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His government in that capacity, though in troublesome times, was marked by the comple- tion of Woodstock House of Studies. He was the first rector of the institution, and by his admirable tact and prudence, as displayed in former charges, Woodstock became famous even among the most famous of the colleges of which Europe boasts.
Declining health compelled him of late years to give up all active employment, but he remained still at Woodstock to help with his counsel those who succeeded him in its government. A man of the most broadened views and commanding talent, he could direct and supervise at the same time the highest and lowest. studies, while his urbanitv could smooth everv difficulty and attract to himself the love and respect and veneration of all who dwelt in the same house, or were subject to him in the various houses of his jurisdiction.
His death, from paralysis of the brain, was very sudden, and his remains were interred among those of his brethren who had gone before, in the beautiful cemetery adjoining the college .- April 19th, 1879.
Death of an Eminent Theologien .- Many priests in this and other countries will regret to learn that their crudite and amiable professor, Rev. Joseph M. Dnvernev. S. J., is no more. He d'ed in the midst of his religions brethren of the Society of Jesus at the Novitiate. Frederick, Md .. et three minutes before nine on the evening of the 14th inst., having been carried away by an at- tack of płeuro-pneumonia, that just manitested itself on the previous Saturday. During his last illness, even during his last moments, he was, as he had always been during his long life, gentle and cheerful, with his life's great object as near to his heart and full in his mind as ever. Almost his last words were a commendation to those whom it concerned to teach thoroughly and at any sacrifice the young religions, themselves destined to be professors, that had of late been the spe- cia' objects of his 'ove and labor. Three years ago he celebrated the go'den jubi'ee of his fiftieth year as a Jesnit, during which period he had fi led chairs of theology, Hebrew, canon law, philo- sophy, and modern 'anguages at varions times, but with unvaried success at the Universities of Friburg, in Switzer'and, of Georgetown, D. C. at the Colleges of Fordham. N. Y., Boston. Mass .. and Woodstock, Md., and finally, for the last few vears, at the Novitiate. During a short interva: lie was engaged in parochia' ministrations at St. Joseph's Church, Philadelphia Tru'v, his sev- enty-two years of life were given who"y to God and his fellow-man ; and he te't the sweetness of it at last, for he died with a smile on his lips, and his eyes looking wistfully to futurity for his re- ward exceeding great. R. I. P. - Nor. 2307, 1878.
Virginia Catholic -"Let it suffice to say that as a part of the Spanish province of Florida, Virginia was Catholic before she was Protestant ; that she was the colony of a Catholic power be- fore the first Eng ishinan trod her soil ; that her first governor was Don Sedro Mendez, a devout Catholic : that in company with a Catholic priest, this Catholic governor visited her shores eight years before Captain John Smith was born ; that the beautiful bay which washes her eastern shore was first named by Catholic discoverers in honor of the Blessed Virgin, Santa Maria Bav ; and that there was & log chapel dedicated under the protection of the Immaculate Mother of God on the banks of the Rappahannock more than three centuries ago : a dozen years before the first vovage by Eng ishmen to the New World was undertaken by Sir Humphrey Gi bert, more than a third of a century before the first successful 'anding was made by the English at JJamestown, and fifty years before the Mayflower touched at Plymouth Rock.
"The Virginia Catholic of Ist4 may, with some pride, reflect that the only civilized feet that
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trod Virginia's soil in 1574 were Catholic feet-chiefly the feet of members of that wonderful Soci- ety of Jesus, to whose zeal, devotion and heroism the discovery and christianization of the New Wor'd owe more than to ail other human agencies combined."-MEMORANDA of the History of the Catholic Church in Richmond, Va., by A. M. KEILEY.
Philadelphia, June 27, 1885 .- Rev. Domenic P. Coppens, S. J., died last evening of heart disease at the pastoral residence of the Church of the Gesu. His brother, Rev. Alphonse Coppens, is one of the assistant priests at the Gesu. The deceased was thirty-seven years of age. He came to this city from Washington, D. C., where he was assistant priest at the Church of St. Ignatius. He was born in Belgium, and was ordained a priest about seven years ago. His longest mission was at Frederick, Md.
Brute .- One of our exchanges in its report of the burial of the late Bishop de St. Palais, of Vincennes, says that the corpse of Bishop Brute was found in the vault in a state of perfect preservation, so that those who were familiar with his features could not fail to recognize him. "Corpora sanctorum in pace sepulta sunt et vivunt nomina eorum in perpetuum."-July 21, 1877.
When, in 1868, Bishop Shanahan took charge of the Diocese of Harrisburg. he had but twenty priests-he has now forty-one .- Freeman's Journal, Dec. 18, 1875.
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RIGHT REV. JOHN TIMON, D. D.
Humble Missionary Priest and Holy Bishop. Born at Conewago, Feb. 12th, 1797. Died April 6th, 1867.
From an Engraving in Catholic Family Annual, 1886.
