The Catholic World

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXII, Issue 16, 21 April 1904, Page 27

The Catholic World

ENGLAND.- Ordination of a Convert The Rev. Martin William Cave, M.A., was ardained priest recently by tfhe Archbishop of Westminster. He is now attached to Westminster Cathedral. Father Cave was, prior to his leaving the Church of England, a curate at a church in Tuebrook, Liverpool. Congratulations The Archbishop of Westminster, Dr. Bourne, :net a large number of representatives of the religious Orders in the diocese of SoutJiwark on February 27, arid from them received an address congratulating him on his elevation to the archiepiscopal See. The gathering was at Archbishop's House. With the address the Archbishop received a gift of silver plate. In addition, individual Orders presented his Gxace with two rochets, made of hand-made lace, and a statue of Ojur Lady. In returning thanks, the Archbishop said that his relations with the religiious Orders in Sauthwark had been most intimate and happy, and they always gaive Mm a generous welcome. In many districts he had seen proof of their goad work, and no mission, he thought, was complete without a body of religious women. See of Southwark The Pope has ratified the decision jof the Propaganda in favor of the appointment of Monsignor Peter E. Amig,o to the bishopric of Southwark. The Bishopeleict of Southwark, the Right Rev. Peter Amigo, is the youngest member of the English Catholic hierarchy as he» has not 1 yet attained his fortieth year. His love for children is shown by his strenuous efforts in promoting the cause of the Children's Country Holiday Fund. In the fifteen years since his ordination Father Amigo has done much parochial work, chiefly at Brook Green and at Commercial Road (as rector in succession to Canon Akers, brother of the Home Secretary) and latterly at Walworth, where through his exertions a fine new church has risen already, nearly freed from debt. The Bishop is an excellent organiser and a good preacher and speaker. His Lordship will, like t/he late Cardinal Manning, stand out as a shining example of temperance to his people, for he is an ardent total abstainer. FRANCE.— Bigots Worsted Six ex-members of tihe dissolved Congregation of the Marists were prosecuted at Dunkirk recently for the offence ot ' entertaining relations with their former Order.' The defendants had been duly secularised, had given up wearing religious cosftume, and were not living together. Three of tin em were engaged as schoolmasters at Watten, near Dunkirk ; and the others were actmg as private teachers. The local authorities, following up M. Combes' injunction to put down with a strong arm attempts at sham secularisation, maKle this a test case, and were worsted. The local tribunal acquitted the accused on the ground that when secularisation had taken place in due form it must be held to be genuine, unle&s there is evidence that it is not, and that hi the present case no such evidence was forthcoming. Catholics In the Far East French Catholics (writes a Paris correspondent) follow with great interest the developments of the war in the Far East for reasons which are not exclusively political or financial. France has got numerous missions and missionaries in Korea, in Manchuria, and in Japan. All the Catholic missions in those regions are in French hands ; and the missionaries are supported by the Society of Foreign Missions. There is a Vicariate Apostolic at Seoul, presided over by Monsignor Mutel, who has with him 41 French missionaries, 52 French nuns, and 16 native priests and cateehists. They have 44 churches, 52 schools, a seminary, a hospital, and two pharmacies The Catholic population is estimated at 54,000. In Manchuria there are two Vicariates Apostolic ; the southern one has 24 churches, 25 French missionaries, 4 native priests, 198 French nuns, 31 schools, 8 orphanages, 4 model farms, 2 hospitals, and one pharmacy. The northern one, 40 churches, 20 French missionaries, 2 native priests, 32 cateehists, 1 seminary, 54 nuns, 30 schools, and 9 orphanages. The former Vicariate has a Catholic population of 17,000, and tjhe latter 9000. In Japan there are 4 Catholic dioceses, entirely in French hands, viz., at Tokio, Osaka Nagasaki, and Hakodate, the bishops being Monsickior Osouf, Monsignor Chatron, Monsignor Cousin, and Monsignor Berhoz. The Trench missions in Japan enioy the' fullest liberty, are very well organised, and have been very successful. They comprise 118 French missionaries, 32 native priests, 267 cateehists, 74 French monks, distributed among 5 monasteries, and 327 French nuns, in 27 convents. There are 38 schools

