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ARCHDIOCESS OF BALTIMORE.-Reception. -On Sunday, March 19th, Miss Louisa Sanders was admitted to the white veil, in the convent of the Visitation. Her name in religion is Sister Mary Benedicta. The Most Rev. Archbishop presided, and the Rt. Rev. Dr. Whelan preached on the occasion.

Spiritual Retreat.-A spiritual retreat will be opened in Baltimore at the Cathedral, on Sunday, the 2d of April, and terminate on the following Sunday. The exercises will be conducted by the Rev. Samuel Mulledy, S. J.

Fair. A fair for the benefit of the Orphan's Home, or Manual Labor School, near Baltimore, will be opened in this city on the 24th of April. We bespeak for this fair the most liberal patronage, as the object of it could not appeal more forcibly to the sympathy and generosity of the public. See last No. of the Magazine, p. 151.

Subscribers to St. Mary's Orphan Asylum, 1847.

Most Rev. Dr. Eccleston $10, St. Mary's College 20, Very Rev. Dr. Deluol 5, Very Rev. John N. Neuman 10, Rev. H. Coskery 5, Rev. John Hickey 5, Rev. J. Randanne 5, Rev. Edward McColgan 5, Rev. James Dolan 5, Rev. O. Jenkins 5, Rev. Peter Fredet 4, Rev. Gilbert Raymond 3, Rev. Edw. A. Knight 2, Rev. Mr. Verot 2, Captain J. E. Howard 50, J. A. S. 12, Wm. Kennedy 10, Capt. James Welsh 10, Capt. Chas. Welsh 10, Mrs. Thos. Meredith 5, T. C. Jenkins 5, M. W. Jenkins 5, Mrs. James W. Jenkins 5, Joseph W. Jenkins 5, M. C. Jenkins 5, Robert Jenkins 5, Mrs. Robert Jenkins 5, Austin Jenkins 5, Alfred Jenkins 5, Edward Jenkins 5, Edward F. Jenkins 5, Z. C. Lee 5, Col. Thompson 5, B. R. Spalding 5, Mrs. Solomon Hillen 5, Mrs. Mary L. Ford 5, Miss E. M. Jenkins 5, Mrs. Thomas Hillen 5, T. J. Hillen 5, Mrs. John Hunter 5, Mrs. B. Sanders 5, B. Sanders 5, Edward J. Sanders 5, John W. J. Sanders 5, Mrs. R. K. Randall 5, Mrs. J. E. Howard 5, Miss Landry 5, John Murphy 5, Mrs. James Barroll 5, Mrs. W. G. Read 5, Mrs. Harper 5, Miss Harper 5, Mrs. McTavish 5, Mrs. Chas. Carroll 5, Mrs. Maher 5, Ignatius Pike 5, Veazy Ward 5, Wm. Tiffany 5, H. Tiffany 5, George Tiffany 5, Dr. Frick 5, Mr. Buonaparte 5, Mrs. C. A. Williamson 5, Mrs. Chas. Tiernan 5, Charles Marean 5, Mrs. Jno. Walsh 5, Mrs. E. M. Elder 5, Mrs. Fielding Lucas 5, Lieut. Aug. B. Walbach 5, Eliza, Mary and

