THE VENERABLE ANNA MARIA TAIGI.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume II, Issue 74, 26 September 1874, Page 9

THE VENERABLE ANNA MARIA TAIGI.

To the Editor of the London c Tablet.' Sic, — I have been honoured with a communication from the Most Rev. Postulator of the Cause of the above-named venerable servant of •God, P. Andreas a St. Agnete, of the Discalced Order of the Most Holy Tiinity afc San Crisogono, where her body reposes, requesting me to render such assistance as might be in my power towards collecting subscriptions fjr defraying the expenses which, must necessarily be incurred in carrying on the cause to a successful issue. The appeal a, literal trauslation of which is given below, has been widely responded to m France and elsewhere, but in England nothing has yet been done towards furthering so pious an object. I am, however, not without hopes that many who have become acqnainted with the marvellous life of one who, not only is a saint of our own day, but may be regarded as especially associated by her predictions with the present crisis in the fortunes of the Church and with the trials of our beloved Pontiff, JPius IX., will be disposed to help in promoting her Beatification, and thereby also hastening the revelation of those " Great and beautiful things " which as her appointed confidant, Mgr. Natali, was wont to say, would be made known to the world whenever, in the good Providence of God, that event should take place.— Yours, &c, ,-. . „ E. Heaiy Thompson. "In the name of the Most Holy Trinity. Amen. "The undersigned, Procurator-General of the Discalced Order of the Most Holy Trinity for the Redemption of Captives, and Postu- , lator of the Cause of the Venerable Servant of God, Anna Maria Taigi makes known to all that the Cause of the said Venerable Servant of God, is advancing prosperously : indeed, the Apostolic process, i:i the said Cause, respecting the virtues in specie of the Venerable Servant of God is now hastening to a close, and then wil be instituted, in due course of law, the discussion respecting the saras virtues in an heroic degree, ia order further to obtain from the Supreme Pontiff, as it is allowable to hope, a decree approving those virtues. This done, the next step must be to proceed to the examination of her miracles in -order to her Beatification. " These things considered, it is plain to all that no slight expenses must necessarily be incurred 8 wherefore the undersigned most humbly recommends to all the faithful of Christ that they may be pleased to assist this holy work by their contributions, according to their piety and devotion towards God, who is glorified in Uis Saints. '• Given at Rome, at San Chrieogono, the seventh day of June, 1874. * • P. F. Andbeas a S. Aghexe, " Procurator-General and Postulator of the Cause." Subscriptions may be sent to the Lady Herbert, 38 Chesham Place, S.W. ; E. Healy Thompson, Esq., Pery Lodge, Cheltenham ,or ■ to Messrs Burues and Oates, 17, Portmau-street, W.

A New York paper recently devoted a column to discussing the question of whether the earth passed through the tail of a comet in 1503. A Chinese description of a European Court :— " One man is silent, another talks all the time, and twelve wise men condemn the man who has not said a woru, Tbcre is supposed to be enough iron in the blood of 42 men to make a plough. , v w