TO
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.
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]
Journal in 1845.
Petit Séminaire 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]
Jumiêges; S. Georges de Boscherville[18]
Rouen[19]
Curé of the Cathedral[20]
Frères des Ecoles Chrétiennes[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 l'Adoration du S. Sacrement[27]
Mantes: Church of Notre Dame[28]
Paris[28]
Sœurs de la Charité[28]
Séminaire 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]
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. Théodore 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 Séminaires[52]
Studies at S. Sulpice[53]
Authorities as to the Dogma of the Roman Church[54]
Jesuits: Dames de l'Assomption[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'Abbé Migne's Establishment[61]
Conférence 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 Supérieur of S. Sulpice[72]
Le Père Lacordaire: conversation[72]
Tiers Ordre of S. Dominic[73]
University[73]
The Anglican Movement[73]
Invincible Ignorance alone excuses not joining the Church[74]
Danger of Corruption in the Will[75]
Dom Guéranger[77]
Anglican Orders[77]
Addresses to the Blessed Virgin in Eastern Liturgies[78]
Carmelite Nuns[78]
Frères des Ecoles Chrétiennes[79]
Penitentiary: Contrasts of Paris[80]
Notre Dame de Lorette: La Madeleine[81]
L'Abbé Ratisbonne[82]
Culte of the Blessed Virgin[82]
Prayers for the Dead[83]
Pantheon[85]
Toulouse: Conversation[85]
Hotel de Cluny[86]
Séminaire d'Issy[87]
Maison des Carmes[87]
Assemblé Générale de S. Vincent de Paul[88]
Sermon on his Fête[90]
Position of Royal Family[91]
Reims: Cathedral[92]
Church of S. Remi[95]
Séminaire[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[110]
Home[111]
Letters from France and Italy, 1847.
Change of Religious Condition since Revolution of 1830[112]
State of Workmen in Paris[113]
Progress of the Church[114]
Les Missions Etrangères[115]
Sœurs de la Charité[116]
Genoa: Père Jourdain[117]
Barefooted Carmelites[118]
Ospitaletto[118]
Pammatone: Albergo dei Poveri[119]
The Ascetic and Monastic Life[120]
Dress of the Women: Churches[121]
Milan: Visit to Manzoni[122]
State of the Clergy and Church[123]
Rosmini's Philosophy[123]
Duomo[124]
Perpetual religious Service[126]
Visit to l'Addolorata and l'Estatica[127]
Previous Account of Maria Domenica Lazzari[128]
Cavalese: Approach to Capriana[130]
Cottage of Domenica[130]
Her State (Thursday) on entering it[131]
Her altered Condition (Friday)[132]
Conversation with her[133]
Points of her Case[134]
Neumarkt: Caldaro[136]
History of Maria Mörl[136]
Visit to her[137]
Impression made by these Cases[139]
Second Account of Visit to l'Addolorata and l'Estatica[140]
Avignon; Genoa; Milan[141]
The Duomo; S. Charles Borromeo[142]
Desenzano; Riva; Trent[143]
Capriana: History of Domenica[144]
Her state at the Visit[145]
Conversation[146]
Points of her Case[147]
View of her Case[148]
Maria Mörl, l'Estatica[149]
Position of Trent[150]
Third Account of Visit to l'Addolorata and l'Estatica[150]
Interview with Bishop of Trent[151]
Road to Neumarkt[152]
Cavalese and Capriana[152]
State of l'Addolorata[153]
Dates respecting her Case[154]
Her State on Friday[155]
Impression of her Case[156]
Her apparent State of Mind[157]
Visit to l'Estatica[158]
Verona; Venice[159]
The Pozzi and Piombi[160]
Ducal Palace and S. Mark's[161]
Catholic and Uncatholic Worship[162]
Grand Canal[163]
Impressions of Venice[164]
Scene on Grand Canal[165]
Skill of Gondoliers[167]
S. Giovanni e Paolo: Religious Worship at Venice[168]
Milan; Duomo: Feast of the Assumption[169]
Early Communion[170]
Journal of 1848.
Church of Graville[172]
Ivetot: Addresses to Confirmans[173]
Life of the Priests here[174]
The Archbishop: Confirmation[175]
Address of Archbishop[176]
The Confirmation[176]
Verses on a Tutor's Mishap[178]
Fécamp: Abbey Church[179]
Notre Dame de Salut[180]
Rouen[180]
Carmelite Nunnery[181]
Archevêché[182]
Labour of the Confessional[183]
Notre Dame de bon Secours[184]
Dinner with the Archbishop[185]
High Mass in Cathedral[186]
Roman Catholic Worship[187]
The Incarnation applied to Daily Life[188]
Seminary of M. L'Abbé Lambert[189]
Value of Celibacy in conducting Education[190]
Notre Dame de Mantes[192]
Paris[193]
L'Abbé Ratisbonne[193]
Aspect of Paris[194]
Bishop of Langres[195]
Missionary Life in China[196]
Père de Ravignan[197]
Les Missions Etrangères: Salle des Martyrs[198]
M. Voisin: Religion of the Chinese[199]
M. Galais: View about the last Revolution[200]
New Archbishop of Paris[201]
Conversation with Père de Ravignan[202]
Supérieur Général des Pères Lazaristes[203]
Foundation and Objects of this Institution[204]
Their Missions: Greek Church[205]
Miraculous Cure of a Novice of the Sisters of Charity[206]
Conversation with this Novice[208]