John Walbach 10, Mrs. P. Tiernan 5, Mrs. G. R. Carroll 5, Mrs. Dr. Aitken 5, M. Stillinger 5, Mrs. Ambrose White 5, Mrs. Dr. Stewart 5, Mr. Baker 5, Messrs. Kelly & Son 5, M. Tracy & Sons 5, Miss R. Hillen 5, Mrs. Atkinson 5, H. A. Spalding 5, P. McKenna 5, Mrs. Baugher 5, Mrs. Peter Kernan 5, Thos. Bottimer 5, Henry R. Curley 5, Mrs. L. W. Gosnell 5, Mrs. Wm. G. Howard 3, Charles Martin 3, Mrs. B. T. Elder 3, Mrs. F. W. Elder 3, Wm. Lucas 3, Mrs. Wm. Bose 3, Mrs. Turner 3, Frederick Crey 3, Mrs. Elizabeth Welsh 3, Francis Hoover 5, Richard McConn 3, Mrs. Richard McConn 2, Henry Pike 3, Messrs. McColgan 3, T. P. Scott, Esq. 3, Mrs. T. P. Scott 3, Mrs. Fielding Lucas 3, Mrs. Frederick Chatard 3, Mrs. Wilson 3, Alexandrine Sannier 3, Mrs. Gegan 3, Mrs. Ferdinand Chatard 3, Mrs. Jackson 3, Miss De Chateaudon 3, Mrs. Gould 3, Mrs. Emily Hillen 3, Miss Ellen Ford 4, Col. Bentzinger 3, James V. Wagner 3, Edward Boyle 3, Mrs. Dr. Barry 3, Mrs. John Conolly 2, Mrs. Kelly 2, A friend 2, Mrs. Norton 2, Mr. Sarsfield 4, Mrs. Conolly 3, Mrs. Goddard 3, Mrs. Charles Myers 3, Mrs. Ann Myers 2, Mrs. Heuisler 2, Mrs. Murray 3, Jerome Servary 2, Francis Neale 3, John Mullan 2, Jonathan Mullan 2, Miss Sarah Jenkins 2. Mr. Mathias 2, Hugh Brady 2, Mrs. Robert Hickley 2, Isaac Hartman 2, Charles Simon 1 50, Mrs. Sanders 1 50, Mrs. J. Waiter I 50, Mrs. A. J. McGreevy 1 50, Mrs. John McGreevy 1 50, J. H. Jenkins 1 50, J. M. Laroque 2, Mrs. Richards 1, Geo. Webb 2, Mrs. Cator 1, Mrs. Ferguson 1, Mr. Baker 1, Mrs. G. Ennis 1, Mrs. Abel 1, Mrs. Anderson 1, Mrs. Hitselberger 2, Mrs. Rosensteel 1, Mrs. C. Rosensteel 1, Miss Kitty Quigly 1 50, Mrs. Patrick 1,. Dr. Reynolds 2, Mrs. O. Jenkins 1, Mrs. O. Donnely 1, Miss S. McColm 1, Joseph Victory 1, Mrs. Emeline Hickley 1, Mrs. Griffin 1, Mrs. King 1, Mrs. Dr. Raborg 1, Daniel Coonan 1, Mrs. Saulsbury 1, Mrs. Clayton 1, Mrs. Foley 1, Mr. Kenann 1, Mrs. Dross 1, Mr. Concannon 1, Mr. Logue 1, Mrs. Dowson 1, John Magrath 1, John Heany 1, Mrs. Ford 1, Mr. Clautice 1, Mrs. Merritt 1, P. Laurenson 1, Mrs. M. J. Murray 1, Mrs. L. Servary 1, Mrs. Noel 1, Mrs. Magraw 1, Mrs. Orndorff 1 50, A. Boursaud 1, Miss Julianna Toole 1, Miss Jane Baker 1, Mrs. Ellen Eisler 1, L. Gross 1, Miss R. McGroiken 1, James White 1, Miss S. A. Smith 2, Mrs. Aitken 1, Mrs. John Daley 1, Mrs. Davis 1, Mrs Seché 1, Mrs. M. J. Demourei 1, Mrs. Stapleton 1, Miss C. Burton 1, Mrs. Menzies 1, Mrs. M. A. J. Denmead 1, Wm. Johnson 1, A friend 1, Mrs. McDonald 1, Mrs. Daneman 1, Mrs. Hastings 1, Mrs. Laroque 1, James Holland 1, Mrs. Fortune 1, Miss Cottringer 1, Mr. McSherry 1, T. L.

