Catholic World

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXX, Issue 28, 10 July 1902, Page 24

Catholic World

— ♦■ . CHlNA.— Requiem Mass*' Bishop Favier on May 15 officiated at a Requiem Mass in Pekin Cathedral for the victims of the Martineque disaster. Many members of the diplomatic body were present. ENGLAND — Catholic Chaplains. It is confidently felt that the action of the jury at the Mars inquest (says a Home paper), in urging on the Admiralty the advisability of having at least one Catholic chaplain attached to each squadron will have effect. The recent disaster on the Mars affords striking proof of the unfair treatment accorded to Catholiq seamen. When the barbette waa cleared of its dead and dying seamen on the occasion referred to they were all taken to the sick bay, where those who wero not dead were lying for hours in agony. There was a Protestant clergyman on board, and he was zealous on behalf of the injured of his persuasion, but the unfortunate Catholic seamen who were amongst the injured were not able to get the much-looked-for assistance of a priest. There were a large number of ships forming the Channel fleet in close proximity at the time, and several thousand men distributed over the various ships. Tbe most of those ships had a Protestant chaplain on board, but there was no Catholic clergyman on any of them, although there was a big percentage of Catholics among the men. Treatment of this kind cannot be considered fair, and the Admiralty should realise how unfair it is. One witness at the Mars inquest said that if there had been a whole charge instead half a charge in the gun at the time of the explosion the whole ship's company might have been in danger, and in the event of such a lamentable occurrence the Catholic seamen on board would have been placed in a cruel position. Commemoration Service. A religious service in commemoration of the accession of King Alfonso XTII., was held in the Carmelite Church, Kensington, London, on May 21. In front of the altar the flags of England and Spain were displayed. The Rev. Joseph Dominic Ostend celebrated Mass, which was followed by a solemn ' Te Deum.i The Salesian Order. Father C. B Macey, of the Church of the Sacred Heart, West Battersea, has just been appointed Provincial of the Salesian Order in England and tho colonies. A Benefactor. The Right Rev. Dr. Bourne, Catholic Bishop of Southwark, has receded a communication from an anonymous benefactor, placing at the disposal of his Lordship a sum sufficient to erect three Catholic churches in South London. Of these one is in South Benmondsey, one in Stockweil, and one in South Croydon. Law Costs. It is proposed to pay by public subscription the legal expenses of tho three Jesuits reently selected for attack in the Law Courts by tho Protestant Alliance. Catholic Progress. Preaching at Tottenham, England, last 'month the Rev. M. Brannigan dwelt at length on the Divine power of tho Church and the revival of Catholicity in England. He asked : ' What was the history of the Church in this country during the last hundred years but a history of wonderful development and expansion ? They had but to look at the number of churches, and not only the number of churches but the number of schools which studded the face of this land, to see tho real progress the Church had made. They had practically the whole land covered]

with Catholic schools, whore tho children imbibed from their earliest 1 years a love for and know lodge of their faith. Look at that, and think that but one hundred ,\o<us ago none of those schools existed Could they not see the linger of Cod there FRANCE.— AH the Difference. The Trime Minister of tho French Government has not allowed his circular about clerical interference in tho late elections to remain a deadletter. Alicadv- a, curat'" 1 nn<l n chaplain have been stricken. That the Catholic clergy hod 1o export such a reckoning need not bo dwelt on. But why should a Catholic priest be punished and a Protestant parson be excused, though both are guilty of the same act — be it an offence or not ? Yet such is the case A Protestant minister, M lc Coat, of Tremol, openly professed his adherence to the Republican party lie spread his views in the fo ran of a catochisim for electors, filled with tho usual historical lies, and full of abuse for tho Catholic clergy Ho attended the banquet of tho Ministerial candidate, and no one denies that he, a clergyman, did all m Ins power to secure the return of M. Wai deck-Rousseau's supporter Yet no action is taken against him, while two Catholic priests are made amenable to the Government's laws. How would it have gone with M. le Coat had he opposed the Ministerial candidate ° We (' Catholic Tunes ') see in this instance, as in so many others, how under the French Republic one man may no! look over a hedge, while another may steal a horse. ROME. The Pope has confributod 1-0 000 lire to the funds for tho iclicf «.f the sufferers from the Martinique catastrophe. Pilgrims. Amongst the pilgrims received by the Holy Father recoiuly wene a negro and an Arab in iuti\o costume from Carthage. English Pilgrims. The members of the Knglish Catholic Association Pilgnmago to Rome were iocei\od m audience by the Pope on Wednesday, May 14, in the Sala Clementine. An address was presented, and an oHermg of Peter's Pence was made The Pope, who was in excdll'Mit health, icceivodtho pilgrims most graciously and ex pressed his joy at seeing so many of his children coming to Rome to show their devotion to I lie ITolv See RUSSIA.— Sent into Exile. Mgr. Zwicrmvio', Bishop of Wilna. is the fouith occupant of that mm' withm a period of forty v eai s who has had to tiead the die.irv path of exile Tho oflonce by which Ins Lordship has brought down upon himself this heavy penalty from the Russian (iovenimcnl is- nothing men c than a strict fulfilment of his pastoral charge to watch over Iho little children confided to his cai c Schools aro being multiplied m Poland, m which the influence of the Russian

