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FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
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OF
ALL HALLOWS,
DRUMCONDRA, DUBLIN.
DUBLIN:
PRINTED BY JOHN F. FOWLER,
3 CROW STREET, AND 24 TEMPLE LANE.
1852.

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REPORT.
The Directors of the Foreign Missionary College of All
Hallows beg to lay before their benefactors a report of the
I progress of that Institution for the year ending at the
present date, November 1, 1851.
During these twelve months, twenty-eight students have
(been admitted into the College. The average number in
the house has been about eighty.
The total number received into the College since its
foundation in 1842, is over three hundred.
Since the date of our last report, the following Clergymen
and Students left for their respective Missions:
Rev. James O’Connell, Cape of Good Hope (E.D.).
Rev. Luke Hand, Sydney, Australia.
Rev. Charles Quinn, do. do.
Rev. Charles O’Neill, Beverley, England.
Rev. James M‘Donald, Auckland, New Zealand.
Rev. Denis Organ, Shrewsbury, England.
Rev. Patrick Lambe, Hartford, Rhode Island (U.S.).
Rev. Hugh Carmody, do. do.
Rev. Charles Woods, Hobart Town, Van Diemen’s Land.
Rev. James Conway, Salford, England.
Mr. John Smith, Student, to St. Sulpice, Paris, previous
to proceeding to Trinidad, West Indies.
Mr. Thomas O'Donoghue, Student, same.
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Mr. Michael O’Farrell, to the College of St. Sulpice, Sacri
Paris, destined for Montreal, Lower Canada. hund
Mr. Patrick Smith, to the Seminary of Amiens, destined and 1
for Trinidad. T1
Mr. William Savage, same. ■New
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Rev. Thomas Hanly, Port of Spain, Trinidad.
Rev. Timothy O’Gorman, do. do. ■years
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Rev. Michael Griffin, do. do.
Mr. Peter Galen, do. do. ■carry
The four gentlemen last mentioned had completed their ■help
studies in France. H<
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Our benefactors will perceive from the foregoing list, The
that many and distant lands have profited by their charity. the 1
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The first on the list is gone to that part of our African
Merc
Colony which is now the seat of war; and the Irish Catholic
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soldier, when about to encounter the deadly rifle of the
Zooloo, may seek and obtain God’s pardon through our W
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young missioner’s ministry.
Two have gone to Australia, where the Catholic Church day
look
is daily receiving a rapid and glorious developement. The
extensive immigration consequent on the recent gold disco­ as a
very, renders the need of missionaries in this colony still a pe<
more urgent. expr
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The Rev. Mr. Woods, who went to the mission of Van
Diemen’s Land, sailed in a convict ship which conveyed to J thos<
Hobart Town some hundreds of Irish exiles. It is truly S<
consoling that these poor creatures, many of whom are j force
“ more sinned against than sinning”, should be thus com­ ; one
forted by the consolations of religion, and prepared by good Rev
moral instruction for the ordeal that awaits them in the land | by
of captivity. That they will profit by these advantages, we ; an e
had a timely assurance in their docile behaviour and prompt Eur
correspondence to the call of divine grace. Before the pne
vessel weighed anchor at the Cove of Cork, the Holy Fra:
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acrifice was offered on the deck, and more than two
undred of these poor exiled prisoners received the Body
nd Blood of our Lord.
The Rev. James M‘Donald took under his protection to
ew Zealand several Sisters of Mercy, from their convent
Carlow, to strengthen the community established a few
ears ago in that interesting colony by the venerable
ishop, Dr. Pompallier. They are now on the Atlantic,
carrying to the most distant part of the habitable globe the
help of their zeal and charity.
How fondly do we hope to see the speedy and glorious
increase of the young and fervent Church of New Zealand!
The good dispositions manifested by the native pop • ation,
the truly apostolic spirit of the Prelates who are its first
apostles, the labours of the pious and generous Sisters of
Mercy, and of the young Missioners, give promise of an
abundant harvest.
We cannot omit recording our sincere gratitude to the
Bishop and Catholics of Auckland: on last St. Patrick’s
day they made an offering of £30 to this Institution. We
look upon this unsolicited aid, coming from such a distance,
as a most valuable approval of our humble efforts; and such
a pecuniary sacrifice, made by a few colonists, is a strong
expression of their earnest desire to receive the consolations
of religion, and the most urgent appeal to the charity of
those who can aid in procuring them.
Several of our Missioners, as will be perceived by the
foregoing lists, are destined for the West Indies, where
one of the most illustrious of living prelates — the Most
Rev. Dr. Smith, first Archbishop of Port-of-Spain, has,
by his indefatigable zeal, given to the Catholic Church
we an extension and a splendour which the oldest Churches of
Europe might envy. His Grace has educated a numerous
priesthood in this College and in different seminaries of
France; and every succeeding year new parishes and parish
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churches are erected, in which the whole ritual of the
Catholic religion is carried out with becoming solemnity.
The suffragan diocess of Roseau has been lately erected in
the island of Dominica, of which another of our country­
men—the Right Rev. Dr. Monaghan—is the first Bishop; ■
and thus our glorious faith is firmly planted, ever, we trust,
to flourish, in these far western isles.
But, notwithstanding the progress of the Church in many
of the Foreign Missions, we are compelled, when we look
around even through the distant portions of our own empire,
to repeat again and again that cry for help first uttered by
our Divine Redeemer: “The harvest indeed is great, but
the labourers are few”. The labourers are few indeed,
compared to the work that is to be accomplished; but the
Lord of the harvest has heard the prayers of His faithful,
and to many a young and generous heart His spirit has
whispered the summons: “ Go ye also into my vineyard”.
It is our’s to train them to this soul-saving toil; and for this
we ask the aid of our fellow Catholics.
One hundred pounds, and in many instances half that
sum, will suffice to give to the young Missioner the educa­
tion necessary for his high calling. At this small sacrifice,
rendered so easy when many join their offerings, the life­
long labour of a zealous Priest may be procured for the
Church, and the humble contributor will participate in the
reward of every sermon that he* will preach, of every sacra­
ment he will administer, of every sacrifice he will offer to
God.
We now proceed to lay before our benefactors some
extracts from the correspondence of the Missioners, which
may interest their piety.