Coyle 1, Mrs. Bordley 1, Mrs. Kelly 1, Joseph Jones 1, John Fitzpatrick 1, Dennis Sullivan 1, John Manly 1, T. Kelly 1, Mrs. C. Dorsey 1, Miss Sophia May 1, Mrs. Brown 1, Mrs. Strohm 1, Mrs. Wall 1 50, Mrs. Dunlevy 1, Mr. Barnercloe 1, Mr. McAvoy 1, Charles Coyle 1, Mr. Foley 1, Mr. Hartman 2, Mr. Cowles 2, Mr. Staylor 2, Mr. O'Neale 1, Mrs. Gibbons 1, Mrs. Wilson 2, Mr. Callan 1, Mr McCourt 2, Misses M. and F. Howard 175, Helena Jenkins 50 cts., Miss A. McMahon $1, Mrs. Kerwin 1, Patrick Kerwin 1, Miss Mary Moale 1, Mrs. Diemond 1, Mrs. Wickings 1, Mrs. Brown 1, Miss Mary McAlister 1, Miss Bridget Callan 1, Miss Mary Martin 1, Miss Eliza Hughes 1, Miss Winifred O'Donnell 1, Mr. Fitzmaurice 1, Miss Kitty McMahon 1, Miss Bridget Hamil 1, Henry McMahon 1, John Holton 1, Mrs. Charles Walton 1, Ann Carroll 50 cts., Miss V. Delmas 75, Miss S. Raphael 75, Peter Kernan $1, James Callan 1, Mrs. Smith 1, B. Hamil 1, Mrs. Daffe 1, Mrs. Mary Callan 1, Mrs. Elder 1, A friend 56 cts., Mrs. Lench 50, Mr. Devereux 25, Mr. Gimes 25, Mrs. McSweeny 25, Mrs. V. Dieter 50, Mrs. J. Dieter 50, Mrs. McCann 12, Mrs. McKenna 25, Mrs. Brown 25, Mrs. P. Mullan 25, Miss Agnes Brady 50, Mr. Lewis 25, Mr. Harris 25, Mrs. Ryley 50, Mr. A. Hand 50, Mrs. Rodolph 25.

Of the above named persons those indebted to the Asylum will please remember that there are almost one hundred children in the house, and that their contributions will be most thankfully received.

Young Catholic's Friend Society.—At a meeting of the Young Catholic's Friend Society held January 2, 1848, the following gentlemen were elected active members: Augustus Baughman, Fred'k Baughman, Patrick Smith, jr., George Roseman, J. C. Vallette, John Hitselberger, Joseph Fink, and Jackson Maguire. And at a meeting Feb. 6: P. H. Rooney, Jas. A. Boyle, Joseph Gegan, John J. Staylor, Henry Staylor, P. E. Brenan, John Brenan, and Ellis J. Graham. And at a meeting held Sunday, March 5, the following gentlemen were unanimously elected members: Thomas Birmingham, Michael Collins, Leonidas McAleer, G. B Clarke, Maurice Bush, Charles D. Arcambal, James Hassan, jr, Anthony Moran.

DIOCESS OF RICHMOND.-New Convent.Eight sisters of the Visitation, with one candidate for the community, will leave Baltimore on the 3d inst. for the new foundation at Wheeling, Va.

DIOCESS OF NEW YORK.-We learn from the N. Y. Freeman's Journal that a large building with seven lots of ground has been obtained in the city of New York, for the purpose of affording relief to destitute female ser

vants of good character. The institution is under the care of the Sisters of Mercy, and is one of the admirable charities exercised by that benevolent order.

DIOCESS OF CHICAGO.- Taking the White Veil. Our correspondent in Chicago informs us that, "On Wednesday, the 2d Feb., (being the feast of the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary), two young ladies of the order of the Sisters of Mercy, received, at the hands of the Rt. Rev. Dr. Quarter, the white veil in the convent chapel. Their names are Miss Mary Killdea, and Miss Catharine Donovan. The former is a native of Lower Canada, the latter of Ireland. The name of the former, in religion, is Sister Mary Stanislaus, and of the latter, Sister Catharine Lucy. One is a choir and the other a lay sister.- St. Louis N. Lett.

Society for Aged Clergymen -The clergymen of the diocess of Chicago, with the sanction of the bishop, have formed a society under the title of Society of St. Joseph, for the relief of sick, aged and infirm clergymen of the diocess of Chicago. The amount of subscription entitling the membership, is at least $5 per annum.

"Three masses are to be said annually by each clergyman who is a member, whilst able, for the society: two masses for the living and one for the deceased members thereof. The masses for the living members of the society are to be said some day during the first week of Easter-and the mass for the deceased members to be said on the first SEMIDOUBLE that occurs after the FEAST OF ALL SAINTS, in November. Lay persons may become members on paying the amount of subscription.

"When sickness overtakes a clergyman who is a member, or when he becomes too aged and infirm to labor on his missions, an application being made to the president of the society-which application, to have effect, must be accompanied by a letter of approval from the bishop of the diocess-he will receive a fair proportion of the funds that may be in the hands of the treasurer, for his support.

