Progress of the Catholic church in America and the great Columbian Catholic Congress of 1893 .. . viduals, property used fordivine service. During the wild ascendancy,however, of Knownothingism,a lawwas passed through the legislatureof New York, by which it was pro-vided that all property held by anyperson in any ecclesiastical office ororders should, on his death, becomevested in the occupants or congrega-tion using it, if they were incorpora-ted, or would incorporate, and indefault, in the people of the state; and no deed of proj)erty to be used fo*divine worship was allowed to have any lega
Progress of the Catholic church in America and the great Columbian Catholic Congress of 1893 .. . viduals, property used fordivine service. During the wild ascendancy,however, of Knownothingism,a lawwas passed through the legislatureof New York, by which it was pro-vided that all property held by anyperson in any ecclesiastical office ororders should, on his death, becomevested in the occupants or congrega-tion using it, if they were incorpora-ted, or would incorporate, and indefault, in the people of the state; and no deed of proj)erty to be used fo*divine worship was allowed to have any legal force or validity, unless madeto a corporation. The Catholics of New York are chiefly indebted to Dr. Hughes, and tohis Eminence, the late Cardinal McCloskey—then bishop of Albany—for themore just and reasonable provisions of the present law, which, in providingfor the incorporation of Catholic churches, constitutes the bishop, vicar-general, pastor, and two laymen selected by them, as the trustees of theChurch property. In the fall of 1839 Dr. Hughes sailed to Europe for the purpose of. MOST REV. JOHN HUGHES, ARCHBISHOP OFNEW YORK. 22g THE COLUMBIAN JUBILEE. obtaining the necessary means to enable him to carry out his plans for thegood of religion and education. It was his first visit to the Old World. Hewas received by pope, and king, and people, in the various countries throughwhich he passed, with every mark of respect and kindness. He was delighted with Rome, where he spent three months, and receivedvaluable presents from the sovereign pontiff. At Vienna he obtained a lib-eral donation from the Leopoldine Society in aid of his proposed college andseminary. While at Paris he secured the services of a number of Ladies ofthe Sacred Heart to found a school in New YorkCity. He also visited Ire-land, made the personal acquaintance of Daniel OConnell, and with warm,sympathetic heart he beheld the struggle of his countrymen for their rightsand liberties. After an absence of
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