Popo is supreme, and which are used as places of prosclytism for robbing the Polish children of their Catholic faith. With this danger before him, his Lordship could scarcely remain silent, and ho nccoi dingly published a mandate to his clergy commanding them to do all they could to keep their Catholic children from the schismatical schools On the moiv row of the publication of this circular, the Bishop was cited before the Governor of Wilna, who required him, m Hv nnine of the Russian authorities, to yield upon four points' To authorise the burial of members of Orthodox Church m Catholic cemeteries , to recall his prohibition against the Orthodox schools , to add readings from the lUble in Slav to tho lessons in Catechism . and relax his opposition to mixed niarmages. The result of his refusal to give way upon theso points was a summons to St. Petersburg, where be was called upon to iiCMgn his bishopric. To this demand the courageous Bishop replied that the Holy See alone could se\er the bond that united him to his flock. As a consequence his Lordship left St. Petersburg for Tver. His exile was stated to be for an indefinite period, a euphemism with tho Russian Government for n life sentence. SCOTLAND.— GoIden Jubilee. The golden uibilec of Franciscan nuns was celebrated with great rejoicing on May 'A at the Charlotte street Convent, Glasgow. The two members of the community who were thus piivileged were Rev. Mother Clare and Sister Agatha, who, each in her own respective sphere of activity and usefulness, have done much for religion and education m Scotland Mother Clare has been sacristan of tho Ordei for over 40 \ears. A Memorial. ]t is proposed in tho archdiocese or Glasgow that next year shall be devoted to the raising of funds to erect a suitable memorial to the late Archbishop E.v re This memorial will take the form of the building of three industrial schools at Bishopbriggs, together with a chapel for the same, the whole to be known as Iho ' Ev.ro Alemoiial ]ndustnal Schools '" The sum of i- 10,000 is in the trustees' hands SOUTH AFRICA. Wo learn that Durban, the pr.mcipal seaport town of Katal, includes m its population over 3000 Catholics, 2000 of whom aie whites and the' icst Hindoos, Kafhrs, and Creoles Recently, by the sale of old Chinch property, nearly £12,000 was I,'ispd, and this .sum is to be devoted to the ci eel ion of a gnand (atholic cathecbal which will make Durban the chief Catholic city in the colony SPAlN.— Religious Orders. The young King of Spams fust work Nays an exchange) will piovo trying to him. He seats himself on his tin one to face a Ministerial crisis Six months ago, Senor Sagasta

undertook what may be described as a mild persecution of the religious Orders, which the anti-clericals in, the Radical party considered to possess no legal standing in the country., All religious Associations in the country were ordered to seek authorisation, and a period of six months was allowed them in which to conform with the Ministerial decree. No doubt the main object of this order was to prevent the settlement on Spanish soil of any of the refugee communities from .France. At all events, tne Suaiubh Congregations took that view of it, and did not ask lor authorisation within the specified time. The Holy See, through its Nuncio, was anxious to safeguard the position of the Orders, and somehow or other., its counsels, when communicated to the Congrega^ tions concerned, were made public, with the result that the Minister of the Interior considers that the Cabinet lias not kept faith with him, and) detenruines to resign as soon as the Coronation festivities are over. This will precipitate a Ministerial crisis, and it is far from unlikely that the King will feel compelled to lean, for support on the Radical party. UNITED STATES. The following cable despatch., expressing the sympathy ol the Pope, was received in New York after Archbishop Corrigan's death from Cardinal Rainpolla, the Pontifical Secnetary of State : ' The Holy Father with the greatest sorrow learns thati the eminent Anchbishop whom he hoped to see in Rome very soon haa been snatched from among the living. His Holiness, who appreciated very highly the illustrious merits of the dead Archbishop, expresses his sympathy from the depths of his heart for the Church of New York, and he prays God eannestly to give to that well deserving soul of the Most Reverend Archbishop Corrigan the repose and reward of the just.' A message of condolence was also received from Cardinal Vaughan. GENERAL. The Holy Shroud. His Eminence Cardinal Richelmy, Archbishop of Turin, has expressed his belief in the authenticity of tho relic known as the Holy Shroud, Klondike. At St. Mary's Catholic Church, Klondike, sermons are preached weekly in three languages. Tho Mayor of Dawson City is an Irish Catholic. Catholics in the East. Tho Rome correspondent of an English secular paper states that the Sultan has issued an irade recognising tho right of Italy and Germany to protect their Catholic subjects in tho East. This is tho end of a prolunged contest, France, in virtue of old tradition, claiming the exclusive right to this protectorate. Tho refusal of tho Sultan to recognise tho French claims in this respect is 5 serious blow to France.

The Inevitable Irishman. The Church of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli (writes the Home correspondent of the Sydney ' Freeman's Journal ') has been presented with a splendid new organ, the gift of the liieger house of Jagendorf to Father Hartiaann, the Franciscan composei , and to his Ordei. The new organ has been tried under the auspices of a Kerry man, Father Doakl Fleming. the Vicar-General and — let us hope — tho future Superior-General of the Order of St. Francis. A Highland priest of my acquaintance, who looks liko an Irishman always replies to the inquiry, ' Father, you are Irish, are you not ? ' with a brogue, and c Sure, is not the Church one, holy, Roman, Apostolic and Irish ! ' Another fniend of mine, who was travelling in the dominions of the Sultan in 1898, got into contact a bright Pasha. In the course of conversation the Turkish dignitary said quite rebelliously : 'Why, 1 am an Irishman, and I've just got permission to go home and take part in the celebrations of '98.' Some members of the present Polish pilgrimage were visiting San Pietro, m Montorio one day recently. The Guardian of the Irish Franciscan Convent of Saint Isidoie de Urbe, Fr. Bohaventure Ahearn, was there with a fniend of mine, Mr. O'Connor, of Son Francisco — and Dublin. The Irish visitors were looking at the tombs of the princely ex les of the time of Queen Elizabeth, O'Donnell and O'Neill. They showed the monuments to the Poles, and explained that they covered the remains of two tombs of tho princely exiles of tho fatherland and the representatives of persecuted Catholic Poland all knelt in veneration around the priest and received his blessing with deep emotion and then rendered their homage of tears and prayers at the memorials of the heroic chieftains.