Catholic World

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXIX, Issue 45, 7 November 1901, Page 24

Catholic World

CANADA.— Church and Empire. The Duke of Cornwall and York has received the degree of LL.D from La\al University, Quebec In reply his Itoyal Highness said he was glad to acknowledge the noble part which the Catholic Church of Canada had played throughout its history. Referring to the signal service which the Church had rendered to Canada and the Empire, the Duke said . — Abumiant proof of the success of your efforts has been afforded by tho readiness with which the French Canadians have sprung to arms and shed their blood, not only in times long gone by, but also in the present day on behalf of their King and Empire If the Crown has faithfully and honorably fulfilled its engagements to protect and respect your faith, the Catholic Church has amply fulfilled its obligations not only to teach reverence for law and order, but to instil sentiments of loyalty and devotion into the minds of those to whom it ministers. I am deeply sensible to the honor which I lm\e received at your hands, and 1 shall value it all the more as it is one which I shall share with my f.ither. You may rest assured that I shall ever watch with keenest, interest and svnrpathy the work of the Laval University ENGLAND.— A Saxon Virgin. St Edith, the S.mm Virgin, wlm Ji.is tfiven a name to mi many of the women of h«>r race, was born at Kepiipsmur. winch is situated abmit three mile.-, from SevenoaJks, and within the confines of the present Catholic iiiixsiou of that name. The lector of the mission, tho Key. W M Cunningihjm, lately obtained permission from ti^ Hoiy See to ha\e the Saint's feastday celebrated annually m lus church, and the festival was so celehiated for the first time >>n \loiula\ September 36. The late Sir Stuart Knill. <\ memorial window to the late Sn Stuait Knill, formerly Loid M.i\or of London, lias been' put up lil St Ceoi M e s Cathedral. Golden Wedding Celebration. Close upon LIiOOO have been receded for the memorial to commemorate Ilie. golden Wedding of the iWarq.uix .nxl Waichioiiess of Ripo-i. Tin; amount is to bo devoted to tJhe. building ,unl endowment of a nursing institute, ;iml to pro \Me a recreation gro»?m<i for the people of Jlipon . Arrival of Carthusians. A number of monks of the CraJid Chartreuse have arrived at the Park,Dimster monastery, Sussex, blit a bitih Catholic authority sa.\ s- thcr<> is iH;t, \dt to bo .t general movement of the Cnrth'isians from France. Parlvinmster Afonastcry is known locally as Cowfold Monastery, and is situated in tho lovely iicighborof East Grimsteud.

