

V era , andisdated anuary12) andthe

anner, anuary5, 184 .

c tory(by ohnP. Campbell), 185 -1854 1855-

etc hofHigh treettowardswhic hthesebuildings

ar . Thelandonwhic htheystoodformsa

ounds,andis nolongeroccupiedbyany

ate-house.


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L O W , BUT T A D

earneddivinehadreceivedthe

ononthepartofsomecaused

Uneasybecauseofthedelay,

otetoBishopPurcell:

palding hadreceivedinformation

thattheCoad utorshipof ouisvillehas

dthathe wasgoingtoC incinnatito

todecidewhetherhewouldacceptornot.

romhimdirectlyorindirectlyfora month,

hasbeenmadeastothenomination. Could

ononthesub ec t 20

ourneytotheeast, perhaps

hisfriendas inthatofhis

morehewrotetoDoctor

w indlyhewasrec eivedby

whoimmediatelyintroduced

ouisvillec oad utorship, andtold

adnowagreedtoleavethe

nandB ishop . P. enric

ds:

derstoodherethattheBullsfor your

misrepresentation,eithernotbeen

essed,andconse uentlythematterstands

mainsotilltheA rc hbishop sletterreac hes

st, willputaf inal uietustothisdisgrac eful

hortyoutopatienc e, nortellyouhow

regard but maysaythatallyour

the in usticeandilltreatmentyou

totheir now ledge. hopeyourhealth

ovederethisreachesyou anditismy

tuc y mayberepresentedinourne t

eofherownsons, evenifher oreign

oimmoderateregretin conse uence.21

sub ec tofournarrativehad

es. etterdatedMarch 0, 1848.

C a s e 5 , 8 . e t te r d at e d Ma y 2 , 1 8 48 .


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gatthe consecrationof

c athedralof ouisville. Ven-

rformedtheceremonyon

ishop . P. enric wasthe

c hbishopPeterR . enric

edthesermon. 22Thec eremonies

eredamongthemostinteresting

uc y.

e atherof theChurc hinTen-

herMauriceDe t. Palais

old renchtownfromwhich

e andDoctor paldingwere

he couragetofacetheawful

sentatthisceremony.

onlyactedasassistantconse-

theotherassistantbeingthe

ntavice.TheVincennescor-

atethan sB ishopsMilesand

vingthetempestuoustime,

wasadmirablyperformedby

ecrator, andthuscloseshis

ThevenerableC onsecratormust

tdayamongthehappiestof

oinedbyhisf loc inw ishing

ospitalandO rphanA sylumhad

previousOctober.Prior to

ebishophaddecidedtohold

ionof thedebtwhichstill

ment.Thistoo placein

y , 1 8 4 , d u ri n g th e h ol y m an s

ber1 , 1848.

r y 27 , 1 84 .


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L O W , BUT T A D

acht, whomanagedtheaf fair,

oodBishophadbeenathome, he

yconvincedthathislabors

n.N odoubthenever

o, thatsuchac hangewouldta e

atholic ity , heproceedstosay,

sinthec ity . O nA ll aints

ty-fourpersonsreceived

easttwohundredapproached

tmas. nMemphisalso, where

oassisttheGermansthe wee

surprisedanddelighted atthe

ereh gion, nolessthanatthe

heC hurchtoen oy inthepros-

rstherehealso writes:

ealandtalentsof theDominican

oughtheirendeavors,underGod,the

andworthyofherself , andprac ticalreligion

ase forthegoode ampleof religious

ffecton thecongregation.At early

urchwasnearlyfilled,andentirelyso at

endantswereProtestants,buttheir

datoncethattheycametolearn, andnot

urchappearedfartoosmallto accommodate

sreturnedfrom ndiana,

tartfor aint ouisthathe

onsec rationof ather ames

. , asthesecondbishopofChic ago.

theC hurchof aint rancis

int ouisUniversity , ebruary

e v . R . P . e n ri c p e rf o rm e d

wasassistedbyBishops

y20, 184 , asinnote18.


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r paldingpreac hedforthe

dhesettleddowntohis wor

elatereceivednotification

ouncilofBaltimorewhich

y.

,A pril ,184 ,thathe

eonthesi teenth, andtobein

wng ridayor aturday, and

unday inthatc ity . I must

allowmyselfawee tov isitmy

ersabout omersetand

ch shall, hope, beableto

ntheWednesdayfollow ing. 2

esignisevidentfromthe

tionatthechurchof the

nc innation unday, A pril22. 27

favorofadefinitionofthe

eC onceptionpleasedhis

he creationofthreearch-

everalnewsees,andthe

riatesapostolicgladdenedhis

heChurc h sgrowth. 2s

esinordertogratifyfriends

senceattheirconsecrations

hurryhome,whereaffairs

eC atholicA dvocateof

thathehadpassedthrough

y24, 184 . Telegraph, Marc h1, 184 .

ives.

, 1 8 4 .

hi s c ou n ci l N e w o r , C i n c i nn a ti , a nd N e w O r -

hopric s thediocesesof aintPaul, avannah, and

andthev ic ariatesapostolic ofN ewMe ic oand

eRoc yMountainswereestablished.


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L O W , BUT T A D

topress. oonaf terhe

tywasinthe throesofan

vagesofwhichrenthistender

abusysummer.2 Memphis

ted fortheresmallpo c om-

gloomto allthetown.O ne

ebishop slifewastheloss, in

aintly,useful,andzealous

hehadhadapart, ather .

of a i nt P e te r s , w ho d i ed o n

thoughasc holarlyman, the

sattainmentswithanadmi-

hee pressedc hoic ethoughtsin

eMemphisDaily agleof

y s o f hi m :

wasamemberof theO rderof t. Dominic ,

hadbeenassociatedinthepastoral charge

hof thisc ity . Hewasunweary inginhis

atlybelovedbythemembersofhis

alenceofthelateepidemic,hewascon-

hepoorand suffering.A ttheirbedsides,

spea thepromiseofabetterworld

ndheartsofthediseasedthe healing

nspirationsofa C hristianfaith and,

ichishumanityennobledbytheloftiest

eholiestimpulsesofl ove,toapply

ormeveryministration,nomatterhow

ufferingmightcravetohaveor charity

ghtontheattac underwhic hhepassed

etas sof theChristianmissionary in

h e i s te r s of C h a r i ty o f e a ve n wo r th , a n sa s ( p. 1 )

erawasin1848. MissMc Gill The istersof

entuc y , p. 115), doubtlessfollow ingtheabove

mestatement. B utthehistoriesofNashv illeandthe

hatitwasin184 .


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hathislaborsmayhaveaccomplished

edo nowthatthemartyrofc harity leaves

uietbeautyofagoodman slife.

stri ingbecauseevidently

atholiceditor ofasecular

sthegeneralesteem,approach-

eholypriest washeld.

dintheC atholicTelegraph

4 . H e r e w e r ea d :

othetime ofhiscomingto

c e—wereportionsofO hioand entuc y ,

hwill longbecherishedandrevered.

ciddisposition,andpossessedgood

d udgment.His talents,without

eresolidand useful.Buthisleading

evolence.H ewastotallyregardlessof

sgood,eithertemporalorspiritual,called

gavecheerfully,andatanycost of

eanswithinhispower.

asionedinagreatmeasurebye posure

si monthsourc ityhadbeengivenupto

. TheR ev. atherC lar sonwasfore-

estroyer—rescuingthe victimswhenit

escriptions,and,whennot,assuaging

nalattentionsandsoothingcommisera-

ngwords.H isdeathhasthrowna

y.Theoutburstofgrief,spontaneous

gProtestantsasamongC atholics,with

sdemisewasreceived,wasbutthe

tto nowne c ellenc eandworth.

andtheeventfollowed uic upon

was ampletime.When hiswhole

preparationfordeath,therewaslittle

tmoments. ortifiedwiththeholy

dwiththebenedictionofhis Order, he

fidenceandresignation,andwiththat

,whichtheassuranceofagoodconscience


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L O W , BUT T A D

-spentlife alwaysproduce. 0

s notsigned.Butthe

thought,andspirit,aswell

eof intimate now ledgeand

thatitsauthorwasnone other

. Q uiteli elyhewentto

sdeath,andwrotetothe

here. nanyevent, trueman

herC lar sonc ouldsc arc ely

isef romeither ournal. He

nMemphis. i emanyof

city,he wasamartyrtohis

dingthisholy priestwhich

ndnolongerleftto themercy

as buriedintheyardwhich

theoriginalc hurc h. ome

r,whenhisbody wasta en

est beneaththesanctuary

s, itwasfoundtobeintac t.

n wa s t he s o n of a me s H e n r y an d l i za b et h ( W o r-

orninWashingtonCounty , entuc y , in1812, and

aintMary sC ollege, andpartlyat aintRose s.

f aintDominic atthelatterplac eonA ugust2,

ofessiononA ugust5, 18 0. Therehemadehis

vedthetonsuref romB ishop enw ic inC in-

ber1 , 18 1, andtheminororderstwodayslater.

byB ishop lagetorBishopChabratinthespring

smalrecordat aintRose sbearingthedateof

ay , 1 8 7 , h e wa s s en t t o a i nt o s ep h s , i n O h i o,

prior,remainingthereand ontheO hiomissions

rinthe fallof1847,bywhichhe wassentto

didpreacher,hada logicalmind,andgavemuch

ofCatholic doc trine. ometimesithasbeensaid

,andatothers thatcholerabroughtonhis

andothercircumstancesindicatethatit

ase.


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dtobeasleeprather thandead.

andnaturalasinlife. 1

ursteps alittleinorder

sofournarrativewhichare

spectiveofthepicture.

sHoste, thev icargeneral, had

etimeofhis arrivalfrom

ofhisc arestherehadbeenthe

of thec ity . A tf irst, helived

eand atherMontgomery

otherhouse,possiblythat

ideof aintMary sof the

hwasthecathedralrectory.

therO rengo, ather c hacht

edral. atherH oste,doubt-

, wenttoresideat aint

sv ille, R obertsonCounty , where

maleorphanasylumofwhich

eanitinerantmissionaryfor

awlittleofhishomewith the

ather ac uetwassentto

eloo edaf teralltheeastern

arrivalof theRev. dmund

. , sometimein184 . Thisworthy

asstationedatWartburg,

GermancolonyDoctorMiles

the ranciscans.Under

ingston, RoaneC ounty, and

. B o e l, a me s V. d el en , an d y dn ey A . C l a r s on

ftentospea ofhavingwitnessedthisfact.

emphisspo eof ittothewritersomeyearsago.

ongin thatcityandin aint oseph s


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L O W , BUT T A D

ounty. ar-off onesborough

N ashv ille. B utli ehisprede-

mHoward, ather tsc hmann

ort,andwasrecalledby his

arlyin1851.Duringthe two

edioceseheeffectedmuch

spriestofblamelesslife. 2

angesfortheadvancement

nnessee sapostlewasglad-

of theR ev.H enryVincent

omhehadhimselfreceived

nttoRomeforhisstudies.

inedbytheMostR ev. ohn

Tuam, reland,inthechapel

paganda, onPentec ost unday,

vedinN ashv ille lateinthe

twasahappydayforthe

oryof hislaborsinthe state

he diocese.He was

city,buthis toilswereprin-

3

c ,1 8 47 , p . 1 4 1 8 48 , p . 22 0 1 8 4 , p p . 11 5 -1 1 ; 1 8 50 ,

1 . T h e A l m a na c pl a ce s a t he r t s ch m an n a t a i nt

f rom1847untilhewenttoTennessee, andagainf rom

seofNashv illeuntil185 . romthattime

w as a t a i nt B o ni f ac e s , o u is v il l e, e n tu c y , wh e nc e

edto urope. H ediedinA ustrianTyrol, May21,

sbornabout181 . H isparentswerePresbyterians.

sengagedasteac herofartat aintCatherine s

gf ield, entuc y . Whilethere, ather arboecon-

aptizedbyBishopMilesat aintRose s, A pril

at aint oseph sC ollege, B ardstown, whenc e

44or1845. Hisf irstbaptismatNashv ille isdated


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madebythecouncilheld

atherCharlesPiusMont-

erof ather amuelin

ma riarPreac her. H edec lined

bishop c c lestonwroteto

nhimofthisfac t, andtoas for

tofournarrativereplied:

0.

p—

tolearnf romyourlatefavourthatRev.

nhisrefusalof theappointmenttothe

nowhimtobewellf ittedforthatof f ice.

v.Mr.Grace,althoughaveryworthyand

hin heistooyoung, andhasnotbeenin

hisistheonlyob ec tionthatc ouldbe

w illta ethelibertytoproposethenamesof

emany, O . P. , whostandssec ondonthelist

issuf f iciently nownforhispietyand

ommendationonmypartunnecessary

M. anc aster, whom have nownfromhis

heartilyrecommendasonewellworthy

ethatsomeob ec tionshavebeenmade

but haveneverheardofanythat, inmy

inhis wayonthisoccasion. have

nthint againsthismoralcharacter,

ood,zealousclergyman,andhighly

ationhehashadchargeof.

rc hbishop, tothan youforthe indness

andto hopethatmyfutureconductmay

hesame,whilst remainwithsenti-

ac eofMemphis. H ehadstudiedandwasor-

othiscountrylatein 1844,orinthe early

tatesCatholic Misc ellanyofA ugust24, 1850,

dicatesthathis namewasthesecondonthe

rey.


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L O W , BUT T A D

dand esteem,

ant,

r ai s ed a i nt o u is t o t he r a n

y20,1847,itwas decidedto

ssuffragandiocesesuntil

shouldma e nowntheirw ish

tprov inc ialc ounc iltoheheld

doubtlessbecauseoflong-

hopMileswouldhavepre-

ouldbeassociatedwiththe

rtheestablishmentofwhich

wastoohumbleaman to

onciliarfathers.A ccord-

opagandadatedA ugust ,

eredfromBaltimore,and

o ui s. 8

s, C ase25, M8. atherA lemany, . T. r. , was

u l y 1 , 1 8 14 . H e e n t er e d th e O r d er o f a i nt

trywhenfifteenyearsof age butonthe

usordersin pain(18 5), hewenttoV iterbo,

sedtothepriesthoodonMarc h27, 18 7, andob-

c torofTheology in1840. hortlyaf terwards,

842, hewassenttoNashv ille, andtoMemphis

laceshelefta sacredmemory. n1847,he

cesin entuc y , andbec ameprov inc ialin184 .

sappointedbishopofMonterey(May 1, 1850),

e, une 0, 1850. O n theerectionof theA rc h-

sc o, hebec ameitsmetropolitan( uly2 , 185 ).

r,1884,returnedto pain,anddiedatValencia,

oneofour mostsaintlyandbestbelovedprelates.

c iondeBulas, Breves, etc ., I , 787-788 C onc iliaB al-

. Thesedoc umentsshowtheerrorof heawho

h u r c h, V , 6 ) : W h e n t he a u th o ri t ie s i n R o m e

se uencesof theirac tion, PopePius X . , onthe

47, made t. ouisametropolitansee, w ithDu-

ic ago, andMilwau eeassuf fragans. Doc tor hea

dency,andoverloo edfewopportunitiesof


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oly eeinagreementwith

nthprovincialcouncilof

onoftheDioceseofW heeling,

opR ichardV.W helan,and

ev. ohnMc Gillof entuc y

mond.Thenewappointeewas

eof the atherof theC hurch

eefore atherMc Gillwas

chmondbythemetropolitan

sMilesand t. Palaisac tedas

placein aint oseph s

formercathedral,November

ngdeliveredanelo uent

worthythatthiswasthelast

thathistoricedifice,aswell

ngceremoniesthateveroccurred

thatof theR ightR ev.

levelandwhic htoo placein

1847,andatwhichonlyBishops

epresent, thesub ec tofour

nded,butalsoparticipated

crationinthenearwestfrom

othehierarchy,twelveyears

broadmindurgedhimto

athemightgratifyhis

ementsandtheN ashville

ringdedication,renderedit

mtobeatB ishopRappe s

e nownthatsofewwould

hentherewasclearevidenceofadesire toplease

ber 0, 1850.


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L O W , BUT T A D

t thathewouldhavefound

onwithhis everwelcomed

muchthatcalledforhis

ephimfromtheconsecration

myasv icarapostolic of anta e,

ber24,1850.Theholyprelate

eyearin travel,onhorsebac

sdiocese,whichsappedhis

ofdanger. Worryande tra

brea ofcholeraintheearly

esameeffect. romBishop

ereturnedtoNashv illeasic

Dec ember27, 1850, ather

renayeofPhiladelphia:

opMiles writetoinformyouthathe

ateofB an depositfor$10 . 02for-

urvenerableBishophasbeenseriously

wee s. He isnowalittlebetter, but

uiresconstantattentiondayandnight.

mehis complaint,buthehasaviolent

ndswollenlimbs. S

theperiod wasslow,on

d solid.Thoseac uainted

editas nothingshortof

ed, theymarvellednotthatthe

fectmore,butthat hewas

h.

meric anCatholic H istoric al oc iety , Marc h, 1 0


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X

W TH

cA dvocatewiththe

helatterhalfof184 , was

ofthe DioceseofN ashville.

ayfromB ishopMilesthepaper

easureusedashisofficial

yofO hioandtheclergyof

ewasnotthatcommunity

ntance,orwarmthoffriendship

hepriestsof entuc yandthe

studentcannotbut notice

schange,communications

eseofN ashvillebecamemuch

r lessfre uent,thantheyhad

eTelegraphwerenotso

he strugglinglittlesee

th ashadbeenthoseof

smoreinsympathywithits

atithadbeenta enfrom

erneighbor.H oweverthis

nc innatiandNashv ille s

ouis, onec anbutbelieve, c er-

sunfortunatecircumstance.

tillmorein thatA rchbishop

evedprac ticallynorec ords. H ap-

mentshavesurvivedthe


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W TH

ctwhich,especiallywhenta en

readylaidbeforethereader,

eandlaborsofTennessee s

last decadeofhisgovern-

n,attheclose ofthelast

sspellofsic nessbroughton

posure. A lthoughhe

tyandpowerofrecuperation,

overta edthattherecovery

endereditimpossibleforhimto

f ather ohnB . Miege, . . ,

nsasandthe ndianTerritory ,

ever,thatyearopenedwith

broughtnolittle oytoour

r. He hadlongdesired, even

ocesetheservicesofthe

mhehadhelpedto establish.

urisdictionoftheDomin-

herefore, atherM. A .

stwhomhehadordained, was

c tober 0, 1850, B ishop

seffortstothisend forhe

orwhomhehaddoneso much

edinorderto granthis

prayed. ndeed, pursuantto

ngs, atherO ' B riensent

ionsweremadefortheir

sasmuchtodivide thehonor

tweenthetwolittlecommu-

heentireburden,thatthe

tle, pp. 9 , 54, andpassim.


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membersof aintCatherine s.

y , andane ualnumberf rom

r se t , O h io . T ho s e fr o m e n tu c y

r p e r, A n n i m ps o n, a n d Vi n -

t h os e f ro m O h i o, i s te r s m i ly

,andC atherineMcCormac .

rs,escortedby ather

eleddowntheO hioandthe

letoMemphis,wherethey

woo c loc onthemorningof

heyhadtoleavetheboat, ather

re c tl y t o a i nt P e te r s . a t he r

af teralatesic -c all buthe

hem.H avingnoplacein

sleep,heentertainedthemin

ght,andaftermass and

oaMrs. Mc eon s, whoshowed

abouttwowee s,oruntil

eirnewhome.2

isters, atherGrac ehad

nownasthe C oePlace

docc upant, theHon. . H .

amestructuretwostories

s,besidesthe garret,stood

ylimits,andwaspleasantly

ighwayinalargeyardof

reearlyin ebruary,1851,

ondevelopedintothepresent

g n e s A c a d e my . A t f i r st , t he

pel.Butinthefollowing

atherGraceentrustedthe

thewifeofPatric orWilliamMc eon. two

atholic s.


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O W TH 4 47

mphistothesisters,a new

charoom onthesecondstory

ry. ndeed,thegrowthof

atby1855it becamenec-

nstoaplac ewhic h ather

outfivemilesoutsidethecity,

ngac ollegeforboys. t

G r ac ew o od a r m " a n d he r e th e

erBishopMiles death.

of aintMary sA c ademy

sshappyturnatthis unc ture.

pastorof thecathedral,

, o r S c at t a s h e wa s u ni v er s al l y

hauthoritybygoodBishop

wasac apableman, ane traor-

us,hard-wor ingpriest.

nbenodoubt,won forhim

eofhisordinary,whohadnot

ilingwasaninfle ibledeter-

ay,regardlessof costs.

shipof thecathedral,hewas

ool,andappointedspiritual

blewasnot slowtofollow.

misunderstandingaresaid

nnals(Mss. ) Minogue, Pagesf romaH undred ears

p.84ff.Gracewood armcontainedonehundred

oughtf rom ohnPar andA ndrewHenderson

hBishopMileswishedthefatherstostart

ereunabletobeginthe wor beforetheC ivil

D. O ' C arroll, whobec ameprov inc ialin18 5,

o r m a c d i ed a t a i nt A g n e s , A u g u s t 8, 1 8 51 ,

Tennessee. istersMonicaC onlan,Vincent

itzpatric wereaddedtothestaf fof theschool


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uentc hangeof teac hersanda

d singinthecathedralchoir.4

,althoughdocumentslaid

thattherewaslittle difficulty

osewhowereeverreadyto

churchservices.

rthefrictionis thewishof

ly diocesancommunityfree

heremayalsobesometruth

lyintheafter-development

tersofMercy , foundedalongthese

deredinthe mindsofmorethan

establishsuchbodiesof

shopH ugheshadalready

the istersofC harityof

ntheDioc eseofNew or ,

lwasta ingasimilarstep

hedif ferences, ather

earlyv isiblebehindthepro ec t

ef fec tinNashv ille. Doubtless

yhis,andhetoo advantage

thathemightbringhisplanto

alsosomeofthesistersreadily

opMiles well- nownchar-

nd thoughtfulnessfor

eligioustraining,principles,

ems almostneedlesstosay,would

ersonintheworldtothin of

hisownsa e, hadnotthe

rsofC harityof eavenworth, ansas, pp. 22f f

harityofN azareth, entuc y , p. 11 .


