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Persico, Ignatius, Bishop of Savannah, Savannah, Georgia, to James Alphonsus McMaster, New York, New York, 1871 June 28

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Identifier: CMMA I-1-o

Scope and Contents

He returned to Savannah this morning and considers it his duty to the clergy and the Catholics of Savannah to describe the celebration of June 16. There was a general Communion in the morning; priests having heard confessions until eleven the preceding night; the convent children marched in procession with the orphans and received communion. There was a grand high Mass in the morning and Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, the Te Deum, and Benediction in the evening. The Church was brilliantly lighted and decorated, as was the Bishop's residence across the street. The crowds attending the services both in the morning and evening were enormous, and the devotion shown by all was truly becoming. This is very pleasing to the heart of a Bishop and he blesses God for it. The same ceremony was held throughout the diocese on that day. He sends this to McMaster, thinking it might be published. It is a tribute to the modesty of the clergy and laity that they have not written McMaster before. :: I-1-o A.L.S. 3pp. 8vo.

Dates

  • Creation: 1871 June 28

Language of Materials

English.

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