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The New Parish Priest's Practical Manual: a work useful also for other ecclesiastics, especially for confessors and for preachers

CONTENTS. Translator's Preface, xi Author's Preface, xv PART I. OF THE DUTIES OF A PARISH PRIEST. Chapter I. : Preliminary Remarks. — Capacity for preaching the Word of God — Capacity for hearing Confessions — Spirit of Sacrifice — Type of the Pastoral Spirit — Purity of Intention — Whether one may seek for a parish without being invited to do so by the E»ishop, 1 Chapter II. : On Taking Possession of the Parish. — The First Sermon — The Inaugural Dinner — The Furnishing of the Parochial House — Of the relations to be maintained with the Priests of the place, and with the neighbouring Parish Priests — On the Pastor's relations with the Authorities, and with the more distinguished persons in his Parish — Of the Respect which a Parish Priest ought to show towards his Predecessor — Of the information which a Parish Priest ought to seek concerning the Necessities of his Flock, 17 Cbiapter III. : On Administering Correction.— On the Correction of Priests — On administering Correction to the more distinguished persons in the Parish — On administering Correction to persons of the Lower Orders — On the various methods of Correction — Of the persons in particular to whom Correction must be

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