DIOCESS OF GALVESTON.-We learn from the Prop. Catholique, that the Catholic mission of "Nacogdoches" is in a very flourishing condition. "We have laid the foundation," writes one of the clergymen, "of a church, an event which has given us great satisfaction. If any one had told us six months ago, that we would take part in such a good work, we would have found it difficult to believe him." -Catholic Telegraph.

DIOCESS OF LITTLE ROCK. -New Church.The Catholic Advocate informs us that a lot has been given to the Rt. Rev. Bishop Byrne, at Helena, for a new church, the erection of which promises much for the progress of Catholicity in that quarter.

DIOCESS OF BUFFALO.-Confirmation.The following particulars we have gleaned from the N. Y. Freeman's Journal. On the 6th December, Bishop Timon confirmed 83 persons at St. Peter's church, Rochester: on the 12th, 93 persons in the church at Java, where he performed the exercises of a spiritual retreat. On the 16th he confirmed 60 persons at Shelton. On the 18th January, he confirmed 73 persons at Lancaster. After the exercises of a retreat at Auburn, he confirmed 70 persons on the 23d January. On the 24th a retreat was commenced at Seneca Falls, at the close of which, on the 28th, 53 persons were confirmed. At Geneva also 53 persons were confirmed. On the 30th, 12 persons were confirmed at Jefferson, where a church has been recently purchased, formerly the property of Presbyterians. It is now styled St. Mary's of the Lake. Three persons were confirmed at Gen. Kernan's on the 1st Feb., and on the same day 18 others at Hammondsport. On the 2d the bishop confirmed an adult at Jefferson; on the 3d, 24 persons at Ithaca. Eighteen were afterwards confirmed at Oswego, whence he proceeded to Elmira, Corning and Bath. On the 13th, 54 were confirmed at Greenwood on the 15th, 42 were confirmed at Scio. At Genesee Falls 42 were confirmed. "Passing through all this district, the bishop often remarked, every four or five miles, two, three, sometimes four Protestant churches would be found; in number, at least, triple of what would be wanted were there but "one faith," as there is but "one Lord." Yet, alas, while bouses for erroneous worship are multiplied, far beyond their necessity, through the same region the poor, but numerous, congregations must beg the loan of a court house,

or in some far less seemly shelter for themselves, and for the heavenly mysteries which they adore! Since the 21st Nov., the Rt. Rev. Bishop has confirmed 1784 persons, of whom more than half were adults, and yet three large congregations at Rochester, and six or eight country congregations have not yet been visited."

DIOCESS OF BOSTON.-Ordination.-On Wednesday, 23d February, the Right Rev. Bishop admitted to the first tonsure Mr. Thomas J. Curd, lately lieutenant in the 4th Regiment Artillery, U. S. A. It is but a few weeks since Lieut. Curd resigned his com mission. He was with General Taylor in all his battles in Mexico, and proved himself a brave and faithful officer. In the peaceful battles of God's church, he will, we trust, rank among the bravest and the best.-Catholic Observer.

New Church.-A lot has been purchased, says the Catholic Observer, for the erection of a church at Fitchburg.

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Fair. The proceeds of the fair recently held at Worcester, in behalf of St. John's church, were not far short of $700.—Ibid. DIOCESS OF CINCINNATI. Remains of Bishop Fenwick.-On last Monday morning, March 13, Rt. Rev. Bishop Purcell, and nearly all the Catholic clergy of the city, attended by a numerous body of the laity, conveyed the honored remains of the first bishop of Cin. cinnati from the vault in the church of St. Xavier, to the place prepared for their reception beneath the high altar of the cathedral. The procession, preceded by the cross and numerous acolytes, left the sanctuary of St. Francis Xavier, which the fathers had hung in black drapery, and passed up Sycamore to Eighth street, and along Eighth to the new cathedral, the clergy and bishop in their robes and chanting the appropriate psalms. The coffin was borne by four Catholic gentlemen who had known the departed prelate. . . . . Bishop Purcell celebrated a pontifical high mass, and preached on the occasion.-Catholic Tel.

Fair. The Catholic Telegraph informs us that the fair held recently for St. Xavier's free school, Cincinnati, realized a nett profit of $3,050 76.

DIOCESS OF CHARLESTON.-Episcopal Visitation.—Bishop Reynolds, as we learn from the U. S. C. Miscellany, arrived at Columbus, Ga., on the 24th Feb., and on the Sunday following administered confirmation to 6 children.

