. History of the Catholic church in Woonsocket and vicinity, from the celebration of the first mass in 1828, to the present time, with a condensed account of the early history of the church in the United States. the discoverers of America and the firstto erect the symbol of Christs crucifixion and death 22 EARLY DISCOVERERS OF AMERICA. on the shores of the western hemisphere. Irishmenderive pleasure in knowing thtit it was from Leyden inSoutli Holland, a city built by Kelts in the earliestages, that the Pilgrim Fathers found an asylum frompersecution and started on their perilous voyage from t
. History of the Catholic church in Woonsocket and vicinity, from the celebration of the first mass in 1828, to the present time, with a condensed account of the early history of the church in the United States. the discoverers of America and the firstto erect the symbol of Christs crucifixion and death 22 EARLY DISCOVERERS OF AMERICA. on the shores of the western hemisphere. Irishmenderive pleasure in knowing thtit it was from Leyden inSoutli Holland, a city built by Kelts in the earliestages, that the Pilgrim Fathers found an asylum frompersecution and started on their perilous voyage from thereover stormy seas, so that they miglit enjoy soul-liberty inthe New World. It is also gratifying to know that JohnBoyle OReilly, a Kelt, composed and delivered the Ijestpoem on the Pilgriu) Fathers that any poet ever name Leyden is distinctively Keltic, and that fine oldcity, with its magaificeat institutions of learning, reflectscredit on its founders. In fact the oldest inhabitants ofHolland of whom anything is known were of Keltic much may be gathered from remains in caverns and fromproper names, such as Nimeguen and AValchere, and fromruins of Druid altars discovered Catholic Church in the United Stcites. CHAPTER of Baltimore—Biographical Sketch of Arch-bishop Carroll. The Catholic Church in the United States has made?wonderful progress since the time the first Mass was cele-brated in Woonsocket in 1828. There was only one Arch-diocese, that of Baltimore, which was erected as a Dioceseon April 6, 1789, the Archdiocese being established April8, 1808. Most Rev. John Carroll, D. D., a cousin ofCharles Carroll of CarroUton, one of the signers of theDeclaration of Independence, was consecrated first Bishopof Baltimore on Aug. 15, 1790, and was created Arch-bishop in 1808. He died Dec. 2, 1815. The other Archbishops of the Archdiocese of Balti-more, after Archbishop Carioll, were respectively as fol-lows : Most Eev. Leonard Neale,
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