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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.
Washington, D.C., The Dominicana, for sale by Frederick Pustet co. (inc.) New York [1926]
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N T N N E S S E E
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h a n e , O . P. , . T . r .
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TH E C H UR C H
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Y O F TH E
F A I N T O S E PH ^ PR O V N C E
PR E A C H E R
S ' C O MPA N I O N S N TUD
I E S T O F O H I O, E N TUC K Y ,A N D
R A N DR E G U A R
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N T N N E S S E E
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T O N S
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rchinTennessee
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A N D PA R E N T A G
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
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
u s e # p d - g o o g l e
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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.
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
u s e # p d - g o o g l e
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A N D PA R E N T A G
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 .
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
u s e # p d - g o o g l e
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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-
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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A N D PA R E N T A G
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
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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O F TH E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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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/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
u s e # p d - g o o g l e
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A N D PA R E N T A G
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 .
.
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
u s e # p d - g o o g l e
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O F TH E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
u s e # p d - g o o g l e
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A N D PA R E N T A G
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
.
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
u s e # p d - g o o g l e
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O F TH E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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.
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
u s e # p d - g o o g l e
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A N D PA R E N T A G
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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/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
u s e # p d - g o o g l e
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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 .
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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A N D PA R E N T A G
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
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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R O F TH E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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.
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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A N D PA R E N T A G
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.
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
u s e # p d - g o o g l e
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O F TH E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
u s e # p d - g o o g l e
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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
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
u s e # p d - g o o g l e
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O F TH E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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A N D PA R E N T A G
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.
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
u s e # p d - g o o g l e
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O F TH E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
u s e # p d - g o o g l e
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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
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
u s e # p d - g o o g l e
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O F TH E C H U R C H N T N N E S S E E
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-
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
u s e # p d - g o o g l e
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N D H I S BO Y H O O D TH E R E
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
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
u s e # p d - g o o g l e
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R O F TH E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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N D H I S BO Y H O O D TH E R E
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,
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
u s e # p d - g o o g l e
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O F TH E C H U R C H N T N N E S S E E
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 .
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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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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/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
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O F TH E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
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N D H I S BO Y H O O D TH E R E
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
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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R O F TH E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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.
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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N D H I S BO Y H O O D TH E R E
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.
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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O F TH E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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N D H I S BO Y H O O D TH E R E
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.
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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O F TH E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
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N D H I S BO Y H O O D TH E R E
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.
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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O F TH E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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 ,
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
u s e # p d - g o o g l e
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N D H I S BO Y H O O D TH E R E
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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/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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O F TH E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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 .
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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N D H I S BO Y H O O D TH E R E 41
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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O F TH E C H U R C H N T N N E S S E E
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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N D H I S BO Y H O O D TH E R E
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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O F TH E C H U R C H N T N N E S S E E
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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N D H I S BO Y H O O D TH E R E
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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R O F TH E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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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N D H I S BO Y H O O D TH E R E 47
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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O F TH E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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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N D H I S BO Y H O O D TH E R E
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.
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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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.
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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O F TH E C H U R C H N T N N E S S E E
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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O F TH E C H U R C H N T N N E S S E E
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
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
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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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O F TH E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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.
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
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O F TH E C H U R C H N T N N E S S E E
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. ,
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
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O F TH E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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).
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
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R O F TH E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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.
.
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
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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.
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
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O F TH E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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.
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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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.
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
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O F TH E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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.
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
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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
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
u s e # p d - g o o g l e
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O F TH E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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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 ,
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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O F TH E C H U R C H N T N N E S S E E
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
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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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.
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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O F TH E C H U R C H N T N N E S S E E
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.
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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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.
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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O F TH E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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.
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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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 ) .
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
u s e # p d - g o o g l e
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R O F TH E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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
) .
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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B T O F A I N T DO M N I C
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 ).
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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O F TH E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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B T O F A I N T DO M N I C
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
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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O F TH E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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.
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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B T O F A I N T DO M N I C
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.
.
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
u s e # p d - g o o g l e
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O F TH E C H U R C H N T N N E S S E E
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
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
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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
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
u s e # p d - g o o g l e
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B T O F A I N T DO M N I C
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 .
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
u s e # p d - g o o g l e
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O F TH E C H U R C H N T N N E S S E E
. 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 .
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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B T O F A I N T DO M N I C
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
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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R O F TH E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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B T O F A I N T DO M N I C
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.
