The Catholic World.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXVII, Issue 37, 14 September 1899, Page 24

The Catholic World.

ARMENIA. — Conversion of Nestorians. — The Holy Father has received a letter from Mgr. Altmayer announcing that as a result of the preaching of two Dominicans, Father Bhetore and Fathi r France, fifty thousand Nestorians have joined the Church in Mesopotamia, and that thirty thousand Armenians in the district of Van have done the same. The good news has given joy to the Holy Father, who set the missionaries to this work and whose efforts for reconciling dissidents to the Church have had remaikab'e effects in tke East. He may be said to have prepared the way for the Dominican Fathers, and they have proved worthy agents of his. AUSTRlA— Religion and Politics.— The Roman correspondent of the Morning Leader Bays : The Papal Nuncio at Vienna, Mgr. Taliani, who has now quite recovered from the effects of the partial cerebral hemorrhage which at one time appeared to endanger his life, has sent a shore but bignificant message to the Secretaryship of State on the subject of the so-called ' Los von Rom' movement promoted by Deputies Wolff and Schcenerer. In this diplomatic document it is stated that a strict and impartially conducted inquiry has revealed the fact that hitherto only 3,352 Catholics have gone over to Protestantism thrfaghout the Austrian Empire. This falls considerably below the 10,000 which Herr Wolff confidently declared would be the number of converts to Protestantism before Pentecost. At the Vatican no importance whatever is attached to the ' Los von Rom ' movement which is now considered as practically dead. ENGLAND.— Prayers for Conversion to the Catholic Faith- — We are glad to find (says the Catholic Times) that Cardinal Vaughan's appeal to French Catholics for prayers for the conversion of England is being widely published on the Continent. The Eeo (V ltalia, of Genoa, asks itß readers to become ' fervent apostles of this great work.' Stonyhurst Association Dinner.— The members of the Stonyhurst Association held their annual dinner at the Hotel Ceoil, London, on July 20, the guest of the evening being Captain Kenna, V.C. Amongst those present besides Captain Kenna were Mr. Oswald Walmesley, President for the year (in the chair), Bishop Brindle, the Duke of Norfolk, Loid Arundell of Wardour, the Rector of Stonyhurst (Father Browne), Father Gerard, the Hon. Mr. Justice Mathew, Sir Westby Perceval, K.C.M.G., the Hon. Charles Fitzpatnek, the Hon. J. Maxwell Scott, the Hon. Walter Constable Maxwell, Colonel Heathcote, Mr. H. j. Walmesley, General Goodfellow, Colonel Gordon, Mr. Philip Colley, the Rev. J. Clayton, Major Chicester, the Rev, A. Charnley, Mr. N. J. Synnott, Mr. WiJiain, Father Tarleton, Mr. J. Lescher, Mr. R. Trappes Lomaz, Mr. Donahue, Mr. Austin King, Major Murphy, Mr. Munster, Messrs. Weld, Sir A. Murray, Mr. Walmesley Cotham, Mr. J. G. Snead-Cox, Mr. B. Belton, Mr. F. Worthington, Mr. T. H. Waters, and Mr. T. M. Waters. Catholic Procession in London. — As usual the feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel was celebrated on Sunday. July 16, in the Italian quarter, London. The quarter was gaily decorated, and a line arch, brilliant with gilt and silver tinsel, had been erected at the appro .eh to Saffron Hill. There was also a multitude of flags. The procession, which, the Daily Telegraph says, it would be impossible to match in the country, was very long, and caused the tram traffic to bs stopped for a quarter of an hour. Death of a Recent Convert— The Weekly Register records with regret the death of Captain Curzon, of the 10th Royal Hussars, which took place about the middle of July, in his 29th year. He had been received into the Church a few months previously. Captain Nathaniel William Curzon was the only son of the late Mr. Robert Curzon, of Alvaston, Derbyshire, aad of Mrs. Hibbert, of Ashby St. Ledgers, Rugby. The Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament in London-— An interesting function to>k place in London recently. Close to Leicester Square, within sight and sound of orie of the most thronged parts of the metropolis, the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament have established themselves, introducing a leaven of religion and purity in the midst of a region where they are too often absent. They have just added a new wing to their consent in Leicester Place, and this was solemnly opened and blessed by the Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster. They are a French Sisterhood, and are surrounded by a large French colony who inhabit the district lying between Leicester Square and Oxford street. The Sisters have charge of the -schoola attached to the Church of Notre Dame de France, provide a home for working girls out of a situation at a moderate charge, and labour zealously among the poor of the locality, and it is gratifying to know that they do not lack friends and benefactor?, amongst whom may be mentioned his Eminence the Cardinal, his Excellency the French Ambassador, the Duke of Norfolk, Mrs. Claude Watney, Lord Gerard, the Earl of Denbigh, aud Lord AKhburnham. A Memorial to the Late Dr. Rivington .— lt is proposed to erect as a memorial of the late Rev. Dr. Rivington a marble column in St. Peter's crypt of the new Westminster Cathedral. Visit of a celebrated Dominican- - The celebrated Frenoh Dominican. Pcre Olliver, the eminent Paris preacher, was on a visit to England in July, and was the guest of the Dominican Fathers at llaverstock Hill, Londun. ROME— An Unlikely Alliance— The movement which General Ricciotti Garibaldi, son of the famous revolutionist, is trying to promote (says a Roaae correspondent) is exciting a great

