CATHOLIC NEWS.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XV, Issue 28, 4 November 1887, Page 7

CATHOLIC NEWS.

Tn?i of Notre Dame des Victoires Paris has pilgrims tbat will come to Rome for the oeleSfon o?7he IM\Z b P sfe( b T^ b r^r^:rfß^e/l,sS^ SSSSi"- Mr Uapol!Ci ' and tbe k ™ l < TL%^Z^, At the Chapter of the Franciscan Order, recently hpl \ in tm™ 'mm^Bmm

some years. Father Antonine is well known as an eloauent DreaeW and a patriotic Irishman. He ißai 8a native of fISr£?SSt P Inthe Z fiJf hh J9J 99 J niSs3lOnary d ? fcieß he has f0 «"d «me to write an publish the Jives of Franciscan saints within the last few years rfTha f 17 v- aageg t e £ f the Sacred He art, also kacwn by the name ofTheApostleshipof Prayer, is making rapid progress in Ireland tat notably in Dublin, where the Slater? of CharUy Tav« takln It up mth the greatest zeal. In the church of St. Francis Xavier Uo D e? Gardiner-street, also, vast numbers are being registered associate, « D onf 000 n° f ""'T endin S 3° th ,fnue, llß7,\howfng 8 thTc£ upon 7,000 new members have been received ; while in St Kevin'a parish, which was affiliated only in the beginning of July the aS>! c ates are a ready to be numbered by thousands. Signs such as ££ food w O °rk rygUaraatee ° f tLeexcellen <* *** popularity of ! thl MinHnSr! continaes to make great strides in Scandinavia. Many Lutherants have been converted at Stockholm, and there is so S a Tho^° dd u WI! VrT.? 8 Orthol S» tbat at a recent fair held fo? frnm STS* 18 * th ® Btm of Z*' ooo t r » Q <* was | obtai oed, mostly fr°t Oat i ota ' Th ? new P^ct-Apostolicof the North™** Fall.ae, has been on a visit to Christiania, where he was received by the Government authorities. Though Catholic emancipation il Denmark dates from only 1848, there Ire now four tho^sandCatholiS £.£ , U^' ? erve^ bj 80me thirt^ P" e8t8 » with spools taught by tn rZ h Reh SIOUB.S 10U8 . Communities. Tee Jesuit Fathers have a col eg? in Copenhagen, with over 40 students. In Norway, before 1845 Catholic priests were forbidden the country nnder pain of death! 800 *U? TB T **'? wei *?? l l 13 ° Catholics ; now there are Tver n?pnt f I JJ P Pc" c8 it 9i t9 ; while Sißtere of Oharit y hay « «» manage, meat of two hospitals and eight schools. The sparseness of the population and the great distances which separate one town from £$£ tNSS ?K favoarable CoQditioDß for the v*™*™ 3 fh OT , Tl?e Bodalit y of Mai ? Imma culate in Shanghai, comprising more than eighty young men of the first families of the city, with Father Aioysius Sica, S.J a Ba B director, have sent to the Holy Fathe? an cold fl nH W "S eD m Chine , Be characters on yellow satin, surrounded by gold and silk ornamental work. The address, the work of a prominent S Tnl iterßi terB ' 18 / C v?. mpanied by a Latin translation, and P enclosed in an envelope of white satin. Tbii again is closed in a little ebony box, embossed with ornaments, whi«h represent symbolically the k£2 6 Vt t S c ?° maH P ° ntiff ' ° Q t0 P of a rock is the TuSiLX m n g » a I (corresponding to our eagle), which looks towards the sun and symbolizes the Sovereign Pontiff, who from the summit of in tW lCan upon the Sun of Justice, by which he is enlightened in the government of the Church. All around npon projections of tT f' or in l . he branches of deep foluged tree 8 , are seen fifty-three birds of every size and description, fashioned with consummate skill, and lookiag with obsequious homage towards the Turn- warn : these IS 2IS. th !. me °> be ™o f ' he .sodality, ready to obey every command and wish of the Vicar of Christ. Oa the right-hand side of the li Ii 8 ,wT? lOQ m let^ rs o£ gold ' int erpretiog the symbols. Surrounding tbe box is a scroll separated into two parts, in one of which are represented in relief fruits and flowers, and in the other ChinS musical instruments, such as the cithern, the viol, and the tambour, Ane jcck is silver, and so ingeniously constructed that without' a knowledge of its mysteries it is impossible to open it. When the gift was presented to the Holy Father by the Key. F. D. Maria S J Prefect of the Studies of the Gregorian University, who went to the Vatican to thank his Holiness for his recent appointment as Consular admt.SobSS: 011 Ot StUdieS> P «P«-P—d great