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W TH

broughttobearuponhim while

rmityinwhichhelargely

and udgmentof ather

sseemtohavealsourged ather

ldingofNazarethf inallywent

edifficulty.Thattwopersons

notcometoan agreementis

narrivedat apassinwhich

asonable,solutionofthe

walofsomeofthesistersat

er-house,andtheestablishment

entcommunity.Thiswas

ime forsi membersof aint

d a i nt o h n s H o s p i ta l a nd

rentlyundertheleadershipof

isterX av ierRoss, hadopenly

nfavorofsuchastep. n

B ishop palding, whenthe

er c hachtratherhidesbehind

buttowardstheendhe dis-

ohadbroughtitabout.H ere

, 18 5 1.

riend:—

orepleasurethan towelcomeyour

onyourreturnf romthe prings. B oats

thlandnearlyeveryday.Besides,the

tonothingastotime. o, R ightR ev.

eyou willfavourusthusfar.The

ouseofNazarethwouldbe indenough

rsi isterstocommenc eaNovitiate

uliarposition,thegoodofR eligion,and

r th a s i n no t e 4, p . 2 .


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esrenderthisanimperativedutyonour

alalmostc ertain, because c ouldnot

has wouldnamemyself . Moreover,

1 wanttodothingsamic ably , andf ind

selas need. Mother rancesmost

ndallwillfeel underlastingobli-

ev . riend.

a ti o n, o u rs i n C h r i s t.

dngwenttoN ashvilleonthis

ver.Bethatas itmay, ather

gainonN ovember5, 1851, a

eenlyhefelttheaccusations

tionsin thematter,aswell

rges.Thedocumentistoo

ufficeittosaythat, weare

egrosslye aggerated,and

oofpositivethatthescheme

thhim,andthat ister

eadingpartinbringingittopass.

c h ac h t s .

(photostatc opy inthoseof aint oseph sProv-

ardiner, referredtointheletter, didnot oin

p l an , a ft e r al l .

y,ibid.).O neoftheaccusationsagainstwhich

tic ularlyan ioustodefendhimself inthisletter

therX av ier sadv iserinallthatshehaddone.

shewassuperiorf rom1847to1850 thatin

byMother rancesGardiner thatthebrea

herX avierimmediatelybecamethesuperiorof

eldtheofficeaslong asitremainedinN ashville

er c hachtasitsc hiefguardianf riend thatit

his rightwhenheconsentedtothesepara-

inthewrongwhenhetoo ac tionagainst ather

b r o e w i th t h e Bi s ho p w he n a t he r c ha c ht b r o e

morethanasuspicioninthemindthat ather

himselfwhenhewrotethisletter. eetheCath-

48to1858, andH istoryof the istersof eaven-

sin note4.


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O W TH 4 51

difficulties,therewere

he errorofBishopMiles,

ned, wasoneof udgment, and

eof theveryfewwhic hwe

e sdoor. Q uiteprobably,

he businesshadprogressed

o favoredadivisionofthe

erbehappyatN azareth,the

savehis schoolwastoaccede

dewhathebelievedtobe the

cumstances.Possiblyagain

orwhateverwronghefeared

edagainstthe entuc y insti-

15,1851)hedeededtoits eccle-

er osephH azeltine, asplendid

hthebuildingson it,whichhe

nfiveyears earlier,andwhich

ucationalpurposes10.

he decisionoftheirmo-

entuc yaf terthesc hoolyear

emainedatN ashvillewere

MaryVinc ent earney, oanna

ane rances ennedy, and

, astheac ademypropertyhad

herHazeltine, theyalllivedin

tal, 3 NorthHigh treet,

oinedbytworecruitsfrom

. 81-82(Rec order sO f f ice, Nashv ille). Deed

8 , showsthatB ishopMilesboughtthispropertyat

mber2 , 184 , andreceivedthedeedforit, when

epurc hasemoney, onO c tober2 , 184 . Deed

-4 3 , showsthathealsodeededpropertyto atherHazel-

. neac hc aseonedollarwasthec onsideration


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blybeeninN ashvillebefore—

ndDorothyVilleneuve11.

beforethe large,beautiful

A . C heatham, whic hstoodat

ppositethecathedral,wassecured

convertedintoa conventun-

V inc ent sH ome. Herealsowere

emyc ontinuedandtheorphans

vitiateopened.Thehospital

thHigh treet, whileaf reesc hool

hoseitforthe educationof

the spaciousbasementof

d,thenewcommunityprospered

oubtlessitwouldhaveren-

ervices,hadnot ather

itanduglytemperintervened.

inalaterc hapter.

ssofheart,nolessthan his

tedhimfromcherishingill

ithappenedinthec aseof the

ecorded.We soughtinvain

omhiminregard tothat

ediscoveredfromvarious

sincerefriendship,highes-

oN azareth. imilarly the

whowouldstopto cryover

sitivethoughhewasforthegood

dtorufflethe eventenorofhis

e4andtheA lmanacsf rom1852to1858. The

his timewhosenameswehavediscoveredwere

ey(superior1845-1847), ister rancesGardiner(supe-

terMargaretBamber(superioratthehospital

thesethree oinedthenewc ommunity .

worth, pp. 22f f A lmanac s, 1852-1858 N ashville

855-W5 , 1857.


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W TH

ssthathedidhis best,chose

t, andsoughttoavoidthat

wrong,enabledhimto possess

htimportanceinitself,but

sedthesub ectofournarrative

tohavegrownoutofthe es-

ommunity inNashv ille. nthe

chhewascompiling ustat

paldingstatesthat ather

t t o a i nt R o s e s , i n e n tu c y ,

athemightrestorethedisci-

omewhatrela edthroughthe

ylife.Traditiontellsusthat the

ethisthroughpi ue and

littlechagrinedbytheas-

sthereasonfartosee in

ynaturalthatDoctor palding

plitinar eligiousbodyunder

c hhefeltthatthe atherof the

spartlyresponsible whilstthe

pectednottoresenttheimpu-

o bereformedbyonewho

as atherMuf ios1 .

how,BishopMilesdid not

easantnesstomarafriend-

ntimate,andtrusting. n-

enthetwoprelatesweresoon

p2 8 8 e n w i c , p . 1 4 2 . n e n wi c i s s ho wn a t he r

Doc tor palding sstatement. Possibly itwas

nedBishop palding sfailuretomentionthe

n entuc yduringtheepidemic ofc holerain

ehis ifeof laget, pp. 275f f , andnote12inChapter


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er.Despitehis zeal,thede-

espell ofsic nessseemsto

51theleast activesincethe

othemiter. tillhe eptinc lose

diocese,whichhestroveto

arly inthefallhemadea

of f iciatedatthec athedralinC in-

yhisever-presentfinancial

estillmoretightenedbythe

rty,carriedhimthere,forhe

neyinthat city.

lenarycouncilto assem-

1852,foundthemanofGod

wasbeforethec loseof the

eoftheslowtravelatthattime

ewestarrangedtoma ea

ether,whichwouldinsurethem

p,nolessthanaffordtheman

heneedsoftheA merican

cilshouldmeet.Bishop pald-

ofournarrativeto ointhemat

inresponsealetterdated

hthechiefpastor ofTennessee

now ledgeyourlate indfavour,

asureofacceptingyourinvi-

eotherdistinguishedcharac-

ompanytoBaltimore. pro-

n aspossibleafterthesecond

bywater, ifwehaveenough, or

mber20, 1851.

of thisc ounc ilshowthatA rc hbishop . P. en-

ofconvocationonN ovember21,1851.


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O WTH 4 S

ybe18. Thenhema esafew

othetal in entuc yabout

ademyaf fair, andcloseshisletter

verythingisgoingonwell

tterswhichareratherslimasfar

nycompliments,andallsorts of

lic Telegraphof aturday, May

rarchicalcompanypassed

wee ,whichgavethembarely

rtheopeningof thecouncil.

ealousprelatehad another

owthoftheC hurchinhisbe-

sbroughtfromevery direc-

thefathersofthe councilfor

sthan ninenewseesandone

upof oywouldhavebeen

amore roseateaccountofthe

nhisowncharge.Doubtless

ctionof theA rc hdioc eseof an

nationofhisfriendand former

shopA lemany,foritsmetro-

cialpleasure. romBalti-

e w o r C i t y , w he r e he d e di -

hurc h, une1, 1852, inthepresenc e

andthebishopsofBoston,

e.17

ashville, hestoppedathisfor-

aint oseph s, omerset, and

es. Thesec ond undayaf ter asterfellonA pril

nc iliiP lenariiB altimorihabitiA nno1852

a, une5, 1852 Memorandaof theDioc eseofBoston

Goulding, TheC hurchesinNew or C ity , p. 150.


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ofwhichhe administeredconfir-

ecandidatessomeofthose

ructivesermonsinwhichhe

t oseph stheambassadorof

onoffindingthe newcollegein

ef irsttimehehadseenit, and

ambitionhad atlastbeen

ded oy.Theaccountofhis

heR ightR ev. Prelate, though

ewhatwornbyarduousla-

onofmuchvigor,andduring

en oymentofe c ellent

ithad beenthefirstplace

singlyfromaC atholicpointof

envisited morethanonce

blishmentofthediocese,we

no v ille inbutonedocument

eferringtothe C hurchfrom

nmorethanfortyyearspast.

hadallbutdied yetitwas

nfac t, the reeman s ournal

roduc esac ontributiontothe

chtellsofthepromiseat this

i oreightyearsago, notone

nowntobein no v ille.

opublic wor sofvarious inds,

goodlynumber,whichwasa

thezealousbishop.Beforehis

ehadsent atherBrownto

ac hurchandleave ather

a nd u ly , 1 8 2 .


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W TH

amongthelaborersontherail-

hertowardstheeast.These

ndedourapostle sattention

romthecouncil.A pparent-

hattanoogawhenBishop

uesthispresenc eatthec onsecra-

ouisville,whichhadbeenset

eansweredfromNashv ille, the

timetoac now ledgeyourlate indfavour

bepresentatthe consecrationofyour

ttion uiteagreeabletomyfeelings. A t

rletterMr. Montgomerywas uiteillofa

s casewasconsidereddangerous.He

sothat,withoutsomeaccidentnotantici-

oyyourpleasantsoc ietyandthesolemnc eremony

sary unday.

ne restrictionthatwillgoveryhard

urletter: O f c ourseyouw illfa iltoe -

countenanceonthatauspiciousday.

forme,and hopeyouwillatleast allow

totime.O therwisetherewouldbedan-

rthec onse uencesofwhichyouw illbe

sentwhen readyourletter. When

ntohim,hemadehisbest bow,ande -

at hecouldnotcome.H eispreparing

ttanooga,andisentirelyabsorbedinhis

proposetoleavehomeonne t unday and

w ithmypetsabout t. Rose s, w illc ome

avourtoma emyretreatbeforethededic a-

omisedto oinme. f thisarrangement

tme now. A letterdirec tedto t. Cathe-

eld, anytimene twee w illf indmethere.

misedtovisitmethis fall.O fcourse

tion, and shalle pec thimtoac c ompany


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nessandblessingbeyours.

rdevotedfriend,

thedraltoo placeonthe

omedowninhistoryas oneof

tsof ouisville.Twometropol-

mall partsofthecountry

heirpresence.BishopMiles,

hisverysoulinto thesigna-

hesigned setofresolutions

mblageto ather ohnHenry

ewmanapprov inghise pose

vanniA chilli,whohadwrit-

nouslyof theChurc h. While

eerrorandcompassionateto-

anofGodthathe was,our

suchreprobatecharactersas

vedonlycontempt.20

orts,inspiteof obstaclesof

ontinual,thoughslow,prog-

lmanac for185 hereported

els,twentystations,andfive

yhimselfandninepriests.

s ( o u is H o s t e , o h n M. a c-

andH. V . B rown)weresecular

belongedtotheO rderof

ers . . Montgomery , Thomas

es.

, 1 8 52 p a ld i ng ( . . ) , i f e of A r c h b is h op

8. tisnoteworthythatthef irstN ewmanfundin

penedbythebishopsat thismeetingforthe

stinguished nglishdiv inetodefraythee penses

tagainsthimbythe infamousA chilli.


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engo, ohnRaymondC leary , and

1

eswerec ertainly thoseofNash-

onCounty , C lar sv ille, and

lofwhichhavebeenmentioned

thwasli ely thelogfane

builtontheR oganfarmaboutthe

pearsto havebeen nownla-

ateConc eption, GallatinTunnel.

artic lefortheC atholic nc yclo-

ch( aintMary s)waserec ted

Q u i t e l i e l y th i s is t r ue , f or s u ch

ginc ontemplation butasthe

sofac hurchthere, weareinc lined

templeofprayerwasoneof the

sinthebishop sreport.The

allwoodenaffairwhicheither

a t he r B ro w n ha d b ui l t on a l o t of

hattanooga, andwhich ather

pin1852. Possibly ather

nownasachapelbecausehe

ationsforalarge andbeauti-

iocesewerescatteredhere

riesofMississippi,A labama,

e n tu c y a n d fr o m o n es -

eeasttotheban sof thegreat

sgreatestdif f ic ultiesstillcon-

ringasufficientnumberof

of hiswidelydispersedfloc ,

. 122-12 .

edia, X , 705 reeman s ournal, May28, 1854.


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stenanceofthe missionaries

oweverhemanagedto

harityandhisf reesc hoolsis

, O c tober2 , 1852, thepre-

edthatour A mericanhier-

omegeneralplanfor an

mightbeenactedintolaw,

R . P. endric wroteforour

ub ec t.2 ToDoc torPurcellhe

:

t h in o f t he d e cr e e of R o m e . n m y r ep l y

t. ouisas ingmyopiniononthesamesub-

dnotthin hadarighttogiveanyopinion,

thesc rape that rec eivednoassistanc e

cesee ceptfrommyC athedral,and

ehundreddollars andthat,haditnot

receiveannuallyfromthePropaga-

erwithalegacyfroma deceasedbrother,

ngsince.24

nissomewhatbetternow. amoutof

thasreturnedfrom urope, hav ingpro-

satisfyalldemandsagainstmychurch.

orgivehim,hadso shamefullymisrepre-

Propagationofthe aiththattheyhad

f withameretrifle.Mr. chachtsuc-

moftheirerror, andtheyhavesentme

etherwithwhathecollectedinhisown

inevenwiththeworld.But mypurse

stateofcollapsein conse uence.

onc iliiP lenarii, B altimorihabitiA nno1 52,

eestablishmentofour presentcathedraticum.

wardB. MileswhodiedatB loomf ield. en-

84 .

es. ather c hachthadbeeninB elgiumona

1847,BishopMiles allotmentsfromthePropa-

beenc uttoaboutonefourth, orless, ofwhat


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rchinTennesseewasnowin

age, andlaborshadsotoldon

nolongerspenddaysoreven

stretch. Theweightofalarge

e uentperiodsofill health

ourneys. ethec ontinuedto

hepossiblycould,ma inghis

andc ornerthatnoC atholic family

rloo ed. Whenitwasfeasi-

buttherewerethenfewplacesin

achedin thiswise.O ften,in

gy,hetoo theunpalatable

tdistances. orthesamerea-

sionsin thefartherwest,he

ong,circuitousrouteofthe

d,Ohio,and Mississippirivers.

orofC hristinthefullest sense

ectedthe wor ofhisunder-

tchedoverhisfloc ,withscru-

zeal. tillhepointedout the

indlinesswhichwonthe

ndpeople. Non-C atholic sc on-

hisownfoldin theirloveand

nyyearsago,oneusedfre-

N ashvillethat, haditnotbeen

scouldhave heldthecityin

. A lthoughnotsowell

asscarcelylessbelovedintherest

ennessee sf irstc hiefpastor

si yearsofhis episcopacy.Doubtless,how-

he reductionwastheever-increasingnumber

assistance.


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eptonbusinessofimportance,or

hehierarchy.Theoccasional

flabor,whichhethoroughly

madeeitheron hiswayfrom

oronthereturn ourney. We

nabsenc ein185 , andofbut

appearsthathewasoutof

osetwo years.Thiswasfor

ightRev. A nthonyO ' R egan

aint ouis, uly25, 1854

hecouldnotattendthe august

nC hattanoogademandedhis

ghtedhis paternalheart.

a ourneythitherthathead-

n ow unday, A pril2 ,

uetwhothenlaboredamongthe

roadsandinthec oalmines

o v illehadalsoreturnedtoits

ce, notonlysofarastodeserve

c A lmanac forthef irsttimein

rwayof havingachurch.

doubt,wasasourceof oyas

bishop.There,too,laborin

dsbroughtthechange.27

aseemsc ertainly inerrorwhen

. P a r e , of W y t h ev i ll e , fo u nd

ngintoTennesseeinsearchof

edtheminhis visitsandreport-

hville,who,intime,stationeda

ust12, 1854.

tNashv ille Telegraph, A ugust12, 1854 A l-


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Themostdiligentsearchfailed

ena tradition,insupportof

Par edidnotgotoWytheville

eitherintheoutlineof hisown

gesi teenofhis S omeNotes

adof theCatholic MissionsinV ir-

hepamphletdoeshe somuch

eonlyreferencewehave

hestateregardsav isit, in18 0,

n es b or o ug h , so me y e ar s a ft e r n o -

dent pastor.28

atholicA lmanac,andother

erBrown,stationedatC hatta-

o v illeandotherplac esin

ethecloseof1854,wefind

themiter. A lthoughour

acrificeinorderthat asub ect

d,ifhefelt thathewould

maintainedthatnopriestshould

a positionuntilhehadbeen

eandprovedhimselftobea man

ent,aswellaspossessedofzeal

,ashehaddoneinthe case

tetoA rc hbishop ranc isP.

e ct :

, 1854.

edaletterf romB ishopReynoldsstatingthat

ev . H . V . B rownonthelistforB ishopof

he C h u rc h, V , 4 7 a th er o hn . A i e n,

1, 18 0, tooneofhisbrothers, onesborough(Nash-

ensc ertainly eptB ishopMilesinformedon

epartsof easternTennessee.Thebishopwas

sitof atherPar e.


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e uestsmetowrite ourGrac eonthesub ec t.

avetosaythat donotc onsiderMr. B rownas

syet,althoughhe iszealousandfulfillshis

ssions. Heneedsmoree perienc e.

e.N onneophytum,neinsuperbiam

abishop, says aintPaul, tobenoneophyte,

pride . 2

nablessingformefromHisH oliness,

asafereturnto yourDiocese.

hgreatesteemandrespect,yourmost

ationsofthediocesehadbeen

andrenderedsecure.Although

umberofthefaithfulcouldbe

ocome,therecouldbe no

culties,theC atholicreligion

naf irmbasisinTennessee. n

businessaffairs calledBishop

ere,heacceptedaninvitation

e premiumsattheclosing

o s ep h s C o l l e ge a n d a i nt M a ry s

inthef irstwee of uly . O nthe

steredconfirmationat aint

to wn . 1

eaderwillrecall,wasthen

ountry.A ccordingly,the

ormsus,in hissermontothose

toldthemhowhappyitmade

emselvestoGod asH issol-

t o T i m ot h y, I I , 1 - .

e, C a s e 0 , Q 2 .

a n d u l y 21 , 1 8 S .


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emtoremainf irmtothestep

indnot thesneersandmenaces

nizationwhichfoolishlyis

oly institutionagainstwhich

notprevail.

esameyearare notedinthe

ervementionin ourwor .

e n tu c y . a t he r M . A . O ' B r ie n

dingtodedicatethebeautiful

e swhic hhehadbuiltnear

paldinghadotherengage-

ltthatBishopMilesshould

aplacein whichhehadlived

. Bethisasitmay, thelatter s

ed andon aintDominic s

blessedthe newchurchwithall

. ormanyyearstheevent

ofconversationamongthe

adbeensentoutto thesuf-

sforthef irstprov incialc ounc il,

onO c toberseventh. twas

denactedsomeimportantlegis-

ofthewesternC hurch.Be-

P. enric , thosewhotoo part

les, H enni,C retin,and

ohnB . Miege, v icarapostolic of

rritory , wasabsent, whilethe

nois, hadnospiritualhead. 3

ber8, 1855 A nA mericanA postle, pp. 1 1f f .

ber1 , 20and27, 1855 theMetropolitanforN ovem-

uinc y , llinois, wasestablishedin185 but

tedforit. n1857it wastransferredto

e enryD. unc erbec amethef irstordinary .


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t h of a t he r C l a r s o n, a t he r

pastorat aintPeter s, was

stTennessee.H owever,the

sionallyprocuredtheassis-

eitherof thediocesenorof

t nationality.A confrere,

y , aidedhimforashorttime

, while atherO rengospentthe

partof thestate. ather

theDominican isters,remained

valof ather ohnRaymond

tsmthereisdatedO c tober ,

lergyman,butlatelyor-

vincialto beapermanent

onthemissions. ather . A .

