The Catholic World

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXII, Issue 31, 4 August 1904, Page 27

The Catholic World

EriQLAND.--\ Memorial to Cardinal Voughan The Duke of Mniolk presided at a meeting held in the Weslmnibtvi Cj.thedi.il Ifall for the purpose of discivs&ing the piopusal 1o eiect a niemoiial to the laic Cardinal Vaaehan Xnhbishop Bourne, sc\cial 01 the English C'aihoiu bisV ops, and leading membcis of the latty wcie pit.-v.iiL. Work in the Slums A graphic description v! Fc.tiher Barnard \ aughan's work m a London slum is gwen m the ' Daily Dis(p%t<Ji." The pressman says the weekly courtyard meet n-s ate preceded in the afternoon by a children's- cate-J^sm 111 the big church m Commercial Koad, wheic any ot 120U >ounrsteTs may tuuc the joy ot being put upon a bCnch toi a dialogue with Father Vajughan, a priwlcge they \akie too highly to spoil by Vfln ness— w?huh in any case is not the weakness 01 an tia&t-lOni child. Father Yaiighan makes himself quite at h<mie amongst the clnldien, and in order to be m their midst lncs a couple ol days aiid nights of the week in a room in a street oil Commercial Road, cooking his own food. A Wealthy Catholic The will bus been pioud m the. Client a Dutmt Probate Registry of Mr Kdward Ilult?on, of Oakficld House, As+iton on-JMersev, newspaper pxopuetor, Manchester, who died en March 25 The gross, amoiwil of the estate is £558,4,iG|. Amongst other charitable legacies, he bequeathed £100 to" St. Bridget's Catholic Orjpih.an.agc, Manchester , i;i0O0 to the Manchester Children's Hospital, Pcndlebuiy , £500 to t,he Little Sisters of the Pour Home lor Age>d, Manchester , £500 to St. Joseph's Home for the Aged and Infnm (Little Sisteis of the Poor, Longsight) The late Mr. Ittilton, who was a Catholic, was the founder of the ' Daily Dispatch,' the 'Main hester Kvening Chronkle,' the 'Sunday Chronicie,' the ' Athletic News,' and o their journals. The Accession Oath The Duke of Norfolk has given notice to move in the House of Loids ' that whereas, under the HiU of Rights anu the Act of Settlement, the So\eieign is req/uired to join in communion with the Church of England, as by law established, and ample sedulities are provided to scUire the Protestant success ion to the Crown, and wlieieas, in addition to these set untie-., the Sovereign is required, immediately after his suecesision, to make a declaration commonly called tJhe declaration against transubstantiation. which is deeply and needlessly offensive to many millions of ],oval subject|sl of hi>, Mum'sUv, tUiiK House is ol opuiw n tllut the declaration afoies«iid oiu r ht to be amciuUU >4) as not, to include the condemnation or i epudiat ion of specific doctrines which form pait of the conscientious beliefs of any of his Majest} s subjects.' An Objectionable Order Mr J F X. O'Bnen, after consnlciable correspon dence with the governing body of King's College Hospital, Londoin, has obtained the rccision t>f afci oi dei whiqh practically closed the hospital to Catholic nuiscs. Recently a Catholic nurse was appointed to the hospital, and she was ordered to attend the service of the Anglican Chuitii She piotestod and refused, c>nd Mr O'B.rien has obtained from the governing body an undertaking that this regulation will not m future be enforced in the case of Catholic nurses. Catholic Records In the Chapter Hall attached to Westminster Cathedral the inadtg\iral meeting of Hhe Catholic Record Society was held recently mder the presidency of his (Irace Archbishop Bourne. The objects which tihe Socipty lime m view aie to transcribe, print ujidei, and distiribute to its members ' the old Catholic registers of baptisms, marriages, and bunals, etc., and other old records', of Me faith, chiefly ponsonal and genealogical, since the Reformation in England and Wales,' m-any of which, especially m regard "to the diocewj of Southwark, will contain Tnsli names. The principal resolution wa.i moVed by Loid Herxies and se^ondcitl by Father Herbert fXolan, authorising the toundation of the Society. In submitting; the proposition, bord Heriies said! that if anybody in Kngland should be anxious to preserve the records of tneir a'ncestois, it should be the Catholics, tor these ancestors, xioit withstanding great .trials, had preserved, the faith, to whitii they owed ttieir present position FRANCE.— Courage at Last In Fi'nnce, as in all Catholic (ovnUies, the Corpus Ohristi proccsßionfe are highly appreciated by the faith-

