IRELAND AND ST. AUGUSTINE.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume VII, Issue 352, 16 January 1880, Page 11

IRELAND AND ST. AUGUSTINE.

Wn s£j ? cv ', Ca^?n Uhck J. Burke recently delivered a most AnlusH^ d e §. austlve discourse on the life and character of St. pS!^?t °£ Hl HP°.l«eactong on the feast of that Saint at the Fiaiyßallyhauniß.Archdioceseof Tuam. After pointing out that r£r^ B p^"sooaaa he became bishop of Hippo, founded the ii Bww8 wwf r ' turning his episcopal palace into a pastoral monastic S£™ w soonmade its influence felt not only throughout Noith wave P » h P ltJ en T** 11611 owni , sland hor n«. " batled by the Atlantic thf.Tont^wJ f a ii e a be f me thß abode of the Canons Kegular. All time Sat Stlv t e&Tly Z™? ° f the fiftb centa *?> st at *c very Mt ht n«SS; ° kf 10^ 8 dsstmed t0 be the apostle of the Irish, had it tn S -1^ M^ 8 ' W l re P^° Pl6d by tbe prieStS Wb ° lived aCCOrd: the Steß/T 5 m ?f? nOt ° nly for tbeir mi ssionary zell since whiS k? P«f ?entury but for much of that spirit of Christian fervor SrtJw^ J^ kandh \ Bdls ° i Ples infused into the hearts and souls anddoSnin nd abo^ c a l for their evangelical spirit of self-sacrifice SllTi ?n? n Providence, like children on a father's care. Irish Sp >timJi^ apP ! ar Sl l fficientl y grateful to the sons of St. AugusS?W $L ! cause ,. tbe y d o ? ot min^ all they owe to those illustrious teachers, the Augustmian Friars and the Canons Regular