1852, toloo af tertheGermans.

854,hewassucceededby

f f . Thus, beginningw ith ather

missionsneverhad lessthan

alsoincreasedinmiddle

ugustineMurphyreachedthere

apslatein thepreviousyear.

m reland, aswec ouldf indno

United tates andpossibly

aintPeter s, Memphis. atherCuberowasborn

Marc h7, 1807, andenteredtheO rderof aint

tthetimeof thesuppressionoftherelig-

ewentto taly , andwasordainedatV iterboin

eptionof thefewmonthsinTennessee, hespenthis

entuc y . A bout18 1, whileatZ anesv ille,

ssiontobecomeamissionaryapostolic.H ethen

fornineor tenyears,andfora shortwhile

y . arly in1872, hebecamec haplainof theDo-

nt C a t h e ri n e s , n ea r p r in g fi e ld , e n tu c y , wh e re

88 .


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O WTH 4 7

dby ather c hacht, while

e . a t he r N i c h ol a s R . o u ng ,

eteranmissionerof thesamepat-

shvillelatein1854,or early

tby theDominicanprovincial

ssedbishop,andremainedfor

ghhehadmissionsofhis own,

tharvesterofsouls.A spiri-

llhim. veronthealert,as

rsofhisbishop,an appeal

llfromthepeople,ora notice

etherspiritualor temporal,

ashere,there,andeverywhere.

ehorsew ithsinewsofsteelforhis

erewasheastrangerthrough-

of Tennessee.Oftentimes

mforabed,the saddlefora

gtreesforprotection,whilst

anopytw in led oyfullydown

satnight.H eappeared

obecomediscouraged.

nly foodforthedayc onsisted

whichheevercarriedinhis

fulsteedhestoredc orninabag

snameappearsintheA lmanac forTennesseeonly

satNashv ille in ebruary , 185 . atherMurphy s

ntheA lmanac in18 S . Thereissomethingof

thatB ishopMileswentto relandonbusinessin

orecordto thateffectcouldbediscovered,and

tto thecontrary,weareinclinedtothe belief

sv isitabroadhasbeenc hangedintoa ourneyof

e, however, that atherMurphyrec eivedorders

perhapsevenfromBishopMiles himself,

sdiscovered.


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sbac . Whileiten oyedits

ownfrugalportion,which

e coffeeheatedinatincup

ytoo withhim)overasmall

.N orrainnorshine,nor

ertopreventawor ofmercy,

ral.Balmyastheclimateof

eerfuldisposition. veryone

l withanopenheart,noless

awelcomingsmile.Uncom-

or,he wasthesoulofcom-

randthe deceived.Many

m notafewconvertsdid

h. 6

c u e t wa s a no t he r o f Te n ne s se e s

s. ndeed,thereseemstohave

mongsomeof themtosee

atesthardshipsandpriva-

lef tthec athedral(1847or

A t f irst, hisv isitse tended

onesborough. aterhewas

afterthespiritualneedsof the

oalminesand ontherailroads

nthe southernandeastern

yaroundChattanooga. Heis

hurchneartheC hattanooga

downby theenemy.

theoldpeopleinTennesseewerewonttotellthe

atherO rengo smissionary lifethere. Thelate

ndtwoof theearlyDominic an istersatMemphis,

sandMaryPius itzpatric , lovedtodwellonthe

e szeal, labors, andspiritofself -sac rific e. More

nee tremeofthestateforanother,he trav-

ength,stoppingathis ownmissioninthe

enoughtota eamealandchangehorses.


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mplacetoplace,he sleptin

oarsestfood(whichheoften

woretheroughgarmentsof

ofhisday. Neverwasheheard

boreallanddidallw ith

gloryofGodandthe sal-

faultdidthe peoplefindwith

timessomewhatharshand

dtohave fearedhimforthis

tduein parttothelife

onhim.Beneathasevere

ebeatahearttenderasa

trueassteel.

ac uetengagedtolaborin

rs.A ttheendof thisperiod,

addonehis partbythe

appliedtobereceivedintothat

esinaletterofdate eptem-

stRev. ohnB . Purc ellindic ates

valuablea priest.A part

tmentioned,BishopMilestells

u e t i s a n e c e ll e nt m i ss i on e r

plain,honest,andblunt

eceiveyou. 7

h iv e s. A t f i r s t, a t he r a c u e t wi s he d t o go t o

hbishopA lemany, unwillingtodeprivetheDiocese

ableapriest,did notencouragehisproffer.

sbornofC laudeandC laudine(B lethery) ac uetat

A ugust20, 1817. H ewasordainedby ouis . M.

bishopof yons,December21,1844.On March

ec ardinal spermissiontoleave ranceforthe

enot lesshard,zealous,andself-sacrificingthan

e.A tfirst,hewas stationedatTemperance-

B elmontCounty . A bout18 6 hewenttoreside

uilt achurch,andwastherewhenthatpart of


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mold,andpossessedofa

hanhis renchco-laborer

wehave ustoutlined, ather

sszealous,indefatigable,or

s.H eseemstohavebeen

lycharactertowhichthe

estants,too instinctively.

ntlenature,hehad nolove

hichsometimesdemand

tern action.This,weare

atinducedhimtoresign the

ms alsotohavepreferredthe

rytothenoise,bustle,and dis-

8

shville, saintly atherH oste

ionsinnorthernTennessee

om1848, ifnotbeforethec lose

madehishomeat aint

County , whereheatonc eopened

andanorphanasylumforboys,

moreatlengthlater. uf f ice

nstitutions,togetherwiththe

zealouspriest stimeuntilnear

8 8)toformtheDioc eseofColumbus. n18 9

shoc ton. nalltheseplac eshehadc hargeof

5heretired. nthefollow ingyearhewentto

withBishopN icholasA .Gallagher(whomhe

epriesthood),atGalveston,Te as,where

18 6 .

e,heretainedthe highestregardandthe

opMiles which,nodoubt,combinedwithhis

in Tennesseeandthetracesoftheirlabors

nardentadmirerof theO rderof aintDominic.

intothe futurebishopofGalveston.

f atherH oste smildandamiabledisposition,

bychildren.


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shopMiles lifecoveredby

stwhen atherH osteresigned

wehavenotbeenableto deter-

oughthetitledoesnot

m1848,weare convincedthat

epteduntiltheappointment

ter forsoapostolicabishop

hanimportantposition

tme. 9

omery,stalwartofcharacter,

reprudenceand udgment,

852,holdingtheposition

ishopMiles lifeandthe

successor,theR ightR ev.

essit wasbecauseofthese

he atherof theC hurchin

ortheplace,eventhoughhe

man.Traditiontellsusthat

salfavor,forbyall washe

. verreadyforwhatever

econtinuedtobe veryuseful,

c h ac ht , u s t in t h e pr i me o f

totire.Therecordsoftheold

nN ashville,whiletheH istory

ityof eavenworthattestshis

yaslongas itremainedin

ebeenhis youth,orperhapsan

hisself-willandofficiousness,

mentasvicargeneral.O ne

erMurphy,superintendedthe

edneighboringmissions.The

ac sf rom184 to1855.


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appearstohavebeenlargely

ecturingthroughthestate.

asneverbeenmorerampant

hanitwasatthis period.

eit saidthat,whileitwas there,

thwhichmighthavebeen

wasdueinno smallmeasureto

esandhisc lergy . no -

enseenthe leastfre uently,

stviolentmanifestationsofthe

arly in1855,aplot of

ftyfeets uarewaspurchased

mitsforC atholic purposes, the

wnobounds.

itswayintomanuscript

onc e, tellsusthat ather

avethelittlestonechurch,

uardeddayandnight to

ngtorndown,and themate-

seeR iver.H istorysug-

ewasstrongestamongthe

rC atholicfamiliesspo enof

ever,thefair-mindedProtes-

ewasrestored. The no -

7, 1855, tolditsreaders:

atholicC hurchandschoolinthis

gress. Wehavebeenre uestedto

itisbeing constructedwasnotgiven

hbyanymemberof theA meric anParty , but

cobN ewman,deceased,whoofcoursehad

ehepleased. We ma ethisstatement

llc oncerned—astruefac tsthatc annotbe

8 5 - 8 7 ( R e c or d er s O f f i ce , n o v i ll e ) co n ta i ns a


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.B E MA N S

A S R . O UN G.

A T C O N C E PT O N C H UR C H

' S I R S T R E S I D N T PA S TO R , I R S T C H UR C H . A N D TH E

PR E A C H E D A T T D D C A T O N


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fullittletempleofprayerwas

etitleof the mmaculate

ertheR egister sstatement.

rformedtheceremony,and

oungpreac hedasermon. now-

iarPreac her sc lassic dic tion,

essofspeech,itishardly an

thisdiscoursemusthave not

butalsohavedonemuchto

c ein no v ille. B eforethe

theRev. oseph . B iemans,

gianmissionary,arrivedin

hwithstationedat no v illeas

h achargethate tended

ouldhavebut e perienced

tthispartofhisdioc esec ouldat

est,andthat hecouldspare

ary28, 1855, whereby ac obandWilliamG. New-

erpenaltyoftwenty-fourhundreddollarsto

tofgroundfrontingonehundredand fifty

e tendingonehundredandf if ty feetalong

enhepaidthelastfourhundredof thetwelvehun-

emoney.Thiswas tobeon ebruary28,

. 575-57 , givesthedeedforthesametoMiles,

. and . W. N ewman, administratorsof ac ob

sandWilliamNewman. DeedB oo W, pp. 1 -14,

oiningplot(f rontingtenfeetonWalnut treet,

ewidth,thefulllengthof theaboveproperty)

oB ishopMiles. TheinstrumentstatesthatMr.

uf f icientc onsideration. tissaidthat wan,

madethebishopapresentofthese tenfeetso

tobuilda housetooneartheprettylittle stone

erB ieman slifeonthebac ofamortuaryc ard

deghem, B elgium, November , 18 1, lef this

ionsofthe United tatesin1851,andwas

85 . Thislastdateisc ertainlyerroneous, andwe


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atherBrownfreetodevote

hegrowingparish atC hat-

t Memphis atherGrac e

edbytwocurates.W hen

erBo el, whowasmuc hbeloved

amemasterofnovicesinO hio,

hisplaceat aintPeter s. The

ternTennesseefell partic-

t theyalsogaveahelping

rwor . 42 atherC learydid

e diocese.Upanddownthe

atershetravelled, laboringamong

tsand levees,nolessthantrav-

sippi,easternA r ansas,and

rydirection.

erchoseharder,lessinvit-

metoilthanthatto whichthis

intDominicdevotedhimself

sthesoulof charity.The

thatthesecondisalso anerror.The

don, ngland, wherehehadlabored, af terleav-

earsbeforehisdeath,whichtoo placeinhis

ountfortheerrors. V ery li ely ather

w ithhimin1852or185 , andengagedhisser-

heshouldbeordained,which,ifthe dategiven

uldhardlyhaveta enplaceearlierthan1854.

t o 1 8 5 ; a t he r B o e l s d i ar y . a t he r B o e l

r1, 1820, inthehamletofHerbergen, near onin-

denburg,Germany.His parentswereGeorgeand

o el. Hec ametoB altimorein18 8. n1842he

h s, inO hio, asapostulant. Thereherec eivedthe

eptember18, 1844, madehisprofession, ep-

sordainedbyA rc hbishop c c lestonon une20,

hiountilmadethefirst pastoroftheGermans

gthere,helaboredin manypartsofthecountry

entuc y , andWashingtonC ity), andspentmuc h


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ectofhistirelessministra-

eoplelovedhim. aborand

ishealth,renderinghimaneasy

whichhecontractedwhile

ofwhic hhediedon eptember

s afterhewasstric enwith

mphissaysofhim, ep-

egrettoannounc ethedeath,

day, of atherC leary . We

sdeceasewasproducedby

esic ofhiscongregationand

h. imilarly,theC atholic

rtwenty-ninthstates: We

etofthe deathofR ev.Mr.

yellow fever, atMemphisa

rywasordainedat t.

t, byA rc hbishopPurcellonlyabout

buthisserv ic estoreligionin

lesupand downtheMis-

tten. 4

ainsthis will,hislovablecharactercaused

somepostofresponsibility.H ewassuperior

as engagedingivingaretreatwhenthe yellow

erbro eout. A tonc ehestoppedtheretreat,

eaf flic tedc ity butonhisarrivalherec eiveda

ayinvirtueof holyobedience. romthiswill

charityandtruthin theinsinuationofacertain

ofterror. N omanwouldhavelaiddownhis

an atherB o el. nadvanc edagehespent

of theDominican istersof insinawa, Wis-

ored,heleftahallowedmemorybecauseofhis

e,andeminentvirtues.H ediedinW ashington

wsborninDublin, reland, inMarch, 1827, his

Margaret(Deagan)C leary.Therealsohe

on. n1844hec amedirec tto aint oseph s, in


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ef irstpriesttodieofyellow

prematuredeathwasashoc

erelosstoreligionas wellas

ubtacauseofdeepsorrow

O rengof illedthegapc reated

arrivalofa successorlatein

ceivedthehabitonNovember1 , 1845, andtoo

emonthlater.H ewasordainedbyA rchbishop

0. Thenc euntilhewenttoMemphishelaboredin

erwasshortin years,butfilledwithfruitful


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O N S A N DP A C E S

riaswroteofC atholic

,but wetreatitshamefully.

tssac redmemorybeenveloped

edsthathideoref faceitsnoble

eedsto bemisrepresented,its

orytobetarnished and

accentsdoweenterprotest.

ntributortotheN ashville

18 7, toldhisreaders: I f the

ry sC athedralc ouldspea ,

ory ofmanyaonewhohas

eirconfinesinthehalf

endedicatedtotheservice

stcasualvisitorcan crossits

feelingofreverentialawe.

ntimentsareresponsible,in

terwhichwenowunderta e.

ocesewithoutthefaithful,

pecialinterestall theirown.

cityofthenamesofthe early

ourvolumeofunduesize,and

wor of itsc harac ter, weshall

tdiscoveredinthe research

ectedmerelyto theac uisition

ofB ishopMiles pastorallifein


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toryisa laterdetermination.

en,itmust necessarilybe

attimesine act,itcanhardly

eader,especiallytheTen-

eadtoa historyalongthelines

of theHon. B en. Webbon

oring tateof entuc y .

esewouldbeanappropriate

e,aswellasaffordtimefor

hcivicandecclesiastic,which

erthatthetas mightbeat

e nightsofC olumbusinthe

awor thatwouldredound

uestionthatTimothyDe

wereNashv ille sf irstCath-

renotslowto follow,though,

theymostprobablygaveup

eof theB anner ust uotedwe

84-1785showthatofthe

enrolledontheboo shalfadozen

z.:C arr,Gillespie,H ayes,

r sthereaderc anseethatthisc hapterisan

tdecideduponuntilmuc hof theboo hadbeen

nitwastoolate personallytocopynamesfrom

houtanothervisittoTennessee. ortunately,

sforNashv ille while athers ranc isD.

nd nnocentDamianiofMemphis indlysentus

eplaces,andMiss N oraC rimminscopiedthe

isteratC hattanooga.Nearlyall theother

nf romnotesoforlettersto athersWilliam

ar in, whic hwetransc ribedwhileattheCathedral,

orthisreason,inthe matterofearliestnames

n shardestproblems),wecanhardlyclaim

hichwema eboldtobelievecharacterizesthe

lhopedthatthe presentchapterwillfairlyserve

written.


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S O N S A N D P A C E S 47

al er. 2A boutthef irstf ive

e littledoubt.Thereare

atholicintheearlyannals

t, asitisnot nownwhether

indicatedbytheirpatro-

ogivethemhere.

sthattherewereafew

vicinityin theopeningyears

althoughhementionsonly

man, DeMontbrun. Never-

authenticatedtraditiontells

ashvilleaMrs. aneManea,

and, andthatmasswassaidin

t willberecalled,wasthe

emissionaryvisitedthecity.

arriedamanbythenameof

dherdescendantsstilllive in

ossiblybeunearthedinthe

sofpracticallyalltheC atholics

shv ille sf irstbridgearenow

allaghan,wholatermarried

ghter,MaryC arroll,seemsto

osephDwyerandhiswife,

thbecameMrs.William D.

tober24, 18 7. ac ts, A ugust18, 18 4, B arr

dal, Nashv ille, Tennessee, p. ), andamanusc ript

liamWalsh(Nashv illeA rc hives)ma ethesame

llrathergeneralinNashv ille. tisparticularly

dantsofPhilipC allaghan,anearlyC atholic

ryC arroll,agranddaughterofMrs.Manea.

as .Tyne,stillpreservesandtreasurestwo

atmass intheManeahomestead,andtwocrystal

steringthesacramentofbaptism.


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ney andDanielBarr, whomar-

agher, gobac totheearlydays

ty, if theywerenotevenamong

wnfromPittsburgh,C incinnati,

Mr. GallagherandaMr.

esandfamilyconnectionswe

aughlinandhisw ifeA nn,

ac almosttothesameperiod. 4

,H ugh, ames,Patric ,

homasandMargaret

erw iththeirson ames, who

hv ille sf irstaltarboy, c ertainly

rties.Tothesameperiod

abeth(McGran)McGovern

ohnHermanandMary(Ratter-

hnG. and rederic Ratterman

BernardR atterman,who

,atthe ageofeighty-two

wMorrison, whosew ifewasMiss

agentfortheCatholic A dvoc ate

t o 1 8 8 , w as o n e . y n ch . H e

ougherty.Othersstill might

Durbin srec ordsat aint

nty , entuc y . 5

gisters, nowatthenewc athedral,

8,ofthechildrenof Thomas

gopinioninN ashville,andonefindsit stated

c ountof thec ity searlyCatholicity .

hat BernardR attermandiedon eptember

hefather oftheotherR attermans.The

s,passim,gives ynchandDoughertyasitsagents

MichaelBurnsmarriedMissMargaretGilliam,

atthetime butshebecameane emplaryc on-

mesinthese twoparagraphsappearontheearly


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S O N S A N DP A C E S

May ohnandMary

osephand ouisa(Mitc hel)

m i ly ( r e ns l y) G a rv i n C o r -

n)B oy le and ohnand

. Omitting allnamesthat

wasdoneinthe caseofthose

zedatthistime,the sponsors

, CatherineB rannan, Charles

. and aneMurray , William

c aughlin.

ene tyear,bythebaptism

were: ohnandMary( an-

d ouisa( utman)B enzer

(Dildy)O ' N eil amesand

inlon Patric andMartha

eremiahandMary( yning)

B ridget(C oy le) owe ohn

C h a r l es a n d r a nc es r e nc h

arrison)Mc Grath. The

lomittingnamesprev iouslyshown,

inaB urns, CollumDorly, A nn

dy onergan, leanor itzsim-

tasiaB razil, eremiah hin-

hy , a m es M c a i ug h li n , l e an o r

illiamDougherty(li ely

t), amesMcDermott, and leanor

rath,whosewifewasbap-

beincludedinthelist.

ogetherwithsomethat

40 and1841,representthe

lieswithwhichBishopMiles

N ashville.GeorgeH .

dMr. andMrs. ranc isA .


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n ett, Mr. andMrs. rancis

mDorrity,whoaresometimes

otoo anactivepartinearly

elongtoasomewhatlater

Mrs. Charles anders, whose

eviouschapter.Thomas

gstothisc ategory . He was

ofBishopMiles,andbrother

Marcellwhoheldtheposition

alforanumberofyears,and

ccomplishments.

otafewofourprelate s

entuc yfollowedhimtoNash-

osephH . Mc Gill, abrotherof

mond, V irginia. rishnames

hernationalityinthe bap-

BishopMiles lifeaschief

icsappearwiththene t

twasinpartforthebenef itof

that ather c hachtwasf irst

letothecathedral,andspecial

matgiven hourson unday.

atthenumberof renchand

plainswhytheoldCatholic

a t he r s H o s te a n d a c u e t be i ng

chinthec ity.

mans,Wessells, uhns,and

ld,wereleadersinGerman

aelBurns,PhilipC allaghan,

harles anders,Mrs.Willi am

ofA pril 0, 1 04, saysthatMrs. Marc ellwas

cathedral.DoubtlesstheH enryC .Marcell,

ecathedralrecordsashavingta enplaceon

ged4 years ), washerhusband.


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ter, Mrs. eli Demoville,

mongthosewhonevertired

verwaytheycould.Burns

ohavebeenthebishop s

al.W hilstthesumgenerally

dollars)isli e lyane aggera-

edthattheselasttwogentle-

rmeanstorepair H oly

orethearrivalof the atherof

e,orthatby farthegreater

ynon-C atholics.7

asbeenmadetothegenerosity

erelementin thecitytowards

ewhoshowedhimasignal

eli Grundyandhisfamily .

. tephenson, whosewife, Miss

wasoneofNashv ille searlyc on-

ics.

ouldbefurther notedthatthe

whetherrichorpoor,wereever

tlimit astothetimeof wel-

inthegoodnessofhis heart,

sownroomtosometravelling

uthernhospitalityforhisper-

allaghan,Budde e,Burns,

ill ips, anders, andWessellare

ntlymentionedasthosewhooften

ornambassadorsofC hrist.

suchactsofcharity,espe-

arydays,is responsibleforthe

ndinterestofthesepeoplestill formthe

onversation, fortheyareoneofNashv ille sc herished

emmentionedina numberofbriefaccounts

e.