ful Ilia! fact suinces (says the < Catholic Tiniaj ') to enrage the ■anticlerical ianatits who will neither worship God themfeches nor let olfliers do s,o. In many places this year tlwe persecutors have lodged petiJ^L^i 1 ih ? mil a^t-hontu.'b, threutcnuig disorder should the religious procession be permitted and sad to s.ay, m only too many instances the niayois' and prelucLs ha^e boi-n terrorised mt/ 0 forbidding what was desired by c". er> one but a handful of atheistical seclanc.s A i St Cloud, however, a lesson was kuujht to these lunous haters of religion The • Utioii 1 a Mjurnloiis nnuvpanor l,nd ,nv,l,. f | „ ( . TOW - (1 of ro ,,A s tr) hustle the pioces.sian off the sheets. They a f sswnbled to carry out their j-uiposc m due course Bfut when t.ho procession went by, they displayed the discretion of a \yeak party m face of a slicing one. The Catholics had turned out m numbers, prepaied for the fray ' \atiurally Uie procession wa, not interfered with, and do!r S t°o them ° St " nn ° Uti enjOyod l<hc so ROME.— Sacred Music The ' Catholic Times ' understands that not only fiom Urea. Britain but also from the Lnited States anvi otiier couutrros ha.ye apphcatnons been made t o the Holy See for ins'tnuetions on specific po ;n ts of the \lotu Proprio ' cm music. Thus cvplains why in Enel«ivl and elsewhere the Bishops, whilst anxious tfoat tfie Papal pie, uii.pt ions should be immediately adhered to have not taken any collective action. S iOTLAND.— A School Burned Down St Joseph's OathoUc School, Tollcross, was rcceiitiy t»>tfahy desiiroyed by fire, a«nd Uhe roof of the chapel house whith is adjacent, also damaged by the (Mines Lhe loss was estimated at £3000 It is said that die outbreak originated by some hca\y lnc siparks 1(1111 " ue ;; E the Caledonian Railway engines whix/h rim close to the building. A Generous Cift A well known Protestant gentleman resident in hdLnbmgh has just presented a large piece of ground at Rctaing to the Catholic CUirch authorities of t,he ydin,b,ur Pl n arcfliHioccse. The giound is in the parish of St Mary s Cathedral. Very Re,v. Canon Sttiart h \in- abeen consul teu on the matter, the decision has been cnri,ved at to ciect a suitable place of worbhip immediately after Martinmas, as the ground will rot come into possession of the Church authorities until then Vn I 11]"I 11 ]" n S ° f , M he dlslnct ' comprising Rcstfelrig,' AM>e\lill, Pioirbhill, MeadowbanJc, South Leith, have -uncn:cd inconvenience o n account of the long distance which they have to travel to 'hear Mass so that the goneious gift, of the gentleman will \c a great boon 1o Hie Cafhohcs of the distncU namad SOUTH AFRlCA.— Durban Cathedral One of the most piommeni of religious cdifiics in .\.itjl (writes an Aust Lilian lady m the Sjflmcy ' Frecinaus Journal ') is Hie new Cat/iiohe CatJicdral, called hmmanuel CaHhedr-al, which has just roachoj completion Ihe history of this magnificent structure mmst surpnse many, for v is unique in modern church history in.isini.uth as t\lie oongregation were not asi'cd for one P( " U 1 i r i J, mVtU ' a ; S 'i' s "'"''l fiction. The Cathedral, which To.Muf , 0lltlM ; d , e < 15(]ft i"Mdo, and 61ft wide, cost -L.MUO (o ouild, its seating accommodation is p-ro-baby 200. The oLd church site in Qiev street was sold during tlie land 'boom' for £56,000 dut of winch the site of the present Cathedral, which adjoins he ( atrphc cemeteiy, was bought, and this bea.utiful edifice raised. It is of icd brick, and the interior is mast artistir. The floor, the ten rounded pillars that rfupgiort the arches, t-hc pulpit and altar-rails are aU of Carrara marble specially imported The hwl.-ome almost lne-si/ed Stations of the Cross, i« basrelief, whim a?e a special ornament to this fine buildms,, were in\cilc<l and Wessed en last Good Friday afternoon Immediately in from* of tihe altar outside the van<tuaiy is ttic vault of Bishop Jolivet whose bumal, fiom all accounts, must lu^e been a truly im! presis./.'e rerememy. There is a very fine orgah-gallrrv and adjoining ,t a T^my large aiM artistic music-room iraohed by a s/hort H,ght of stairs'. Here the various Masses are arranged in R Uss and oak m«sic-eases ani e^ery facility ollercd to copying nni sic, etc. The cong"egatum aie now asked to subscribe towards an orSin jvoflttiv of the Calhodral, and already, I btfi«\*'JKS Ihvn hall MwJ required sum has been raiseid. The ( at/hcdral is lighted throughout with elo.trfc light. •'