The Catholic World

New Zealand Tablet, 13 December 1906, Page 31

The Catholic World

ENGLAND— Catholic Schools 1/: -: In , every Catholic church and chapel in EngTand and:"--Wales on Octqber^l, special prayers^vere of-:-?f -* U ?- P^seivation of the Cathblic-cliarac- " > ter of ' toe Catholic schools. '^ < ■ ■■ — • ". " --- ,-*■-- .< Defending a Church c - r r-y A stalwart body of "Irish "Catholics frustrated an^" attempt of the .Fulham unemployed to invade 1 a Cath-\ ■ ohc church last' week. -The - 'Irishmen charged 1 - -the nic-15 - and drove them off. - ; Charitable Bequests , " J : j:-^**^?!'-' Charity gains ' ah'" -enormous- sum— over a million— by "* the. death of-^Mrs. . Ada- Lewis-Hill, which took place recently at her, house in Grosvenor Square^iondon." She was the widow , 0( f r ,Mr. ; Sam Lewis, W : --money.- ' lender, who_ left a fortune of' -some- three" miTli'ons;^ Fart'' of < this >-■ vast : sum 'was left to her in her own " right to dispose of, as she pleased; considerably over a million was - left, on her death, to go to suo&chari- „ table institutions as she and his executors might se-lect.----Besides . these two millions- Mrs. Hill .has left '| out of her private fortune half a million to charities £??, 6 ?; 0111^* 6 }" 8 of a miili on to her husband, Captain ±1111, of the Scots Guards, whom she married- in"T9O4 Among the chief bequests is a legacy of £20,000" to the Sisters of Nazareth, Nazareth House, Hammersmith, , London. " Death of a Priest The death occurred recently at Chesterfield of Father von Wurtzburgh, who was a first cousin of the Duke ol» .Norfolk, they being "both grandsons of Admiral Lord Lyons, a distinguished, naval officer, who was raised to the peerage exactly half a century ago, and ' aiedv at Arundel Castle in 1858: Lord Lyons' elder -daughter married Philip Baron von Wurtzburg in 1839, and the same year his younger daughter married the late i t °l ,? OTiolk > who died in 1860, • Minna, Duchess ot Norfolk, was a convert to the Catholic Chureir and a woman of strong character, as well as of sterling piety. Her elder brother (son of tAe Admiral) the second Lord Lyons, was an eminent -diplomat,. Who- w n s for somej, years British Ambassador i-n - Paris' He was received into the Catholic Church a short time 'before his death. A Remarkable Tour .After an. absence of eleven years on a -t'o.uri -com- ' prising the whole of S,pain and the Spanish-speaking ' countries of South America, the Rev. Kenelm Vaughan brother of Father Bernard Vaughan, is expected in England shortly. Father ' Vaughan has -been collecting it o, or ■ the erecti on and -decoration of the Chapel of the. Blessed Sacrament in Westminster Cathedral ; and *?q «nl Ie ? tions 1 amount to' £18,227: Of thi's-sum, £13 bOO has already been expended on the"" new 'chapel. ■ father Vaughan's remarkable Achievement "is all- the ' more praiseworthy owing to his indifferent: health..'- He has laid himself open to^-fevers and diseases of every kind whale he has been away, yet hevhas almost ' miraculously escaped. Never before, perhaps, in thesis- , tory of the Church has. a man collected so" much and travelled so long for a single object. The Education Bill C * nr, 7ttn^ m^ siTa : U^ a |> ainSlt the Education Bill held ?L .^f, s'n5 'n. ali - d1 i' George's Hall, Liverpool" Vsays 1 '" the 'Catholic Times')., ,was a glorious prooL.-ol^he vital power of i;he Catholic Church in thl city^lt W" ,the second time, that,- the Catholics thus aLmbSr Wc : °^,^ eachr ;i? CC - asioll the . re were such immense nurnl Bdun/S p Q^ US 4f Sm ' SUel J unanim "y in denbuncingwtheEducation Bill, that a .stronger expression :ol -%he views of a large section of the largest 'city in -ErneAt a ° U i ft w "1*5 : "" Inetr °P°; is cannot w e" "be "irnagS.- ' = m dinner at T rowbridge -Mr.' Fuller,- ITP . said the vital - question of the hour was whether • v?m S nf Q L LprdS 7WOUIt7 W0Ulti ', or would not " capiSfe^hewill of the- people and the majority *in" toe House of TiS??^ I ®?' he - atMed ' that Wfeneraf 'stiff olthe -iiu 2 5 a^ n were Prepared for any mCTgenc# J and • 10^* *°S e S er - a «rt we are convinced they" could not bring together if they tried-such - immense • gatherings of- reaU working folk, as have assemhi?? A oppose the Education Bilf in- T Liverpool? Manchestei^ and many smaller towns in Lancashire a nd eSewheS?' ,