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bishoporapriestissaidtohave

mes.8

evenif theycoulddo

ect,wasnotmerelythatthey

shipworthyof thegreat

beconsecrated.Theywished

atergloryofGodandH istrue

shouldbeoneofthe finest

nTennessee scapital. or

rtistic talentandtrainingc amein

threeyearsofhispriestly

emomenttopaintingand

hesacrededifice andwhen

heirwasperhapsnoother such

tec omparabletohiswor inthe

ral.

rstCatholics, itc anhardlybe

dNanc y(Duf fy)Rogan, and

rancis. Thelatterandhis

, Charles, andC larissa(Mrs.

mainedamongtheChurc h s

atin,thecounty-seatandnot

,ortheR oganhome,Miss

ydwasoneof theearliestmembers

inthevicinity,settledthe

n, Patric , andMichaelDuffy ,

her. ohnDwyerandhis

etwobrothers,Danieland

etherw iththeirsisterA nne, and

ein dgef ield, now astNashv ille. He

oliconlyonhisdeath-bed. tillhisfamilywereof

masswassaidforthe peopleinthatneighbor-

swasanotherof thebishop sf riendswhoc ame

fe.


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S O N S A N D P A C E S 485

nameof isherformed

esepeoplelaboredon the

movedto umnerC ountyaf ter

A ulaymenwereagents

cate,which,initsissueofMay7,

ee, on aturday, the2ndofA pril,

aboutamonth,Mr.DanielMcA ulay,

sage.Mr.McA ulaywasanativeof

esident ofGallatinfortwenty-seven

.A lthoughthrownbycircumstances

d noopportunityofpractising,during

observancesoftheC hurch,yethe

efaithofhis forefathers,andbythe

dtherich veinofbenevolenceand

nimatedallhisintercoursewithsociety,

faithheprofessedtherespectofthose

ed.

eaderw illrec all, isbetween

ieldinthead oiningcounty—

assometimescalledthe

mthefac tthatitseemstohavebeen

ne,whomovedtherefrom

swife,family,awidowed

andhertwochildrenabout

gisteratN ashvilleshowsthe

ces, andHarrietRedmond.

el swasthec enterofc onsiderable

lyothernamesdiscoveredin

ev iandMary( isher)

eptember24, 1842, showsthatA nneMc A ulaydied

v iousA ugust whileitsissueofNovember5,

hedeathof theyoungconvertwifeofA ndrew

edonthesi thof theprec eding uly .


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son,and a renchmancalled

orothyByrne,adaughterof

edherlonglife totheC atholic

ntheneighborhoodofthe

veralC atholicfamiliesonthe

missionandthatofR ogana. n

ythe nameofH ynes,Don-

Morgan, Bad er, andsoon. Mass

omeofMichaelH ynes,

hatofMrs. O ' F laherty , at

enerosity(orwasitin part

egrowthofthecity)were

erectionofa churchinbeau-

arlyadate fortherewerevery

alityatthetime.Theheads

amiliesthere,sofarascouldbe

dsandothersources,wereMr.

s H ughandMary(Can-

nneyandw ife aMr. Dougherty

thasarandMarthaGriter Pe-

r amesandH onoraC oughlan

arten(Mr.Martenwasnot

andMaryMc Manus Mic haeland

it ThomasandCatherine(B ur-

and arahDunlevy Denis

o h n an d H e n r ie t ta O ' N e a l

dMargaretO ' S ullivan. Pat-

eGriter, ohnB arres, ohn

c o tt , o u is c h mi t t, a n d d wa r d

rCatholicsof thedistric t butwe


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heyweremarriedor single.10

cesofH umphreysC ounty

ed. nhisreportforthe

845,BishopMilessaysofthe

sanew plantationcomprising

c heapland, si tymilesfrom

esseeR iver,andonthestage

Memphis. A Doc tor napp

marriedaMissN ealeofMary-

ensiveareainthiscounty,and

tothebishop,whichthe

nty-fivecentsanacreinan

ettlersintohisdiocese.A bout

redacresmoreweresecured

positionof itentrustedto

eactivitygavebirthtotheparish

n .1 1

rswere amesNeale(a

napp),MichaelBrennan,

an Mc Q uaid, Patric B urns,

mes heehy, A nthonyandA ndrew

ngan, PeterC onnor, Thomas

hnDougherty,PeterC urley,

alpin, ohnGlasner,

em indly furnishedthenamesfromtheC lar s-

ues ueC lar sv ille, PastandPresent—A H is-

, althoughitwaswrittenin1887, andspea s

othingof theCatholic Churc h. everalof the

stinc tlyC atholic , butwedonot now if those

hefaith.Goodspeed sH istoryofTennessee,

hattheBoylansand Dunbarryswerethenamong

iiesinC lar sv ille. However, theydonotseem

irstinthec ity. TodaytheC atholic sofC lar s-

arehighlyregardedbytheir fellowcitizens.

spea sof thisc olony, whic hshowsthatit


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nn, ohnH ughes, u e

re, eremiah heehan, Patric

rity, ThomasC onley, ohn

mahO ' N eil. Therewerealsosome

rney,C urtis,Gerraghty,

, Tay lor, and ar in. There,

Mc ManusandH ugh oy, who

le. 12

einwhatisc alled Middle

medivisionof thestatethe

ionsat ran lin, Williamson

ough, RutherfordCounty eb-

Dover, tewartC ounty

ban oftheTennesseeR iver,

olumbia, MauryCounty Pulas i,

tev ille, inc olnC ounty helby-

Manchester, C of feeC ounty

ounty.Thatthelocation

orthofN ashville isshownby

osteattendedtheplac e. N ear

sionc alled theNorthwestern

f atherA ugustineMurphy.

of informationintherecords

hediscoveryofthenamesof

lbutthree ofthesemissions,

Thoseunearthedat ran lin

e l ly P a tr i c M c a u gh l in

n ett ThomasDempsey

et h ( C l a y Du v al ) i n n o h n

nn WilliamandMargaret(Brady)

eswereta enfromamanuscriptaccountby

hv illeA rc hives)andc onversationsw ithMrs.

othofwhomwerebornthere intheearlyyears


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e on l iz a e rn ah an a me s

)C hampion andA gnesPol-

, whoB ishopMilestells

emplatessettlingatPointe

asalsoli elyanearlysettlerin

ntionedinconnectionwith

ythenameof H arrison,and

d. ThoseofMatthewMartin,

thewandMargaret(Martin)

residentsof ayetteville.

thec itystoodthehomeof saac

eadof thisfamilywas

whosedwellingservedasthe

tholicsinthatneighborhood.

ran linCounty , isnotgiven

efirstyearsofBishopMiles

one ofthesmallerstations.

atthevenerable amesDardis

v ille, andthathehadafew

stateisc alled E astTennes-

ic ourneythroughapartof

of1844, atherHowardnotes

newasthatofa childof

rgan, ontheCumberlandMoun-

mythandA nn arleywere

s pring, hebaptizedc hildrenof

annon,andDenisandC aroline

lizabeth, thew ifeof ohn

eMurphyappearsasgodfather.

ertoB ishopB lanc isdatedA pril , 1844, andis

es.


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ssionarydidthesame forason

insight)Daily,andreceived

ch. Patric Mc Nallyac tedas

ldrenofTerrenceandMary

nd ohnandDolly (Hennessy)

acrament.On thesame

nC ambden,wifeofPatric

totheC hurchandadaughter

(McN eely)Mc Cullabap-

point atherHoward

wasA thens,McMinnC ounty,

en, adaughterof ohnC . and

. romthefac tthatthisisthe

thensatthetime,and thatthe

ongthestationsof thedio-

tyearsof itse istenc e, wemay

rishlaborersonthe railroad

ut fewC atholicswereleftin

recertainlymanyothers

eightstationsaregivenby

tateintheC atholic A lmanac

ourapostle slife. iveof

ndedfrom no ville, af terthai

pastor—TellicoPlains,

ngston, RoaneC ounty Wartburg,

enev ille, GreeneCounty and

ngtonCounty . Mostli ely

adc hargeof theB ayer ettle-

TheWalden sR idgeand

N ashville.


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O N S A N D P A C E S

ationsfellunderthec areof

edatC hattanooga.

holicsat onesboroughwere

Probably,togetherwiththose

ert,theyformedthegreater

mission fortheywere

spread thelightoftruth.

wedtherailroadintoGreene

hosenameswecameacross

ora(N olan) oy , whosoon

nnoneof theotherstationsin

tedidpatronymicsofanyof

erobservation.15

rdis, Patric Mc Cormac ,

ee a mo n g n o v i ll e s f i rs t

dismovedfartherwest butwhat

andthe restwhom ather

nown. Withthebuildingof

ilroadC atholic sf lowedintothe

efaith,andfinally placed

ng there,afteralongperiod

n.Themostconspicuousof

e mostpractical,wereThomas

g li s hm a n, a n d hi s f am i ly . o s si c

road.H efurnishedthe

anddirecteditsconstruction.

plans. ossic ' snamedeserves

atholicannalsofeast

holictoilerslaboredonthelittle

vidGradyseemstohave

enc esof theA i ens spiritualac tiv ityweredis-

O . . D ., o f a i nt C e c i l ia s A c a d e my , N a s h vi l l e,

andHonora(Nolan) oy andshewasborn


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s an d l i za b et h a r re l l D a ni e l

van ohnandA nna

e.

adminsteredinthefirst

chfollowoccurredinthe

, andwereconferreduponthe

haelandC atherine(McDon-

ndB ridget( ullivan)De-

(Connell) heahan Patric

ey ohnand ane(B ur e)

Margaret( awne)Dolan

em ef fersonandDelia-

C harles . and usan(Boyer)

an d H e n r ie t ta . ( W e t ze l l) r h ar t

av is) hea C orneliusandMar-

n TimothyandMary

atric andHonora(Connell)

atherine(R ic e) yons Wil-

s ) e e ga n o h n an d A n n a

Patric andCatherine( ulli-

elandMargaret(R yan) ar-

get(Wrenn)C allahan William

o y P at r ic . a n d a r ah C .

om a s an d a n e (C o l e m an ) u l -

Bridget( eilly)N ic hols. 17

arethesponsors names

rlyall notonlydistinctively

elyCatholic rish, aswere

n easternTennessee.Doubt-

predecessors,wouldhavelost

emans lac of familiarityw ith nglishand rish

fdecipheringhishandwriting,therearedoubtless

t ofnames.


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es beenabletofurnish

y,withpriests.Beforeground

hevisitingmissionarysaid

aithful,amongwhichwere

ndThomas ossic . 18While

ay,asmallhouse whichstood

rthatpurpose.But, ather

us, itwasnotunusualthen

B rownlow editorof the

toc omearoundforthepurposeof

en onthec hurc h , andtoshow

tanic Ma estywouldstandin

1

entionedinlaterpagesof

heearliest C atholicsof

suscitationof thefaiththere

ertainingthem.N odoubt,

edontoother places,where

wthe seedofdivinetruth.

m,however,musthavere^

dantsaretodaymembersof

y stwoflourishingparishes.

nerofthisgrand division,

atDaniel yonswasaPresbyterian.Butthe

atpatronymicappearsontheearlychurchrecords

hisfamilyat leastwasC atholic.Daniel yons

erformsthatfunctionmorethanonce.Per-

ameaconvert.

utlineof atherMarronfor ather ar in

herearetraditionsthat atherPatric O ' N eillof

etwo athers eremiahO ' Neillof avannah, and

ntf rom atherH. V . B rown, v isited no v ille.

eoftheO ' N eills,thoughhisvisitwasli ely

ven.Butthereseemsto havebeennoother

havemadehiswayintoTennesseeat thisearly


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ssituatedoneof thestate smost

ceniccities,whichbeganwith

fahalf -blood ndian, ohn

e,atfirst,gaveitthenameof

erewef indBishopMilesand ather

8. Twohundredandf if ty

off intownlots,anenter-

thehopesheldoutby the

ailroadsalreadyunderway,

ationoftheincipientvillage.

ss andinggaveplac etothe

hattanooga.20

d atherDurbin

atholicsinthelocalityat

thoseinterestedinthetown

n eeney, A llen ennedy, and

strongly indicativeof theCatholic

esseditornot isanother

atherMaguiremadeChattanooga

iv ity . ather ac uet, who

me while atherBrown, one

tedearlymissionaries,whether

service,spentbyfar the

lifethere.Maguirecertainly

rchin thevicinityofthecity

sthe firstC atholichouseof

ee.21Thethreeplantedwith

whichhaseventuallygrown

esentlargeandflourishingparish.

eDec ember7, 18 8 Par man, Chattanooga, Ten-

nty , and oo outMountain, pp. 5- . eenotes4,

I V .

5andpassim C atholic A dvoc ate, O c tober2,

pterX V .


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e ms t o h av e h ad o n e bo o o f

whichheretainedforhim-

succeededhimatC hattanooga,

oodisnow lost. ac ts, inits

18, 18 4, tellsusthat, inMay,

etbaptizedHelenDeady inthe

nooga buttherec anbeno

a numberinthecityboth

Theearliest baptismnow

erandPaul sisthatofMary

hnandMargaret itzgibbon.

10,1852. amesC learyand

odparents atherBrown

ent.

gthis year(1852),all

aptismsof thechildrenof ohn

ohnandMaryDriscoll

Patric and llen iley

arrell Thomasand ane

elenA hern ohnandMar-

d oetheM. C row ley Terenc e

y amesandCatherineCurtain

a s le y P a tr i c a n d l l en B o yl e :

ohen DenisandC atherine

dMaryB oy le andWilliamand

thetimewerePatric and

P a tr i c a n d R o g er u l li v an

ny MichaelandMargaret

ewart Thomas ediamandMar-

olemanandMaryC leary H ugh

et MargaretHagerty ames

n o r o h n H a n no n T i mo t hy


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WilliamHarnett Patric

MaryB olen Mic haelGary

andPatric eenanandA nna

havebeeninthecityat this

ortly afterwards,were

Dwyer)Hussey Patric

zabeth Mrs. Honora(Cotter)

andB ridget(Mc Carthy)Cotter

Donnell)Nelligan Patric

v in and amesandMargaret

22DanielH oganandan talian

ayedimportantpartsinthe

ooga ssec ondc hurch. Nor

es oseph . Grif finand ames

ughthelatterwasnotof the

shopMilesa splendid

asuitableC atholictempleof

h at a t he r a c u e t sa i d ma s s

ryof the B ryantB uilding,

artheriver, andattimesinthe

gton, nearthefootofCame-

o s ep h R u o h s wa s o ne o f t ho s e wh o

oraCrimminsof thePublic ibrary , Chat-

n unearthingsomeofthesenames. he

eemstobesupportedbyrecordsin thecourt-

atherine( inu in)Mc Mahon, Myles elly , A n-

a nd R o b e r t H i c s o n, M r s l l en ( M ag u ir e ) a w e s ,

ndafewotherCatholic indiv idualsc ametothec ity

r as u o te d b yt h e r e em an s o u rn a l of M a y 28 , 1 85 4 .

sdated anuary , 1857(Rec order sO f f ic e, C hat-

1, 10). Possibly thelandwasnotdeededover

)waspaid thoughthebishopseemscertainly

veralyearsearlier.


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A C Q U T R E V. H E N R Y V. BR O W N

R A N DPA U S C H U R C H

GA ' S E C O N D C H UR C H . A N D TW O O F T A R L I E S T

R I E S


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S O N S A N DP A C E S 4 9

theseplaces andthatthe

hattanoogawaserectedona

e treet, c losetohishouse.

manacplacesthecityamong

ather ac uetasearlyas

alsh sstatementthatthemis-

attanoogaforthefirsttimein

onCountyc ourt-housesub-

hat atherBrown,acting

opMiles,secureda greatdeal

ll whichhesoldtoCatholics

eeptheminC hattanoogaand

echurch. atherWalsh

4)alsosaysthat atherBrown

ctempleofprayerinthecity

ressthe suspicionthatthis

e ac uet, forhewasanactive

alyearsin andaroundC hat-

oftheartist priest.Tothe

bablethatthelittle churchon

asthewor of the rench

derstoodthat therewas

in1852 while, inaletterof

shopMilessays atherBrown

c hurch. . . . andisentirely

derta ing. Thiswasc er-

ona stonefoundation,which

erenowstandsthesisters

prilorMay issueof the

r in1854showshadthenmade


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yc ase, ac tsinformsusthatthe

alittlefanenear C umberland

nedonO ctober22,1850.The

mbassadorsofC hristshould

iltonandthead ac ent

nownas West Tennes-

rtureof atherMcA leer, that

l entirelytothecareofthe

whowerethenpracticallyits

tyyears. aithfulwerethey

esslydidtheytoil. Whilethere

onlystationsmentionedin

edfromMemphiswere ac son,

merv illeand aGrange, ayette

rdemanC ounty and avannah,

heTennesseeR iver, inHardin

B olivarand ac son, wedid

anyof theC atholicsinthese

otedfamilyofthe faithwas

ofwhichwouldseemto

dMary(A dams)Barry.

m,andA rthurbecamenews-

press uponthestate.

hefather,whovisited

ladelphia, about18 2, toseeif

ttoTennessee. tappearsthat

iesbythe nameofMoore,

r, ee, andC ollinsatB olivar,

ortheA dvertiserandnote1 ofChapterX I X


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5TheelderBarrywasacircuit

phis.

rd, hadbutfewCatholic s.

ethoseof atmesH ughes,

m o ur ) e n i n s, a n d o h n,

ney.A notherseemsto

chim.TheC atholicA lma-

ofthelittlecongregationwere

veinhandastatementwhich

ivesof ohnMagevney,

amesHugheswerec onf irmed

en inswasanativeof

mefrom reland.2

B luf fC ity , owesitse istenc e

sight,andabilityof udge

intPeter sC hurchisinnosmall

usinessacumenofhis insman

s wi l l , o h n . C l a y b ro o , f o r

o es lettershavetoldusof the

theenlightenednon-C ath-

ththiswasc ertainlymi ed

olidifythecity sgrowthby

settleinitthrough theposses-

auspicesoftheirfaith.

thisideahadits forcein

BishopMilesand athers

ontheirf irstappearanc eonthe

osityshownin theircause,

spea .

alsh(Nashv illeA rc hives).

inprec edingnote, and aintPeter srec ords, Mem-


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o ld u s o f Pa t ri c M c e o n,

i c R . e n na , a nd M . a n -

mphisinN ovember, 18 9 , and

intheerectionofachurch.

herecordsatN ashvilleshow,

ildrenofBasil andC atherine

haelandMary(Murphy) eon-

enriettaB ordley andWilliam

e.Thesponsorswere

naPrinc e, CatherineC alf ield,

iaPhobus.

vebeenafewofthe faith

eforethearrivalof these. A t

theproprietoroftheO ldBell

ndrew ac son S q uire

samebusiness Margaret

r r o h n W . o w le r o h n R .

zen otherssimilarincharacter,

e earlyannalsofthetown,

ctivelyC atholicassignifica-

houghwehavehere,inthe case

ywhichone findswherever

efectionsfromthereligionof

c ordsc annotbefound, butitis

ugeneMagevneyandMary

40. Thiswasperhapsthef irst

he indinMemphis. ttoo

me,whichstillstandson

aintPeter sc hurch. 27 ather

atherineHamilton, theirdaughter(Nashv ille

adsthisin practicallyeveryaccountoftheearly


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O N S A N D P A C E S

dnohomeof hisown,andhe

fthefaithful— amongthem

ey.Traditionsaysthatheusu-

steriesinthe homesteadof

er,whereamahoganybureaumay

s analtar.

rstrecordedbaptismwasthatof

andMrs.Magevney,who

nican ister.Thedatewas

herbaptismsinthesame year,

rtohavebeen administered

salreadymentioned, wereof the

Drusilla(Cherry)Read ohn

onaghan ThomasandCath-

n amesandMary(Gorman)

argaret(B rady)Mc eon

fel)Mc Namee ohnandMar-

and amesandA nnora(H oo-

sorswere osephA . White,

liamandMary(Dunn) ng-

an d wi f e, M ar y a r i n , W i ll i am

han, Patric Mc eon, Patric

yandw ife, amesandMary

obertB ur e, Mrs. Mic hael iely ,

onofnames,theparents

ndMargaret(Bonninger)

get(H andlon)Power

lan) rw in Mic haelB . and

rancisandBridget

o h n an d B ri d ge t ( O ' C o n n o r) B u r e

nyder)Miller andRudolph

ong)Dav is. A mongthegod-


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den,Mrs.Davern,Thomas

rs, Denis erby, MaryMcC ar-

ohnMcMahon, MaryHaley ,

arroll, osephC . andMary

Mc Namara, A nnReagan, and

preparationsmadefor the

opMiles returnedfrom

prelatethereforehurriedof f to

vedadeedfrom ohnC lay-

, 1841.2 A gaintheenlightened

heirgoodw ill for, inalittle

c ordthepaymentofpew-rentand

eerectionofthesacrededifice,

apleasingdutyto recordthis,onthe

proceedings—the magnanimousfact

npart donatedtoourBishopforthe

worshippingatMemphis,bytheacting

of theheirsof udgeO verton sestate,

edbytheagentbeingfive hundreddollars,

renverygenerouslypaid,asshownby

ntributorsisno longer

theaccountsshowthatwor

ldingthe templeofthe

o n, a m es e n ne d y, u g en e

anwereappointedacom-

btless ennedytoo the

n,whohadheldthat positionin

ely leftthec ityafterthedeathof

atherMcA leerhimself

ivesof aint oseph sProv inc e).

P e te r s .


