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Newspaper
Central Catholic Advocate
Location
Nelson, New Hampshire, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1881
Page
4
The Central Catholic Advocate in Louisville Kentucky lists subscription options with ten percent off when paid in advance and explains advertising rates per line. It urges readers to send remittances by post office order check or money order and to address correspondence to Catholic news.
A 1881 discussion defends the Real Presence of Jesus in the Eucharist from Scripture, arguing against Rationalist rejection and citing Apostolic practice. It then extols religious life, praising vows of poverty chastity and obedience as paths to heaven, sanctification, and enduring virtue within the Church.
The Little Sisters of the Poor began in 1840 in St. Servan Brittany with a priest guiding young working women who cared for the old and blind. They expanded to France and Paris, spreading to Europe and then the United States starting 1868 with colonies in Brooklyn Cincinnati New Orleans and later Boston Providence and Chicago to help the aged regardless of creed.
A Providence based home notes it is firmly established and accepting applications for admission. Sisters request that donations be welcomed in any form including old clothing or even small quantities of provisions to support those in need.
Calhoun Ky editor reports days of rain with Green River flood fears. Measles reach town with a few cases but not serious. Several local deaths in past two weeks: Luke Waltrip March 29, Mrs M Houston March 31, R B Little April 2. Judge Lucius P Little of Owensboro is a brother. County Court in session. Commonwealth vs J G Johnson and Chas Straney before the court. New house for Mr Glover nearing completion. R G Cary bedbound. Rumsey across river. once county’s largest town. McLean County has four voting districts: Calhoun, Liver more, Island Station, Vienna, Rumsey, Beech Grove, Sacramento. April 7 1881.
Catholic communities from Litchfield to Chicago announce church building plans and priestly ordinations. The Natchez bishop-elect will be consecrated in Richmond May 1. New York hosts St John the Evangelist chapel dedication for 1200 seating, while a New Jersey orphanage building sustains fire with no injuries.
A report surveys Catholic Church rulings on a New York marriage from 1850 that remains binding despite Protestant pledges. It notes related wills, a California mission church tale, and a Hartford disturbance over a renegade priest named McNamara. Also covers a Western Watchman correspondent warning of a grifting missionary posing as a priest.
Obituaries note Rev John P Ryan of Hopkinston Mass dead, Monseigneur Proulx of Toronto died March 25, Rev James Sheeran Morristown N J died March 27 at 70, and Sister Claire Henriette de Kersaint of Manhattanville aged 63 born Hamburg 1799.
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