V, The- letter of ?&iii]}&i\iy?-ih&js --the 'Freeman's - have addisslT to SSi*F *S? Jeads,.'^u;;tho trials to which the.%Ohureh-; of -is ; being: subjected, , car- ?- : riesr with, it the;, united sentiment } of- Catholic Ireland . bmai'gs - with! . it v more _ : encom-,age.meriL /Already, , the Catholics of J ranee ,/ have- been strengthening" - their 'X^ ■ r* r : :f^ mßranoe- of-ithe -trials'. -which ,the pf ..; lreland; , /hM'-'to endure -and' its-final- -vicmited his/ .brethren - andJJiis ,clergy, -to- tufn-'.theiMeyes to Ireland,-- not- -merely; -Jop .the. hope.Vhich: its;" history would, .afford; them;-. bn.t-Vtfo v. v '. study >-;the .methods-- < -ami organisation by -. whichVit -Jm ''utilised- its' Sard-won Iree->-dom - The . Irish; Bishops: .-m%-:. well Ciell/ S " their French brothers; to.: be; .of- good .heart.-"- -We, -Irish Bishops' says .their , eloquent -Jet tor, I t' are;' tlie v sons".oF"i": Church ,whaeh t -has . Jcrio>ya .- suffering : . -IHjq ' - Überties-wlVietf : we - I'^V^ 011 ai ?i > tlle -^ ui^-;o^-,ceritui;ies of- abnegation, and : _,saQrifice .pn the part off " o'tr^prMecessors and of their . }? 4 2. e 9? le C* ia - re .^.deepiy-c6livinced- .that" "the faith of Catholic France will likewise conic forth .stronger ' - and .pjurer>> from the trials to which, it is now sub looted, and that the Church ""oTStrXoulsT far -from' falteL"n ?'S».. T ll \ ac Q u^e new strength to fulfil its glorious and "Divine mission. * " .::~^ -^ ■ -.- .-s^. /QERMANY— Catholics and the Secular Press """ s Biscussing the great Catholic Congress recently held at Essen, a writer for the ' Irish Ecclesiastical Review directs attention to the fact that the whole proceedings from the , beginning to the end were open to the press. 'The CathoKcs of Germany,' he says, , n£° mg to couceal » and nothing to be "ashamed -of. They were jioJ. met to stir up a religious war or to indulge in attacks on those outside the Church-they-had no reason. to feai; publicity oiVrEo^imitate the example of . their >i®ol,egi;anj6' cbiiatryrrien^invscooiductine: Jbheir; proceedings closed -^dpsrs.;; Theyi were met to discuss the,, eatholic'iiiterests'of 'Germany to examane their,^wh - position,' their .weak points as well as their strong joints, to emphasise their grievances and "to formulate their demands. Their public men— and some of them holding the highest positions in the land —Were not ashamed to let their countrymen know they .-were .taking part in a Catholic Congress. They • invited.- publicity and "they: got it -to their heart's content. Years - ago, when the Catholic Congresses were only m their , 'infancy, the opposition papers showed' their contema&B^taking n q of the proceedings. .Now the leadings-journals -on" air sides sent their repre- ; sentatives to vthe. : <2ongr.css,.-and~.. their, pages were tilled each, morning "with^- an 'ae&ouitV ' of>-tts-. work The reporters for .over seventy -'{different papers were'accom- . modated at the press table, and every facility was afforded of obtaining a complete "report>-,ot the proceedROME— An Audience : , J The Right Rev.. Dr. Grimes, -Bishop of Christchurch was received in audience last weefc^^vhis Holiness the •Pope. \ „v---SCOTLAND^-Catholic Progress J The. new. Catholic, schools wMch have.been in courso of erection at: PolloK shaws : for some time were solemnly blessed : /and- opened : \oa Sunday, October 21 'by :- Archbishop. .Maguire. . The .-schools areV" built on the highest piece -of- -ground- in- Shawhilfeamd occupy a" splendid -position. They are built to accommodate over - /(MKohildren, .and : have Cost -over £60GU - - of Lady Kerr > v -:J % V~, On. October /20; iir St.-David's Chapel, Dalkeith, the | funeral of, Lady Amabel Henrietta Kerr' took place Utfo beautiful and . impressive ceiemonial in the presence of her mourning relatives, and friends and. a representative gathering of the clergy andJaity of the East of Scotland. -The chief mourners wefe^dmiral Lord Walter Kerr, Rev. Walter Kerr,. Lieutenant Andrew KenMr, John Kerr, and Mr. Philip, Kerr (sonst- Miss Marl --- saret Kerr (daughter), -Lord. Ralph' Kerr. 7 (brother-in-law), the Misses Kerr, Woodburn, Lady Helen Kerr and Lady Isabel Kerr (nieces), Major L Frederick Kerr (nephew) ,/ Countess , Cowper-. (sister-in-law).' " ' SPAIN-^The: Queen's^ Birthday By a royal decree the "birthday of the Queen of Spain, October 24, and her saint-day, - December 23 ™ V V Il*,I 1 *, dec £ ar f d Jj a y s ol national and gala £etes' The birthday of her Majesty on October 2f was mark ed by an' official reception at the palace in the afternoon and a banquet in the evening. The ctfstomary official receptions and popular demonstrations took place in: the -.provinces; online same"* "day