The Catholic World

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXV, Issue 3, 17 January 1907, Page 31

The Catholic World

ENGLAND— Religious Profession : -On November 13 at tht Convent of the Sacred Heart, Roehampton (writes- an "esteemed correspondent) Miss Kennedy? daughter of Mr. Martin Kennedy, Wellington, with two other young ladies, made her religious profession. Miss ■ Redwood, a niece of his Grace - Archbishop Redwood, and six others were received. The Very Rev. Dr. Watters, S.M., Superior of the' Marist House, Dublin, presided, received the vows, and preached an appropriate sermon. The Very Rev. James Moran, S.M. (Provincial), Very Rev. Falser ■ Gay, S.M., and Very Rev. Fath.cn Cumimings, S.M., were, also present. The Abbot of Downside . The Right Rev.^ Cuthbert Butler/ M. A., who has just been chosen as- Abbot of the Benedictine Order ■ . at Downside, near Bath, is a native ot Dublin, and . the nephew of Sir Francis -^Cruise, M.D., Honorary Physician' to the King in -Ireland, and a Knight /of St. Gregory, conferred upon 'him by the Pope in recogni- • tion of his work about Thomas a Kempis. The new ' Abbot received his education at Downside College,_of , which he ultimately became the headmaster. Voluntary Schools. * , . The denominations of the Voluntary schools are :— Church of England, 11,418 ; Wesley an, 372 ; Oatholic, 1070 ; Jewish, 12 undenominational and other schools' 78tt. ' ' • The Appointment ot Catholic Teachers The Right -Rev. Dr. Whiteside, Bishop of Liverpool, proposing the principal toast at the annual dinner of the Liverpool Catholic School Managers' A"sifociation, said the Association showed its usefulness when a proposal was made by a Catholic newspaper, with a. fictitious authority, to surrender the key to the educational position by suggesting \that the' election of teachers should he 'given to the local authority. At once the -North of England rose-against that betrayal, and foremost to declare their obiection to it was the Liverpool Catholic School Managers' -Association: His Lordship declared that 'the first' appointment of a non-Catholic teacher to a Catholic school would be the signal for, a strike of -^'Catholic children. '' ITALY— The Catholic Young Men A communication has been issued from- the Superior Council of the r Society_ of - the Catholic? Young M<*n of l£aly, inviting; all the societies of the Catholic young men throughout the world to co-operate in a religious programme upon the occasion of the golden jubilee of the ordination to the priesthood of Pope Pius X. (September 18, 1908).' The programme is as follows :— 1: An international congress 'at Rome in the month of September, 1908, of the representa- , tives of all the associations of. Catholic young men. 2. An international pilgrimage to Rome of the abovementioned associations upon the. occasion of the congress. 3. Permanent works in behalf of Catholic youth to be promoted in every nation in memory' of-, the event. 4. The offering of a golden chalice to the Holy Father as a token of the respect and love of the voun.se Catholics, or the world, the" chalice to be used by the Holy Father at the Jubilee Mass. 5. Institutions for moral, religious, an 4 ""civil aid to immigrants. 0. An exposition of sacred vestments andlinens to" be placed at the disposal of the Holy Father for the benefit of poor churches, 'the collection to be made by the societies of the Catholic young men and and institutes for young women. ROME— The Holy Father and the Irish College . The Irish College (writes a Rome, " correspondent), having increased, very - much .as to number at the opening of the scholastic year .1906-1907, the Rector, Very Rev. Dr. O'Riordan, secured the privilege of a special Pontifical audience for the new students. He - presented them to the Pope. -His . Holiness advanced to the door of his room . .to, welcome the numerous .'bartd of young Irish levites, and gave his hand -toeach. When they had -risen from a kneeling posture, the Holy Father spoke to them In Latin of the work they "were 'beginning, its peculiar character and im- ' portanco. He counselled them warmly to seize the splendid opportunity afforded by -their youth and dwelling in Rome for the acquisition of virtue and learning so ,as the most worthily possible to undertake the -^ work of the Catholic apostolate in their native coun-

