Download or read book St. Louis Catholic Historical Review, 1920, Vol. 2 written by Charles L. Souvay and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-13 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from St. Louis Catholic Historical Review, 1920, Vol. 2: Issued Quarterly Whilst Bishop Du Bourg resided at St. Louis (january 5, 1818 to November 19, 1820) the sermon at High Mass was always preached in French. But because a considerable number of Irish Catholics had come to St. Louis and made the city their home, men who were good Catholics and liberal to the Church like Jeremiah Connor,3 Bishop Du Bourg made the new rule, that every Sunday, after Vespers, a ser mon should be preached in English. This appears from a letter of De Andreis, the saintly Vicar General, (february 20 to Father Rosati: At every Sunday at morning, We preacn in French, and afternoon at the Vespers in English. (the English is De Again, on March 2, he writes to the same: I have here scarcely occa sion to speak English and I preached English but twice, and very sel dom I hear confession in such tongue. (the English is De And again: My work does not leave me time to preach twice on Sundays (te feste), in French and (these last three Sundays) in English, because Monsignore is absent. (original written in Italian). This indicates that Bishop Du Bourg, either personally or through his Vicar General, preached in English every Sunday. De Andreis, January 1, 1820, wrote to his brother: I speak and preach in French and in English. Bishop Du Bourg wrote and spoke English well. The English of De Andreis Shows that he thought in Italian. Also Father Niel, after the demise of De Andreis (october 15, 1820) pro-rector of the Cathedral and President of St. Louis Academy, was able to preach an English sermon, but he seemed to have discontinued the practice. In 1823, therefore, when he made an attempt at regulating the financial affairs of the congregation, the Irish Catholics were led to believe that there would be an English sermon every second Sunday at High Mass (cf. The petition below). But if then any promise had been made by Father Niel, it was never realized. It was difficult for the French clergy of those days to' leave the established groove. The expectations of the Irish Catholics were never complied with (cf. The petition). About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.