. The Catholic church in colonial days : the thirteen colonies, the Ottawa and Illinois country, Louisiana, Florida, Texas, New Mexico and Arizona, 1521-1763. nd reached the Heron Islands they named them afterSt, Clement, St. Catharine, and St. Cecilia, whose festivals re-called the early days of their voyage. Near the island namedSt. Clement they came to anchor. On the day of the An-nunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the year 1634,writes the author of the Eelatio Itineris, we celebratedthe first mass on that island ; never before had it been offeredin that region. After the holy sacrifi
. The Catholic church in colonial days : the thirteen colonies, the Ottawa and Illinois country, Louisiana, Florida, Texas, New Mexico and Arizona, 1521-1763. nd reached the Heron Islands they named them afterSt, Clement, St. Catharine, and St. Cecilia, whose festivals re-called the early days of their voyage. Near the island namedSt. Clement they came to anchor. On the day of the An-nunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the year 1634,writes the author of the Eelatio Itineris, we celebratedthe first mass on that island ; never before had it been offeredin that region. After the holy sacrifice, bearing on ourshoulders a huge cross, which we had hewn from a tree, wemoved in procession to a spot selected, the governor, com-missioners and other Catholics, putting their hands first untoit, and erected it as a trophy to Christ our Saviour; thenhumbly kneeling, we recited with deep emotion, the Litanyof the Holy Cross. Relatio Itineris ad Marylandiam, Baltimore, 1874, p. 33. Themanuscript of the Relatio with an Indian catechism was found in 1832in the Archives of the Professed House at Rome, by an American Jesuit, 42 THE CHURCH IN THE ST. CLEMENTS ISLAND, EASTERN END, WHERE THE FIRST MASS WASSAID IN MARYLAND, MARCH 25, 1634. FROM A DRAWING BY F. Catholicity thus planted her cross and her altar in theheart of the English colonies in America, March 25, land was consecrated, and then preparations were madeto select a spot for the settlement. Leaving Father White atSt. Clements, the governor, with Father Altliam, ran up theriver in a pinnace, and at Potomac on the southern shoremet Archihau, regent of the powerful tribe that held swayover that part of the land. The priest, through an interpre-ter, made known his desire to instruct the chief in the truefaith. Archihau gave every mark of friendly assent. Theemperor of Piscataway, who controlled a considerable extentof territory on the Maryland side of the river, was also wonover by the Catholic pi
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