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BOaRBONNAIE GROvtllLL. FRIDAY, Sent. 21 1883.
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The h I~ ic year f' :3- ± open d pr mptly and under m t au-piciou circum~t:.m es, on Tue..--day the 4 h. in.:,t. i t ~ doubtful iJ. at any time in the pn~t, a more am ~t and gentlemanly gathering of <>tuden~ took place within the wall:, of ._t. Yin. ur' . The Rn. F athers Beaudoin. M::u--sile and Mainville, to the grca delight nf all, till retain their old po,ition:-,. They rccei ~·ed all "ith their u~tml courtr>ly and kinrln~ ", formed dtk 'e:" without delay . and with urprking quickn •. Th rnutine of s udy wa.s resumed with a willh1gne- · am'\ rerrularity that augurs well for the cnming y ar'" l"ork It is sincerely to be hoped that ·o good a lx-"'inning I" ill he pro<iucti ve of all that it prom is~ all(l all lba i hoped therefrom. \f ' no ice among the arrivaL" many n'W f:1~. hut all '' !10 nrc now ntcring s and on the thre·hold of a home who--c nim 1.-. to fit them for the !!Teat ;:,truggle that lie<> b11ynnrl. ,-hr , ol de,ire i. to make of all, true chri"tians nnd r rfec mt·n. It is a sad f.1ct that :o-ne< ~ ocs not nll,-ay~ crown th end dc,ircrl. hu lin '11eh cnse, f.'lilure vctwrnlly rlrrl('nd~. nnd b trnccahle to fhult on th part of the on who f:tils. lmlu•try. J'ICt~e,-rmnr.c and ::1 strict n<lherencc to tlw rn)P., lairl dnwn ft~r our gnirlance cannot fail to 5Ccurc to n- the fl t.'linmen of •UCC(" in wh:1tcver we undertake; wi hont a •trict adherene' o th~e three principle· we t~•n h•lj for nnthing. hy a rigid oh-en·ancc of them we C.'ln noa•onnh!_,. hope lor all. Tn onr p:ttrnn~ of the pa.,t. both nb-<crihcT" anrl xch!JUgc•. w1• tenner nnr -<inrere thanks f<lr their kincllv n"i:;tan c nml f<lrl'ICarnn . nn•l we tru-t thnt the pre'c~t year l"ill find hem ~~.-~ <>nernu~ anrl forhe'lrin"' as the p:l--t. One feature nf the collca -till remain'< unchanged: thr 'V • wing of the hnilrling. i' a~ yet. untonchc•L " .' nre nn '-O fortunate a many of our ~ister in.' 4itutinn". t••t)('('i. IIY in th "1:::1$t. who h!l.VC larg-e hcqnr•t:; and rlnnatinn,' 1)(',-tn c•t on hem. ye "~"C think in a ' inn of th> C•Hm~ry ~n thi kly pnpulateri us onN is wi wh 'rt' h m ·1n- ar ccrt.'linl.> no w-an in!!. t h!tt ome m ,,n;; might h di vL :>d ncr hy U1e good Fa the ~- 'nlrl he n.-1h! d n eomp! t heir hnildina. Th effnr " tn bring th nt propori n are nd to , '-k
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a nee from tho~ to whose 5~"1t and ity it i an ornamen and a Yaluable acqu' , ition ·, certainly not going heyond our pr vince. AU the labt'r. all th~ fruit. ::md th r ult.s tber of, a exemplified in the tc~chings ~md graduat • of the institution, ::ue for 110 selfish end or aim; they are not confined to one or to a few indiv iduals, their effec~ i" wide pre.'ld and lasting. for they build not for to-day or to-morrow but for eternity. The only foe that sociali m drend to-day, and the only one that csn ucc fully meet and >anqui, h it in its mad career i the spiri.t that guide:, such imtitutions and watch OYer its members from childhood to old ag . W hile we h:we no very sanguine hopes of eeing the edifice compl ted in our own time yet we tru t the clay is not far dist:mt when we may h..'lve the ple.'\Smc ot walking through the halls of the new wing.
DIOCE E OF PEORIA. '111e Biennial Ret:rc.!t of the Clergy. [Fram th~ Pmri•T Dmwaat. ] On th(' 2!lth. nlt. the <'lcrgy of the diocese of PcoriP, together w1th Rt. RcY. Bi•l10p ::::p81ding. their eli ting-ui<ilied prelate, held the w•ual hicnnial retreat at Ft. Yiatcur's College , Bourl)()nnai• Gnwr. wo miles north of Kankakce. Th ~ilPncc and retirement of the locality, together ~ith the arhorial "hn~ sand ~ell lair! ou park<;, render th place well suited fur o holy an ol~jec . The <piritnal cxcrei~ were conducted by Hev. \Yi ' rl. ('. S~ . H. On Friday, the 6U1. iost. Ht. Ikv. Bishop p.'ll<ling cclchrate<l :\la.~ · haYing for his pious congregation ~·,·rnt}" the pric-t• of hi, dioce. , all of whom, y ed in surplice , and •tole p:1rtook of the mo adorahlc ...,acTam cnt of the altar. The Pap~ I lX'of'rliction wa. given to all pre nt· and thus closed a wc<'k of fen-or ~nrllove. It may he well to state U1at owing to thl· nc<'C ity for <Orne of U1e clcric.al hody to remain in charw nf v11Ii0u• pari-he~ all were not ahle to attPnd. Thus we <we, cnntra.<tin11 the prc'('nt numhcr of bhor1!rs of souls with that when the z a!r)U~ hc,vl of U1e di~ enh'red on hi~ epi.ocopal duties. the rapi•l ~'To th of Cathohci min crntral Illinoi~. The fJi(l("('.; containccl nnt Dlf>re than thirty pri ~ when Di•hop pal din!( tnok ,,.,.. "ion of it. It m'l;<" he w ll bJ remark that the fir;t octtlcr of Bourbonnais w•- :\lr. Lc Ya.'<"<'Ur, a warm an•l flrm fricnrl of :\fark Bcaul 1icn, )fr. Kcll7i" l\11 11 . lr. Huhhar<l, who Wf'r among the fir<t to make a home in Illinok Bourbonnai• ('ollc~ ive• , ry opportunity fnr loy t<J ~rfcd th m<~"h- ~ in hoth thP <"ommPrr ial an• I cf; "'i ~1 cnuro .,, Th" fnd thnt it ha< IW"PR r:U..,(l t'l