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The edition of this Collection of Catholic History is very limited. As it is a history of the growth of the Catholic Church in the East, from missionary times, we hope the clergy, the religious, and those of the laity who appre -; ciate our expense and labor, will encourage its sale. It is, put; up in cloth binding. and will be sent to any address, postage prepaid, on receipt of $2. JOHN T. REILY;
Address,
.MARTINSBURG, WEST VA ..
CONTENTS.
Photograph Pictures of Fathers Enders, Deneckere, Villiger and Emig ; View of Conewago Church with old Cu- pola; View of Interior, showing Marble Altar. Dedicatory. Introduction.
The Church and Its Heroes; The Discoverers of PAGE America ; Labors of the Jesuits, 1
Penn and Calvert, Settlement of Maryland and Penn- sylvania, Laws against Catholics. 10
Boundary Difficulties, Troubles between Proprietar- ies and Settlers,, 17
" Digges' Choice," Takes in the Conewago Valley, Early Settlers, Fatal Difficulty between Digges and Kitz- miller,. 21
The Conewago Valley, Location, Settled by Catholics, 26
Early history of Conewago, Claims of the Carrolls, The Indians, Stage Roads, Hanover Settlement, 30
The Conewago of the Indians, Its Origin, 34
The First Place of Worship, Lands Taken Up, First Missionaries, Introduction of Catholicity into the Province, Father Greaton, 37
The Log Church Built, Theodore Schneider, S. J., Wmn. Wapeler, S. J., 45
First Resident Priest, Matthias Manners, S. J., Num- ber of Catholics, 47
The Log Church Enlarged, The Md. Jesuits, Arrival of Revs. Pellentz, Frambach, Williams and Andrews, 50
The Sacred Heart Built, Bishop Carroll's Visit, Growth of the Church, Father Pellentz, 52
Father Pellentz to Father DeBarth, Fathers Brosius Erntzen, Sewall, Boarman, Manly, Mertz, Zocchi, Gallit- zin, .57
Father DeBarth to Father Lekeu, Fathers Carr, Roloff, Marshall, Lekeu, Rantzau, Mayerhoffer, Cummiskey, Stogan, Beschter, O'Connor, DeBarth, Britt, Byrne, Lar- hue, Dween or Divin, .61
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Father Lekeu to Fr. Enders, Improvements at Cone- wago, Fathers Kohlman, Dougherty, Dween, Beschter, Barber, Kendeler, Steinbacher, Sacchi, Tuffer, Gibbons, Villiger, Cotting, &c. .. 66
The Work of Father Enders, Church Enlarged, Fath- ers Deneckere, Manns, Villiger, Dougherty, Kreighton, Dietz, Reiter, Haller, Cattani, Dom Pieri, Tuffer, Bellwal- der, &c. 70
Father Enders Returns, New Steeple Built, Marble Al- tar Erected ; Fathers Deneckere, Manns, Emig, Villiger, Flannigan, Archambault, Richards, Jamieson, Casey, Du- four : Father Enders' Golden Jubilee ; His Death, Father Forhan succeeds,
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Education at Conewago, Schools Established, The Sis- ters of McSherrystown, .. .79
The "Seminary Farm," Fathers Heront, Tessier, Grif- fin, Myers, Dubois, Dillet, Deluol, Marshall, Trappist Monks at the Pigeon Hills, The Paradise Church
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The Littlestown Church
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The Hanover Church,
97
The New Oxford Church,
101
The Bonneauyille Church, 102
The Gettysburg Church, 104
The Mountain Church,. 106
The Taneytown Church, 108
The Westminster Church, 112
The Frederick Church,.
113
The Hagerstown Church,
116
The York, Harrisburg, Carlisle and Chambersburg Churches, 123
The Keyser Church,
129
The Church in West Virginia, 132
The Martinsburg Church,
133
The Cumberland Church, 144
Biographical Sketches, Engravings of Fathers Gallitzin and Pellentz and Conewago Chapel ; Sketches of Fathers Gallitzin, Pellentz, Frambach, Bishop Timon, Frs. Villiger, Manns, Deneckere, Emig, Cotting, Enders, DeBarth, Bar- ber, Heront, Baron De Beelen, 145
The Winchester Church, 159
The Gettysburg Church, 161
A Collection of Scraps About Conewago and the Priests, 166
Death of Father Deneckere, 175
A Diary of One of the Conewago Priests, 1844 to 1846, 178
Outline Drawing of the Old Conewago Church, 183
Enlargement of Conewago Church, 1850, 184
Conewago Notes by Mrs. Jane Jenkins. 192
Sketch and Picture of Cardinal McCloskey and Old St.
Peter's Church, New York, 197
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Corrections and Additions,
List of Jesuit Superiors of Maryland, Presidents of Colleges, &c.,. 20-4
List of Catholic Archbishops and Bishops of U. S., . 206
Addenda, Early Priests and Old Families, 208
Newspaper Clippings,-Jesuits' Golden Jubilee, Old St. Inigoes, Missionary's Death, Church at Lancaster, Deaths of Fathers Parasce, Duverney, McElroy ; Lecture by Fath- er McGurk, Church in America, Jesuit Matters, Toleration in Maryland, The Church in Virginia, Engraying of Bish- op John Timon,
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