The Catholic World

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXII, Issue 4, 28 January 1904, Page 27

The Catholic World

BAVARIA. — The famous • Christus ' The renown of the late Josef Mayer, the performer of the part of Christ at the Oberammergau Passion Play whose death is recorded elsewhere in this issue was largely but not entirely due to his- physical fitness for the 'role.' He had a face of remarkable beauty and of the utmost spiritual type, framed in dark, flowing hair and beard. The late Lady Burton's description of him is worth quoting : ' His sad, majestic melancholy his expression of pain, sorrow, and patient endurance! bis walk, dress, voice, manner, his- natural noble bearing, his stamp of refined intellect, all combined, made one feel, she says, <as if he had stepped down from those innumerable pictures and magazines we know from our childhood. CHINA. —The Missions A great victory has been obtained by the Conjrreeaf of SS 00 P a ? 1 a . nda regarding the Catholic Missions in Ihe Chinese government has agreed to give pecuniary compensation for the Church property destroyed by the Boxers, to grant freedom for the exercise of religious practices within the empire and to recognise all the churches, schools and mission houses of the Catholics as foreign territory, to be protected if occasion arises imperial troops. ENGLAND — Ushaw's third Cardinal Cardinal Merry del Val is the third old Ushaw student who since the date of the College's foundation has been made a member of the Sacred College. A New Centre The Government notified the Manchester Education Committee on December 9 that they agreed to their suggestion, made a short time ago, of recognising the Convent of Notre Dame, Bignor-street, Cheetham, and Loretto Convent, Hulme, as Pupil Teachers' Centre. Cardinal Vaughan's Grave A plain polished slab of Aberdeen granite has been placed over the late Cardinal Vaugban's grave in the

grounds of St. Joseph's College, Mill Hill The site is known as. Calvary, as a liteSze figured the oJJJ Catholic Successes, Oxford ♦ £*?* }*!?*?& Md Bomo controversy has been excited iLSSFS h by i th t ad i udic *?°n of the's^iorKeKtt Sir in ?K 'Wafcrsji'fi the Catholic Church eighteen months ago. He is now Rome prieSthood at the Co^ege ftjda, to The Southward See i. v J^ stat f ment * thAt **• u atHolic Bishops of England have not yet met to consider the filling up of tHTvacant, See of Southwark is incorrect. T&e Bishops met Rj»S?f PU £ POS6 b "f ore the «tapartu» of Archbishop Bourne for Rome, and they sent to Propaganda their expression of opinion as to 'those they coiisidSed eligifiS 5 th c ce n IOU< e iL first choice was identical with S[? of the Canons of the Southwark Diocese* vis.- the Right Rev. Mgr Canon Fenton, Vicar-General of the? Archdiocese of Westminster. The position o« matters *t the f^L the K laS^ mails left was <*** ** Holy See &]£ rT* ba^ k l or „J urther consideration, both ?T the Bishops and the Chapter of Southward the tern* sent °. Ro t me by the The Bishops will meet again! under the presidency of Archbishop Bourne, who was e£ pected to arrive in London about December 17. FRANCE — The Prefects' Reports The Prefects of all the Departments in France, numbering eighty-seven, have completed the reports called for by the Premier regarding scholastic establishments directed by the congregations. The figures show 3,494 Kt?nn7 f C ?Q°o Ol L uund er, r *?e? c control * authorised congYegations, 1,299 being for boys, and 2,195 for girls. ITALY.— The Irish College *v T h ? Sovereign Pontiff, as a token of his affection for the Irish College, Rome, has sent to it a gift of books tt rr K at h mgOf } he <> l0 *y> Wory, and Uterature. These! Gregory the Great Centenary ,„,¥• g ri ° r - D ; D -» Domestic Prelate of his Holiness, and Vice-Rector of the College of St. Bede, haabeen chosen as a member of the committee for the organisation of the thirteenth centenary of the death of Pom bt Gregory the Great. The President is Prince Chiai Albam; the Vice-Presidents, Duke Caffarelli Count Mario Carpegna, and Baron Kaazler ; Monsignor Carlo Respighi is Secretary ; the Vice-Secretaries are Count L • Barbiellim-Amidei and Dr. Bersani ; the Treasurer is the Cay Camillo Seranni. Here are some nam£ of PrinV 0 !!? 01110 / 8 V M f. r> Duchesnc ' Mgr. Wilpert, Mgr, Prior Mgr. Avoh, Professor Marucchi, Rev. Dr. Mercati Rev Lorenzo, Perosi, Pere Jansens, 0.5.8., Padre De Pecci etc I Padre aMgnoni ' of the B axnabite», Count The Dominican Order The Pope, to honor of the Feast of the Patriarch St. Dominic, the day on which he was raised to the Ponti- " "^ the **«*»*■ * Distributing Sacred Vessels During the Pontificate of Leo XIII. a great quantity or sacred vessels and vestments- accumulated at the Vatican. Pope Leo expressed his intention to distribute them among needy churches and clergymen, and Pope Pius, in carrying out the desire of his predecessor, appointed a commission, headed by Cardinal Merry del Val, Secretary of State, to effect the distribution. The St. Bernard Dogs. *k fr°m Aosta, always memorable as being the birthplace of the great Benedictine prelate St Anselm, states that the celebrated dogs of the Hospice of bt. Bernard have already saved a life this winter An Italian laborer named Bellotti, being unable to find work at Lausanne, started to walk back to Italy by the St. Bernard route Going over the mountains, he lost his way and fell asleep in' the snow. The monks who are Canon Regulars of St. Augustine, were guided by their well-trained dogs to the unconscious man and carried him to their monastery. After two days he was able to continue his journeyj