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R S T R E C TO R Y . T I R S T PR I E S T TO D E O F TH E E L L O W

T I R S T G R M A N PA S TO R


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swellashadchargeof all

estructure. ntheMemphis

42, heissuedthefollowing

erec eived, f romthe1 thtothe24th

C arpenterwor ofaC atholic Churc h

reeablytotheplanandspecifications

McA leer sof f ice, oppositetheC ityH otel.

nthe PostO ffice,addressedto

tendovertwenty-twopages,

to une20, 1841, andshow

stas wasbynomeansw ithout

andsi tynewnamesare

egreaternumberof whom

s. HenryandWilliam rw in

oodwor ; thef irmofH ic man

tforthemasonry.D.Morison

echurch,whichfacedon

cA leerbuiltarectory.This

urch,frontedonA dams

edandseventydollars,andis

counterpartof ugene

ntilhisownhousewas finished,

nwhichhehadhis office,oppo-

1B eforethec hurc hwasready

massatMagevney sandinthe

olics,ifnotinsomehall rented

ntlyheardMrs. CatherineHamiltonandotherold

tionandappearanceofthefirst C atholicrectory

ta endownuntil1872.

eemstohavestoodonWinc hesterA venue, between

andac rossf romitthereweresomeresidenc es.

eerlivedinoneof these.


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ays.Theimpressionmadeon

c leermaybegagedbythe

ugust12, 1842. nanarticle

Churc hes , theeditorof that

arebuildingahandsomebric C athedral,

uiteacongregation.TheofficiatingPriest

oflearningandtalents— buttheR oman

assesintheirpulpits—andwehopeofpiety

anourishingchurch.

emodesttempleof the ord

vineservicetobeheld within

ualincreaseinthe number

atherMc A leerhadmiscal-

e timewasnotfardistant

dbeneeded.N odoubtthis

yhe didnoterectthespire

venhavethe churchformally

nc ansta enspiritualc harge

ereconfrontedwiththe

houldenlarge aintPeter s, or

eywasscarce asarule,

c uiredlittleof theworld s

faithfeltthattheyhaddone

enderedtheerectionof a

efirst practicallyprohibitive.

athersfeltthatanadditionto

oblemfor onlyashorttime,

reasetheburdenofthepeople

determinedto proceedwith

h,leavingmattersinstatu


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re. Meanwhile, thef loc grew

stnotedadditions,tradition

BishopMiles—DoctorGeorge

aithfulas aC atholicthan

. 2 inally , May25, 1852,

owingnoticeinsertedin the

u i re r : T o B ri c M a so n s: — P r o-

he Bric Masonryofa

ebuiltinthec ityofMemphis,

specificationstobe seenat

. Grac e, intherearof the

ms treet. Proposalsdesired

atholic TelegraphofC inc in-

ber18,1852,tellsits readers:

mphis,Tennessee,areaboutto

did edificeswestoftheA lle-

etwotowers, eac hone

ntedbyachimeofbells.

finalcompletion,dedication,

aintPeter sw illfa lltothef inal

oc ateof anuary24, 184 , notesthemarriageof

emphis,Tennessee,toMissMaryA nnMcManus

uc y, inthelatterplaceon anuary1 . Doubtlesshe

marryasweetheartofhisearlier days.


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I

S T O L I C F F O R T

iatelyafterhisinstallation

entictraditiontellsus,

at thehospitablehomeof

stoodonMar et treet(the

ue), nearthec ornerofChurc h

eda housefromoneDough-

mDoughertymentionedinthe

mostli ely itwasthathefell

, andreceivedthelastsacraments

. Thisbuildingstoodonthesame

estthoroughfaresinthecity,

tfarthertothenorth.1

man sstayofshortduration,

sown,whereinhewouldfeel

ofGod. A c c ordingly, assoon

fromtheprovidential ociety

e aith—j ustbeforehe

or urope—hepurc haseda

dWilliamPar . tf ronted

et treet, nearWhiteside.

ommodioushouse,whichwas

sidenceforthe bishopand

essthanintoalittleseminary, sinc e

illiamWalsh, af tertal sw ithMrs. Mary( en-

lleA rc hives) Robert, Nashv illeandHerTrade


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edimperativelynecessary

uppliedwith priests.2

chases,onefromthesame

hisreturnfromabroad,and

B. now lesandWilliam

e tendedthedioc esanproperty

nthewesttoWater treet(now

east whileitstretchedfrom

toperhaps oc ustonthesouth.

hebishop spoverty , thepric e

ther circumstances,itwasa

iredabraveheart. A c on-

eHeraldof anuary12, 18 0,

tcontainedtenacres,and

whatwasthenNashv ille s

ereBishopMileshoped

ary,andcollege,inall of

mpathyofthe city smost

hethernon-Catholicsorthose

wouldhave preferred

w iththe uietofalifeinthe

rthemeansnor theclergy

arateinstitutions.Besides,

g aspirantstothepriesthood

ht eepamorec onstanteye

ycouldlend addedsolemnity

edralandgiveahelpinghand

B ishopPurcell, Dec ember27, 18 9 (C inc innatiA r-

ditorof theCatholic A dvoc ate, ebruary1 , 1840—

i s c el l an y o f A p r il 4 , 1 84 0 D e ed B o o I , 4 5 -

f f i ce , N a s h vi l le .

2 -4 1 ; V , 2 - 2 4 a n d V , 2 1 -2 2 , R e co r de r s O f f i ce ,

e H e r al d , a n ua r y 12 , 1 8 0 .


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roposedstructureshe

andestwithinhis power,forhe

southernpeopleforthebeau-

erwaycouldhemoresurely

apspredisposethemtocon-

ispurchasescompleted

heencroachmentofrailroads

thatpartofthecity began

oresecuredotherpropertyfor

wisdomofthe stepslowto

thischangeofplan,imposedby

nconveniences,greatlyin-

bishop sindebtedness,and

seffortsforgood,if itdid

of C atholicityinTennessee

orits advancement.Thus,

atthetime itwasbought,

bestadaptedforhispurposes

oice,throughthecivicdevel-

ate.

nowhadnoalternativebut

narywhereit was,ortoclose

asacrificewhichhecouldnot

etainedhisresidence,which

Mar et treet, wherehecon-

eyoungmenfor thediocese.4

e, A lemany, and ac uetwere

softheseminarians.A lllived

,asoccasionpermitted,not

heteaching.5Traditiontells

5 -1854, 1855-185 , 18 7.

lmanacsf rom1841to1848.


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meryalsooftengaveahelping

assuperior. ather c hacht

milar part.

narywasdefinitelyclosed

nvolvedalmostheroicsacri-

ersO ' Dowde, Howard, and

beentheonlypriests ordained

arindicationsthata number

onsthere,and proofsthat

onlythosewhoshowed

gsuchasturdy characteras

evereonthetrying missions

nee eat,withafewlines

sletterswereeverbrief),

therparts,wherehebecamea

uls.

nasius eminarydoesnot

after1848.Doubtless,inview

concludedthatthe candle

orthe moneyandlabor

mightyieldricher fruitsof

owever,itdeservesthisfuller

evealsa nobleeffortforthe

causeitwasreallytheonly

Tennessee.8

atopic inwhic hthesub ec t

e eenestinterest. A s thereader

thingshedid,afterregaining

of ather to es, wasto

ontellsusthat itwasfirst

buildingwhichstoodbeside

lettertotheA dvoc ate, asinnote2, andtheA lmanacs

attheseminarywasc alled aint oseph satf irst.


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ralonCapitolHill butonhis

hoperecteda largerstructure

is residence,andremoved

oodat122N orthMar et

saresaidtohavebeen the

tartatleast yetthepriests

metothiswor .

for184 states: A ttached

demyforboys,inwhich,besides

narybranchesofagood

Gree , atin, talian, rench

arecarefullytaught.The

atholicpupilsonlyisattended

af fordedfortheimprovement

ationofvirtue.Theacademy

ticsunderthesuperinten-

periorof theseminary. The

usprac tically thesame, e c ept

n isconductedbyclergymen

directionofthe R ightR ev.

tthis timethezealousprelate

stionthatthe esuits athers

eoverhisc ollege but, aftera

yfeltthatN ashvilledidnot

prospectofsuccess. arly

either ather dward orin

olet himhavesomeBrothers

nc alledtheB rothersof aint

school,orgavea favorable

p. 105-10 ; for1844, p. 144.

a rt e rs o f a C e n t ur y , I I , 2 4 .


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haid. nanyc ase, onthe

thesorelytried bishopwrote

t.cametohandindue time,the

chhasbeendelayedforsometimeincon-

ef romhome. havelongw ishedtohave

t. osephinmyDioc ese, andamglad

mywishmayberealized. houlditbe

pleaseinformme inorderthat may

hem. w illc heerfullybeartheirtravelling

nnualpensionyoudemand.. ..10

uestionsas edby ather

tterw iththesewords: I am

atthise cellentinstitute

nyone place,butthatit

as possible,convincedthat

willfollowfromit. vi-

sgaveBishopMilesmuch

madehisdisappointmentall

15,1844,hewroteanotherletter

c hhesays:

youhonouredmewithaletter respecting

youpreside,andgaveme hopesthat

tintwoof theB rothersof t. osephfor

telyreplied, ande pressedmywishesto

haveheardnothingonthesub ec t. 1

vour,if youwouldbe indenough,at

mealinestatingwhether mayhope

oodBrothers.11

nthoughtitunwisetoac cept

whichcouldsupportonlytwo

swasobligedtoconduct

es.

ebishophadforgottenthedelay inhisreplyc aused


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aff.The college,or male

hthec loseof theseminary for,

sticalstudents,hislimited

bletocarryit onanylonger.

asatonceturnedinto aprivate

better-to-doC atholicswhodid

drentothemorecommon

hops lagetandR osati

ar morefavorableauspices,

theestablishmentofanorder

mhecalledtheBrothersof

ashopingalmostagainsthope.

osperedunderthis tentative

r si yearslater.Then,

ations,thebrothersdis-

r, eptember4, 1854, the

etterof strongappealtoBishop

afewmembersofthenewly

otherswhohadcomefrom

placethemin chargeofhis

ouldbespared,the holyman

gesecularteachers.12

herof theChurc hinTennessee

hoolgoingina mostcreditable

eearlyN ashvilleDirectories

opMiles sc hoolisablyc on-

iswatchfulc are, itc ouldhardly

ditioninformsusthatmen

wereeither whollyeducated

ntheirwayofsuccessin his

s


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R I A R . PR E A C H E R M S S I O N A R I E S N N A S H V L L E A N D

E S S E E UN D R B S H O PM L E S


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eredinvaluableservicesto

ofthenewcommunityof

ildrenofboth se esofthe

pacious roomsunderthecathe-

reof thewealthiergirlsin aint

ainthec ityDirec toriesassure

harity , laboriousandself -sac ri-

ducatethepoor. The

selaborerstheirsalaries for,

thateverytoilerreceivedhis

meritoriousdeedto gounre-

hristurgedHisambassador

hate plainshisef fortsin

e. ewofhiscontemporary

enso eenaninterestinthat

opate,thattheirlivesmight

noless thanthattheirsouls

soughttogatheraround

eoplein N ashville,andas

masterswouldallowsuch

rudimentaryeducation,teach

hem intheprinciplesof

st,accordingtotradition,he

onthe hillforthisnoble

eywerebroughttohisown

ongattendedmasson wee

edralbasement,orcollected

acefor them.R eallyhis

ntedto,as theywerecalled,

14

yearafteryear.


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esideat aintMichael s,

184 . hortlyaf terwards, under

op,this saintlypriestand

buildingand openedaboard-

ommodateparentswhocould

pensiveinstitution.Both

edhere,but theyhadseparate

o edaf terthegirls. Gustave

rHosteseemstohavebrought

atpurposein1847, too c harge

ostee erc isedasuperv isionover

c apethewatc hful, yet indly,

r,who,ashis timepermitted,

c hing. Here, too, orphanboys

ncareofuntilgoodhomeswere

reable toprovideforthem-

untilthestressof mission-

p sf inancesobligedhimtoc lose

whenthe istersofC harity

country,afewmilesfrom

orphanasylumwasthentrans-

ngthe eightornine

aintMic hael sA c ademy, asit

eofwide-spreadgoodfor

pparentlytheintentionwas

rily. venthisgavethe

stenolittlesorrow . ather

odoinRobertsonand umner

at atherDemetriusGallitzin

nbyseveralof theA lmanac s. nyearspast

ohadbeenat thisschoolwhentheywerechil-

termsofhighpraise.

rilyof eavenworth, ansas, p. 28.


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dthesurroundingcountiesof

hegiveuptheideauntilthe

ytheC ivilW ar.17

evedintheprinciplethat

eantfullpews.O necanbut

which, whentherewas uestion

t,hesoughttosecureenough

erthatitmightbe putin

ace hadaresidentpastor.

therHostec ontinuedaparo-

chael s, thatinNashv illewas

ntofthecathedral,andspecial

thatpurposein Memphis,

o v illeattheearliestoppor-

otherwisenecessitatedthe

ersinalltheseplacese cept

c ommunityof the istersof

itsfeetthere. However, the

eepawatchfuleyeonboth

their urisdictions.That

useforsendingtheirchildren

sted,despitethee pensethus

scarce,ontheseschoolsbeing

erein,itshouldbenoticed,

hisnowfollowedbymanyofour

stwouldli etoseeputinto

e.1

, whowasonc ethepastorof aintMichael s, to

May14, 1 0 (Nashv illeA rc hives).

varioussources.

lWhelan, O . P. , formorethantwentyyearsanef fi-

nt R o s e s , i n e n tu c y , wa s a t ea ch e r in a t he r

hisbeforehebecamea religious.H emighthave


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esagainstwhichBishop

nothavebeenforgotten,

ttlefloc waswidelyscattered

havingmorethanfive orsi

aller number.Tobetterthis

heymight bevisitedoftener

hiseffortstoinducethoseso

ocateneareroneanother,or

nucleusoffaithfulwhich

nhavinga church.This

eA lmanacoccasionallydrops

entionedbefore.Certainly

owedinsomeinstances.

eholy mancenteredhis

licfarmersintohisdioceseon

apsMorganCounty , ineast

ounty,inmiddleTennessee,

s,inwest Tennessee,are

amplesofhisendeavorsalong

t,that,if hemetwithsuccess

enturn hisattentiontoother

pe ofobtainingmissionaries

thetwo circulatinglibra-

ashv illeandanotherat aint

nyboo sgatheredfromdif fer-

merica. Thefathersaresaid

mphis,whichtheycollected

showednolittlean ietythat

essagoodlibrary,andthat

lending boo stothepublic.

ndidateforthe priesthood,buthepreferredthe

brother.


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dsProtestants,wastolet them

eC hurchteaches.C atholics

uirethehabitof readingwhole-

be abletogivea reasonfor

sed.Possiblytheintelligent

etodayisinpart duetothis

p.20

hermatters,weshould

denunciationsoffanaticswith

ststill beadmittedthatin

c essiveuseofstrongdrin

arcelyhadBishopMilesdonned

otat allane tremist,when

paignagainstthisvice.Tem-

tablishedinthemainparishes,

onsattendedfromthem.

nedamembershipofsi

lingwerethesermonshe

c t forhewouldnotonlysafe-

hful,butalsohavethemset

eghbors.

manofGodsoughtineveryway

samonghispeople.A l-

f it,traditiontellsus that

saryC onfraternity inthe

asanotheratMemphis.

es,however,heseemstohave

ent oftheirowndevotion,

he ac redH eart oc ietyand

, aDominicanwhogaveB ishopMilesanumberof

tthosewhichc amefromhimshouldbebe ueathed

inthedioc ese, if therewereonethere andif

sProv inc e. Prac tic allynotrac eof theselibraries


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fthe mmaculateConc eption,

tofMary , fortheC onversion

dalitieshehadestablishedin

ocese.

totheBlessed ac ramentis

derest.H elovedtopray

God. orafurtherproofofhis

ginonehas buttoconsider

thechurchesinthediocese

neserviceunderher patron-

u m ne r C o u n ty a n d n o v i ll e

he mmaculateConc eption

a ry s N a s h v il l e it s C h u r ch o f t he

c athedral, onCapitolHill, was

y whiletothesec ondwasgiven

ralof the evenDolors. tis

hatC lar sville,dedicatedin

st inthecountrydesignated

eption.

tateswerethec lergymore

hadlesstimeat theirdisposal,

etitsapostolicbishop,in

e uentlyhadtheme tend

ysintonorthernA labama,and

southern entuc y . or

untsville,Tuscumbia,andDeca-

ndedfromN ashvilleforBishop

the athersof aintDominic

swiththenorthwesterncoun-

esineasternA r ansas.

oftheconfessional.

enthoursinthe sacredtribunal

where,especiallyinthecathe-


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indlyministrationsthere for

ledtobring peacetothesoul.

steringthesacramentofpen-

,heurgedfre uentcommun-

he faithfultosubscribefor

papers,convincedashewas

ef fortsinbehalfof religionin

wouldbe anincentivetoa

eenregretswasthathec ould

rforhisowndiocese.Tradi-

blishedaverypracticallittle

e cellentserviceinthestate.21

earlyapostolatein

gzeal,self-sacrifice,andeven

ranycopyofthis catechism,butthetradition

eavesno doubtaboutitspublicationorits


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I

N GO F A WE L L - P N T I F E

omanotherpartof the

sinthe southisastonished

hichhehearstheBibleand

ctofconversationbetweenthe

tsareusuallyearnestand

moreprevalentthree

o.DoubtlessBishopMileswas

iscussionsfromtimetotime

ndeed, ithasbeenhandeddown

edbythisstage-coachtheology,

superior nowledgefor

proachedhimintothe true

er,themanofGodfailed in

oristhereasonfartosee .

acesandaccomplishments

ancetosociety.A sarule,

nesseefull ofhuman ind-

eighbors.TheyservedGod

rlight.Theyadmiredthe

essfortheirlivesthan fortheir

dfortheirhigher attainments.

were,thesepeople,forthemost

icreligiononlythroughperverted


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N GO F A WE L L - P N T I F E 2

eremiadsagainsttheso-called

u i si t io n .

atthefewC atholicswith

tactordinarilyhaduncommon

arylives,andshowedgreat

swell asearnestnessinits

Protestants)understoodlittle

twasallbutamythto

otonlybyday,but bynight

hristianscangetto

cross,for thatwastheway

isB lessedMother ourneyed

nthey),didnotappealto

eybelonged,theircreedwas

uchcircumstancesfewcon-

ted.Perhapsnoonecouldhave

b ectofournarrative.

scombinedwithunscru-

edand vaultingambitionof

consciencetogivebirth to

attainedtheheightof its

855and185 . O nthenight

erentsofthatpartygathered

ashv ille, bentonfrna ing

satthe midnightmass.

vedwordoftheseevilinten-

e couldthatthemasswas

ofhisfriendsto patrolthe

ceallC atholic storeturn

elf eptwatc hinthesacred

rectionstothosewho,because

nformation,madetheirway

ptupahideousuproarfora


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sedwhentheydiscoveredthat

ed.1

rough, Pulas i, andother

ots. no v ille, however,

eateststrongholdof now-

olics,andespeciallythoseof

dedthemostshamefultreat-

oublesBishopMiles ept

spriests,andit wasperhaps

thatmuchharmwaspre-

bishops intheeast,north,

churchesfastenoughto

nflu ofimmigrants.Ten-

sorts ofdifficultiestoface.

tobear thehardshipsofhis

answith whichtoerect

nsufficientnumberofclergy

hhehad.Throughoutthe

atholicitywasprincipally

Tennesseeimmigrationwas

forthenewc omers, asarule, were

titution ofN egroslavery,

of successwheretheywould

hthecoloredlaborerwho re-

. Besides,thisclassof

dinthesouth andhereceived

oroccupantsofthesoil.

sticattitudetowardsimmi-

tted,werewhatprevented

populationinthesouth. n

combinedwithreligiousbias

tillliveinN ashville.


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eCatholic Churc h. O nlyby

rationc anweforma ustappre-

bishopsinthoseparts, or

eydidnotaccomplishso

thehierarchywholabored

ments.

ysort,anddeclininghealth,

rchinTennesseestrovebravelyto

eofGod. A searlyas une

rtofhislandonWater treet

a s h v il l e & a s a n d i g ht C o m -

eems,hadbeennecessitated

communityofsistersonits

4,1855,therefore,hesoldanother

r a n l i n a n d e p te mb e r , i n t he

se andthegroundonwhich

andNorthwesternRailroad. 2

op paldingwrotetoA rc hbishop

th istersatN ashv illehaveprospered

ngoingtothe outh, stoppedtwo

ashville,andvisitedthesecedingbranch,

ly,havingalreadytwenty-onemembers,

eoriginal bolters. wasagreeably

gintothin that sec ession , af terall, is

ateac hDioc eseshouldhaveamother

rybadhealth.H iscoughi.s

me, and fearthatheisnotlongforthis

nehouseandlot,and boughtwhathe

rhisCathedral. B uthecongratulateshim-

fdebt.

e N a s hv il le , De ed B oo X I I I , 4 4 -4 5 a nd X X I I ,

3 .

hives. Twoof theearliersistershaddied—S ister

b ru a ry 1 8 , an d i s te r l l en o n D ec e mb e r , 1 8 54 . T he y

diedinN ashville.