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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O F TH E C H U R C H N T N N E S S E E
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,
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
u s e # p d - g o o g l e
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B T O F A I N T DO M N I C
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
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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R O F TH E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
u s e # p d - g o o g l e
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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
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
u s e # p d - g o o g l e
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R O F TH E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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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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
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
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O F TH E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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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E R O F TH E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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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/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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O F TH E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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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/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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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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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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/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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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 101
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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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
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
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E R O F TH E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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 -
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
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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 107
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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/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
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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
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
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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
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.
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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R O F T H E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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-
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
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a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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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 111
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) .
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s 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 11
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-
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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R O F T H E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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.
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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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.
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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E R O F TH E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
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a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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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 117
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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PR O F E S S I O N , TUD N T ,PR O F E S S O R 11
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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R O F T H E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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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O F TH E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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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N T DA Y S , O R D N A T O N
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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E R O F TH E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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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N T DA Y S , O R D N A T O N
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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/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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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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/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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N T DA Y S , O R D N A T O N
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.
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
u s e # p d - g o o g l e
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E R O F TH E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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.
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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N T DA Y S , O R D N A T O N
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.
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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O F TH E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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.
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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N T DA Y S , O R D N A T O N
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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E R O F TH E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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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/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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N T DA Y S , O R D N A T O N
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
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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E R O F TH E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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.
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
u s e # p d - g o o g l e
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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
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
u s e # p d - g o o g l e
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E R O F TH E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
u s e # p d - g o o g l e
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N T DA Y S , O R D N A T O N
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.
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
u s e # p d - g o o g l e
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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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/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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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
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
u s e # p d - g o o g l e
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O F TH E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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.
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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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.
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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R O F T H E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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 .
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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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,
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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E R O F TH E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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.
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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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.
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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O F TH E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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- .
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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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
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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R O F T H E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
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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
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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R O F T H E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
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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 .
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
u s e # p d - g o o g l e
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E R O F TH E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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 .
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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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
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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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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R O F T H E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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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/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
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E R O F TH E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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
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E R O F TH E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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.
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
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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 .
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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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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/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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UN D R A TH E R WI L S O N
,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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E R O F TH E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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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UN D R A TH E R WI L S O N
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
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
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R O F T H E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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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a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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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 .
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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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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/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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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
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R O F T H E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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.
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/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
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UN D R A TH E R WI L S O N
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.
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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O F TH E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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UN D R A TH E R WI L S O N
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 .
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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O F TH E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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UN D R A TH E R WI L S O N
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.
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
u s e # p d - g o o g l e
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R O F T H E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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 ).
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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UN D R A TH E R WI L S O N
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 .
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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R O F T H E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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.
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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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.
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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O F TH E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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UN D R A TH E R WI L S O N
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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/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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E R O F TH E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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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/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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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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/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
u s e # p d - g o o g l e
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O F TH E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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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/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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E R O F TH E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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. )
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
u s e # p d - g o o g l e
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UN D R A TH E R TU T
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.
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
u s e # p d - g o o g l e
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E R O F TH E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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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/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
u s e # p d - g o o g l e
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O F TH E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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.
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
u s e # p d - g o o g l e
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UN D R A TH E R TU T
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.
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
u s e # p d - g o o g l e
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E R O F TH E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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).
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
u s e # p d - g o o g l e
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UN D R A TH E R TU T
. 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.
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
u s e # p d - g o o g l e
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O F TH E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
u s e # p d - g o o g l e
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UN D R A TH E R TU T
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.
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
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R O F T H E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
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R O F T H E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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 .
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
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UN D R A TH E R TU T
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 .
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
u s e # p d - g o o g l e
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O F TH E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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.
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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UN D R A TH E R TU T
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 ).
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
u s e # p d - g o o g l e
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E R O F TH E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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 .
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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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
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
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UN D R A TH E R TU T
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 .
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
u s e # p d - g o o g l e
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R O F T H E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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.
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
u s e # p d - g o o g l e
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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
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
u s e # p d - g o o g l e
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R O F T H E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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.
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
u s e # p d - g o o g l e
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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
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
u s e # p d - g o o g l e
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R O F T H E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
u s e # p d - g o o g l 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
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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E R O F TH E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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-
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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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.
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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R O F T H E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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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
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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O F TH E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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 .
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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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.
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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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.
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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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.
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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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.
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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E R O F TH E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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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.
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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R O F T H E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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.
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
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E R O F TH E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
hio. Thisocc urredon ep-
erewerethosewhobelievedthat,
erhaddoneforreligionin the
ouldprobablyselec thissucc essor
reacher,andhopedthat,should
ouldfall onR ichardPius
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
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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,
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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E R O F TH E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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 .
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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N C I A L , B S H O P
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
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
u s e # p d - g o o g l e
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E R O F TH E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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 .
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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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.
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
u s e # p d - g o o g l e
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E R O F TH E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
u s e # p d - g o o g l e
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N C I A L , B S H O P
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.