Th« Duke of Norfolk. The Duke of Norfolk has decided not to offer himself for a second .year of office us Mayor of Westminster. Members of tho Council ha.vo expostulated with his Grace but in vaui, as the exacting duties in connection with t ho coronation next year will take up a great deal of his- Hnt<' The Westminster Cathedral. Cardinal Vaughan, preaching m Manchester recently, said he hoped the Metropolitan Cathedral wouLd be opened next year, but he had determined not to g-o into it until the whole cost of the structure had been mot, and it was consecrated permanently to CJod Catholic Sympathy. Cardinal Vaughan, speaking at Lancaster, said • — ' I feel quite certain that tihe Catholics of England deeply sympathise with the American people in their grief, and in the just indignation and hatred of the anarchism that has struck at the life of the President of the Republic. ' A Suggestion. A correspondent in a letter to the ' London Times ' suggests that the remains of Cardinals Wiseman ojid Manning, and Monsignor Barry should find sepulture in the newWestminster Cathedral. Death of a Leading Catholic. The deepest regret (writes a Plymouth correspondent), was felt throughout Dorset, at the death of Mr. Henry Weld Blundell, of Lulworth Castle. Very few knew that he was ill, a-nd the news of his death occasioned a painful shock at Lulworth. Malignant typhoid was tho cause of death, deceased succumbing at his town residence, Buckingham (Jute. His illness only extended over a few weeks, prior to which he was in Ins usual good health. He was a gentleman of marked ability, and was in his earlier years private secretary to that eminent Colonial Governor, Sir h\ Weld. Deceased was a devout Catholic, and no good movement lacked his aid. In city life Mr. Weld Blundell was a prominent figure, and was a director of several leading public companies Amount Ins own people his death w ill he ,vi i! reparable loss The body was in onixht to Waiehiun on September <) Nearly all the inhabitants 11 waited the cortege at the outskirts of the village At the castle tliI>odv was leceived by the Rev I a i.or Ijnswoith, chaplain of the Weld iamily Aeoh tes preceded the procession to the chinch, where a short service ua.s held <)n the following morinnn „ Solemn Requiem im i n <l \ M " UT H> ' v - E<»w-.ird Weld lumell, OS.II . was the celebrant, tho Re. Adrian Weld Blundell <» SL\ , deacon, and the Rev \V Ijnsuoilh, sul)-deacon. FRANCE.— The Monastic Orders The imcrrahou of (J lo Monastic Orders (wi-ilrs a Pans correspondent) continues IMMI the Princess Dowager «,f IWagan/a. (Princess von lA)\venstein-Wcrtiheim-RoseJi-l)<'rv) has loft the Convent of St Cecilia, of Solesmes-, of which, under the name of Mother Adelaide, she isthe Mother Superior. She Was .iccompaiinid l.y her two daughters »» Airhdvuchess Maria Theresa au.i ihe Duchess of r.irmn Mother Ade1.11(10 Will ho mm.id i, v - ( h e mv.is of Solesmes-, whu ,„.,,„ ,„ v L diet hie t)rcier. The Law of Association. The 'Figaro' stales dial only 10 male religious coiiuwnai ions ha\o <>pphed for authorisation undvc tho J^<m d'Association. \one of theso Coiii^regiitiojis are monastic. The Exiled Jesuits. A large number of .lesiuls emigrating from France will settle at An gram, the capital of Croatia, They liavo begun to build a church there and havo purchased estates in the country.

Authorised Congregations. When a Congregation is authorised it must give an exact account of receipts and disbursements, a financial statement of the preceding year, qn exact inventory of all goods (movable or not), an exact list of all the members, with their family name, their religious ndiiit, then .nationality, ago, birthplace, and ttio date of the entiy into the Order, and at any time, on the mere injunction of the I'ivfect, the authorities of the Order inu.st submit to him or to his delegates, nil the lists, statements, and audited accounts above-niuntioned. ROME.— The Pope's Health. According to Dr. Lapponi, the health of the Holy Father continues to be excellent In a short time he will resume the custom of spending the day at the villa in the Vatican grounds known as Leo IV. s Tower, and will continue there as long as the weather permits. Sympathy with America. The news of the death of Provident McKinley caused a most profound sensation in Rome The Central News reports that Ins Holiness telegraphed his sympathy to Buffalo On receiving the sad news the J'oi>e was deeply moved. All audiences at the Vatican were suspended French Pilgrimage In the early part of Septembei .v representative pilgrimage of French Catholic workmen utnved m Home, and was received Uy the Holy Father. SCOTLAND.— Presentations. The ltev. Dr. Atullin. now Administrator at St Patrick/s, Glas-g.ow, and lately pastor of the Catholic mission at Kirkintilloch, together with Father Green, his assistant m the incumbency there, received piesontations and addi esses from tin 1 Catholics of Kirkintilloch at <v meeting of the congregation presided ovir by Father Delbeko the present incumbent at Kirkintilloch Mi M'GdMgan was chairman of the committee, Mr .lames Graham, treasurer, Mr James McCaim s< itretary Distinguished Visitors. The \isit of Ihe British Assm 1.1tion to Glasgow attracted to the city a nunihei of distinguished Catholic ists J-.itlM-r Cortie. S «J.. <nie <>t tlie foieniost of British .isti ononiers, liguiiMl on the syllabus as ihe leadei ni a paper on an agronomical sulntcl, wnile ajiother learned .Jesuit, FatlM-r J C-ullen, S J . submitted a p.ip"i on a most abstruse sublet. t m ma.tl>e matics still unfan-nlnir to all l»ul the most advanced students oi mathematical science Mgr. Gei..l«l Molloy of Dublin was also a \isitor, lie being 1 lie qniest ol Mi Brand dfuring his sta\ The Mini sigiior is a man ol ni.uiv accoinplisliments A^ a.n electrician he lills in Jreland a place in scienlilu circles somewhat analogous to that of Lord Kelvin m (Jieat Hi itam lie is something of a geologist too, ami

