The Catholic World

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXIX, Issue 40, 3 October 1901, Page 27

The Catholic World

ENGLAND.— Religious Processions in London. In the House of Commons Colonel Sandys recently enquired if the Home Secretary would in future instruct the police to refuse permission or protection to Catholic processions through the streets of London, which he considered were in oontravention of an Act passed in the tenth year of George IV. Mr. Ritchie gave small satisfaction to the Orange Colonel by informing him that the police were only performing their duty in regulating Iraflio and preserving order, and that their authorisation of processions was not needed. Opening a Catholic Institution. His Eminence Cardinal Vaughan on Sunday, August 11, opened a Catholic blind asylum, erected at a cost of £15,000, at West Derby, near Liverpool. Successes of Catholic Students. On the list of passes for the Intermediate Examinations in Arts of the London University three Catholic names appear — Miss F. B. M. Coventry, of St. Catherine's Convent, Edinburgh ; Mr. J. J. Noblett, of St. Edward's College, Liverpool ; and Mr. R, J. Downey, of St. Edward's College, Liverpool. Scholarships for Catholic Students. Two scholarships have been founded in connection with St. Edmund's House, Cambridge, by Baron and Baroness Anatoli von Hugel. They will be open to ecclesiastical students or priests in any of the diooeseo of England and Wales, except Westminster, who, with the sanction of their Bishops, intend to begin residence in bt. Edmund's House in October, 1902, and will be of the annual value of £35 each and tenable for three yetrs. FRANCE.— A Shocking Outrage. On the afternoon of Sunday, August 11, a bomb which had been placed near the Altar of the Blessed Virgin in the Church of St. Nizier, Troyes, exploded, overturning benches and chairs, the pulpit and the confessionals, and damaging a number of stainedglass windows. At the time of the explosion a priest was catechising about a hundred children. No one waß injured. Catholic Scientists. The President of the Paris Geographical Society recently paid a high compliment to two excellent Catholio foreign missionaries for their splendid scientific work in the Far East. Speaking first of the eminent zoologist, the Lazarist Father David, he said : ' Going to China with the intention of serving both God and science, the Rev. Armand David, of the Lazarist Society, devotea Himself for 12 years, undismayed by danger or fatigue, to researches whose results, in thd opinion of a celebrated savant, surpassed what might be expected from the efforts of a single individual. At that time little was known of the western provinces of China, but Father David shed light upon this part of the Celestial Empire and placed in the hands of naturalists the extraordinary plants and animals which determine its character. I am happy to express now the lively sentiments of high esteem and gratitude merited by Father Armand David, who died, as he had lived, modestly careless of fame or honor, having no other ambition than to do good and advance knowledge.' GERMANY.— The Late Baron Von Ketteler. A Requiem Mass for the l&te Baron Von Ketteler wai celebrated at Manster, Westphalia the widow and mother being present. The fnneral procession was opened by a guard of honor and students' associations with banners. Behind the coffin came the members of the family, the General commanding the troops, the Secretary of State, and a deputation from the Foreign Office. At the lowering of the coffin into the grave three volleys were fired. ITALY. — In Memory of King Humbert. The corner stone of the votive chapel, being erected in Monza on the spot where King Humbert was assassinated, was laid in the presence of Princess Clotilde and the Duka of the Abruzii on July 29. The first anniversary of King Hnmbert's tragic end was celebrated with great solemnity and genuine feeling throughout Italy. In Rome the King and Queen and all the members of the Royal Family assisted at a solemn Requiem Mass for the repose of the soul of the murdered monarch. It is calculated that nearly 200,000 people came from the provinces to Rome for the occasion.

Acts of Bravery by Priests. That brave hearts beat under the priest's oaMook and the humble sack olofch of the monk (writes a Rome correspondent) is a fact so universally known and so often proved that it requires no farther confirmation. Bat Catholics, especially in a country where the ministers of their religion are systematically reviled and insulted by cowardly calumniators, have every reason to be proud of the frequency with which the Liberal Press is forced to record noble deeds performed by those very men which it so often and unjustly accuses of effeminacy and faint-heartedness. In fact we find two instances of priestly pluck recorded in one day (August 7), when a priest rescued a young Anarchist named Defabianis, who had attempted to commit snioide in the River Sesia, at Vercelli, and a Capuchin, Father Joseph Lupo, bravely plugged into the sea at Termini Timorese, in Sicily, and saved a woman from drowning, nearly perishing himself in the attempt as he was not an expert swimmer. SCOTLAND.— The Sisters of Nazareth. It is said that the Sisters of Naaureth will probably form a community in Glasgow shortly, with the permission of His Grace the Archbishop. A Welcome Windfall. Whitevale Refuge has come in for a windfall of between 4200 and £300, the bequest of the late Mr. Alexander Stewart, a Protestant gentleman, who resided in Glasgow, and who left hie estate to city oharities. Death of a Bavarian Baroness. The death took place on August 11, in the Carlton Hotel, Edinburgh, of Baroness Von Wendelstadt, of Neubeurn Castle, Bavaria, after about a week's illness. The deceased lady was 72 years of age, and was on a visit to Scotland. The body was removed to St. Patrick's Church, where a Solemn Requiem Mass was said, the celebrant of which was the Right Rev. Mgr. Grady. After the service, the coffin, which was oovered with wreaths, was borne to the hearse in waiting, and oonyeyed to the Mount Vernon Cemetery for temporary interment, pending the removal of the remains to the family burying-ground. The chief mourner was the son of the deceased. UNITED STATES.— Dedication of a Polish Church. On Sunday, July 21, more than 4000 persons were present at the dedication of St. Josaphat's Polish Catholio Church, Milwaukee. The ceremony, whioh lasted five hours, was performed by Cardinal Martinelli, special representative of the Holy Father. The edifice as it stands is the fourth Catholic church in the United States in point of grandeur. Generous Praise. The following from the Jackson (Neb.) Criterion is a deserving tribute to the work of the Dominican Sisters in the publio school of that town : — ' At the annual school election in this district last Monday, the meeting recommended the hiring of the same teachers for the coming year at an inorease of 100 dols. salary on the aggregate paid heretofore. This increase of salary was voted unanimously by the meeting in recognition of the valuable and excellent servioes rendered by the Sisters and the good results they have achieved in our publio school du4ng their management of it. It is conceded on all hands that no town anywhere has a better publio school — a school where the pupils learn more and advance farther in their studies during the school year — than the Jackton public school.' The Jesuits in Manila. During its last school year, as shown by statistics just published, the Jesuit College at Manila contained 1000 students. The normal sohool for the city, where the observatory is, contained 600 students. Sunday Funerals. The Catholic pastors at Dayton, Ohio, have decided there shall be no Sunday funerals in their parishes. A resolution to that effect is printed in the ' Parish Messenger ' of that city, and is signed by every priest in Dayton, Some Church Statistics. Chicago last year had 121 Catholic churches, New York 113, Brooklyn 83, Philadelphia 76, St. Louis 65, Boston 44, Baltimore 41, Cincinnati and St. Paul 40 each, Cleveland 38, Louisville and San Francisco 30 each. There are besides 14 cities with more than 10 and less than 30 Catholic churches.