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
u s e # p d - g o o g l e
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E R O F TH E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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.
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
u s e # p d - g o o g l e
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N C I A L , B S H O P
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.
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
u s e # p d - g o o g l e
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R O F T H E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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 .
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
u s e # p d - g o o g l e
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N C I A L , B S H O P
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
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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R O F T H E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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N C I A L , B S H O P
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
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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R O F T H E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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 .
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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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
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
u s e # p d - g o o g l e
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E R O F TH E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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).
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
u s e # p d - g o o g l e
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N C I A L , B S H O P
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.
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
u s e # p d - g o o g l e
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R O F T H E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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.
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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N C I A L , B S H O P
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) .
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
u s e # p d - g o o g l e
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R O F T H E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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N C I A L , B S H O P
, 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 .
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
u s e # p d - g o o g l e
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R O F T H E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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 .
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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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.
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
u s e # p d - g o o g l e
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R O F T H E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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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N C I A L , B S H O P
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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/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
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E R O F TH E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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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N C I A L , B S H O P
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.
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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R O F T H E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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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N C I A L , B S H O P
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
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
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E R O F TH E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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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/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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N C I A L , B S H O P
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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/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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E R O F TH E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
ortunatelyhepossessed a
Withoutco-laborers,
anion.A llthathecouldcom-
ic enedbytheorderofGod
aronearth,and,as theeditor
, his k nowntalents, ac uire-
hichwemayadd v irtueofa
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
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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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O F TH E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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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E R O F TH E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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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E R O F TH E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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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/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
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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 -
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
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R O F T H E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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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/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
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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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/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
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R O F T H E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
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E S S E E
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.
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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R O F T H E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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.,
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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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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R O F T H E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
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R O F T H E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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.
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
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R O F T H E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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.
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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E R O F TH E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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 ).
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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E S S E E
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-
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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O F TH E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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.
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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E S S E E
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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a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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O F TH E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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.
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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E S S E E
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 .
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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E R O F TH E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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 .
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
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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.
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
u s e # p d - g o o g l e
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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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E R O F TH E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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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/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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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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E R O F TH E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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.
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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O L I C C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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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/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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O F TH E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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.
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
u s e # p d - g o o g l e
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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
.
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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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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/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
u s e # p d - g o o g l e
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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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/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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E R O F TH E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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 .
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
u s e # p d - g o o g l e
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O L I C C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E 05
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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/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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E R O F TH E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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 .
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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O L I C C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E 07
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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E R O F TH E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
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O L I C C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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O F TH E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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 .
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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O L I C C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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.
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
u s e # p d - g o o g l e
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O F TH E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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 ) .
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
u s e # p d - g o o g l e
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O L I C C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E 1
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,
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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O F TH E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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 .
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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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
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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E R O F TH E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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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
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
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a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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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.
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
u s e # p d - g o o g l e
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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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E S S I O N O F H I S E E
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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E S S I O N O F H I S E E
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 .
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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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 -
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
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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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E S S I O N O F H I S E E
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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O F TH E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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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E S S I O N O F H I S E E
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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/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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E S S I O N O F H I S E E
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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E R O F TH E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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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E S S I O N O F H I S E E
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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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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/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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E R O F TH E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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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/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
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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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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
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
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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
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
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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.
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
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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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/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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BR O A D A N D C O N T N U D A BO R 4
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.
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
u s e # p d - g o o g l e
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O F TH E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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BR O A D A N D C O N T N U D A BO R 5 1
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.
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
u s e # p d - g o o g l e
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E R O F TH E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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BR O A D A N D C O N T N U D A BO R 5
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
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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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.
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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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
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
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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 .
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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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
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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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.
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
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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
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
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E R O F TH E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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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/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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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.
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
u s e # p d - g o o g l e
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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
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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BR O A D A N D C O N T N U D A BO R 6 3
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 .
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
u s e # p d - g o o g l e
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E R O F TH E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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BR O A D A N D C O N T N U D A BO R 6 5
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 .
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
u s e # p d - g o o g l e
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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
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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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).
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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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.
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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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
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
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E R O F TH E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
asyou re uested,ofmylaboursand
onths,duringwhich havetravelledon
ousandmiles.
st,
, 1841.
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
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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 .
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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E R O F TH E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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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 .
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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O F TH E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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.
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
u s e # p d - g o o g l e
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E R O F TH E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
u s e # p d - g o o g l e
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E R O F TH E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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.
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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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.
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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E R O F TH E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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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
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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O F TH E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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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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E R O F TH E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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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O F TH E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
)—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 .
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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E R O F TH E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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.