Société de la Rue Picpus[210]
Its Founder and Objects[211]
Benediction at M. L'Abbé Ratisbonne's Chapel[214]
Conversation: Story of an Apparition[215]
Another Apparition, to M. Ratisbonne[217]
Conversation with M. Gondon[218]
Interview with Bishop of Amatha[219]
Society of the Maristes[219]
Missions in Oceania[220]
Hôpital Necker[222]
Institution des Aveugles[223]
Les Enfans Trouvés[225]
Conversation with le Père de Ravignan[227]
Liberalism in the National Assembly[228]
The Roman Primacy[228]
Distribution of Prizes at petit Séminaire[229]
Les Dames de Bon Secours[232]
M. de Montalembert: his Reception[232]
Opinion of the State of England[233]
Anecdote of General Bédeau[234]
S. Germain des Prés[234]
Modern Martyrs in China[235]
Gerente's Painted Glass[236]
Mr. A. Coppinger: State of France[237]
The last Revolution[238]
M. Defresne: Conversation[238]
Religion at Ecole Polytechnique[239]
M. des Billiers: Prospects of France[240]
Conversation with M. Gondon[241]
Benediction at the House of the Sisters of Charity[242]
Unpublished Letters of S. Vincent de Paul[243]
M. des Billiers: Anecdote of a Legitimist[244]
Sermon at S. Roch[245]
Service of l'Archiconfrèrie du très Saint Cœur de Marie,
at Notre Dame des Victoires		[248]
Address of l'Abbé des Genettes[249]
Père de Ravignan—[250]
M. des Billiers: the Claim of Universal Jurisdiction[251]
M. Gabet: State of Thibet[251]
Discovery of Grand Lama[254]
Religiousness of the Eastern Mind[255]
Cure of Blindness before the Shrine of S. Vincent de Paul[256]
Mr. Coppinger: Conversation[257]
Le Père Lacordaire: the Primacy[258]
Government of the Papacy[259]
Value of Oral Tradition[260]
Una Fides: Unum Corpus[262]
Separation inexcusable[264]
M. Defresne[264]
Cure of Blindness[265]
M. Bonnetty[266]
M. l'Abbé Pététot[266]
Effects of last Revolution[266]
His Visit to l'Addolorata and l'Estatica[267]
Reception at Comte Montalembert's[270]
M. Galais: Miracles in the Church[271]
The Jesuits[272]
Principles of the Representants[272]
Infidelity of the Masses[273]
The Law of Continence[274]
Le Père Lacordaire in the Assembly[276]
The National Assembly[277]
Père de Ravignan: State of the Church in France and Italy[278]
The Fewness of the Saved[279]
The Papal Primacy[280]
Bossuet's Gallicanism[281]
La Madeleine: Address of M. Pététot[282]
Dress of the Clergy[283]
Dinner at M. de Noirlieu's[284]
The late Archbishop[284]
Catholicism and Protestantism in France[285]
Oppression of the Church[286]
Funeral Oration on the Archbishop[286]
His Character and Sacrifice of Self[287]
Couvent des Oiseaux[289]
Value of the Vie de Communauté in the Work of Education[290]
Les Dames du Sacré Cœur[292]
Maison des Carmes[293]
Reminiscences of this House[294]
Its Connection with the late Archbishop[295]
Prizes given to the Blind[296]
Dames de la Visitation[296]
Importance of Vocation[298]
Subject of the Blessed Virgin's Intercession[299]
It is involved in the Communion of Saints[300]
Œuvre de S. Nicolas[301]
Its Object and Rules[302]
Instruction given[304]
Work of the Sisters of Charity in it[304]
Superintendence of the Brethren[305]
Rewards: Recreations[306]
Its Founder, M. de Bervanger[307]
Work of the Celibate[308]
Anglican and Roman Catholic Education[309]
Sœurs de la Charité[310]
Their Superior's Pastoral Letter[311]
Account of the Two Cures before the Shrine of S. Vincent[311]
Surgeon's Attestation[312]
Detailed Relation of the Cure of the Sister Marie Javelle[315]
Detailed Relation of the Cure of Céleste l'Allemand[320]
Observations on these Cures by the Superior General[324]
Orleans: Bourges[326]
Cathedral of S. Stephen[326]
Seminaire: Conversation with Superior[328]
Amiens[330]
Conclusion.
Prominence and Power of the Doctrine of the Real Presence[331]
Its Relation to the Priesthood and Monastic Orders[333]
Its Connection with the Doctrine of the Intercession of Saints[334]
And with the System of Confession[336]
Importance of this System[337]
And of the Doctrine of the Forgiveness of Sins[338]
The Church of Rome a Church in Action[339]
The Want of Signs and Symbols among us a real practical Deficiency[340]
Use of the Latin Language in Services of the Church[342]
Reservation of the Cup[344]
Preaching without Book[345]
Aspect of the French Church[346]
Its Bishops and Priests[347]
The Daily Sacrifice[348]
The Cure of Souls[349]
Theory and Fact[350]
Education of the Priesthood by the S. Sulpiciens[350]
Importance of an uniform Type and Discipline[351]
Want of this and of a dogmatic Standard among Ourselves[352]
Appointment of Bishops[353]
Preparation of Missionaries[354]
The whole Roman Communion[356]
1. Its Extent[357]
2. Its Doctrine, uniform and systematic[361]
3. Its Internal Discipline[363]
4. Its Vital Principle[364]
5. Its Generative Power[365]
Conclusion[366]
Appendix.
Tableaux des Devoirs d'un Seminariste[368]
Index.[383]