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tor palding sregardfor

elatewassuchthatheof tenv isited

resometraveloftheday.

himinno lessesteem.March

eplytotheaboveletter: I am

opMiles ill,orthreatening

, thin , thebestchoicefor

ebeenmade andthefounda-

llsurelyreceive, inGod s

re. 4Thisseemstohavebeen

ongthehierarchy,byallof

ponasamodelofpiety , v irtue,

mostfatherlybishoppossessed

ndnomeane ec utiveability .

v et h H e c h as t is e th , s a ys a i nt

ee sapostlebythisc riterion,

ednosmallmeasureofdivine

esufferedtheloss ofanother

ourdayslater, ather c hacht

atholicTelegraph:

ouw illobligeusallbypublishinginthe

olic TelegraphandA dvocatethedeathofour

gustineMurphy, whodiedof f lu onGood

outnine milesfromthiscity.Thede-

reland nearf iftyyearsofage aman

andto thedutiesofthe holyministry

whim. H isremainswerebroughttothe

etweenGood ridayandHoly aturday,

etime byourafflictedpeople,whose

best evidenceoftheirsinceregrief.A t

ghtR ev. B ishoprecitedthe olemn

s clergy,andthenperformedthefuneral

onc eive, V eryR ev. dear ir, whatalossthe

.


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stoourpoor Diocese.MayGodsendus

olyman ssoulwastriedper-

triedbefore,whenahistoric

d,destroyeda numberof

ctures,andthreatenedtoinclude

homeinitswor ofdevasta-

ob, heplac edhistrustinGod,

esawaywithaw isdomthatis

dgedbyman. Whateverhap-

mittedtowithanadmirable

continuedhiswor withaheart

e,andseldomitsgoodcheer.

ningconstitutionandarac ing

isentireframe,the ambassa-

avetraversedthewholestate

yDunn, nowofNashv ille,

falarge class,anumberof

firmedinC hattanoogathat

ona tourofhisdiocese.The

givealistofsomethirtyconf irmed

uly . Nearlyalltheselatterap-

notevenmarriedpeople,a

wsthattheywerelatearrivals

softenhardinthosedays for

sacrament.Beforetheclose

forceswerewea enedbythe

he r N . R . o u ng .

8 5 . v i de n tl y t he b o dy c o ul d n ot b e e p t un t il

egretthatmorec ouldnotbelearnedaboutthis

asbeengiveninthete t. H emusteitherhave

dtoTennessee,orwasordainedlatein lifefor

hacht slettertotheTelegraphisdatedMarch

, 1 8 5 .


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woyearswasbut arepetition

ustoutlined- till, howeveroc -

usbishop sgoodnessofheart

tof ind, orrathertoma e,

sethe oyof theocc asionby

rationofanew memberofthe

siasticalprovinceofwhichhe

whichhehadspentalarge

ouisandC inc innati. Thus

tyforthe consecrationof

unc erasthef irstbishopofA lton,

a me s . W o o d a s co a d u t o r t o

plac eonA pril2 , 1857, and

dchurcheventsthathadhither-

t.7

enerableprelatereturnedto

, Doc tor palding, whenc ehe

imto aint ouisafewdays

onMaythethird, oftheR ev.

utorto aint ouis, andthe

entT. myth,forthesameposi-

bu ue. B ut, onhisarrival

c hfeltsowea thathefeared

r ourney. He thereforepro-

sPriory. Thence, af terashort

ashville.8

f entuc yonthisocc asion,

r ie n , th e n pr i or a t a i nt R o s e s , p er -

reandof f iciateon uly5ata

avebeentocommemoratethe

c hbishopPurc ell, A pril 0, 1857(NotreDame

, May2, 1857.


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rectionof thefirstbuildingof

er.Veryli ely,indeed,the

ginatedinthe bishop svisitat

gelyin hishonor.A tany

ewrotetoDoctor paldingf rom

donhearingthatyou havereturnedsafe

ateyouonthesuccessofyourwild-goose

alpleasureto nowalsothatyouwill

enc eat t. Roseonthef irst unday in

ocravethefavourofusingthecrozieron

youinadvanceforthesame.

noaccountofthiscelebration

elegraphof uly25, 1857, indi-

t onarathergrandscale.

erine sA c ademymadethec los-

hoolapartof theevent forthe

onoroftheirbelovedco-

these mightbeanotable

mselfpresided. ather ohn

t or o f a i nt o s ep h s C o l l e ge ,

mesP.Barbour,bothmenof

resses.Doubtlessinpartbe-

inpartthat hemighthavea

n, thebishopspenttwowee sor

atherBrown,perhapsnoless

fhis esteemedsuperiorthanto

evisittheplacewherehehad

ccompaniedthevenerable

ytoo theplac eof ather

mphislatein1855.TheBev.

fomPrinc eton, N ew ersey, to

.


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hv illeinthesummerorearly fall

er ohnHyac inth ync h,

he vacancycreatedbythere-

butwasalsoappointedrectorof

c hachthav ingresignedthat

emoretime fortheerection

demyandorphanasylum,and

ow astNashv ille), aswellas

rbuildinganotherforthe Ger-

r.10

ssof thediocesewasgood.

rengof inishedac hurc hat

ohavesupplantedanearlier

untybuiltby ather c hacht,

Memphisatthistimeis datedDecember2,

inNashv illewason eptember18, and ync h s

ymond oungwasbornintheDistrictofC olumbia

ephewofthenotedO hiomissionary , atherN.

of gnatiusandB arbara( mith) oung. H e

intDominic at aintRose s, in entuc y , f rom

anuary2 , 18 4, andmadehisreligiouspro-

andtothesamesuperior, une28, 18 5. n18 8

completehisstudies,wherehewas ordainedin

hisreturnhome, latein1844orearly in1845,

Theology, hetaughttheO rder sec c lesiastic alstu-

tu c y , wa s p ro f es s or i n a i nt o s ep h s C o l l e ge

led otherimportantpositionsuntilhewent

gNashv ille, hebec amepastorof aintDominic s,

nc ehewenttoRomeinthespringof185 . H e

n18 0, andwentbac toO hiothene tyear.

rovinc ial, butresignedthepositiontwoyearslater,

ssecularizedandincardinatedintotheDiocese

ntimatefriend,A rchbishopPurcell.H erehe

efontaine.Twelveyearslater,forheever

mfor theO rder,hemadearrangementsto

idav isittohisbrotherinWashingtonC ity ,

4, 187 , beforehec ouldputhisdesignintoe -


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ame—S aintPatric . ather

sPeterandPaul satC hatta-

857.11Tradition,supported

undergoalmostanyhardship

byhisaugustpresence,tells

dthe twofanes.Thechurch

ructure theotheraf rameon

ereneatandwellbuilt.

ear(1857),thezealous prelate

rianchurchatabargainin

byville,whichhewashaving

ctempleofprayer.12 ather

or dedicationinMemphis.

lsonearingtheend ofhis

C incinnati.

neof aint ohnthe van-

aslaidonlyonN ovember8, 1857,

andthe earnestnessofthe

lythat BishopMileswasable

y , December22. 1 twasaneat

rfeetinlengthbythirty-

ondentoftheBaltimore

,wasrecordedthelayingofthecorner

urc hin dgefield, nearthisc ity and

ngnowto statethatitis nowfinished,

y)solemnlydedicatedbyourbeloved

ightRev. B ishop, inhisusuallysolemnmanner.

espec tinwhic hhis ordshipisheldby

ty,althoughmanynon-C atholicswere

duringtheinterestingandedifyingcere-

eA lmanac hadnotedthesec ondc hurc hatChat-

thatfor 18 8showsthatit wasthencompleted.

mber27.1858.

cember,1857.


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tsatisfactionandpleasurewhichhe

atthisfurtherproofofthe increaseof

e,totheinterest ofwhichheisso entirely

eablesurpriseandconversationtomany,

findthatinthe shortspaceofafew

tantialachurchhassprungupin their

c intheGothic styleofarc hitec ture.

ellforthezealof thePastorandthepiety

chinsoshort atime,particularlyasthe

4

hismidnightmasstherefor

asionalso,theTelegraphof

sus, thechurc hwasc rowdedwith

whomwerenotC atholics,but

olicfellow-citizensinreligious

Continuingtheaccount,

rt sTwelfthMasstoa delighted

de pressedtheirpleasureandgrati-

for, thoughtheCatholicsarenot

elongneededa littlechurch,especially

dtheyhavenowrealized,theysaid,

.TheR ightR ev.Bishophas(onthe

argedtheRev. . c hachtw iththenew

ainstobedone,it beingtheterminusof

hereseveralC atholicfamilieswillfind

ohn s,theindustriousmission-

othersacredwor .This

fthecelebrationofthe

, 1 85 8.

nandinthatwhic himmediately follows ather

. v identlyhehimselfwrotetheacc ount, andthis

actthathemadethec apital e ac tly li ethe

edthemista einbothinstances.


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ativity theretheTelegraph s

asmorning, Rev. . ehachtopenedthe

emyofthe istersofC harity threeand

ille, ontheWhite sC ree Turnpi e, and

ondMassonC hristmasDay.Thelittle

fullydecoratedbythegoodsisters,and

uringthecelebrationofthe H oly

ngC atholicswhowerepresentapproached

erthec ommunity. ousee, Messrs. ditors,

odo somethingnowithstandingthe

underinthis Diocese.

aterecoveredfromthe fa-

bor oftheC hristmasseason,

his,accompaniedby athers

hTheob ec tof this ourney

hurc hof aintsPeterand

oadministerthesacrament

countoftheceremony,a

eTelegraphof anuary 0,

atholicchurchon undaylastwas

gest assemblagesofcitizensthatwe

enonanyreligious occasioninourcity.

wasperformedbytheR ightR ev.

oc torMiles, assistedbyRev. T. . Grac e

. . MontgomeryofN ashv ille. Thec ere-

ng,andhadastri ingeffectuponallpres-

procession,aftermovingaroundthee -

cedthroughthegreatdoor upthenaveto

rtheblessingof thec hurch, a olemnH igh

heV eryRev. T. . arboeofWisc onsin,

. V . Da l y an d t he R e v . . H . y n ch a s

c tuaryweretheR ightR evs.

o f N a t c he z a nd M a rt i n .


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, thelatterofwhompreac hedat

s,intheafternoon,Bishop

allyedifyingmanner,con-

ahundred—amongthem

tor lderdelivereda

thbenedictionintheeve-

isc oursebythe ouisville

cesthe churchwascrowded

ctedthemselveswiththe

swaslargelythewor of

beenpastorf rom184 , andv icar

rtof thediocesefrom185

einthec ountryen oyedso

ing,zeal,elo uence,and

ofthechurchhehad built

atureoftheday,whetherin

artic leinprint, spea sof its

estatelybric Gothic structure

hefinestecclesiasticaledifices

eC atholic ityofMemphishad

a en,ifnotevenoutstripped,

tPeter swasnowaf lourishing

ofthefaithhadconsiderably

atherGangloff)specially

an iouslyawaitingtheday

avea churchoftheirown.

beginningof thatsplendid

aslatertoplayan important

softhecity.

called,wouldhavepreferred

iasticalprovinceofC incinnati.


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N D X T R I O R O F A I N T P T R ' S

O N DC H UR C H , A N D T L L T M O S T B A UT F U


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N GO F A WE L L - P N T I F E 5 5

elt thesameway—possibly

niencethananythingelse,as

untrylayatthat time.N ow

ofsuffragandioceseshad

metropolitanseeof aint ouis,

pPeterR . enric , andob-

nesseeshouldbeta enfrom

ouisandaf f iliatedtothatofC in-

schangecouldnotta e

nofR ome.A ccordingly,

fGodwrotetoac uaint

thematter.1 Thereplymust

tronglyfavorable foron

monthhe wroteagain:

metomyoldhomehasf illedmyheart

ytriptoC inc innatiw illbeoneof themost

n. than youforyour indnessin

rhouse,andcheerfullyacceptit.The

airs,inwhich havespentmanyhappy

oafrac tion. Whilst amverygrateful

y fortheir indof ferofhospitality, beg

rfromthe C athedralformy

urcell spromptresponse

tohavehislife- longfriendin

ethat heshouldbeathand

rconsiderationatthe pro-

natiwhichwastoconveneon

he indnessof themetro-

minhisownhouseatthistime

that itwasnotlargeenough

shopsoftheprovincewho

ives.


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andthesub ectofournar-

obethere. ndeed,wherever

odnessseemsto havecaused

be accordedsomespecialregard.

cellprocuredhimtheoffer

tality thathemightavailhimself

tli etobesoc loselyassoc iated

liarbodyofwhichhewas

arted forC incinnati,accom-

acht. Heremainedinthec ity

council,buttoo nopart

ghhewasno doubtinvited

re,hepreachedinthe

oursetoits schoolchildren.ls

hadlongdesiredand sought

oubtless,therefore,ashefelt

oftheecclesiasticalprovince

ornedownwithageandbro en

evethathehadlongto live,

hewrotetoPius X , begging

. oung, whohadalready

sthefirston hislist. ather

s o n, p r io r o f a i nt R o s e s , i n

d. Thenc ame ather ames

etime.Thereasonwhyhe

sforthepositionwasthat

stsinthediocesebelonged

giousinstitute hadalways

fice,thattheC hurchofTen-

thatthe factofitsfirst bishop

heO rderwould,incase

ndMay1, 8, and1 , 1858.


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nfromit,causeit tocontinue

lfofreligion there.1

aconvert,theholymanno

nlongenoughordainedtobe

ignity atherGrace,hewell

thehonorofthe miterwithout

atherHoste, whospo e nglish

verecoiledfromsucha

olesoul and ather c hacht,

pacity forwor , lac ed ual-

ishop.The otherswereeither

tooimperfectlyac uainted

nd. Theseconsiderations,

plainwhynopriestof the

ist.Probablyanotherreason

pointmentofanoutsidermight

sionariesinto Tennessee.

edhispetitionto thepro-

natiisevidencedbyaletterof

eprefectofthePropaganda

nthisdocumentthemetro-

rs ather oungfortheplace,

. PeterPaul efevre, adminis-

edtoonlyDominicansbeing

sseemtohavebeenaddedby

butwe couldnotlearnwho

someinfluencenotthatofBish-

appointmentof atherWhe-

efactthat hisnamehadbeen

einconnectionwithothervacant

terintheN otreDameA rc hives. tisnotdated,

ttleornodoubtthat itwaswritteninC in-

eNotreDameA rc hives.


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aint oseph sProv inc ehasal-

hbishopPurcell.

y longinC inc innati. O n

heseemstohavestoppedat

ose s. A c ommunicationf rom

totheGuardiansays:

ticalintelligence, havenodoubtthat

e gladtohearthatour venerableBish-

Miles,hasreturnedhomeingood health

ioand entuc y , thescenesofhisformer

. taffordedmuchpleasuretohis

sterday(Pentecost unday),towitness

ressivedignityheadministeredthe ac-

tothoseofthechildrenwhowereprepared

ndstrengtheningrite.21

neofpatienc e, indness, for-

o onecouldbefreerfrom

everdidheactwith im-

tto correctatransgressorby

byinflictionofpunishment

fail. till, whenhefeltit

mandunbending.N owhis

ec tedtoatestsuc hasperhaps

edbefore.

hisrathercorroboratedeven

istersofC harityof eaven-

etimethegentleprelatehad

c hachtofc ertainunwiseac tions,

moreprudent buthispaternal

dnor indlyta en. 22 hortly

c innati, helearnedthat ather

ssgobletfor achaliceatthe

umonWhite sC ree Turn-

1 85 8. 2 2p ag e 3 .


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hoplostnotime, ashewas

inorderinga discontinuance

onabletransgression. a-

notonlydefendedhimself,but

egobletatmass. 2 A lthoughhe

snowobligedtota esevere

dnotwishto dothiswithout

emberofthehierarchy.A c-

,hewroteto hisfriend,Doctor

:

blingyouat thismoment,andallow

sethathasgivenmemuchan iety.

hould dow ithapriestthathasdaredto

rif ic eof theMassw ithoutac halic e, using

Therewasnoteventheslightestne-

ndsurelynoc asewhateverc oulde c useor

e. fMonseigneurw illbe indenough

hissub ect,hewillgreatlyobligeme.

esuspension 24

hthedocumentis written

dcausedour apostlebythis

p paldingwasnotslowto

ension.W henitwasinflicted,

tarousedasc hismbyavoc iferous

ven wentinhighdudgeon

rtohaveA rc hbishop enric

iblytherecalcitrantclergy-

tenhisaged andinfirm

tradition. Thelate ather ugeneGazzoof-

riter. Herec eiveddirec tinformationof thein-

engowhowasamissionaryinTennesseewhenit

usadocumentwhichshowsthatthesisters

ofagobletfora chaliceintheirhouse,andthe

ather c hacht.

s photostatc opy inthoseof aint oseph sProv-


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emissionary,thoughhe

gassociation,forgotBishop

ndfirmnessofcharacter,as

ction.A damantinewashis

avebeenotherwise.Themetro-

nforeseen,showed ather

.However,hewas tooproud

8,BishopMileswroteagainto

u, thoughlate, foryourvery indand

atere uest. haveacteduponit, and

ourcongregationsatN ashvilleareatlog-

persec utedgentlemanwentto t. ouis

ghisdupedfollowersunderthefull

bishopwouldrestorehim.H ereturned,

atherlessthanhalf-mast.H eishere

egreatlye c ited, andw illremainsoas

. gone twee totheProv incial

tbesurprisedtomeethimthere. hope

ewwee s, when shallta eoc c asion

tter. 25

hereisbutlittleroomfor

hotoo sideswithherfriend

c hacht, inhisrebellionagainst

ndliestandmostbenevolentof

atedBishopMiles affections

homhehadbestowednolittle

sverymuc hasif ather

dtogo, urgedthesisterstodo

edhisadvice.Thesewerethe

as representedintheirhis-

rtureof thesistersfrom

tcopyasin theprecedingnote.

enceofthe highregardinwhichBishopMiles

thistime. TheHistoryof the istersofC harity


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ncilof aint ouisassem-

tember1 , 1858. BishopMiles

hadnotsanctionedtheincor-

heProvinceofC incinnati.

ather c hachtwenttothec ouncil,

might.But MotherX avier

e istersofC harityof eaven-

norisitanystretc hof fanc y

dontheadv iceof ather

asfortunateenoughtobe

enworthbyBishopMiege,who

shopMiles, forhe newthat

n N ashvillewereatanend,

oob ec tiontothearrangement.

enwelcomeditasa happysolu-

sscarcelyprobablethat

randhercompanionswithout

hop.

herof theC hurchinTennessee,

en persuadedBishopMiege

hachtanof ferofhospitality inhis

s 2- 3 )wouldhaveusbelievethatB ishopMiles

hachttousemoneyondepositatthecathedralfor

emyinthe country andthen,whenthetrouble

sedtobe responsiblefordebtswhichhehad

denceforthischargeof crueltyandin ustice.

yof thebishop slifeshowsthattherec ouldsc arcely

the cathedral,forhewaspracticallyalwaysin

chachtseemstohavetroubledhimselflittleabout

ngsprettymuc hasheli ed. He, notthebishop,

ers debts.H e,notthebishop,shouldhave

specially,asthis historytellsus,it wouldhave

orttimewhenthedebtcould havebeenpaid.

itestrangethat, ac cordingtothishistory , B ishopMiles

sat thetimeoftheseparationfromN azareth,

henthelatterdifficultyarose.


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ind theformerpastorofthe

ral, Nashv ille, in ansasbefore

eavenworththesistersmetw ith

forwhichGodbepraised.

ansas gain.H owever,under

pMilescouldnotwellhave

.O urgreatestregretinthe

ory,theysawfittolay prac-

the difficultyonhim,when

where andthatthisobliged

orefully thanweli ed. 2s

deeplyregretthelossof

themanofGodhad everyrea-

f.Throughthemorethan

scopatewefoundnoother

al,arecordofwhichanybishop

ewc hiefpastorsgainso

softheirclergyand people

lle.Doubtlessitwasthisthat

se uipoiseatsotry ingamoment.

eralforwesternTennessee,

ouncilin aint ouisastheo-

earrivalof ather c hachtin ansassee in-

y of C a t h o li c it y i n a n sa s , p. 8 .

wasborninB ruges, B elgium, in1821, andwas

nativeland.Theappealof BishopMilesfor

fhis visitabroad,broughthimtothis country.

t to e n tu c y i n 1 8 1 o r 1 8 2 . Th e re h e l ab o re d

intA lphonsus (DaviessCounty), ebanon,

o,dyingin thelastnamedplace,A pril14,1874.

ofA pril22,andtheresurrectedC atholicA d-

pril2 , 1874, gavegoodacc ountsofhislife

toiled,hewaspopularamongthe people. t

tof unruliness,intowhichhewasprobably

mewhilehewasyoung,cutshorthis efficient


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ethisoldf riend, ather . T.

dthe riarsPreac herthere.

dthe departureofthesisters

ebishop,continuingtheeven

angementsbywhichthose

placedinchargeofthe H os-

nesseeloc atedatNashv ille.

eginanew,trusting thatintime

umealltheircharitableand

issuccessor,perhapswiselyin

ersuadedthemto become

unities,andbroughtinDo-

stead. 2

onyV ogel, aseminarian

palding,hadbeenbroughtfrom

inc innati, thathemightinstruc t

etinghisstudiesunder

om e ry . O n u n da y ,O c t o be r 1 7,

edhim,andplacedhimin

onofthe cathedralparish.

youngpriesthadbegun a

ionality,forwhichhe now

spartsofthecountry.O f

swellasof apracticalmind,

tor,andsuperintendentofthe

stime completelymeta-

sbyterianchurchpurchased

ousyear. Thee teriorhadbeen

ownadministrationbyB ishop amesWhelanin

C atholic A lmanac , 18 0, and18 1.

op palding, ebruary18, 1857( ouisville

rc hbishopB lanc , ebruary22, 185 (N otreDame

an, O c tober2 and 0, 1858, andA ugust27, 185 .


