The Catholic World

New Zealand Tablet, 6 September 1906, Page 31

The Catholic World

ENGLAND— Unveiling a Tablet . The' Spanish Ambassador and 'Sir William Butler were among , the , members of a large congreKation which- assemibied at the Carmelite Church. Kensine^ ton on July 21, for Pontifical High">Mass and for the -pnveiling by <th? Annbas'sador of a tablet erected near the Lady AHar- to- -commemorate the—-pre-servation of the Queen of Spain. The tablet was covered- by ,-English and Spanish flags, and the Ambassador unveiled it by removing the" Spanish 'Roy aP Standard. The tablet, is of white marble, anil has r the following inscription:— O, Mother- of -Mount -- Carmel, continue to spread -youf protecting Mantle'^,. around the Queen of Spain, who, kneeling at this spot, heard Mass on the morning she left England for her adopted country. The Feast of the Ascension, 1,906.- This tablet is" placed here by some of her fellow-worshippers in grateful of her preservation from "death on her wedding day, the 31st day of May, 1906.' - - - c .- - - . Voluntary School Teachers One- operart?i/on of Mr. , Birrell's Bill (says .the •Catholic Times') is fraught with. pain, we had almost said penalty, to a class .who least -deserve it; the teachers in such Voluntary schools as - may be closed Theii ,case is peculiarly hard. Believing that -- -the - schools would .always be 'recognised "by Government— they entered :• the -'■^profession, of teaching, and many of them- suppo^fe^hat they had practically fixity- of' tenure in the'-schools" to which they were attached 'Now comes ; ;-arn«w "law,- and- after devoting the best' years of_ their life- to "the service of the nation' in educating its future^ citizens, .they find .themselves in danger , of lbsing ' a., situation which had promised permanency.- -- No wonder" that a number of "parliamentarians, including such influential men as- Sir W Anson,- Lord Robert Cecil, . Mr. Dillon, Mr. Ramsay " Macdonald and Dr. Macnamara - should have met to urge the . Government to secure adequate . consideration for the hard case of teaohers in non-provided schools which may -be closed as the result of the operations of- Mr. Biflell's Bill." Their opinion is that, if v. the teacher fiannot find employment, he or she shall receive compensation paid in equal proportions by the « Treasury and the local education authority. Whatever action the Government may take, we earnestly trust that the hard case of teachers' ' in existing Voluntary schools, who may find themselves without a situation through - no- fault of their own, will be treated with every possible generos- - ity. - ' ; -;; FRANCE— The Persecuting Spirit - '.r As . illustrating the spirit - of - the present" rulers of Prance towards the Church, the ~' Caifliolic Timesl gives a few instances. The Abbe Godin has been fined for celebrating _.the religious marriage, before the civil ceremony, .of .the daughter of -the mayor Mercy, near Reims, -though the father- desired bim^todo so. The Atybe Belot has been summoned to appear in court on the charge of bogging ; he was found by the police- soliciting- alms "for -the sttpport of the clergy ! The Bishop of Tarentaise has been obliged to close -„. a parish church .at Grandcoeur-, vyhere the - municipality refused to maintain the fab-"' ric of jthe presbytery, which was no longer fit to live in. At. Agen, , the Bishop was denied his episcopal maintenance, and when he sought' to recover it in the courts, the Goverriment stopped the trial. The- Bishop, feeling that he^ could get no justice, withdrew the action, - and the lay administration keep the salary due to /him, as well as about £1200-~accruing from the sale "of the- College of St Caprais. Instances - such as these - are enough to show what measure of ; justice French Catholics may expect under the . new regime which M. - ulemenceau extols- as one^.of extreme/liber.ty for ihe Church. An ti- religious Frenzy ' - '•" '•*-■''•- -, The Mayor of Sainte-Cecile, in, the Vaucluse, " made a decree to forbid the smallest' manifestation of the religious idea in his domains. Hence a .-perfect .fkva:Xanehe - of summonses agfuinst "" the C^re. The latest judgment against him of the WMice-court of his canton - condemns him to five - days, .imprisonment. Here' are. the items as given in " ttoe. judg?nent of , M. M,an4yet, ; justice of the pe*uce at Bollene: I.' For having, 'alone;' in front of» his church, ' ; in his cassock,' ' bis hat under his arm,' called for cheers for the Christ, for Religion, for France, for liberty, 24 "hours' imprisonment. 2. For' having, according, to accompanied the chil- •