and colleges, having over 5000 pupils between them ; 3 seminaries, 5 hospitals, and 15 pharmacies. Most oi the colleges are in charge of the Marist Brothers, who up to the Law of Association were in charge of the fampus College Stanislaus, in Paris. The Japanese Catholics are over 100,000 in number. INdIA. — A Venerable Bishop Archbishop Colgan completed the 60tJi year of Ms association with the Catholic Church in Madras on February 4, asad was the recipient of many proofs of the ebleem .uid regard of his fellow-citizens of all communions. Lord Curzon telegraphed to the venerable prelate oftenng his congratulations upon his 4 long and admiralble devotfion to the interests of the public,' and his sincere wishes for the Archbishop's continued health and happiness. Pontifical High Mass was celebrated in the morning and was followed by a reception, When Dr. Colgani received the congratulations of the bishops, priests, and laity present, as representing the Catholic comrnjunion in all parts of Southern India. A citizen's meeting was held, under the presidency of Sir George Arbuthinot, on the following day, when the Rev. Dr. Miller, Principal of the Madras Christian College (a Presbyterian institution), was deputed to present a congratulatory address on behalf of ' the citizens of Madras, belonging to various sections of the community.' The address set forth that while the signatories and those they represented differed about many things, they were heartily united in appreciating the value to the whole community of the example afforded by a long life devoted, as the Archbishop's had been, to high and useful purposes, nor were they unmindful of the way hi which his sympathies had always extended beyond the bounds of his own communion, or of the wise and highly-valued aid which he had given to the many movements conceived in the general interest of tihe community. Rejoicing in the unexampled length of his residence among them, they asked his acceptance of an accompanying gift as a small token of the regard and high esteem in which he was held by men of every rank and class, and they trusted that he might be spared many more years to discharge the high duties which had been providentially entrusted to his care. ROME. — Reassuring News Propaganda has, it is stated, received reassluring information as to the Catholic missions in the Easj;. The Japanese Government has given strict orders that the interests of all Europeans, and especially of missionaries, should be reapected in Korea. An Irish Franciscan In many ways the most famous Irishman at present in the Eternal City (writes the Rome correspondent of the ' Catholic Press ') is the learned Franciscan Father Da\M Fleming, who was appointed by Leo XIII. secretary of the Biblical Commission established less than two years ago, and whose elevation to the Cafdinalate in the near future may be taken as a certainty. It is stated that shortly Father David will be called from his cell in the new Friary of Sant Antdnio to take up his quarters in trre Vatican, where he will be at the call of tho Holy Father, and where he can devote himself entirely to his work as secretary of the Biblical Commission. , SCOTLAND.— New Parishes Evidence (writes a Glasgow correspondent) is not wamting of the growth of Catholicism in 'Glasgow. Quito recently I reported the opening of new parishes in (ilawftow and district. I understand that it is the intention of the ecclesiastical authorities to establish another half-a-dofen parishes. This will ha»ve the effect of lightening the labor of the clergy, who are overworked in many parishes, the result of which is that a large number of priests are at present laid up wi!th illnes&es. _j.,_ i&\ t &hi GENERAL Chinese Catholics in Manila When Archbishop Harty, the new Archbishop of Manila, arrived in that city he received a gran;d welcome from all the people. A striking incident of the demonstration in his honor is thus described by the ' Manila American ' :— ■' Even before reaching the shore Archbishop Harty demonstrated the keen interest he already feels in the work which is before him. Mr. Lim Chang Sue, who came out to greet idle Archbishop as tihe representative of the Chinese Catholics of "Manila, upon being presented to the Archbishop bent his knee! and kissed the sacred symbol upon the hand of his Grace. This was somewhat of a surprise at first to the Archbishop, but great was his amazement when he was informed that there were more than fo,ur thousand Chinese Catholics in the archipelagjo. His Grace dwelt utpon tJhis siflbvect and manifested "Che deepest interest in the information imparted by Father O'Mahoney.'