The Catholic World

New Zealand Tablet, 18 October 1906, Page 31

The Catholic World

ENGLAND— Westminster Cathedral : In addition to the gift of a finely-decorated~ehapel - to Westminster Cathedral, at a cost of £l'0;-000, Lord ' Brampton is now having a magnificent pictorial" mosaic panel erected in the south aisle. - '•-;.'- A Remarkable Work When the Redemptorist Order, two years ago, .' acquired the fee simple of several -acres of waste -ground on • the High Road, Lower Edmonton, the plot was known to passers-by as ' The Common ' (says the ;■: London ' Tribune'). The Fathers' hail it walled in, trees "planted within the enclosure, and an iron church Two priests were sent to carry on the work of- bring- -" ~ ing ' stray sheep ' to the Catholic fold ; their * success - b.ecame assured from the stait, and after comparatively few weeks a congregation of live or six increas.ed ~- to one of hundreds. After a few months of missionary labor, the late Cardinal , Vaughan gave • permission to the Redemptiorists to build a permanent church, monastery, college, and schools, but his Eminence died before the foundation stone was laid. This. duty fell to Archbishop Bourne, who followed on the .lines tit tils predecessor. The woik has been pushed . 'forward rapidly. To-day the monastery is built, and will be ready for occupation by a staff of fifteen or twenty priests and lay Brothers very soon. The church-r-an . exquisite- -. edifice— is also built, but the opening.. -will not take place until Easter. The college and schools have yet to be erected. When" the block of ~ buildings -^is" com- - pleted, however, Edmonton Catholics will have reason to be proud of the work of this self-sacrifiping Order, the members of which are respected by all classes in the 'district. FRANCE— The Inventories The Bloc declared thai the Inventories were inten- ' ded only for the benefit of the Ohurch, to guard its . ' property from cures, who might sell, in ignorance, . valuable works of art, and buy modern rubbish -in its place. We shall how see their real use. The Patr rona'ge of St. Peter, place d' Armies, 1, at Nice, "was the first foundation of Dom-Bosco in France. For the last three years it has 'been 'directed by an association legally '„ declared ' under the- law of 1901. This alone has enabled it in ,some measure to survive the auction held there by the liquidator, for four days, July 18 to 21. The hundred^ orphans had been taught to support themselves by "seven* trades printing, typography, bookbinding, joinery, bootmaking, and as locksmiths and tailors. The association was able to buy the printing machines, ami the contents of the joiners' and tailors' - workshops ; but* lost all that was- necessary for . the four other trades. ' It bought in the bedding, the tables of the refectories, .the infirmary outfit, and a little furniture ; but lost ' all the contents of the chapel and sacristy, the linen, library, kitchen" utensils, and crockery, all the contents of the schoolrooms, and the furniture of the staff. Next day, Sunday, the assisted at the religious .offices in a chapel absolutely bare, there being neither' seat nor bench. The altar alone remained as . part . of " the building. Nothing need be said of the indignation of the inhabitants of Nice at the sight of this ruthless wreckage of an admirable public institution -in the name of the. Government.The new ■' laws ' of France have" produced sigjhts sadder still.- Trainfuls of once-rescued children turned out in the fogs of early winter.- morning in "some quiet Parisian terminus to find -a-iefuge, each ;for thcmsel-{ yes, deprived of the assistance of their formevjirotcctors ; comvoys of poor orphans in some great provincial' town, Jed by their guardians about the streets to find a" place " to lay their heads. *' , -^ - GERMANY— Catholic Leaders Dr. .Hitze, who has worked so hard for Ahe .social programme of ;the German Centre, was present" at . the~Essen "Oatholip Congress, though not in, good_ health^-" Cardinal 1 Fischer, referring .to < his labors, i said :-- ' For • the .advance we r have .made .in connection with the"' social, ,we are -indebted, -in" .an^eminent degree, to the. "^activity o.f Dr. Hitze. r The Cardinal- also spoke approvingly of the" work of Dr. Pieper, general director. of- the People's Association, and Herr Brandts, an employer j whose deeds arc equal to his words. A Great Demonstration Cardinal Fischer, of Cologne, and his Assistant Archbishop, the Most Rev. Dr. Muller, jwent from meeting to meeting on ' Labor Sunday' -at Essen and' delivered addresses in seven, or eight halls. The exact number of workers in the Catholic Labor procession was 43-,000.