dren to First Communion from the Chapel of Sainte Cecile to the Parish Uhurch, . across the- uiue square between them-24 hours. ,3. For having, on the •, Rogation days, proceeded to the rural crosses reciting his Breviary, - his • surplice -on his -arm '—72 ?» U^ ? ;r JEf * s forn statement against bim added that he proceeded to the Benediction';, this, however, Tu S +- v £r e ' + swom^ witness not . having taken" the troubtte to foil How- him across Jhe fields. . A Manly Postmaster -- "• / . -"* M. Antonin Viala, Postmaster BrissacV"(Herault) was cashiered for having^' helped to organise —such was the reason given— the resistance to the Inventory at .his parish church/ He writes: ' I as--sisted at everything which- took place \fct the church. and I am ready .to return every time that my- duty * as a Christian man calls me., there.-' I have not insulted -anybody, and I halve "not" committed any "of the acts with which I am reproactiedr 'But if they wash to prevent me going to church they will not succeed I am a Catnohc, and 1 . intend tio remain m a. Catholic, r will not deny _ the . JFafth, of my ancestors to !gam_ any employment whatever " I am, a republican, and on this score I intend to guard mv liberty. - , GERMANY— The Tomb of Charlemagne As we were informed -by ..cable, at the time- tftei sarcophagus of Charlemagne in 'the Treasury of the Cathedral of Aix la Uiapelle - was , opened on July 17 in-_the •of the' civil and ecclesiastical authorities, and two costly vestments of -great artistic and -historical value were -temporarily removed and sent to Berlin to be'-photographed: It is announced that the Emperor William- < bas "WaTmly approved of the removal of" the J vestments. The Kaiser's Good Wishes . - - . ""a u < f er J?J an Em Pe«>r^sen.t -the following, letter to Archaitfttot Placidus, 0.5.8.,. of : Beuro», on them-bilee ol his ordination :—' lt has. come to "my. Knowledge that on the 15th July this year you will %c able to look back upon an active connection of- fifty years with - the Society of St. Benedict. On. the occasion of this special jubilee I - offer "you mv" hearty good wishes and present' ybu-~wWh a -bronze bust of- myself as a token of unaltered esteem Hoping that God in His -goodness will cran-t" you yet many years of fruitful work. 1 _' . . INDlA— Deserved Praise . -■ The- consulting- architect -teethe- Government of India (says 'Indian Engineering ') gives high "and dfrserved praise to the work on the new Cath6lic Cathedral Rangoon, which he thinks the finest masonry .building; m India., The wonderful part of -it is "that except the builder a Catholic priest from -Europe . the workers are all Indians trained by himself "without _ any other supervision. The place is well worth a visit > by. those interested in buildings 'for not-" only the" struction, but the mode of .carrying out" T -ihe" work -is said to be well worth the study of those' concerned with like undertakings. . ITAJ-Y— A Distinguished Scholar ,-, J Mbnsi,anor Candido, Bishop "Titular 'of Cidbniar • who who just died (writes a Rome correspondent) -'-was : a profound mathematician and natural scientist. He w a s the author of several inventions. The. globe which he invented, and which, now bears his.namef received, a" prize at the Paris Exhibition of 1867. ' "* - ' ~ r P " The Late Portuguese Nuncio --„-... ... „ ? _, The. 'remains of Monsignor ,Macchd, Archbishop- : -of Thessalomca and Nuncio, in Portugal were - received at Falestrina, his native town, .with every respect and tributes of mourning from the" entire population *-and the throng of summer visitors. .-The. .Mayor and:- all the authorities,' the- Catholic, and -all other societies 'TaWarlan,'arts and crafts/ etc.) i 'joined'- in- "the* procession Cardinal i V.. Vaawutelli, Bishop of pontifical! lIl I assisted at the obsequies ..in' the- Cathedral. -Canon Pasquazzi, DelegaterApostolic, -in tne;d"iocese, delivered! the panegyric. The Mayor" and .others * delivered orations at the Y tomb in the cemetery: . -• ->.i;^ I A Fight for Principles i The .Cardinal Archbishop of CataMa "(wriWs ' a' Rome correspondent) is' taking a hand "in-' the' electidh'bf a member of Parliament at Catania. ; r He has even delivered an address in support, of Professor garnazza -> the Constitutional candidate. In it theV. Cardinal explained the reasons which- induced, him ,f 6 seek- a "withdrawal ~of the « Non-Expedit '-. for the case from the Sovereign Pontiff.- The day -of July .30,. 1905, "opened—his. Emfn- " ence said^-a. deep wound, in-- the of Catholics for they saw religion offended and reviled by the bitter' and savage persecution of its ministers, and by the parody-

