. Catholic footsteps in old New York, a chronicle of Catholicity in the city of New York from 1524 to 1808 . r-quis de Lafayette. The freedom of the city wasconferred on the distinguished visitor September14th. Congress removed to New York city De-cember 23rd, 1784, and the city became the cap-ital of the new-born nation. The Reverend Charles Whelan, an Irish Ca-puchin, who was said to have served as chaplainof a vessel in the fleet of Admiral De Grasse,arrived in the city, in October, from acted as chaplain to a Catholic Portuguesemerchant, Jose Roiz Silva, until the little bandof
. Catholic footsteps in old New York, a chronicle of Catholicity in the city of New York from 1524 to 1808 . r-quis de Lafayette. The freedom of the city wasconferred on the distinguished visitor September14th. Congress removed to New York city De-cember 23rd, 1784, and the city became the cap-ital of the new-born nation. The Reverend Charles Whelan, an Irish Ca-puchin, who was said to have served as chaplainof a vessel in the fleet of Admiral De Grasse,arrived in the city, in October, from acted as chaplain to a Catholic Portuguesemerchant, Jose Roiz Silva, until the little bandof Catholics invited him to minister to Whelan had in his possession proper ec-clesiastical recommendations, but no approbationfrom the Congregation of the Propaganda, with-out which the Superior of the INIissions could notgrant him faculties. He was authorized to offerMasses, but had no power to hear confessions orcelebrate marriages. Relying on his Irish facul-ties, he both heard confessions and performedmarriage ceremonies, despite the protests ofFather Farmer, acting as the Superiors MOST REVEREND JOHN CARROLL IN OLD NEW YORK 369 The following year a rescript from Romeenabled the Superior to regulate Father Whe-lans standing. Father Whelan was a good,zealous priest, but a poor preacher, and the fewCatholics of New York, through communica-tion with the sects, had adopted their preachingtest as proper to apply to the judgment of apriests fitness. Father Farmer tells Father Car-roll of this difficulty in a letter, February 21st,1785. Scarce had I arrived there (in NewYork), he wrote, when an Irish Merchant paidme a visit and asked me if ]Mr. Whelan was set-tled over them. My answer, as far as I can re-member, was that he had only power to performparochial duties; but if the congregation did notlike him, and could better themselves, they werenot obliged to keep him. Some days after,another, seeing Mr. Whelans endeavors to settlehimself there, as it were, in spi
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