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ntedandre-arranged,andthe

ndpawnbro er sballsonthe

ndsomecross,sothatthe

onger recognizeditself,it

newCatholic templeofworship.

fom no villetosaythef irst

e p te m be r 1 , 1 8 58 . a t he r

ss,and atherBiemansat

athedralfurnishedthemusic.

resentbecausehe wasatthe

s. Doubtlessthiswaswhythe

asdeferreduntilthene t

ndit wasonlynatural

Miles againbroughtup

utoratthecouncilof aint ouis,

nce.Possibly ather

e listthere,forhewas the

e riarsPreac herselectedby

nt, whilehewasalsoanativeof

is h op e n ri c . u c h th i ng s s om e-

rsof religion. arly inthe

earnedthatRomehaddecidedhe

nof aint ouis, butatthe

consolationofanassurance

ac oad utor. 2

mber27,1858.

t o B is h op p a ld i ng , a n ua r y , 1 8 5 ( o u is v il l e

fO c tober , 1858, asdootherpapers, givesa

l.TheTelegraphofthesame datecontains

andtheA nnales, X X , 1-2, printtheirletter

etothe oc iety forthePropagationof thefaith.

eehan, whowasappointedtoNashv illef rom aint

ededinhavingTennesseemadeapartofthe


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thattheman ofGodwas

tterinformation,andthathe

ysuccessor,whoeverhe

wellon thefoundations

ithsuch greatpains.H e

considertheslowmailsof

me swell- nownpolic yof

arch15, 185 , ather ames

dthebullsofhisappointmentas

e, andwasgiventhewrittenc on-

ther osephA . elly , to

aster unday, thetwenty-

eO ' Gorman, priorof the

ewMelleray,nearDubu ue,

tedv ic arapostolic ofNebras a

phaneaaboutthesametime.

oprelatestoo placein

85 . A r c h b is h op e n ri c p e r-

whichhewasassistedby

nd myth, O . C . R . , thelatterof

ermonfortheoccasion.Be-

ps unc erandDugganalso

heirpresenc e. 4O neofhis

sofsic nesspreventedB ishop

aps,however,noteventhe

moredeeplyinterested.At

s d i ar y .

d i ar y t h e a i nt o u is M i ss o ur i R e p u bl i ca n , A p r il 1 0 ,

yshowsthathisownnamehadbeensenttoRomeon

ctabishopforthe uondamDioceseofGrass

ubstantiatestheoldtraditionthatthe aint ouis

er arboeforoneof thenewdioceseswhic hit

tisanac c eptedtraditionin aint oseph sProv inc e

ly ather arboe sdeafnesspreventedhimfrom


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erstoheavenforthem.A s

wastheonlyoccasiononwhich

orderswereanointedbishops

tates, andtheonlyeventof

relatesof religiousorderstoo

esuit, andtwoC istercians.

illness, thec oad utorof

urriedtotheepiscopalcity

secration,couldnotbepub-

post ofdutyuntilthreewee s

tof theGuardian, mostli ely

writestothatpaperf romChat-

w a s in N a s h v il l e, a n d ha d t he g o od

athedral,theinstallation,byBishop

R ightRev. amesWhelan. mmediately

oBishops,withseveralattendantPriests

sanctuary,andhaving neltbeforethe

too theirappropriateplaces.The

andingonhisthrone,proceededat

ge congregationhiscoad utor,thefuture

onewhomhehadlong nown, inwhom

andwhomhehadurgentlypresentedfor

ommendedtotheloveandobedienceof

see.

ertohim, saidhe, aswelltheconsola-

nd responsibilitiesofthe piscopacy.

mytitleandc hair, which amnotat

e live. H eglancedbrieflyatthe

hville,thedrearyanddiscouraging

ewasthensurrounded,ascontrasted

ofaffairs,sofull ofhopefortherapid

n.H esaidthathe hadlongand

httheassistanceofa coad utor,which

easinginfirmitiesrenderedsonecessary,


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fandhishearersthatthe choicehadfallen

rthy.

slowly,inal owandtremuloustoneof

esbyhiseffortsto restrainhisemotions.

rofoundestsilence,andnumerousevidences

tofhisauditors. 5

nfromNashvilletells usthat

broughttearstoeveryeye. 0

shopWhelan sreplyhappy

yhisaddress madeav isibleand

se ceedinglywellreceived

ttheGospelhealsopreac hed

oonecouldbut admire.

sat theinstallation,andno

romC hattanooga),after

elan ssermon,closeshisarticle

ndwish himeverysuccessand

etthemanylabors andsacrificesof

seinstrumentalityeverythingsofat

ennesseehasbeenaccomplished.We

dewecanneverrepay.W ewishhim

d happyoldage,andaglorious im-

py dayforBishopMiles,

ong-cherisheddesire,andseen

ntheheartsof thepeople.O n

hopWhelanpreac hedagainatthe

he administeredconfirmation

that sacrament.Again,to

hecathedralparishwas elec-

r slearningandelo uence. n

untofthisevent,theN ashville

8, 1 85 .

u n e 11 , 1 85 .


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TheC atholicsoftheDioceseof

ableBishopaneverlasting

or hissuccessfuleffortsin

emanyyears ofhisepisco-

ussogoodand inda ather

opWhelan. 7

ughtheywereallnow

ein aflourishingcondition.

demy, c onductedbytheDominican

al argeattendance,andhad

forits efficiency.The

blessingto thecityand

ledto otherpartsbyhis

rMarch, 1858 but ather

htoo hisplaceatMemphis.

D A rc oac companiedB ishop

and ather ync hbec amepastor

eB luf fC ity , inlieuof ather

edbyR ome,inspiteofhis

eptthemiterof aintPaul,

of thesameyear(185 ), Mem-

uitintheperson of ather

ather amesA . Marsc hal(or

ssionaryapostolicfromthe

whohadlaboredinvarious

tates, oinedthec leric al

sameyear.H ewas

le. 8Thebishophadestablished

e 18 , 1 85 .

slastbaptismatNashv illewasonMay10, 185 , and

f i rs t o n A u g us t . a t he r D al y s l a st a t M em p hi s w as o n

a t he r B yr n e s f i rs t o n Ma r ch 2 . a t he r y n ch s

u l y , a n d a t he r N e a l is f i rs t o n e p te m be r 1 7,


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Y R . G A N G O F F . R E V . A M S V. DA L Y . O .P .

B R N E . O .P. R E V. O H N T. N E A L I S . O .P.

A R L Y R I A R - PR E A C H E R M S S I O N A R I E S N M M PH I S A N D

N E S S E E


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ellorsin1858composedof

. G. , Hoste, c ollard, and

ewaswellorganized,had

mfooting,andheldout good

hopMilesmight,therefore,

utor,reasonablyhaveavailed

htto restandrepose.But

venerablepatriarchunited

urge himontoaction,if

ehadbeensenttoR omein

mericansees.Bythelast

nt ouishewasproposedas

intPaul, theRev. A nthony

eralofDubu ue,havingde-

Gracereturnedthebullsof

butinearly une, 185 , he

timewithapositivecommand

ecratedbyA rc hbishop enric

twenty- fourthof uly . B ishops

assistantconsecrators,the

ecttherec ordsatC lar sv ille, andhenc edonot

therMarsc haltoo c hargethere.

tDalywasborninB allygaw ley, C ountyTyrone,

181 . H isparentswerePatric andMary( een)

readyforthepriesthoodwhenhe receivedthe

t oseph s, inO hio, anuary18, 1845. Therehe

ionon anuary2 , 184 , andwasordainedby

on une20, 1848. ewpriestshavehadabusier

ypartsofthecountryfeltthebeneficialeffects

greaterpart ofhistime,afterleavingMem-

almissions. verywherehisstrong,logical

owithbreathlesssilence. He diedinNew or

adhelivedalittlelonger, hewouldhavebeenone

eachersGeneral.


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edthesermon.Bishops

dWhelanandalargenumberof

y . 9

diary R euss, Biographic alC yc lopedia, p. 50. ather

B ishopMiles presenc e but, bec auseofastorm

omMemphis, hedidnotreach aint ouisuntil

blyhedidnotseethe agedprelate,whohad

om, andsodidnotthin ofhim. nfac t, the

ethe assistantconsecrators.Reuss,who

afromA rchbishopGracehimself,sayspositively

ganwerethe co-consecrators.N ootherac-

veseither thebishopspresentorthosewho

ecration.

angdonGrace,alltheauthoritiestellus, wasborn

arolina, N ovember, 1 , 1814, andwasthef irstnative

therapriestora bishop. omeyearsago,we

hop relandastatementintheProfessionBoo

entuc y , thatDoc torGrac ewasborninPennsy l-

twasanerror occasionedbythefactthatPierce

mthatstateto C incinnatishortlybeforethe

e s. A rc hbishopGrac e sfather, amanofc on-

ateacherbyprofession,butservedasan officer

uringthewarof1812-1814.H egaveallhis

ion.

aintR ose sfromBishop enwic ' scollege

hehabitof aintDominic , une10, 18 0, andmade

une12, 18 1. n18 8hewassenttoRome,

nDec ember21, 18 9 . R eturninghomelatein

ththeDominic andegreeof . T. r. , hewassta-

suntilhewenttoMemphis. Herehewonthehearts

ndpriestlydeportment,aswellasby his indly

pirit,learning,andelo uence.Memphishasyet

ohasbeenmoregenerallyor profoundlyloved,

anwashe.A fterhebecameabishop,hegave

ohisdiocese.R arelydidheleaveits confines

ssornecessity.O noneoccasion,hestartedfor

ther ohn reland, whomhewishedtohavefor

otbeappointedto anothersee.When hereached

ordthathispetitionhad beengranted. mmediate-

wardshisbeloveddiocese.H ewasoneof the

establishmentofanA mericanC atholicUni-

apital. n1884heresignedhisbishopric , and

tlararchbishopof iunia. H ediedon ebruary


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orhadlongdesiredto have

GermansinNashv ille. A s

, hesoldthelandonwhic hstood

p i ta l ( th e f or m er H o l y R o s a r y C a t he -

othe tateofTennesseewhich

es.40Beforethesaleof this

thegovernmentwouldsoon

thestructureandstoredawaythe

urch.Thesacrededifice,now

asaneatandsubstantialbric

cture,ninety-eightfeetin

h aninteriorheightofforty-

o u is h e h ur r ie d b ac h o me f o r

ch,whichtoo placeon

writertothe ouisvilleGuardian

enthinstant,yourhumbleservant,a

danopportunityofwitnessingacheer-

progressofour holyreligioninthis

onofa newtempleoftheMostH igh

atholicsofN ashvilleandvicinity.

ppointed, thoughtheweatherwase -

courseofC atholicsandProtestantswas

earrivalof theR ightR ev.Bishopsto

ceremony.

s,despitehisfeeblestateof health,

sofdedication.He wasassistedbythe

A rc o, andV ogel. Theformsandusages

icchurch,sosolemn,sofullofdeep

totheC hristianmind,weregonethrough

ffectivemanner.After theblessingof

ev . B ishopMilesspo etohispeople

econgratulatedtheGermanC atholics

neventheso longhadatheart andhe

ce , N a s h vi l l e, D e ed B o o X X V , 4 0 2.


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uidanceoftheirworthypastor,R ev. .

helanpreachedaclassic

therVogelspo einGerman.

eA ssumption,whichdoubtless

day,forboth BishopMilesand

atholicshadagreatdevotionto

tionofNashv ille sGerman

archtoo hislast ourney

diocese. twouldseemthat

hopW ood,atthetimeof

n,tovisithimin Philadelphia,

beenabletodo.W hen,

rles . C arter, anativeof en-

ofPhiladelphia,urgedhimand

cGilltota epartinthec on-

ption(Carter sc hurchinthat

185 , heavailedhimselfof the

ouisvilleprelatetoma ethe

essinparttoavoidover-fa-

stoppedatBaltimore,where

eonardO bermeyer, pastor

s. TheCatholic Mirrorof

saysofhisvisitthere:

chproceedingseastwardbroughtseveral

madistancetoaidin theceremonies,and

favoredwiththepresenceofseveralof

ightR ev. R ic hardPiusMiles, the

hville,whoisnowinhis seventiethyear,

mericanH ierarchy,butstillsprightly

ayswithhisfriend,the pastorof t.

st27, 185 .

rc hbishopPurc ell, eptember2, 185 (Notre

eGuardian, eptember10and17, 185 .


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edandreturnedthev isitsofhisoldf riends,

nghimagain afteranabsenceofseven

lybelovedandadmiredman

omeward ourneyattheplaces

ayalong theroute forthis

devery reasontobelievethat

n.O nreachingN ashville,

uousanddistanttoilsofthe

utor,hestillbusiedhimselfwith

ofreligion inhisdiocese.

e oic edbyav isitofhisevertrue

and eenlyantic ipatedthe

etropolitanofC incinnati

hec onsec rationof theR ight

inNewO rleans, forMobile. an-

paldingwrotetoA rc hbishop

ppointedthatyoudidnotc ometo ouisville,

ningf romNewO rleans. wasinNash-

weree pec tedtoreturn, ande pec ted

you shouldcomethatwayfromMobile,

obablythebestroute.BishopMiles

hadtoldhimtohopeforav isitf rom

ecrators.Butyouwentallaroundus,

opMilesstartedup his

alsoreorganizedtheboardof

therBrownwasaddedtothe

A rc osubstitutedfor ather

Memphis. Nowtheholyman s

coulddieinpeac eofmind. With

hristmas,hischroniccough

ives.


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oonesawcauseforserious

nsuchcaseshadoften been

ttac .Butinthis instance

violentandstubbornthan

hewentaboutthec ity . The

ound sittingbeforethef irein

lyassumedwhilerecitingthe

dnotsleptallnight, andwas

et,inhisthoughtfulness

edforassistance,lestheshould

heirneededrest.Monday

gavehim thelastritesof

ternoonofTuesday, ebruary21,

herof theChurc hinTennessee

c almandtrustfulinGod. 44

hatperiodgavelittle space

iallyiftheywereC atholic.

plyabsorbedinpoliticsatthe

opMiles death.TheUnion

ruary22says: He wasac our-

andhighlyrespectedinthe

andbythemembersofhisChurc h

ghestdegree ofloveand

blicanBannerofthesamedate

cereregretthatwe, thismorning,

c ethedeathof theR ightRev.

umberof yearsBishopof

anCatholic Churc hofTen-

ebruary2 describeshowthe

anctuaryofthecathedral,

edintopayhimtheirlast

10, 18 0.


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tsissueof ebruary25ittells

erday. Hereitsays: O w ing

emise ofBishopMiles,and

of ent,whenalltheBishops

oceses,theoration waspost-

me,whenit willbedelivered

palding, V icarGeneralof

r, itstatesthatBishopWhelan,

onounc edaverye c ellenteulogy

f thedeceased.

present, thewriterinthe

espec ially theV eryRev.

ry,VicarGeneralofthisDiocese,

riendand trustedcompanion

mboyhood.H esharedhis

s,andmustbeone ofthemost

ers... . eminarians,aco-

mberin the anctuary.

atholic TelegraphofC inc innati,

ec laresthat hiszealforthespiri-

ofhisfloc ,andhismost

rswillneverbeforgotten and

ntherightplace andw iththeaidof

fellow-laborers,hedidprobablyall

advancementofreligionina tatein

ynativeC atholics,andbutfewinduce-

grants.N evertheless,hebuiltahandsome

hospital,andmaleandfemaleschools,

gforthedevelopmentoftheresources

estsof religion.

henoticeof themanofGod

ouisville, entuc y . ather

uthor. tisintheissueof


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eginsbystating: I nthedeath

hardP. Miles, f irstB ishopof the

eCatholic sof entuc y , O hio,

gnizethelossofone whohas

nsionof thefaithinthese tates.

ofthosezealousmissionaries

onofour nativeC atholic

ctionsintheirreligious

proceedstogivea briefout-

, bothinthepriesthoodand

tc omesanac c ountofhislast

chhesays:

g, hisremainswereta enintothec hurch,

posedbeforethealtaruntilafter the

ceon ridaymorning. Duringthewhole

remainswerevisitedbycrowdsofcitizens,

estants,allapparentlyan ioustomanifest

fonewhohadendearedhimselfto

nity.O ntheeveningsofW ednesday

fthedeadwas readinthechurchby

pWhelanandhisc lergy .

oo placeonW ednesdaymorning,im-

nswerecarriedintothechurch.The

ent(A shW ednesday), andthec ere-

butingtheashes wasperformedby

eremainsoftheir belovedBishopbefore

efailto feeldeeplythetruthofthose

bythecelebranttother ecipients,while

eadsthesignof thec ross: R emember,

ust, anduntodustthoushaltreturn "

ting,andespeciallysowhenBishop

ceremony,ascendedthestepsof the

apedinmourning,andin mostelo uent

dforththethoughtswhichstirred his

nthemindsofallpresent. twasan

beforgottenbythose whowitnessedit.


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mencedatnineo cloc on riday

celebratedbyBishopW helan,withthe

ldingof ouisvilleasassistantpriest, V ery

Prov inc ialof theDominic ans, asdeacon, and

nc hofMemphisasmasterofc eremonies. There

anctuarytheR ev. H. V . B rownofChat-

M e ss r s. . c o ll a rd , . M . D A r c o , an d D .

bsolution,BishopWhelan addressedthe

appropriatesermon,in whichhere-

swhichwehavegivenaboveinthelife

onywasclosedbytheabsolution,

BishopWhelan,and thefinalinterment

ighA ltarof theCathedral.

omlow-spirited,BishopMileshadthe

relations,tobe abletoimpartto all

sowncheerfulspirit.H ewaspious,

tabletothepoor,and indandaffable

sprinterdidnotreadthe

gardtotheholysacrifice

relate.Theverydescription

emnhigh,andnot merely

eR epublicanBannerof

titwassuch, that ather ync h

atherBrownactedasmaster

r,thisisaminormatter.The

howlived,labored,died,

stanoble soulwhowas,from

picuousornamentali eto

minic , tothepriesthood, andto

d tates.

dtheRepublic anB annergive atherCarroll s

malrecordsatN ashvilleandothersources

asWilliam. H ebelongedtotheDioceseof

, andseemstohavebeeninNashv illeforarestorhis


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tionofhisapostolatein

onsidermerelywhatheaccom-

hedidundercircumstances

spiteofobstaclesthatwere

n hisarrivalinN ashville,

ithouta priest practically

outsc riporpurse w ithouta

reontolay hishead.W hen

holicA lmanac,heleftthirteen

hurc hes, builtorunderway si

ions ; atheologicalseminary three

oneacademyforgirls ninepa-

hanage andabouttwelvethou-

orttimewouldhavebeen re-

onofthe academyandorphan

ousrec ord, whenallista en

waysdoestheefficientand

ecreditthatis hisdue. uch

thesub ectofournarrative.

c ellbutspea sthetruth, when

estchoicethatcouldhavebeen

rtainlyitwouldhavebeendiffi-

lfittedforthatstate,where

tobeovercome,andsomuch

ificewerenecessarytobuildup

oistheapprec iationof theTele-

lydeclaresthatourambas-

ght manintheright place,

ldpossiblyhavebeendone

hisdiocese.

opMiles liferevealsnotonly

alsoagreatand holyman


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-PR E A C H E R PR E L A T S N

N E S S E E


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waspractical,courageous,

ent, udicious—all ualities

sofhiswor . H islaborsin

dTennesseec anneverbeforgotten.

teverbe, loved,esteemed,

medeservesadistinguished

meric anChurc h. The

afterhim,andhadits part

testchaptersofoureccle-

almostpicturehowitanimated

esslye posedorlaiddown

ssiveplaguesofyellowfever

rnpartofTennessee.


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S H OS T

e,whohadseenlongerserviceinthe

nanyotherpriestat thetimeofBishop

in ranceabout1808. yonsseemsto

Therehe studied,andwasordained

hene teightyearshespentasaprofessor,

oryseminaryof yons.With theper-

offeredhis servicesforTennessee

uropeinsearchofhelp,and arrived

c loseof1841. ora uarterofac entury

hatdiocese.

thoughhissympathieswerestrongly

ostegavespiritualaidtoCatholic soldiers

edistressfulconditionin whichthe

ethegoodpriest sheart. A c c ordingly ,

5), hereturnedto rance, wherehe

fortwoyears. n18 7, wef indhimat

na. Thenc e, ayearlater, hewasbroughtto

elaboreduntil1881,whenhe retired,and

gyearsin the uietoftheMonastery

ounty, entuc y . H ere, however, he

arish thenbelongingtotheTrappist

bbotof thatinstitution, theR ightRev.

writesthatthevenerableguest edifiedthe

nddevotiontothe dutiescommitted

, hewasforc edby illnessanddebility togo

zabeth sH ospital, ouisville, wherehe

888. He issaidtohavebeenoneof

dsandmostardentadmirers. Heis

nseete tpassim.