PHILIPPINES.— The Friars An agreement has been reached by Governor Taft and the friars providing for the settlement of the ' friar land ' question, The Pope has given his approval of the terms of the settlement and the approval of the American War Department is now awaited. The settlement provides for the purchase of 403,000 acres, comprising all the agricultural lands and buildings of the friars, with the exception of 12,000 acres, including, a farm near Manila, which has been sold to a railway company, and also one sugar plantation. The price agreed upon is $7,250,000 gold. The friars originally asked $3,000,000. Governor Taft offered them $6,000,000 SCOTLAND. --A New Canon Rev. Father Stuart, of St. Mary's Cathedral, has accepted the position of Canon of the Chapter offered him by the Archbishop. The installation, it is expected, will take place shortly. Memorial to Canon Donlevy At a meeting on December 9 of the general committee in connection with the proposed memorial to Canon Donlevy, a, select committee was chosen, and it was decided to proceed with the memorial, which, it is understood, will take the form of a Lady Altar, an object which was very dear to the late Canon. The Marquis of Bute The Marquis of Bute, who was lately in the Soudan on a brig-game hunting expedition, has returned to London, and was shortly to have proceeded to Mount Stuart House, Rothesay. SPAIN.— The Concordat In the Spanish Senate on December 7 Senor Maura, the new Premier, said that in regard to the religious question, when the negotiations with the Vatican were terminated, the Government would make the results known to Parliament, which would decide whether the Concordat ought to be modified. Toledo Cathedral Reports to hand by the American maul show that recent cable-messages by no means exaggerated the dangerous condition of that gem of Spanish ecclesiastical architecture, Toledo Cathedral. Fears are entertained for its safety, the roof having fallen in. The structure is regarded as a masterpiece of architecture, and its destruction would be greatly deplored. UNITED STATES.— A Debt cleared off Rev. Henry A. Brann, D.D., rector of St. Agnes's Church, New York, recently paid oft the last dollar of the mortgage of $81,000 on the church property This leaves the church, the rectory, and the two houses used by the Sisters of Charity for a residence and an academy free from debt There is a mortgage of $50,000 still due on the parochial school. During October Mr John Tucker gave $1000 to the church for two marble statues, one of St Peter, the other of SI Paul, for the mam altar of the church, and Miss Owens founded a scholarship in the parochial school Stabbed at the Altar While ejning Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament at the close of a recent Sunday's e\ening service, Father Roach, pastor of St Martin's Church, of Cascade, lowa, was stabbed in the neck by Charles Moncageant, an insane man. Father Roach, though seriously miured, will recover. Moncageant is under arrest He is a former inmate of the State Hospital for the Insane The crazed man rushed down the aisle of the church toward the pntest, and the latter supposed that he was on an urgent call lie inclined his head to hear what he expected the man to say. As he did so, Moncageant drew a dirk from his. pocket and plunged it into the priest's neck.