The Holy Father and the Irish People

New Zealand Tablet, 1 October 1908, Page 7

The Holy Father and the Irish People

His Eminence Cardinal Logue has received the following letter from his Holiness the Pope, asking him to convey his thanks -and the expression of his paternal feelings to all those who have co-operated in presenting him with the numerous and beautiful Jubilee gifts which his Holiness has lately received from' Ireland :—: — . To our Beloved Son, Michael Cardinal, Priest of the Holy Roman Churclr, Archbishop' of -Armagh.

Our beloved -Son? health, and Apostolic Benediction. Among the many proofs of enthusiastic piety with which men of every condition have. hailed the commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary,- of Our- Priesthood, pre-eminent indeed are the gifts lately presented- to- Us by distinguished men and women of Ireland Il7tt n Cal CC ° Pe> SS tO Whkh h is - difficult to decide work h U T ° f tH? matGrial ° r the beaut y ° f the work should be glV en the first place; and a large supply of sacred vestments excelling, both in the richness of the material and the artistic beauty of execution/ To these must be added the work of pious Sisters and distinguished ladies- on behalf of the Missions of the East, and a photographic album containing portraits of the Irish Bishops, most -skilfully produced. . This splendid proof of love^and filial Aspect towards the Vicar of Christ obliges- Us to give open expression to the sense of pleasure with. which * has impressed Us, and 0» grateful remembrance

of it which We shall retain."' Wishing to- make you, Our beloved son, the interpreter of this grateful feeling, We commission you to convey to the donors, collectively and individually, that, deeply moved by their filial piety. We have nothing more earnestly . at heart, than that they should persevere in what is their chief glory, an unbroken attachment to their pristine faith ; that, amid . so many causes of., sorrow, We derive no- little solace from the singular affection of such children ; and that'We shall never lose the .pleasing recollection of the free expression of Irish failn which has been manifested on this solemn occasion.That, however, a virtue so freely manifested may not go unrewarded, to you, Our beloved son, to the donors of thc^ gifts, that is, to the very excellent men . who bestowed on Us the precious cope; to the Sisters of Charity who offered tfu sacred vestments, and tor the others of different institutes, who, together with well-known ladies, co-operated so efficiently for the progress of the Eastern Missions; to the artist who gave the photographic portraits of the Irish Bishops, collected in an album ; to all, in a word, who, in any way, participated in this expression' of filial duty, as an earnest, of celestial gifts and a pledge of Our special benevolence, We impart most lovingly the Apostolic Benediction . Given at Rome, in St. Peter's, this XXVII. day of the month of July, in the year MCMVIIL, the fifth of Our 'Pontificate, PIUS X. POPE.

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