Irish News.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXVI, Issue 9, 1 July 1898, Page 10

Irish News.

CLARE.— A Clare Priest Supposed to be Drowned.— A late issue of the Trinidad (athnlir Xnvs states that the sad realisation is forced upon it that the schooner which left St. George's with Father Ryan as a passenger to St. Vincent has foundered at sea with all on board. Father Ryan gained the esteem (says the Xncx~) of the inhabitants, irrespective of class or creed, and as a zealous and devoted piiest his loss will be deeply felt in the diocese. The sad news will also be a shock to the professors and some of the students of St. John's College where he studied, and was ordained in June, '93. Father Ryan was a native of County Clare, and had a most distinguished collegiate course. DUBLIN. — Church Progress in the Capital. — On Sunday, May Ist, his Grace the Archbishop of Dublin, laid the foundationstone of the new church of St. Joseph, now in course of erection in the parish of Terenure from designs by Mr. W. H. Byrne ; and after the ceremony his Grace gave an interesting review of the history of Church extension ami expansion within the city. The new church, which is a very handsome one, will comprise nave, side aisles, transepts, side chapels, spacious sanctuary, and two sacristies with heating chamber under. The total length of the church is 120 ft, width 30ft. Whete t the ceremony of blessing and laying the foundation stone had been concluded a public meeting of the parishioners was held in the old church. The Archbishop presided. A report of the Building Committee was adopted on the motion of the Lord Mayor of Dublin. The Archbishop then addressed the meeting. He had, he said, a special duty towards the praise of Terenure. Until quite recently, Terenure was only a district of the old and extensive parish of Rathfarnham. ' The responsibility of detaching it from Rtthfarnham. and erecting it into a distinct parish, as it now is. rests of course with me as Bishop of the diocese ; and I must be prepared to bear that responsibility, with all that it entails. If things had been left as they were, it is plain that the religious needs of the neighbourhood would not have expanded, either in extent or in urgency, as undoubtedly they have expanded since you have got a parochial organisation or your own. lam very confident

that the division of parishes which has led to an expansion of the religious wants of the district, will lead also to an expansion of the resources by means of which those wants are to be supplied. It has been so elsewhere. There is hardly an exception to the rule ; and it is a rule that we in this diocese of Dublin have many opportunities of testing by experience. When Dr. Cullen, my almost immediate predecessor, became Archbishop of Dublin, the number of parishes in the diocese was 48. It is now lib". Perhaps the most striking instance of the religious development indicated by those figures is to be found in the city itself. In the beginning of Dr. Cullen's time, the number of parishes into which the entire of the north side of our city was divided was only three — the parish of the Pro-Cathedral, Marlborough street, and the parishes of St. Michan's and St. Paul's. During his Eminence's time, two new parishes were added to the number — St. Agatha's and St. Laurence O'Toole's. Within my own time, I have been able, by further divisions, to add two others — the parish of St. Joseph'p, Berkeley street, and that known as the parish of the Holy Family in Aughrim street. Thus where there were, not so very many years ago, but three parishes, there are now seven — all of them, as we know, with scarcely an exception, provided with suitable parish churches, suitable parochial schools, and every other requisite of a complete and efficient parochial organisation.' It was afterwards resolved that a subscription list should be opened, and the handsome sum of £1200 was promised before the meeting dispersed. KING'S COUNTY.— Blessing a Regiment.— A corresponpondent records an interesting incident which took place in connection with a mission which was begun on Sunday. April 24, by the Rev. Fathers Hayes and Ruttledge, of the Redemptorist Order, in St. Brendan's Catholic Church, Birr. During the course of the mission the Ist Battalion Leinster Regiment, was suddenly ordered for service abroad. One morning during the week of mission, the officers and men, headed by their band and fringed on either side by a procession of civilians, marched from the barracks to the church, about one mile in distance. At the conclusion of the Holy Sacrifice the Rev. Father Ruttledge delivered a touching parting address to the regiment, and the regiment then knelt before the altar, and received the priest's blessing, accompanied by a devout prayer for their future prosperity and happiness. Shortly afterwards the battalion formed up outside the church, and marched to barracks to the music of the drum and fife band.

GENERAL. The Catholic Relief Bill. — A short time ago we dealt at some length in the columns of the Tablet with the urgent need for the farther and fuller emancipation of Catholics in the United Kingdom, and especially in Ireland. We are glad to see that a movement has been set on foot to effect this purpose. We give below the trxt of a Bill which is being promoted by Lord Edmund j Talbot and several of the Irish members, with the object of 4 obtaining the repeal of the disabilities with which religious Orders are weighted. ' Be it enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords spiritual and temporal and Commons in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same as follows . ' 1. Notwithstanding any Act of Parliament to the contrary it shall be, and shall be deemed to have been, lawful for Jesuits and members of other religious Orders, communities, or societies of the Roman Catholic Church (described in certain Acts of Parliament, including the Roman Catholic Relief Act, 1829. as the Church of Rome) bound by monastic or religious vows to reside in the United Kingdom. 1 2 It shall be, and shall be deemed to have been, lawful for Jesuits and for members of other religious Orders, communities, or societies of the said Church bound by monastic or religious vows to take and acquire property in like manner as if no Ajt of Parliament had been passed for the suppression or prohibition of or imposing restraints and disabilities on the same, provided, however, that nothing in this Act shall extend to any property in respect of which it has been judicially determined that it was illegal for Jesuits or for members of other religious Orders, communities, or societies as aforesaid to take or acquire same. Provided also that nothing herein contained shall extend to any property given by deed or will, or otherwise, to Jesuits or members of other religious Orders, communities, or societies as aforesaid, which property is now in the actual possession of the person or persons beneficially entitled thereto, on account of the gift of the said property having been void under the law as existing before the passing of this Act. • 3. There shall be repealed as from the passing of this Act so much of any Act of Parliament as makes any provision for the suppression or prohibition of, or for imposing restraints or disabilities on. Jesuits or members of other religious Orders, communities,

or societies as aforesaid, and also, and more particularly, the enactments set forth in schedule hereto to the extent in the third column of that schedule mentioned. ' 4. The expression " property " in this Act shall mean both real and personal property. ' This Act may be cited as the Catholic Relief Act, 1898.' The War and the '98 Celebration— The Catholic Timc s draws attention to one probable effect of the war which has so far escaped notice It is in relation to its bearing on the '98 Centenary celebrations. The struggle between the United States and Spain, says our contemporary, will have many regrettable results. It will raise prices, dislocate commerce, and in divers ways affect nations other than the belligerent?. One consequence which has not as yet excited attention is its bearing on the '98 Centenary celebrations. If it continues for any considerable period, the ceremonies in Ireland will be shorn of much of the interest that promised to attach to them. Irish-Americans and Americans were to come across the Atlantic in immense numbers and to visit all the historic spots in the Green, lsle. Preparations were being made to give them a ('cud Mile Failte, and undoubtedly their presence would have been one of the most notable features of the celebrations. It is not likely that under the present circumstances they will leave the States and run the gauntlet to Ireland. But should the States be speedily victorious they will come, it may be predicted, in the character of conqueiing heroes and heroines.

King George of Greece, when conversing with the members of his family, always uses the English language. He seldom speaks French, and only employs Greek when compelled to do so.

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