The Catholic World

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXII, Issue 15, 14 April 1904, Page 27

The Catholic World

ENGLAND.— His Last Work What may be regarded as the late Cardinal Vaughan's last, literary work is shortly to be published. It is entitled ' The Young: Priest,' and deals with that period of the young ecclesiastic's life which the Cardinal regarded as the most anxious and critical of his career. The manuscript was finished a short time before tihe Cardinal's death, and he devised it to his brother, Monsignor John S. Vaughan. A Distinction The University of Louvain has conferred an honorary doctorate on Abbot Gasquet, 0.5.8., in recognition of the value of his historical writings. Church Improvement The Most Rev. Dr. Bourne, Archbishop of Westminster, unveiled on a Sunday recently a handsome new

high altoar, which has been placed in St. Joseph's Retreat, Highgate, at a cost of £2000, by Mrs. liootens in memory of her husband and of the Rev. Father Lootens. Pontifical High Mass was sung by Bishop Stanley, and the preacher was Bishop Bagshawe, who mejntio(ne,d that the day was the tenth anniversary of the death of the Rev. Father Gerard, the huilder of the ctaturcb. In addition to the erection of the altar, the sanctiuary has been decotated with frescoes, representing tyhe Nativity, the deatih of St. Joseph, and the Qrucinxioin, at a cost which will exceed £(700. The Bishopric of Southwark The news (says the ' Catholic Times ') that the Sacred Congregation of Propaganda has definitely decided to recommend the Holy Father to appoint Father Amigo to the Bishopric of Southwark ppts an end to a state of suspense which must have been trying to all concerned. The delay was caused by t(he difficulty experienced at Rome in making a choice between ecclesiastics whiose merits are so deserving of recognition and. whose claims were, naturally enough, urged with very earnest advocacy. One of the most admirable features in the government of the Catholic Church is the unanimity witih which the decisions of the Holy See are received. When Rome has spoken all Catholics must readily acce/pt the decision. Now that the choice of the authorities has fallen upon Father Amigo, Catholics of every sha|de of opinion will heartily give him their sympathy and. support in the important, work that lies before him. In the prime of life, full of energy, and animated by the highest possible miotives, ne enters upon his new duties with the promise of a most successful episcopate, and in schemes fox the advancement of the Ottur,ch in the metropolis there will, no doubt, he the closest co-operation between him and his distinguished friend, the Archbishop of Westminster. FRANCE.— Not the Cause ' It is a well known fact,' remarks a writer in the London ' Athenaeum,' • that in France the discomfiture of tjhe Catholic Church is not the triumph of Protestantism. This is shown by the attitiude of certain eminent Protestants like M. Ribot, who has been a most active opipioneht of the extreme anti-clerical policy of the Waldeck-Rausseau and Combes Ministries. We might also call attention to the resolutions of the Dutheran synod of Paris last autaimn deploring the same policy.' ROME.— Admitted to Minor Orders The Rev. W. H. Dra'ge, formerly curate of All Saints' Ohiurch, Plymouth, who became a convert some months back, is a student of the College of St. Bede, Rome. He has now been admitted to Minor Orders. Mr Drage is one of several converts who worked at All Saints' during the Rectorship of Father Chase, anid who have become students (as did Father Chase) of the College of St. Bede. j A New Departure According to the ' Daily News,' Cardinal Merry del Val, the Papal Secretary of State, has made arrangements that in future all Encyclical Letters emanating from the Vatican shall be published not only in Latin, Germain, French, and Italian, as hitherto, but likewise in Enghsjh, and that this version shall be officially iss,ued and simultaneously with those in the other languages. V — 1.4.J The Pope and the People A correspondent of the ' Westminster Gazette ' at Rome writes : 'It is really astonishing, when one recalls the stately .days of Leo XIIL, to mark the changes in the Vatican under the new Pope. On the grand staircases women with babies in their arms, poor folk frpm the Borgo, and rough-clad peasants shock the propriety of papal chamberlains. Pius X. likes to see them all, and the poorer they are the better he is pleasekl. Almost every afternoon he receives some hundreds of people in the great gallery of the Maps.' SCOTLAND.— Presentation to a Priest The Very Rev. Canon Stuart, of St. Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh, was recently the recipient of a substantial presentation from his former parishioners of St. Columba's. The Rev. Father Mullan occupied the chair, and was supported by an array of clergy from all parts of the archdiocese. The proceedings were inaugurated by a high-class concert. During an interval an address was read, and the presentation made. The latter consisted of the Canon's portrait in oils, a purse of sovereigns, and a carriage cloak. The address, which was read by Mr. Edward Macdonald, an esteemed member of the congregation and a convert to the faith, expressed sincere regret at Canon Stuart's severance from the mission after thirteen years' connection with it, and enumerated the work he accomplished during hie pastorate, which included the establishment of the schools, the purchase of the presbytery, and the freeing of t|he onurch from debt. The address also referred in

eulogistic terms to the Canon's work on the Parish Council a<nd School Board. Canon Stuart, who, on rising to return thanks, was hailed with 'loud and prolonged, applause, renewed again and again, made a suitable and eloquent reply. The Marquis of Bute's Will

A dispute has arisen as to the fulfilment of certain bequests which the late Marquis of Bute /left for the Catholic Church in the dioceses of Argyll and the Isles an,d Galloway. In regard thereto an action has been brought In the Court of Session, Edinburgh, by the trustees of the late Marquis for the interpretation of certain classes in the will. The Marquis bequeathed to the Bishop of Argyll and the Isles the sum of £10,000, the income of which was to be apiplield for the upkeep of 'daily cathedral services at Oban in the church to be bualt there by his trustees. For the erection of the oh.urqh he left £20,000, and he bequeathed another £20,000 for a Catholic church or monastery at Whithorn. The! churches were to be free and Open, and the whole of the ' Divine Office ' was to be siaid or sung there every day. Difficulties bad arisen with regard to the bequests, the trustees stating that they liad been unable to obtain any assurance that the directions of the testator with regard to the consecration of the building and the conducting of the services would be given effect to. It also appeared that there were no funds for the maintenance of the buildings, and in these ciroumetajiccs the trustees were advised that in the meantime they should not proceed with the buildings. They were prepared to hold the sums until the income wauld form an endowment fund for the maintenance of the fabrics or to s.ubmit a miodified scheme. The present Marqiuis held that the two bequests of £20,000 had lapsed, and that the sums should go into residue of the estate. The Bishop of Argyll and the Isles concurred with the trustees, but the Bi9hop of Galloway claimed to be ranked and preferred to the £20,000, of which £10,000 should be used in erecting a monastery and £10,000 should be conveyed to the new trustees, or otherwise that the bequest should be dealt with under a scheme approved by the court. UMITED STATES.— Archdiocese of Chicago

Some idea of the manifold duties and responsibilities of Archbishop Quigley are gleaned from Chancellor Barry's annual report of the standing of the archdiocese of Chicago The statistics show it to be the second largest diocese, in point of population, in the Western Hemisphere, New York ranking first The Catholic .population of the Chicago diocese has increased 200,000 in three years, and now numbers 1,000,000 souls. To accommodate this great cosmopolitan population thera are HB,H places of worship ; these average throughout the diocese three services e\ery Sunday in'oinmg. The Catholic University

The $.)(), 000 to establish the Knights of Columbus' Chair of Secular History at the Catholic I'nnersity, Washington, was to be formally presented to the lector, Right Re\ Mgi. O'Connell, on Wednesday last, in the presence of President Roosevelt, a nunvber ol prelates of the Church, and members of the order iiorn all parts of the United States.