The Catholic World

New Zealand Tablet, 20 September 1906, Page 31

The Catholic World

ENGLAND— Sad Accident The ' Catholic Times ' regrets to learn that Monsignor Basil Feilding, D.D., brother of the Earl of Denbigh, has been drowned by the capsizing of his canoe on the Rhine. Monsignor the Hon. Basil George Edward Vincent Feilding was born in 1873, and was- educated at the Oratory School, Birmingham, and in Rome He served in South Africa in 1901 as Acting-Chaplain "to the forces. r Visit of Bishop Grimes r oi is - V°u dsh^ p the Rieht Rev - Dr - Grimes, 's.M., Bishop " of Chnstchurch, .celebrated Pontifical High Mass at St Ailne's, Underwood street, London, and also preached on Sunday, July 20. There was a, large con-grega-tion. Diocese of Nottingham Archbishop Bagshawc's visit to the 'diocese of Nottingham recently was the occasion of much rejoicing amone a very large body of his friends and admirersiclerical and lay In addition to his reception at Ratcliffe College his Grace was entertained by the- secular clergy at Leicester. The Archbishop, who is in his 7Sth year, is in the best of health. Reformatory School ™A C M tbo^ c /c/ c i 00 * ma , t ? L y school, known as the Farnwoith Nautical School, 'erected near Widnes, was opened recently by the Right Rev. Dr. WhitesMe^ Bishop of Liverpool, in presence of a large and represents tive assembly. Built at a cost of about £12000 the new erection is most substantial and handsome With accommodation for 120 boys and teaching stag. A Distinguished Honor Mr^^TL « rd^risieif & heh c e B V a t s he b Sds the of ST SA; j2figXs pointed him to be a Knight CommaW™ of the S£ der of Pius IX., in recognition of his long services at he Papal Court. Mr. Grissel has been a Papal Cham bcrlain for more than thirty years, in wSSJ canaSitv of Sl'piuf IX 1C V t al i? an CoUncil thfo^qSel of Pone fon \m' * t coronation and obsequies iL plnfii v •' and , at the coronation of the reigning Pontiff. He was also on duty when Kinp- Frf ward VII., as Prince of Wales, visited the late* P? De " a few years ago; and it was about the same Time that he was appointed Chamberlain of the Cloak and o S n W °an d y WUierto »"^« FRANCE— A Prince-Priest v H-K-H-Prince Max of Sax ony, once a tireless worbrotheTof th P P°° r m + th * East E "dof London the motnei of the present King Frederick Augustus preached one Sunday lately in the Church of St' s;n UU h ren to c> hHn rl^ ln faVOl : ° f A , the missions of St. !£ sepn to help the neeuy in Alsace-Lorraine and tn a« sure them the aids of religion. The 'five aitlVs Sf t£ ctlTectioT 1 ' GG a fil vSv "SL^ himseifm^e Ihe r2n~ ? « ' v ci J good one - Vh at but the Catholic &&JT*££&£,»l F ™* CapUal - <? °<^ Inconsistency of Anti- Clericals . Jhere are many well known instances in France The Injustice of the. law ""*•'- MdUeV. "bLS* P (Aube)^two. sisters, supporting themselves by their own tabor. In W7Bit

good' to them to commence the religious life They consecrated their house to the new work, took the habit, and trained novices. When an iniquitous law., compelled them.. to ask for authorisation, they renounced the -religious life. - They did what the law required, gave up. the habit, sent back religious and novices tq' their families, and. themselves re-entered ordinary life. The liquidator," however, did not intend to lose his booty thus, and claimed both the house and the ancestral belongings of the Sisters Becard In the. case of the house built on their estates before any community was formed, his claim has"' failed • but - he " has obtained possession of all their furniture, ' although'left to them by their parents. This has been sold, and one of the sisters actually reduced Ho the necessity of sleeping on a bundle of straw. A sad epoch, when injustice becomes legal. ROME— American Pilgrims ■o- Two hundred American Catholics", ' headed by the Right Rev. Henry Gabriels, Bishop of Ogdensburg were on a pilgrimage to Rome towards the end of July. A Catholic Newspaper ' "-a * The Mar( l uis de Felice (writes a Rome correspondent) has kept his word and succeeded in supplying Rome with a good Catholic daily. 'This was on July 26, when, towards evening, subscribers began to re- * ceive copies of the ' Corr-iere d' ltalia.' During half a year Rome has possessed but one religious daily paper, ' Osservatore Romano.' In the address which embodies his policy, printed in the inaugural number of the new daily, the Marquis de Felice strikes at orice the note of faith and fatherland, as reconcilable factors ; of devotion to the progress of the working classes, and of profound obedience to the word of the Sovereign Pontiff. The Papal organ, the • Osservatore Romano,' on the following day, published a paragraph welcoming the new venture. SCOTLAND— An Appointment Mr. John Swinnterton Ph-illimore, who succeeds Professor G. G. Ramsay in the Chair of Humanity at Glasgow University, is a son of the late Admiral bir Augustus Phillimore, and, like all the Phillimore family for several centuries, was educated at Westminster School. At Oxford, where he won almost every classical distinction and was President of the Union he proved himself a ' bard of . triple tongue ' by publishing a little volume of poems, and another of his Greek and Latin ver^e compositions. He also collaborated in the ' Essays in Liberalism,' dedicated to Mr. John Morley by ' Six Oxford Men.' Professor Phillimore joined the Catholic Church about a year ago. UNITED STATES— The Laetare Medal The Laetare medal, conferred once a' year by Notre Dame University, Indiana, upon a member of the Catholic laity who has won distinction by his service to mankind, has been bestowed upon Francis J. Quinlan, M.D., LL.D., by Rev. John Cavanagh, C.S.C., President of the University. From «Old Donegal' Cut and dressed in Donegal, the corner stone of St. Columba's Church, Philadelphia, was placed in position and blessed by Archbishop Ryan the other day. The stone was the gift of Bishop O'Donnell, of Raphoe. GENERAL Foreign Missions The Very? Rev. Father Sykes, Jesuit Provincial, makes a strong plea in the ' Zambesi Mission Record.' for increased interest in the work of foreign missions. There is, he points out, no other European country which has under its flag such a vast infidel population as England. And wherever that flag has been planted" non-Catholic missionary agencies are actively at work, and are most liberally supported. Father Sykes is confident that if Catholics only, knew how the Protestant denominations are pushing their propaganda" what immense subsidies the different " societies for the propagation of the Gospel in foreign parts receive every year— how quickly they are filling" up the avaU- . able .places and occupying the empty theatres" of -work, Catholic, zeal for foreign missions would be' quickened and the desire of the Catholic laity to' lend the missionaries a helping hand 'would wax "stronger; - He A diss^ cerns . sigjns by which he judges that the missionary spirit is more in evidence than it was won't to l>e some - years ago. The number of publications devoted to the ..subject is larger, the number of priests, -^Brothers i and . nuns v who are going forth to different countries T has grown, and a greater stimulus is given to the work in many directions. , ..-.,,