try. At the, close of the reception Pius X. blessed all the religious objects which the students had brought with them, and conferred the Papal Benediction, on themselves "and those dear to them. A Golden Jubilee His" Eminence Cardinal Gotti, Prefect of the Propaganda, celebrated on Christmas Day tiie golden jubilee of his priesthood.- His Eminence l ,as- head i of the great -missionary centre of>the Church has a most re- , sponsible position. He, is charged with the oversight of., all '„ nAssionary ' countries. When it is understood that these countries include not merely lands where paganism still- holds dominant .sway .(China and the island's of the Pacific) but also England and its vast • dominions, the United States ', of America, the lands - under the influence of " the Mussulmans and the, countries of Europe where Catholicity after a passing eclipse is beginning once more to be seen -arid felt, it will be seen how great is*- th>c wo.rk for which he \s responsible. Cardinal Gotti has been one of the most successful . administrators of the affairs, of the Propaganda. ' Hampered by the necessities of .the financial 1 imitations imposed upon./ him by the Italian confiscation of the funds of the Propaganda',~ v he has nevertheless managed to push missionary efforts into fresh" fields, and he has intensified the -zeal-. of missionaries in fields already occupied ' by them. /'<*"' The King of Greece The 'King of the Hellenes was received" '""the other day by the Holy Father with -all- due- ceremony. King George was introduced alone into the presence of the Pope, Monsiguor Dclenda, the Archbishop of Athens, acting- as'- •interpreter. -The Pontiff, entirely dressed in -white, -advanced' to receive his Royal visitor, shaking ; him cordially ,by .the " hand and inviting him- to be' seated. , ' After ah exchange of "compliments, the suite of the , King were ad^utteHfcand. introduced by the King to ..his '.-Holiness.' King "George 'subsequently visited Cardinal "Merry r del Val, the Papal Secretary of State.- ' '3 w SCOTLAND— CathoIic Truth Society : At the annual meeting of- the Edinburgh branch of the Catholic Truth Society of Scotland the secretary reported that some 72,000 pamphlets i had...jbe'en published -during the year; and in the." archdiocese of St. And'ews and Edinburgh— over li),0O0 copies had been ■^di&posed of. In order to promote the-- influence of the Society the local council had undertaken a series of lectures, but they did not meet with, the encouragement whiGh had been anticipated. A griint of £50. was made to the Central Council for the * j objects of the Society,. -The treasurer's statement ' showed a balance in hand of £66 lets tut. ivu. Wilson, '-a "-member of the ■ Edinburgh Town Council, in^. moving "4he adoption of the report, said he could hardly be . expected to know much about" the iCatholic Truth Society*, considering that it, was onl/ a few short months "siticc he was a suppliant for admission ~to Vf I<he. one true fold. There were always " some 'kind' friends among, the > v Protest-* ant community to say unkind things abont, the Catholic Church,- and the pamphlets issued "^by the, Society were sure, to do a great .deal vof good in exposing the falsehood of. such statements. ''-- '*' ■ UNITED STATES— A Priest's Heroism C ; -Dean Fred B.- R. Hellcms recently, delivered' a~ lecture before the assembled students of the University of Colorado on the subject of ' Values^ 1 -which" was inspired by the heroic death of Father '^Francis Gilbert .Simon, the Benedictine, who', last February lost his life in trying, to - save „the. the .lives ot several studen t^ of St. Bede's College'/* near Peru, ..111., from _ drowning. In the course 'of Jiis remarks, Dean Hcllems; deplored the fa.ct that such deeds as^ Father , Simon's^ .are given less prominence^ in the dafly press than the dastardly acts of. criminals "of all classes. The Catholic University . y The Catholic University of , America (says the ' Pilot l\ has endured' successfully ' the -manifold tests which seem indispensable to any . woTk which God destines to -_ permanence" in. His Church, and has come out victorious. The increase of students in the year - 1905*6 was 73, over the preceding year, '. a total of 187: with 15 from . the . Dominican. College for a special course, to. bring the figure up to 202. Its assets, according to -the present treasurer's ieport,-.are $2,106,121^ •The annual national c^ollection makeSj up! .the - deficit for the ' running expenses of the University, overhand above > . .tlie return on investments' and the -'tuition „. ices ; and '"ontinued-, appreciation of its mission is proved, by the continuance^ of bequests, -the largest of which was that of Ihe- Margaret Gardner" estate, amounting to $63,000. - Better still, about $50,000 were' collected last year on

loans made by former Treasurer Waggaman. The president, the Right Rev. Mgr. D. J. O'Connell, D.D., is to be congratulated on the great work which •he is accomplishing, quietly but effectively, for his great charge.' - • : -' . GENERAL , - ' Another Father Damieii v The Low Countries have, produced a second Father Damien. The American .papers announce the death of Father Lemmcns, after /twenty years of service -to . the lepers of Paramaribo, Dutch Guiana. Born at Maestrioht, Holland, in 1860, Father Lemmens, when still a ' very young man, entered, the Dutch army -as an offi r ccr. In that * capacity he went to the Dutch colony named in. 1878. Four years later, at the age of thirty-two, he gave up the military life and became a Redcmptoris't Father, being ordained in 1886. He immediately devoted himself- to the work of attending to the spiritual and physical well-being of a community of lepers. In the course of some time the inevitable took place, and he became a leper himself. Thereupon he voluntarily isolated himself, and became chaplain to the leper hospital at Paramaribo, the capital of the Dutch settlement. Here he lived on for four years, cut off from all but those who, like himself, had contracted the awful disease, but his patien,ce and his heroism stood the test- of the terrible disease, and he passed away to his reward, a martyr to duty and charity. ' ...