The Church and. the Workers,., _ - In the telegraphic. l reply to the greetings of l lie penman Catholic Congress, , .-sent., by Cardinal Merry-del _Val in * the name of" the .lloiy Father, hearty thanks were ' tendered :by- nisV-ilollhess . for^ tie 'devotion of the German' Catholics "to "Hher.welfare. of the"- working-,clas-hes,;., and in. the address Vwhich he delay ered _ at „E ssen, -whither he proceeded . from the Euoharistrc. Congress at Tournai,, Cardinal- Vincent .Vannutelli also, conveyed "to tlie vast ~ gathering "the *" satisfaction given to_ "the ■ Pontiff .by the 1 efforts of- the'Xjcrman- .Catholic, party to .elevate the lot of the "workers. -It: 'is not merely the --material, condition of- the toilers that benefits- by ' l the labors. of- the" Centre; ' "Unbelief' is, 'checked and" a ".strong ' rampart is raised 'against' "it. "_ .The- Holy " Father, recommends the example -of, the German Catholics so: earnestly Because; he sees that many of the '^champion's -of the , toilers/. -cause — men who in otlver respects' arc. estimable— make, ii" a * part- of their "worlc ".to • sow "the seeds of. infidelity.. Only /by v the .combination, '".of. religious energy; , and. Ahe^ advocacy .of. "justice for the, workihg-jnan-rsucli r" a^programme Fas" the German -" Catholics successfully" carry, - ouW-can 'this anti-religious "campaign be -defeated;, ~.- -< - - ~ < - \ Catholics and Organisation ; The, German Catholic. Congress, at Essen, .was ajsingularly effective proof -of the- una-baling- ,zeal oi -t2»e| T German Catholics for the interests of the' Church." Though these assemblages have been takiwg place for _ over half a century, the Essen Congress -drew to- , gether-..-a larger, number -of- people" than any -of fits pjce- . decessors. The . .large' hail specially -built for the; meetings . accommodates twelve 'thousand persons, .-bait its capacity was overtaxed again and again. feature of Catholic life, every means of strengthening, the spiritual power of the Catholic Congregations, "every object meriting the attention of Catholics received con- . si-deration. Associations, representing missionaries 'and' mission work, Catholic . teasers, Catholic merchants, Catholic working-men, Catholic "students, and others met and discussed the subjects in..v.liich they are specially* concerned, and all joined in making ' the Congress the success it has been^ It has become a powerful -bond -_ of union to German." Catholics," -and it is evident that the Holy Father would -gladly see "Catholics" of other nationalities entering into rivalry in this respect with the Germans. In "the. letter ~to the Congress, his Holiness plainly intimated lhat it would be to the advantage of the Church in .France if French Catholics acted with the same unity, and energy as their German brethren. SCOTLAND— Visit of the King and Queen of Spain Catholic readers (says the ' Glasgow? Observer '), who have been following with sympathetic interest the brief tour of the King and Queen ..of J3pain..in .Scotland, were no doubt pleased to note that, the , observances proper- to the festival- of the Assumption" were not neglected in the midst of a Busy week by their ■Majesties. Early on the morning of -August 15, .' the King, who had a big day's sport before him, heard Mass, together with the members of his", suite, in a temporary chajjel arranged at Fy\ fc Castle". " The Bishop of Aberdeen (the Right Rev. Dr v ,Ciws'holm) , who was _the guest of Mr. Duff at Hattqh- ; < ustle,- Turiff , was the oelabr<t<nt of the Mass. Queen- -Victoria was n-ot present at this early Mass, but at a. later ,: hour she drove with- her ladie.s-jn-wailing to- Clova, .to- -the iseat of the Catholic family, at Lumsden, and assisted at Mass in the pretty little^ church " adjoining rthe • mansion. The '.church " was decked with red and yellow flowers _,colors of - Spain) ' in recognition of the RoyaL visitor ;' some members of the launsden. -family rendered the musical part of -the service,, and - at,.' , the conclusion the Spanish National Anthem,- 'was ~ played ■ by Mrs. Lumsden. - This- -lady is a daughter of the late . Mr. 'Carlos Gordon, of . Ward-house, whoSe 1 "- son 'married a daughter of the Coride dc Mirasol, and whose family had intermarried with noble Spanish houses at : vari"ous ' times in; its hi.Story. The King ami Queen of Spain; before leaving Aberd-eenshire, paid a visit, to,, War-d-Jhouse, which has, belonged to the Gordons for" many - .generations'. !- , . - - *; • UNITED STA+ES~beath of a Priest '. , '."The Rev. D. 1 P. 6'Flyiin, of St. Joseph's Church,Waverly Place, New York, passed away ]cm August ,22* in -his 59th year. The deceased, who was -a native' of - Mallow, County Coi'Jk, was a life-leng*'fiiend of the Very Rev. Mgr. O'Leary, of Lawrence.''"' The deceased priest pursued his ecclesiastical stiidies'-in France -an-a .^Belgium, and was ordained in 1873 v rand. went 'to- -the United _ States two years, later*., Ih- t 1878 he, was- appointed pastor at Sauserties, where" he " remained for fourteen years. -Towards the close of his pastorate he was appointed Vicar-Apostolic to the West Indies. In 1892 he was appointed to St. Joseph's, which" was made

a- permanent- rectorship. _ The* only .thing ■ .of •■ material va hie Father, o^iypa^.had:- was his.libVarr.^extie^ive collection- of' ecclesiastical' and general * works. What^ -' ever money Father O ' Fly* njiad- made or. had- .given ,to . him- he.g-ave away to .tfie needy xpb'of'an'd'l or ' church and chan table (Purposes generally, and -the small insurance policy on his life .was' all tKat' Was- left 4o cover the funeral expenses. ,

GENERAL A Contrast Writing to the. "Sun,' New Yo'rlc; G-e'orge W. Dithric »gc, i. .an Americanvresi-ding. Jn Mexico, • has .this to say ~ of that Catholic country : • In New York the last -daily" •duty of the householder", is that of ' seeing * that -all his -doors and windows are properljr'secured 'and barred against intruders. In Mexico I have been for months at a . time the. only. American in rny_ neighborhood, yet I have left doors and windows open at night, sleeping -pL II ,, s T uni : ise without a. thought- -of ' h*Tm..oV. danger. The Mexican children are delightfully interesting (Jourtesy .with .them seems^t© be ingrained. As soon as' they x>an talk they become Chesterfields, while their innate kindness prompts them to many a delicate attention.'