ing of the chants of the Faith. After arguing from, these premises, the Cardinal declared that the fight in which believers were now engaged was -one- of- -principles. .' Go, then, to work in the n^me-of G<od,',/'he said. ' Let no one be remiss. 1 Cardinal Prancisca Nava di Bontife is a former Nunoio in Belgium," one > of the most active and successful Italian Bishops, and has made union of. sympathy, spirit^ »and. teaching, with the Holy See. the watchword of his life as pastor of souls. , . ROME— The Vatican Palace . . 7.. A Rome correspondent states that it has been found that - the Vatican "Palace " needs restoxatidrt. ' The falling of the ceiling in the Papal , reception room led * to, a minute examination being made. This revealed the fact that many of • the walls are .cracked and bulging-, owing to the weight put upon them in the"-' course of centuries of internal alterations. EVen the wing where the Pope's apartment is situated needs -" strengthening. He is about to change . his room. It - is estimated that the restorations will cost £20,000. - They will have to be. carried out at once. RUSSIA— The Bjelostock Riots x The report of the- Duma Commission on the Biel- . ostock disorders which resulted in the death of seventyfive Jews, /and seven Christians confirms our own remarks upon^-this subject (says the ' Catholic Times ').>• The Jews suffered severely, some . of. - -the „ -unruly members of' their body brought, the punishment upon them. Seventy-five per cent., of the popula/tion of Bielostock. are Jews, and owing to the formation amongst them of organisations having Anarchist tendencies, it became difficult, /to guard the" annual -Greek and.patholic processions on July 14. ' Noth withstanding pre-. cautionary measures taken, such as drafting troops into the town to guard the public thoroughfares, it proved impossible at one or . two - points ,on the routes of the two religious processions to prevent the throwing of bombs and the discharging of revolver shots at those taking part in them.' The report shows that the entire responsibility for the disturbances rests with the Anarchist organisations which produced a state of- extreme excitement in the populace and then committed outrages with explosives and firearms upon the" process-ions. This report, it is to <be noted, is strongly in contrast to ac- - counts of the affair in which the Jews have .beeii represented, not as aggressors, but entirely as victims. SCOTLAND— Departure of Priests The Rev. John F. Kelly, who has been stationed Jor. over four years.. at St. Alphonsus?, Glasgow, where he lajbiotred ;most zealously, has been recalled to Iris native diocese of Killaloe. His departure is greatly regretted by the people of - St. - Alphonsus'. The Rev. Patrick Griffin, of St. Luke's, has been recalled, to his native diocese 1 of Kerry. Both in' Massend arid Glasgow Father Griffin did yeoman work as a promoter and extensive organiser of devotion to the Sacred Heart. The i Rev. Father Wm. Ahem, of Pollok&haJws, late of Maryhill, goes home^also to the Kerry diocese. In" the two Glasgow parishes where he was curate. Father Ahem -' did excellent -work, and his withdrawal from the arch- - diocese is much regretted by all who knew him. ':- - -..,■ ' '. . - ":sj£"-" GENERAL An Appreciation The Governor of one of the German Colonies in Africa has sent to the Provincial, of the Oblates. .. o&St. Francis of Sales a letter in which he says :. 'Wherever I have seen Catholic missionaries, whether in China or in East or West Africa, they have always- acled on the motto, " Labora et ora," and the Catholic ' Church is 'to b)s cong;ratulatfid_.on_the -results of their lafaors '