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V. A MU L OU S MON TGOM R Y ,

gomerywasborninMary land, anuary

esec ondof thetenc hildrenofC harlesand

tgomery . Hewentto entuc yw ith

ewaseducated,receivedtheDomin-

usprofession,andwasordainedwith

c hingin aintThomas Collegeandat

yi n e n tu c y , wh e re h e t oo a n i mp o rt a nt

attachedtothatinstitution,hespent

nsinthatstateandinO hio. H iszeal,

ndgoodnaturearestillspo enof,after

uartersofacentury,inthe Dominican

ounty , entuc y—whic hshowsthelasting

storallaborsthere.

getherwithasplendid udgmentand

pointmentas vicargeneralbyBishop

ewasplacedin thesamepositionby

estinN ashvillewasmorelovedortrusted

ry.Therehismemoryisheldinbenedic-

denlyonThan sgiv ingDay, November

e em a n s o u rn a l of D e ce m be r 1 2, 1 8 3 , s a ys

thegraveby alargenumberofsorrowing

strulyamanwithoutguile, asuc cessful

riest. He isnowburiedat ainl

y .2

M S A L O Y S I U O R E N GO

ornon anuary15, 1820, atCastelV ittorio,

arentswere ouisandB ianca(R ebaudi)

hof f if teenorsi teenyearsofage, he

aintDominic , butc hosetheProvinc eof

militaryconscriptionunderthePied-

nreligionhetoo thenameofA loysius.

that hereceivedthehabit,andmade

gthereligiousvowsin18 or18 7.

nseete tpassim.


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rnalC ity forseveralyears, butwassent

841. Therehemostli ely receivedthe

184 . romNovemberthatyearuntil

wasagainat Viterbo.N odoubthis

missionshadbeenarousedbyBishop

ittoRome. Nowtherefore, thathis

atherO rengoproc eededtothe ternal

dthedegreeof ec torin ac redTheology,

startedatonc efortheUnited tatesin

Gr a ce , o u ng , D A r c o a n d r a nc i s .

afterwardsfoundedtheProvinceof

ifornia.

Preacherwasheadedby ather

theA meric anprov inc ialwhohadbeenin

gowasf irstsentto aintRose s, wherehe

f1848. ThenhewenttoTennessee,

redfortwenty-fiveyears.C ertainlyno

morefre uentlyorintermsof greater

eminthenotesandletters sentto athers

ndstillpreservedatNashv ille. atherO rengo

ennessee sapostles.H eestablished

dNashv ille. Hebuiltc hurchesat ran -

ia, Pulas i, dgefield unc tion, Trac eyC ity ,

wnsville,Grand unction,C ovington,and

at e d th o se o f C l a r s v il l e an d h e lb y vi l le f r om a

andpurchasedgroundforothersatTrenton,

ity .

ervedunderthreebishopsand an

omhewastrusted andadmired.Middle

eretheprincipaltheaterofhis activities

nanypartof thestate. n187 or

ly, butlivedontothee tremeoldageof

y-twoorseventy-threeofwhichhehad

c alledinthete ttothefac tthat atherO rengo

Gury sMoralTheology(whichhegave ather

ashvilleinMarch,1847 butthatthebaptismal

s, in entuc y , showthathedidnotgothereuntil

gottenthepreciseyear.O nthefly-leafofthe

ist ofthechurcheswhichhebuilt,etc.,asgiven

otmentionthatatMc wen. atherGazzo. however,

iltachurchthere.


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Dominic , andhadbeenapriestofGod

. HediedonMarch18, 1 0 , inthe

cia, nearV iterbo. Wehaveheardmorethan

snotbeenwritten, foritwouldma ea

R Y V N C E N TBR O WN

sspo enofasofPuritandesc ent. H ow-

o ch e st e r, N e w o r , a s we l l as N e w n g la n d,

isbirth.Possiblyhewasborn inN ew

t ofhisearlylifein thosetwocitiesof

nhisc onversionhebec ameaC atholic through

elancalledhimtoN ashville,andmade

al ofthediocese butaftertheap-

ev . Patric A . eehanasbishop, he

hattanooga,andspenttherestofhis

heloveandhighregardwhichheen oyed

erhelabored.H ewasaperfectgentle-

eappearance,intelligent,zealous,chari-

ewpriestsofhis dayweremorewidely

splendidserviceto religiononbothsides

iv ilWar still, thoughbornintheeast,

he causethatwaslost.A pparently

opMiles death, atherB rownbegana

atC hattanooga,thefoundationofwhich

manshadc ompletedwhenthewarbro e

sbythe northernarmyformilitary

atherB rown sheart.

ooga, A pril14, 1870, wasashoc not

hatplaceandN ashville,butalsoto

veryshadeofreligiousbeliefandwal

ashv ille. atherBrownwasanother

nseete tpassim.

1plac es atherB rownatNashv illeand ather

a. Whetherthelatterac tually too c hargeatC hat-

determineddefinitelybythechurchrecords

onsult. atherWilliamWalsh sartic leonC hat-

gust4, 18 4, doesnotmentionhimamongthec ity s


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efriendsandstrong admirers.The

l of A p r i l 0 , 1 87 0 , af t er s p ea i n g of h i s te m -

olic sofChattanooga, says: Theseare

islabors,but moreenduringthanthese

mwhichheinspiredinthehearts ofhis

whomhe cameincontact....H is

urnthelossof atherBrown,andfew

eciatethemagnitudeoftheloss. 8

E PH .B E MA N S

ans, astoldinnoteforty -oneofChapter

deghem, notfarf romA ntwerp, Belgium,

ThedateofhisarrivalinTennessee, weare

erhisordination,and sometimeinthe

55 forhisnamedoesnot appear

ac until185 , andhisf irstrec ord

e p te m be r 2 , 1 8 55 . i v e ye a rs h e l ab o re d

easternTennessee,leavinganimpres-

. TheA lmanac for18 1plac eshimat

no v illeanditsformermissionsstillunder

ordat no v ille isdatedDecember1,

ucc eededtherebytheRev. . A . B ergrath.

mansremainedinChattanooga, whereitwas

eshouldta etheplaceof atherBrown,

ever, ashesoonlef tthec ountry, itis

arturnedhismind towardsotherparts.

herB iemanswentto ngland. Therehe

ondonuntil18 3 , when, bro eninhealth,

f tertwoyearsofsic ness, hedied,

hisnative deghem, andwastherelaidtohis

H O N Y R A Y M O N DGA N G O F F

anglof fwasbornat DanneetQ uatre

ut1822, andwasoneof theeldestofafamily

tionseete tpassim.

ista enfrom atherB iemans mortuary

errorsin whichseete t.


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dnearlycompletedhiseducation,when

dA ppolonia(Wahl) Gangloff,brought

hio. O c tober2 , 184 , herec eivedthe

tRose s, in entuc y , andmadehisrelig-

eplaceon N ovember1,1844.H e

studiesthereandat aint oseph s, in

dbyB ishopPurc ellin aintPeter sC hurch,

eptember , 184 . romthattimeuntil

oand entuc ywerehisfieldsof labor.

atherGanglof f toNashv ille latein

e pa s to r o f a i nt o h n s C h u r c h, i n d g e-

dnowgoneintoconsumption.A ccord-

ofhis superiors,hereturnedtoO hio,

rychargeof aintMichael s, Madisonv ille.

h n s H o s p i ta l , C i n ci n na t i, u n e , 1 8 4 , a ge d

e uestofhisfamily, whohadnow

mestate,he wasburiedthere.The

8 4,saysofhim: Duringalongillness

s,whenscarcelyabletostandatthe

astoral cares,whenapparentlytottering

e. Hewasamanoftrulysac erdotallife

be rememberedbyhisR ev.brethren

eatlyedified. 10

N C O L L A R D

her ohn collardwefoundisinthe

1851, whenhewaspastorof aintPaul s,

y, andalsohadunderhisc hargetheChurc h

ma, at reehold. Whenandwherehewas

rdained,wedid notdiscover.H e

meduntilhe wenttoTennessee.The

Gazzousedtosaythat, whentheC iv ilWar

c ollardbec ameac haplainintheConfederate

m atherO rengoforthepurpose. A f ter

, ) w e fi n d hi m a t a c s o n, o u is i an a ,

rleans. n18 9 , hewasc hangedtoA mity ,

orporatedinC incinnati.

em p hi s s ee t e t .


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diedin187 , forhisnamenolonger

.11

N H Y A C I N T H Y N C H

ch w as b o rn i n Z a n e sv i ll e , O h i o, u n e 22 , 1 82 5 ,

andChristina( edw idge) ync h. H e

homdiedin youngmanhood,andthe

.A llhisfive sistersbecameDominican

hrec eivedthehabitof aintDominic at aint

anuary1 , 1851, andmadehisreligiouspro-

852.A rchbishopPurcellordainedhim

ne isters, B rownC ounty, O hio, uly

band sdeath, Mrs. Christina ync halso

aintDominic , whereshehadherown

ess.

unusualvarietyofpriestlye perienc es.

inationandthat whenhewassent

dinO hioand entuc y . He wasrecalled

ttheoutbrea of theC iv ilWar butafew

at e ington, entuc y , beingsentthere

therPeterC . Coll, O . P. , inresponseto

rell sappealforhelp. twasatry ingand

her ync hf illedtothesatisfac tionofhis

erof18 3 , whenhewassenttohisnative

edinmanypartsof theUnited tates,

nsorin variousparishesattendedby

owever, hereturnedtoZ anesv ille, where

fhislonglife. H ediedinZ anesv illeon

eighty-threeyears, andwasburiedat aint

near omerset. ather ync hwasavery intel-

deeplyreligious,zealous,faithfultohis

louslye actintheobservancesofhis

edane traordinaryvoice,wasanenter-

andinhisyoungerdaysdrewlargecrowds

r c ollardwasontheboardofdioc esanc on-

rdin whichhewasheldinN ashville.


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piteofhisage, heleftahostof f riends,

anesville.12

P H E N B R N E

itzsimmons)B yrneweretheparentsof

, whowasborninWe ford, reland, De-

ssaidthathismotherwassi tyyearsof

.H ewaseducatedabroad,andseems

esthoodthere,buttemporarilygaveup

c omingtoA meric a, hebegantoteac hin

ollege, omerset, O hio, andatthesametimeread

ndertheDominican athersattached

ereceivedthe habitoftheO rder,

hisreligiousprofessione actlyatwelve-

ainedtothepriesthood(A ugust4, 185 )

death, N ovember2 , 1887, ather

ried, ubi uitous, f ruitful, tireless forhis

eerfulspiritofco-operationrendered

ineofwor . H etaughtatthec ollege

ovices,heldtheofficeof superior,preached

hecountryeastoftheMississippi R iver,

nyparochialmissions.1 H efounded

r io r y, N e w a r , N e w e r se y. n 1 8 77 h e wa s

gnedhisofficetwoyearslaterbecause

havemoretime forlaborthatlaynear

cial,heestablishedH olyR osaryPriory

ilingthoughhewas,heneverceased

another. A lthoughhediedinMinne-

t oseph sC onvent, inO hio, c ausedthe

edthere.

speciallyperpetuate atherByrne s

onsishisliterary wor andeffortsin

zation.He translatedseveralspiritual

fbiographicalbrochures,andcontributed

theC atholicpapers.Perhapsnoone

e n es s ee s e e te t .

alledawayfromMemphisin une, 18 0 buthe

terdate.


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ainlynonewithgreaterenergyand

eofC atholiccolonization.Byfarthe

whetherin theformofbrochuresor

ect.Thesewerescatteredthroughout

hundredsofthousands,andwereadmired

estory ofhislife,if wellwritten,

ullof interestandinstruction. A tthetime

heC atholicC olumbiansaysthatthe

heartsw ithgreatsadness, spea sofhis

s life,astudiousscholar,fullyinformed

wouldtendtopromotethe goodofourholy

beautifulsimplicityofthechild.H e

othec olumnsof theC olumbian. Hewas

r,andhadhelived longer,mighthave

epartmentofour literature.We ofthe

thedec easedwell, andlovedhimforhis

sgrandcharacter,andhappygeniality,

ourprayerswiththe thousandsthatwill

oneofGrace,thathemaybe admitted

O N Y VOG L

thonyV ogelwediscoveredbutlittlemore

nthete tofB ishopMiles life. He

Germany.He spentsomeyearsin

y , beforehestudiedforthepriesthood, and

eenteredtheseminaryatBardstown

sville, butlaterre uestedthathemight

Miles.Bishop paldingconsented,and

ent totheseminaryinC incinnati,where

arentlywithoutchargetohisnewordinary,

ordination.

boredwithgreatzealandeffectat

mptioninN ashvilleuntiltheoutbrea of

tholic A lmanac wasnotissuedfortheyears

s n a m ed o es n o t ap p ea r i n th a t fo r 1 8 4 , o r

bly,li eseveralofthepriests ofTen-


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yeducation. romthebeginning,he

hisraremind,r emar ablememory,and

et h en p a st o r of a i nt a me s , N e w o r ,

of ittleRoc , A r ansas, c arefully fos-

ious lifewhichhedetectedinthe

andtoo himtotheVeryRev. N . D.

elygonetotheeasttoseehisnephew,

gof f forRome. Thiswasinthespringor

Thene tyear, nowthathehadnearly

ourse, amesWhelanwentto aintRose s,

erec eivedthehabitof aintDominic on

h i s vo w s of r e li g io n o n u n e 2 , 1 8 40 .

eO rderhetoo thenamewhic hhehad

eredphilosophyandtheologywithstri -

sthefirstmemberof theprovinceto

c torof ac redTheologyathome. A ugust

ordainedhimat aint oseph s, near

erW helanroserapidly inhisprov ince,

standresponsibility. nO ctober,1854,

1 Thispositionhefilledfor fouryears.

seph sProvincestille istoftheability and

deditsdestiniesat thetime. romthe

atonlythestrongpre udic ethene isting

diatelysucceedinghimselfprevented

atherWhelanwasaphilosopher, a

dahistorianofa highorder.During

emissions,preached,andlecturedinva-

y verywhere, forhehadane c ellent

earance,agooddelivery,gracefulges-

utationasa pulpitorator.Besides,he

ofirreproachablelife,aswellaszealous

ngpersonality.20

edprov incialattheageofoneandthirtyyears, andwas

aseverheld thatofficeintheprovince.

eardoldpersons,bothlayandclerical,in O hio

of thefactsgivenhere, andtheyareborneoutby


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sthatcausedhisnameto besentto

tmorethanonesee. romthetimeofhis

heenteredonhisnewduties withan

tywhichwontheheartsofall.21Un-

esseewascastin tryingtimes. carcely

hand, whentheC iv ilWarbro eout.

enorth with ederalsympathiescould

essinTennesseeor entuc yatthis

andrecordsofthedayshow thatBishop

rtiallyto administertothespiritualities

sidesofthe fratricidalstrife.Butit

eforhimtosteerbetween cyllaand

dhisbreast,forhe wasstronglyop-

ntoftheUnion,and inhishonestyhe

hisconvictions.N aturallythisatonce

ectionsofbyfar thegreaterpartofhis

priestshad becomechaplainsinthearmy,

houtshepherds thecostlystonefoun-

hattanoogawastorndown hisowncathe-

toa militaryhospital everywherehis

ynotafewhisfervente hortation(atben-

ortheprotectionof heaven ustbefore

eC atholicsthat,shouldtheworsecome,

nGod,andnotforget theirreligion,

fan enemy.22Numbersof theofficers

nstance,)andsoldiersfromO hiowere

htheseheopenlyfraternized,andthis

ebyC atholic sandnon-Catholics.

allthiswasbutnatural— nay,might

owever,it wasmorethanthezealous

asavictimof circumstances.H ishealth

ameshattered hefeltthat, evenafterthe

tillspo enof inNashv ille. omeyearsago,

igencewhowerepresenton theoccasiontold

owingto thee citementofthetimes,simply

find nothingtooharshtosayagainst Bishop

eonly fortheirgood. Thelate atherP. .

nvestigatedthematter,andfounditasgiven


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effectbutlittlegoodforreligionin Ten-

eresignedhismiterandretiredto the uiet

oseph s, inO hio. 2 omewhatlater, he

rehespenttheremainderofhis yearsin

icinvestigation.He hadafacilepen

isC atenaA urea, orGoldenChainof

nfallibility , thoughbriefandpithy , isone

veonthesub ec tinthe nglishlanguage.

anesv illeon ebruary18, 1878. He long

c omesuddenly , asitdidinastro eof

redforitbyasaintly life. H eisburied

t oseph sC onvent. 24

sc overthedateofhisresignation. R euss(Biographical

d hea(TheDefendersofO ur aith, p. 07)say

ather . A . elly , whowasappointedadministrator

elfassuch inthebaptismalrecordsonO ctober

shopWhelaninsistedthatA rc hbishop enric

tratoratthistime, thoughhehadnotyetactually

eo f t he D e ce a se d B is h op s ( I I , 2 2 - 2 4 ) i s gr o ss l y

an, andwearegladtolearnthatanunbiasedstudy


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urcesfromwhichourA merican

ourbishops,receivedanaidwhichwe

ewasthe renc h oc iety forthePropa-

eotheranA ustriansociety , nownasthe

on,whichwasestablishedspecificallytohelp

d tates. Wefoundnorec ordofany

eA ssoc iationgaveB ishopMiles yetit

asbenef itedby itfromtimetotime. The

ularbenefactorofhis andthefollowing

gavehimyearbyyearf rom18 to

hevolumesof theA nnaleswhichshould

ventohimfor185 and18 0 sowe

thesocietyallowedTennesseethesetwo

esseereceived21 ,8 9 francsfromthe

ePropagationof the aithinthetwenty

58. fweallowsi thousandfranc seac h

iswouldbringtheamountupto2 1, 8 9

ancattwentycents,BishopMiles


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P Y

P A L MA N U C R I PT O UR C E S

e ec retaryofB riefs A rc hivesof the

0 andA rc hivesof theDominic anMaster

ventof anC lemente, Rome. —A rc hives

ersinB elgium, Holland, ngland, and

ltimore, C inc innati, aint ouis, ouis-

atholic A rc hivesofA meric a, N otre

hivesof aint oseph sProv inc eof

sofGeorgetownUniversity.—R ecordsand

s e s C h u r c h an d P ri o ry , p r in g fi e ld , e n tu c y ,

h u r c h an d P ri o ry , o m er s et , O h i o, a n d of a i nt

rc hivesofMount aint oseph sA c ademy,

arethA c ademy, entuc y . —C hurc hRec -

omerset aintThomas , Z anesville aint

and aintMary s, Temperanc ev ille(allthesein

c ordsof thec athedral, Nashv ille, mmaculate

lle, and aintsPeterandPaul s, C hattanooga,

f f ic eandRegistersofDeedsandWills,

atedocuments).—R egistersofDeedsand

aPlata, andMarlborough, Mary land. —

an fortandMorganf ield, andofDeeds,

rdstown, entuc y . —R ec ordsofDeeds,

oga, Nashv ille, andMemphis, Tennessee.

et(1812-181 )andR osati, andof

o e l a nd o s ep h A . e l ly .— F a t he r R a y m on d

nicana.—F ather tephenB yrne srough

aint oseph sProv inc e andhisbriefhis-

s , e n tu c y , a i nt o s ep h s , O h i o , an d

is.—A c tsof theprov incialc hapterof18 7.

O UR C E S A N D O TH E R S W H I C H M A Y

R E D A S B L O N G N G TO TH A T

edeli, etc . , (ac irc ularletteraddressed

yBishop enw ic , andprintedatR ome


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P Y

A c taCapitulorumProvinc iaeA ngliae,

hivesofMary land, 41vols. —B ullariumde

V . —TheCalvertPapers, Nos. 28, 4, 5

sof theMary landHistoric al oc iety . —

s(nowcalledC atholicDirectories),from

onc iliumPlenarium. . . . B altimoriHabitum

85 . —C onc iliaProvinc ialiaB altimori

us ueadA nnum184 , B altimore, 1851.—

cisX . ), Colec c iondeB ulas, B revesyO tros

a glesiadeA mericay ilipinos, 2vols. ,

e(R ev. A ndrew), Relatio tinerisinMary-

dPublic ations.

er aneB aldw inCotton)andH enry

andC alendarofW ills,7vols.,Baltimore,

augh(GaiusM. ), Mary landRec ords:C oloni-

nty , andChurc h, B altimore, 1 15. —Camp-

ashvilleDirec tory, for185 -1854, for1855-

he irstCensusof theUnited tates, 17 0

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oryof theA meric an ndians, ondon,

ward), arlyHistoryofMiddleTennessee,

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4 .

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halmers(George), PoliticalA nnalsof the

f romtheir ettlementtothePeaceof

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, 1 0 2 .— C o l li n s ( e w is ) , H i s to r y of e n -

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P Y

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g to n , 1 2 a n d i f e an d T im es o f o h n

fB a lt i mo r e, N e w o r , 1 2 2 .

enture), duardDomini enw ic der

e ib u rg , 1 8 0 . — H a w s ( R e v . r a nc i s . ) ,

tsC onnec tedw iththeR iseandProgressof the

h u r ch i n M ar y la n d, N e w o r , 1 8 9 . — H a y -

andPolitic alHistoryofTennesseefrom

me n t up t o t he e a r 17 6 , N a s h v il l e, 1 8 1 . —

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ofC leveland, editionsof1887, 18 0, and

, C leveland.—H owe(Henry), Historical

inc innati, 1848, andColumbus( vols.),

lett(R ev. William . ), Historic alTributeto

ar y , a i nt o u is , 1 0 ; a n d i f e of R e v . C h a r l es

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esusinNorthA merica, 2vols, ofTe t,

1 07-1 17.

tainR ic hard ngle, theMarylandPirate

f undPublic ations), B altimore, 1884.—

ifeofGeorgeWashington, vols. , New

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