Journal in France in 1845 and 1848, with letters from Italy in 1847, of things and persons concerning the Church and education

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JOURNAL IN FRANCE IN 1845 and 1848, WITH LETTERS FROM ITALY IN 1847, • u THINGS AND PERSONS CONCERNING THE CHURCH AND EDUCATION. BV THOMAS WILLIAM ALLIES, M.A. RECTOR OF LAUNTON, OXON. LONDON: LONGMAN, BROWN, GREEN, AND LONGMANS, PATERNOSTER-BOW. 1849. LoNDOK : Spottiswoodes and Shaw, New-street- Square. ro OUR SPIRITUAL MOTHER, THE CHURCH IN ENGLAND. IN THE HOPE THAT ALL HOLY EXAMPLES MAY PROVOKE US TO LOVE AND TO GOOD WORKS. CONTENTS. PAGE Introduction - - - - - - 1 Separation and its Evils - - - - 2 Mutual Misconceptions - - - - - 3 Difference in Facts not Principles - - - 4 Position of Church in France - - - 5 General Infidelity - - - - - 6 Missionary Congregations - - - - 7 Educational Establishments - - - - 8 Spirit of this Journal - - - - - 9 JoUENAL IN 1845. Petit Seminaire at Ivetot - - - - 10 Discipline of the House - - - -11 Catechising - - - - - -12 Refectory - - - - - -13 Day's Employment - - - - - 14 Churches of Rome and England - - - 15 Caudebec - - - - - - 16 Church of Caudebec - - - - - 17 Jumieges; S. Georges de Boscherville - - - 18 Rouen - - - - - - -19 Cure of the Cathedral - - - - - 20 Freres des Ecoles Chretiennes - - - - 21 High Mass at Cathedral - - - - 22 Notre Dame de bon Secours - - - - 23 Ex Voto Tablets - - - - - 24 Cultus of Blessed Virgin - - - - 25 Schools in the Aitre de S. Maclou - - - 26 Dames de 1'Adoration du S. Sacrement - - 27 Mantes : Church of Notre Dame - - - 28 Paris - - - - : - - 28 Sœurs de la Charite - - - - - 28 Seminaire de S. Sulpice - - - - 29 Employment of their Day - - - - 30 Studies - - - - - - 32 Rules of Life - - - - - - 32 Rule in " Retreats " - - - - - 34 " Appels" passed through by Candidates - - 36 a vi CONTENTS.

PAGE Fasts and Jours Maigres - - - - 36 Professors have no Salaries - - - - 37 Chapel of Garde-Malades - - . - - 38 S. Denis Restored - - - - - 38 Parish of S. Sulpice - - - - - 39 Bishop Luscombe's Chapel - - - - 40 M. De Fresne : Number of Christians in Paris - - 41 Day of the Sisters of Charity - - - - 42 Distinction between Primacy and Supremacy of Rome - 43 M. Theodore Ratisbonne - - - - 44 Cultus of the Blessed Virgin - - - - 44 Conversion of M. Alphonse Ratisbonne - - - 45 M. Martin Noirlieu - - - - - 48 Parish of S. Jacques - - - - - 49 Dinner at Bishop Luscombe's - - - - 50 Mr. Parkes - - - - - - 50 Controversy on the Holy Eucharist - - - 51 S. Sulpice : Grands et Petits Seminaires - - 52 Studies at S. Sulpice - - - - - 53 Authorities as to the Dogma of the Roman Church - 54 Jesuits > Dames de TAssomption - - - 55 Their Rules and Objects - - - - 56 Value of the Real Presence - - - - 57 M. Poileau's School - - - - - 58 Conversation with M. Galais - - - - 59 S. Thomas : Suarez - - - - - 60 M. D'Alzon : French Preaching - - - 61 L'Abbe Migne's Establishment - - - 61 Conference de S. Vincent de Paul - - - 62 Devotion to the Blessed Virgin - - - - 63 Chapelle Expiatoire - - - - - 63 Scene at Church of S. Marguerite - - - 64 Discussion on Miracles - - - - - 64 Refutation of common Infidel Arguments - - 65 Miracles no certain Proof of the Truth - - - 67 Why there may be none now - - - - 67 Anecdote - - - - - - 68 Sermon : giving of Prizes - - - - 69 Montmartre : its Calvaire - - - - 70 Unauthorised Inscription - - - - 70 Church ------- 71 Views of Paris and London - - - - 71 M. Galais - - - - - - 71 Conversation with Superieur of S. Sulpice - - 72 Le Pere Lacordaire : conversation - - - 72 Tiers Ordre of S. Dominic - - - - CONTENTS.

PAGE University - - - - - - 73 The Anglican Movement - - - - 73 Invincible Ignorance alone excuses not joining the Church 74 Danger of Corruption in the Will - - - 75 Dom Gueranger - - - - - 77 Anglican Orders - - - - - 77 Addresses to the Blessed Virgin in Eastern Liturgies - 78 Carmelite Nuns - - - - - - 78 Freres des Ecoles Chretiennes - - - - 79 Penitentiary : Contrasts of Paris - - - 80 Notre Dame de Lorette : La Madeleine - - 81 L'Abbe Ratisbonne - - - - - 82 Culte of the Blessed Virgin - - - - 82 Prayers for the Dead - - - - - 83 Pantheon - - - - - - 85 Toulouse : Conversation - - - - 85 Hotel de Cluny - - - - - 86 Seminaire dTssy - - - - - 87 Maison des Carmes - - - - - 87 Assemblee Generate de S. Vincent de Paul - - 88 Sermon on his Fete - - - * - 90 Position of Royal Family - - - - 91 Reims : Cathedral - - - - - 92 Church of S. Remi - - - - - 95 Seminaire - - - - - - 96 Practice of Confession - - - - - 97 Laon : its Site and Cathedral the Type of that of Reims 98 S. Quentin : Church ----- 100 Mass for the Dead - 101 Peronne : Amiens - - - - - 102 Cathedral - - - - - - 103 Grounds of its superior Beauty to other Churches - 104 Comparative Proportions - - - - 106 General Impression of the Church in France - - 107 Journey to Abbeville - - - - - 108 Conversation with Fellow-Traveller - 109 British Chapel at Boulogne - - - - 1 1 0 Home ----- - 111 Letters from France and Italy, 1847.