Confirmation. On the 14th February, Bishop Reynolds confirmed two persons at Washington, Ga., and preached several times. On Sunday, the 20th, he confirmed five persons at Locust Grove, the oldest Catholic station in Georgia. On the 22d he confirmed 12 persons at Atlanta.

DIOCESS OF CLEVELAND.-Confirmation.Sixty children lately made their first com. munion in Cleveland, and one hundred and thirty-six were confirmed in the same place, by Rt. Rev. Bishop Rappe, on Sunday the 4th of March.-Cath. Telegraph.

DIOCESS OF PHILADELPHIA.- Confirmation. The sacrament of confirmation was administered in St. Patrick's church on Sunday last, by the Rt. Rev. Dr. Timon, bishop of Buffalo, to one hundred and thirty-three persons, several of whom were converts to our holy faith.-Catholic Herald, 16th March.

DIOCESS OF NEW ORLEANS.-Fair.-Towards the middle of January, a fair was held for the benefit of the Female Orphan Asylum, the proceeds of which amounted to $3,780. There are at present 200 children in the asylum, which possesses no income whatever, and depends entirely on the charity of the public.-Cath. Adv.

Ordination.-On the 2d of February, feast of the Purification, an ordinatiou was held in the church of the Assumption, in which the Rt. Rev. Bishop Blanc conferred the minor orders on Messrs. Louis Arsenaux and Peter McMahon, the order of subdeacon on Charles Sampson, and the order of deacon on Cornelius Moynehan.-Ibid.

New Church-The corner stone of a new church was laid by Bishop Blanc, at Thibodeaux, on the 27th February.-Prop. Cath. DIOCESS OF NATCHEZ.-Episcopal Visitation.

The Rt. Rev. Dr. Chanche, as we learn from the Prop. Cath., has recently visited the southern portion of his diocess, accompanied by Bishop Portier of Mobile. On the 15th of February they selected a site at the Bay of St. Louis for a new church, to be erected under the invocation of the immaculate conception. The corner-stone will be laid by the bishop of Mobile, on the 26th March. On the 16th February, Bishop Chanche confirmed 22 persons of that place. On the 17th, at Pass Christian, he confirmed 11. At both places Bishop Portier preached in his usual impas. sioned manner.

LETTERS OF BISHOP HUGHES in the New

York Freeman's Journal.-The object of the sixth letter is to show that, according to the constitution of the Christian church, those who are authorized to preach the Gospel and perform other duties of the Christian ministry, must be sent by a pre-existing authority. From whom did the reformers derive their mission? In the seventh letter the want of mission in Protestant sects is further discussed. eighth and ninth letters dwell more particu larly on the organization of the church by her divine founder, and her mode of transmitting the doctrines of revelation from age to age.

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CONGREGATION OF THE MISSION.-The Very Rev. Marian Maller, C. M., has been appointed visitor of the Lazarists in the United States, in lieu of Bishop Timon, who held that office before his elevation to the episcopate.

SOCIETY OF JESUS.-The V. Rev. Father Buckhard, S. J., is now provincial of the Jesuits belonging to the Maryland province.

LATE ARRIVAL.-The Propagateur Catho lique of New Orleans, announces the arrival of several Jesuit fathers for the colleges of Spring Hill, near Mobile, and Grand Coteau, in Louisiana. Four of these professors are of English birth, and will be of great use to the students of those institutions in teaching the English language. The priest of the society belonging to Missouri, who were heretofore engaged in the above named colleges, will return to St. Louis with Father Vandevelde, who is at present in the south.-Cath. Tel.

LADIES OF THE SACRED HEART.-We publish this month, in our advertising sheet, a brief prospectus of two excellent institutions conducted by the ladies of the Sacred Heart; one near Philadelphia, and the other in the vicinity of New York. We commend these notices to the particular attention of the Catholic community. It is needless to say any thing in favor of the above-mentioned schools, as it is admitted by all, that the ladies of the Sacred Heart hold a distinguished rank in the department of female education.

OBITUARY.

DIED, February 29th, Sr. MARY AGNES SPALDING, at the Convent of the Visitation, Baltimore, in the 28th year of her age.

At the hospital of the Sisters of Mercy, Penn street, Pittsburg, on Saturday, the 19th February, Sister ANN (Rigney), a lay sister of the order of the Sisters of Mercy.-Pillsburg Catholic.