INTRODUCTION.

Of the vast number of English men and English women who have travelled on the Continent in late years, comparatively few, I imagine, have deemed it worth their while to give much thought and attention to the action of the Church in the countries they have visited. Doubtless all have entered the material fabrics of Roman Catholic worship, but generally it has been to treat them as public monuments, rather than as "the house of prayer for all nations." But how many of those travellers who enjoy leisure and independence have made it their study to understand those manifold institutions for the education of the clergy or the laity, for the consolation of the suffering, for the instruction of the poor and outcast, or for the advancement of the interior life, by which the Church christianises the world, and lays hold of the heart of humanity? I am not now expressing an opinion whether the whole Roman system be true or false, pure or corrupt; I am looking at it simply as a fact. And in this view, perhaps, there is no object on the face of the earth so worthy of contemplation by the thoughtful mind as the Roman Church. As an English Churchman, I do not think it truthful, honest, christian, or safe, to shut my eyes to such a fact existing in the world. It seems to me that one ought to endeavour to understand it. Those who strive to rekindle ancient animosities, those who take not the trouble to understand doctrines as taught by their professors, but wilfully misconceive and mis-state them; those even who rest contented in a state of separation, do they not sin against Him, who in the days of His humiliation prayed to His Father, "that they all may be one, as Thou, Father, art in Me, and I in Thee, that they also may be one in Us; that the world may believe that Thou hast sent Me." Do they in the least realise the fact that the Church of England considers the Church of Rome to be quite as truly a part of the Church Catholic as she is herself?

Thus it is that between the two communions there has grown up a prodigious ignorance of each other's true state. I have found well informed Roman Catholic ecclesiastics ignorant that we possess a ritual, use fixed prayers, have a regular hierarchy; while scarcely any one is aware that we have a form of absolution as categorical as their own, and one which presupposes special confession. They are in the habit of taking for granted that we have no succession, besides asserting that our orders are invalid through defect of the formularies. The present Pope, conversing lately with an English clergyman, seriously inquired of him, whether we administered, what, in condescension to the supposed feelings of his auditor, he termed "la cena," once a year; and whether we passed the cup from hand to hand? Two notions, I imagine, which must have given him the poorest impression of the Anglican communion which a Roman Catholic could have. And in conversing with theologians, they ordinarily direct themselves against merely Protestant feelings and arguments, such as touch the Lutherans and Calvinists abroad, or dissenters here, but which have nothing to do with English Churchmen.

But Roman Catholic ignorance of us is, I think, almost exceeded by our ignorance of them.

Would that I could be in any degree instrumental to the removal of a prejudice, or the clearing up of a misconception. My means of observation have not been large, my time very limited; but I have seen enough to be convinced, that those who hate and denounce the Roman Church most violently, do not hate and denounce her more than she would that thing which they suppose to be the Roman Church.

If both sides knew each other well, if all had been done which could be done for a reconciliation, and the present state of enmity and opposition still subsisted, it would indeed be a grievous prospect for the future; but when ignorance and misapprehensions make up so much of the difference between the Churches, are we not to hope for better things? Is not Providence teaching us, by what is taking place on both sides, that the Church of God in all lands must unite against the common foe? Is He not removing on both sides the impediments to that union?