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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E R O F TH E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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 .
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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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
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.
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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D GA I N S
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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/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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E R O F TH E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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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/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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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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/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
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R O F T H E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
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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) .
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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R O F T H E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
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/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
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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 .
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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O F TH E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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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 .
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
u s e # p d - g o o g l e
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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.
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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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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/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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O F TH E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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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/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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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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/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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O F TH E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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.
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
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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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O F TH E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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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D GA I N S
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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R O F T H E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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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/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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O F TH E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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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/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
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O F TH E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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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/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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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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/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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O F TH E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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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/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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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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/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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R O F T H E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
, 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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/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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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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/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
u s e # p d - g o o g l e
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R O F T H E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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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O F TH E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
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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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/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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R O F T H E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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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/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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E R O F TH E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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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/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
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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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/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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E R O F TH E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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.
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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E R O F TH E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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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/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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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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/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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O F TH E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
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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.
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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E R O F TH E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s 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
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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O F TH E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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.
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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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
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
u s e # p d - g o o g l e
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R O F T H E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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.
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
u s e # p d - g o o g l e
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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
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
u s e # p d - g o o g l e
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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
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
u s e # p d - g o o g l e
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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.
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
u s e # p d - g o o g l e
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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.
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
u s e # p d - g o o g l e
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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
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
u s e # p d - g o o g l e
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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 .
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
u s e # p d - g o o g l e
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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 .
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
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R O F T H E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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O F TH E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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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/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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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
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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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.
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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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.
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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E R O F TH E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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 .
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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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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/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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R O F T H E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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.
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
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W TH
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.
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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O F TH E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
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W TH
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.
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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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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/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
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E R O F TH E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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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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.
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
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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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/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
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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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/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
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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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a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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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
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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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
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
u s e # p d - g o o g l e
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O F TH E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
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W TH
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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E R O F TH E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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O F TH E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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.
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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R O F T H E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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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R O F T H E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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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S O N S A N DP A C E S
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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/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
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R O F T H E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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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/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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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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/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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E R O F TH E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
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S O N S A N DP A C E S
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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R O F T H E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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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S O N S A N DP A C E S
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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E R O F TH E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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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/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
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E R O F TH E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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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S O N S A N DP A C E S
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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E R O F TH E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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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/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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S O N S A N DP A C E S
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
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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O F TH E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s 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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/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
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R O F T H E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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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S O N S A N DP A C E S
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-
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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R O F T H E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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-
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
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R O F T H E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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 .
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s 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
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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S O N S A N DP A C E S
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.
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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E R O F TH E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
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S O N S A N DP A C E S
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.
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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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
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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S T O L I C F F O R T
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 .
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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R O F T H E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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.
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
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S T O L I C F F O R T
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.
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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R O F T H E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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 .
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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S T O L I C F F O R T
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
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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R O F T H E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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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S T O L I C F F O R T
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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E R O F TH E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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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S T O L I C F F O R T
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
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
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R O F T H E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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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S T O L I C F F O R T
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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/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
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R O F T H E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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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S T O L I C F F O R T
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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R O F T H E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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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/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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N GO F A WE L L - P N T I F E
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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/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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E R O F TH E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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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/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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N GO F A WE L L - P N T I F E 527
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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N GO F A WE L L - P N T I F E 52
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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N GO F A WE L L - P N T I F E
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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/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
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E R O F TH E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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.
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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N GO F A WE L L - P N T I F E
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 .
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
u s e # p d - g o o g l e
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E R O F TH E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
, 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.
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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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
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
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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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/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
u s e # p d - g o o g l e
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E R O F TH E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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.
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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N GO F A WE L L - P N T I F E
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.
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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E R O F TH E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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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/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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N GO F A WE L L - P N T I F E
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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N GO F A WE L L - P N T I F E
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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N GO F A WE L L - P N T I F E
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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N GO F A WE L L - P N T I F E
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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E R O F TH E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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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N GO F A WE L L - P N T I F E 547
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,
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
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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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N GO F A WE L L - P N T I F E 54
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
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
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N GO F A WE L L - P N T I F E
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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R O F T H E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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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N GO F A WE L L - P N T I F E
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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R O F T H E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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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N GO F A WE L L - P N T I F E
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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E R O F TH E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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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N GO F A WE L L - P N T I F E
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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E R O F TH E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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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N GO F A WE L L - P N T I F E
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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/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
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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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/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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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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E R O F TH E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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E R O F TH E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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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/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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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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/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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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.
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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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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R O F T H E C H UR C H N T N N E S S E E
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
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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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
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h
a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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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
P u b l i c D o m a i n , G o o g l e - d i g i t i z e d
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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
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