On Friday, 3d March, in the same society, Miss KATE LAWLER, a postulant, while preparing for her reception, was called away after a very short ilness. She was a native of Ireland.-Ibid.

On Sunday, the 5th March, Sister MARY MAGDELENE REINGOLD, a native of Germany, or of German parentage, from Tiffin, Ohio. She was about to prepare for her religious profession, as a lay sister in the same community.-Ibid.

On the 9th March, at the Mercy Hospital, Pittsburg, Sister MARY XAVIER TIERNAN, aged 30 years. Her loss is deeply felt by the community.-Ibid.

At the Marine Hospital in this city, on Saturday, the 22d ult., Mr. DANIEL WELL9, of Baltimore.

The deceased was returning from Mexico, where he had fought gallantly in our armies. At the storming of one of the forts near Mexico while bravely rushing to the charge with his comrades, he received in his face near the eye a musket ball, which passed out at the back part of his head. This wound brought on a lingering illness, which wasted him to a skeleton, and left little hope of recovery. Honorably discharged from the army in consequence of his illness, he was making his way to Baltimore, to die in the arms of his parents. But on reaching Louisville his illness assumed so alarming a form that he was compelled to stop. He was here received into the Marine Hospital, where every medical assistance was rendered to him, but in vain. His illness had progressed too far, and his dissolution was at hand. Finding that he must die, he sent for a Catholic clergyman, from whose hands he received all the last rites and consolations of our holy religion. A few hours afterwards he resigned his soul tranquilly and with entire resignation into the hands of his Creator, from whom we have every reason to hope that he found mercy. His bereaved parents may console themselves with the blessed thought that he has exchanged a life of sorrow and trouble for one of joy and bliss eternal.-Cath. Advocate.

In our last number we announced the death of Rev. PATRICK MURPHY and Rev. JOHN H. SMITH, both of whom died of ship fever; the former at Staten Island and the latter in the city of New York. We gather the following additional particulars from the Freeman's Journal. Mr. Murphy was a native of Ireland, about 29 years of age, and universally beloved for his generous and cheerful disposition, his unobtrusive manners and exemplary zeal. His mission was probably the most laborious in the diocess. He attended several

stations, and was indefatigable and assiduous in his care of the sick at the Quarantine Hospital, containing from 850 to 900 patients, most of whom are generally Catholic emi. grants. His funeral was honored by a large concourse of the clergy and laity.

The Rev. Mr. Smith was also a native of Ireland, but for the last twenty years engaged in the arduous duties of the American missions, first in the archdiocess of Baltimore, and then in the diocess of New York. He labored assiduously among the poor of St. James' parish, in the city of New York, of which he was pastor, and endeared himself to his flock by constant attention to the duties of his charge.

At St. Mary's Seminary, Barrens, Perry co., Missouri, on the 17th January, Mr. JERE. MIAH RYAN, a native of the city of Cork, Ireland. Mr. Ryan had passed one year at the Seminary of Charleston, S. C., when it was thought advisable for him to remove to a more congenial climate, and he repaired to the diocess of St. Louis, in the fall of 1846, where he died the death of the just.-U. S. C. Mis.

At New Orleans, Feb. 1, Sr. MARY DENNIS TROY, of St. Joseph's community, Emmits burg, aged fifty-five years, a native of the county Waterford, Ireland. For the last fif teen years the deceased had been connected with the Charity hospital. She died of typhus fever.

At the same place, Feb. 11th, Sister MARY ZOE GLEESON, aged 28 years, who had but recently arrived at the hospital to attend the sick, when she fell a victim to the fever.

At the same place, February 26th, Sister ALFREDA (CAMPBELL), who also died of the typhus fever.

At Philadelphia, on the 13th March, Rev. FRANCIS ASCHE, O. S. A. He was born in the city of Cork, Ireland, where at an early age he sought admittance into the order of Hermits of St. Augustine. In consequence of the penal laws against the religious orders in the British empire he was sent to Italy, where he performed his noviciate, and quali fied himself in the schools of his order, for the duties which awaited him on his intended return to his native country. But on the eve of carrying that intention into execution, he generously abandoned it at the suggestion of a brother religious from Philadelphia, who happened to meet him on a visit to the holy house of Loretto; and sacrificing every hope