The Catholic churches of New York City, with sketches of their history and lives of the present pastors : with an introduction on the early history of Catholicity on the island, and lives of the most reverend archbishops and bishops . nda in1857; there he took the degree of Doctor of Philoso-phy in 1858, and the degree of Doctor of Theology in1862; was ordained priest in the Church of the Propa-ganda by Mgr. Clementi, Archbishop of Damascus, inpartihis injideliuiii, and Nuncio to Mexico, on August lOtli,1862. He said first mass on the Feast of the Assump-tion following. On August 17th, he was
The Catholic churches of New York City, with sketches of their history and lives of the present pastors : with an introduction on the early history of Catholicity on the island, and lives of the most reverend archbishops and bishops . nda in1857; there he took the degree of Doctor of Philoso-phy in 1858, and the degree of Doctor of Theology in1862; was ordained priest in the Church of the Propa-ganda by Mgr. Clementi, Archbishop of Damascus, inpartihis injideliuiii, and Nuncio to Mexico, on August lOtli,1862. He said first mass on the Feast of the Assump-tion following. On August 17th, he was admitted to aprivate audience of the Holy Father, Pius IX., who,after granting many privileges, gave him also a specialblessing, in his own liandAvriting, in these words: Dom-inus dirigat gressus tuos, aiid sit semper in ore tuo.(May the Lord guide thy steps, and be always on thylips.) The Rev. Dr. Burtsell left Rome for tlie UnitedStates on August 20th, 1862, and on arriving in hisnative country was, in November, 1862, appointed as-sistant at St. Anns Church, Astor Place. In 1876 the Rev. Dr. Bvxrtsell paid a \isit to Rome,and in an audience with the Holy Father obtained aspecial plenary indulgence for the parish of CHURCH OF SATNT FRANCIS OF WEST TIUIiXY-FIKST STREET. CHURCH OF SAINT FRANCIS OF ASSISI. THIRTY-FIRST STREET, BETWEEN SIXTH AND SEVENTH AVENUES. THE Church of St. John the Baptist had been es-tabhshed on the western side of the city for theCathohcs near the banks of the Hudson, but tares hadbeen sown among the wheat; dissensions and a want ofharmony retarded the progress of the faith, and proveda stumbhng-block to many. This finally led to a divisionof the congregation. In the year 1844, the pastor of , the Rev. Father Zachary Kunz of the Order of , from the Province of the Immaculate Conceptionin Hungary, resolved to establish a new church wherepart of the old congregation might find more consola-tion and peace. The Most Rever
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