as a writer on subjects of Biblical Criticism his contributions to ecclesiastical magazines are read with interest, The British Association. Right Rev. Mgr. Molloy abd Rev. Fathers Cortie, S.J., and Cullen, S.J., took part in tlhe proceeding 1 * at the meeting of the British Association for the advancement of Science m Gla&gow in September In connection with the Association's visit, special sermons were preached in several of the Catholic churches. A Sad Accident. In St. Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh, on September 11, a Solemn Requiem Mass was suing for the repose of the soul of the late Mr. Douglas Douglas-Dick, who was lately drowned by accident in Canada. The deceased gentleman belonged to that well-known and highly-respected Catholic family, tihe Douglas-Dicks, of 11 add nig ton. The celebrant of the Muss was the Rev. Bd.rrmgton Douglas-Dick, a brother of the deceased. Archbishop Smith occupied a seat m tin* sanctuary, and at the end of the Mass gave in full pontificals the Absolutions. The church and sanctuary for the sad occasion were suitably draped and an imposing catalalcjue erected ifa front of the high altar. The chief mourners present were Colonel Douglas-Dick, recently returned from active service in South Africa; Mrs. Dick. iuid family, Mrs. Colthurst (sister), and Colonel Colthurst (bro-ther-m-law), . . SWITZERLAND. Tho new statistics for the Swiss RePublic report 1,918,1 <J1 Protestants 1 „"iH:},l^,"> Catholics. This, compared with the lv.st general census of 12 y«us ago, is a decrease oi 12 i*ov cent lor Protestants and aii mnv.isi' of 10 per cent I'orCathohes UNITED STATES. The .Jesuit observatory at Manila luus been made tJie central station of the Weather Bureau ol the Philippines, at the head of which are five Jesuits, under the directorship of [•\ttliei- Algue, his first assistant being Father John Doyle. An Italian Bishop. lh'-hop Scalabi mi of I'iacenza, ItaK, <ii lived m Bohton on Thursday e\ en in;;, September ,1 lie was met l>y i lie i epi esent<ili\es of .ill of tiie Italian Catholic Societies of Boston and ,i nnunber ot the clergymen, An elaboiate leception was to have beeji tendered the distinguished \isitorby the Catholics of the North End oil Sunday, September 8. but m recognition of the public sorrow at tdie utteniipt to assassinate President McKiuloy, the people gave up all I Ait the religious part of it The Uishoj> celebrated Mass m the Church of the Sacred lleai t at nine i) iJoek, and at a later Mass j)reached He be.sougjit his hearers to remenibei- that two things were demanded of them as childjeti of tJie Churcli — obedience to Ik r laws iuid to Uu>s«; of tlie country m which they are hvjng He sj>oke feelingly of the

attempt to assassinate t&e President, and invited them to join their prayers with those of the Church and the people at large for the speedy recovery of the head of the government. A Bigot Reproved. During the parade at Baltimore on Augiist 26 in houor of Cardinal Gibbons' return, George F. Frederick, a iiieiiiLci of the American Protestant Association, climbed a lamp-post and launch ml forth a tirade of abuse against the marchers ajid ridiculed the Catholic j eligion. Frederick was arrested, the policeman charging him with -disorderly conduct. When arraigned befor; Police Jaistice Adolph Saiuber, who is a Hebrew, the latter tui-nod upon the policeman who made the arrest and censured him severely for not making a charge of inciting to riot. 'As it is,' he continued, turning to the prisoner, ' I can only line you $1 and costs. I would like to make it $100 Because you entertain a religious belief different from the persons forming that parade you mount a lamp-post ancs hurl abuse at a class of people against whom you are prejudiced.'