deal of attention in Italy. The General is not in harmony with his brother Menotti on the subject, and General Canzio, his brother-in-law, also dissents from his action. But there can be no doubt that his policy is carefully calculated. He knows that there is deep discontent in Italy, and he is anxious to see a republic established. He recognises, however, that any attempt to bring about a drastic change without the aid of the Catholics would be fruitless. He h*as accordingly proclaimed that whilst overthrowing the monarchy he would safeguard the rights of the Pope. This is an astute way of tempting the Catholics, and no doubt in the present condition of affairs there are some who will be inclined to lend a favourable ear to his proposals. But the Catholic authorities from the Holy Father downwards will not, of course, countenance any such scheme. SCOTLAND —The Rectorship of St. Mary's College, Blairs* — The Right Rev. Dr. Chisholm, Bishop of Aberdeen, has resigned the rectorship of St. Mary's College, Blairs, on account of pressure of episcopal duties. JTe is succeeded by the Rev. James M'Gregor, Administrator, St. Mary's Cathedral. Aberdeen. The new rector as a native of Keith, Banff Aire, and received his elementary education at the parish school (the present flourishing Catholic school did not then exist) under Dr. Joseph Ogilvie, now of the Aberdeen Church of Scotland Training College. He afterwards studied at St. Mary's. Blairs, and subsequently at the Scots College, Rome, where he completed his theological course. On his ordination in 1883, he returned to his native diocese, and his first appointment was as a curate at St. Mary's Cathedral, Aberdeen, undei the late Dean Stopani. On Monsignor Stopani's death in December, 1894, Father M'Gregor was appointed his successor as Administrator at St. Mary's Cathedral, and entered on the duties early in the following year. Catholic Chaplain to the Forces.— The Rev. Thomas Macdonald has been appointed successor to the Rev. Donald Chisholm, M.R., as Catholic chaplain to the forces in Aberdeen. The PaSSionißtS in Glasgow.— The Very Rev. Anthony Carron, C.P., from Belfast, has entered on his duties at St. M lingo's, in succession to the Very Rev. Wilfrid O'Hagan, now of Mount Argus. Dublin. Father Wilfrid was exceedingly popular, not only with his own congregation, but throughout the Glasgow archdiocese. Death of a Well-known Catholic-— The death is reported, n his eightieth year, of Mr. Colin M'Donald, a well-known sheep farmer on the braes of Lochaber, where he was also a much-respected

Catholic. He was one of the chief supporters of the games at Port William, which were promoted by the late Chief of Glengarry and Mr. Dudley Ward. The funeral took place at Bunroy. SOUTH AFRICA.— The Silver Jubilee of Bishop Jolivet— Referring to the Silver Jubilee of the Episcopate of Mgr. Jolivet, Bishop of Natal, and the Golden Jubilee of his priesthood, the Zambesi Mission Record says : ' Bishop Jolivet has done a magnificent work in South Africa, and his Vicariate at one time see-ns to have extended from the Colony (even taking in a portion of that) to the Equator. His noblest monument will be in the eridences of his zeal which exist in many places in the shape of ronvents, schools, churches, etc., and in the great impetus that he has given to religion and education in South Africa.' UNITED STATES.— Dr. Zahm Withdraws His Work on Evolution from Sale— The Very Rev. Dr. Zahm, C.S.C., of the Catholic University, ha« written as follows to Mr. Alfonso Golea,the translator of his work on Evolution and Dogma : ' I have learned from unquestionable authority that the Holy See is adverse to the further distribution of Evolution and Dogma, and I therefore beg of you to use all your influence to have the book withdrawn from sale. You have probably foreseen this result, and it will therefore cause you no surprise. . . . However, we can both thank God that we laboured only for His honour and glory in giving the work to the public. As for myself, it will cause me no pain to see the fruit of so much toil consigned to oblivion. God rewards the intention, and our intentions were good.'