The Catholic World

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXV, Issue 12, 21 March 1907, Page 31

The Catholic World

ENGLAND— To aid the Schools . ;, His Grace the Archbishop of Westminster has received £2000 . from the Dulse of- Norfolk ' aiwL £1000.. each,,, from the Marquis of Hipon and Lord Llandaff to^a^ds the fund*^f £100,000 which v is being raised, in order to meet the requirements of the loQal education authorities respecting, the Catholic schools of the Westminster diocese. , ■ The Catholic Association Archbishop Bourne on January 25, in the Cathedral Hall, Westminster, inaugurated a Council in connection with the Catholic Association: Federation. The Council is chiefly ta consist of Catholic representatives from the boroughs of the Metropolis. While absolutely noH-poliVical, the Council is to have committed^ to . its care the duty ot safeguarding Catholic schools at the coming >election£r for the County Councils Dr. Bourne said" that 8 far no one had -been "authorised by him to^approach either of the Parties in the County Council elections, but authoritative ques-, . tions itf dve 1 would be pujb equally to' both. The Remains of Cardinals Wiseman and Manning The remains' of Cardinals Wiseman and- Manning have been <s removed from the cemetery at Kensal Green and re-interred in_ the crypt of Westmdnster Cathedral.; , - ' ' -.[ \ , ' ~ ": - Result of United Action . Mr. Long, M.P., in the course of a speech at Bah- - : bury, said : I believe the Church pi England has a great -lesson- to* -learn : from " the educational-contro-versy in which -we -.have been engaged.. I4Tis- a mosiK remarkable thing - that otlt of this controversy th» Roman 'Catholic Church alone has emerged with dis-. tinct. advantages,- and that for two- reason's— one political, the" other belonging to . the Church itself. The political reason has Veen denied by the Government;", and I- am bound to J accept • that denial. Nevertheless, I firmly believe "that if the House of Commons did not contain some 85 members whose support is ' ■desired upon a number of -others questions, I do not think that Clause 4 would ever have found its . way into the Bill-. There is another reason, and that is —the Roman Catholic Church put their claims forward with an absolutely united front. There was no question as to whether this section or that section of tne Roman Catholics held this view or that view. Roman Oa-tholics from every quarter spoke as representing the Church to which they belong. This cannot be said with equal truth of those who - represent the great Anglican Church to* which many of_us belong, FRANCE— Fire in a College A fire broke out on the night of January 24, at the Jesuit College, Calais Road, BoulognerSur-mer, an hour after the pupils retired to rest. The entire fourstorey" building- covering" a . large area, was. destroyed,... and reduced to> a heap of smouldering* ruins. The loss. -is estimated at £40,000. The 150 boys who were sleeping in -the. building were aroused, and, dressing hurriedly, made" '"'good "iheir escape. An Important Proposal . An_iißJpor.tant proposal (says the ' Catholic Times ') has been ii4ade by the Bishops of France to the Government of that country. They ask that contracts securing the- use qf the churches and their contents .. should be drawn up for eighteen years,- /that i^they should fully provide for devolution of rights from- one rector to another, that they should recognise the autltv ority of the Bishops, and that they should excludeinterference "by jthe municipal authorities, except in the rare cases in which public order .is, .menaced. It t i.S} stipulated' that* the -contracts shalL T)e universally entered into. If the Government accept the^propoSaU,, a. ♦modus Vivendi ' -will be established,' blit of o6urse r the", spoliation and other acts the persecution will - ; remain as grievances. \ / The Marist Brothers :., •=: -. " The numerous friends of . the. Marist Brothers in this country 'says the Glasgow '.CatkoKc ..Herald'/) willlearn with deep regret that the Order "in France has , suffered very -heavy -losses . through . the confiscation policy of the French Government.. Of 4he 600- estab-, lishments and 30Q0 Marist Brothers in f franCeF ranCe P rior *° the enforcement ,of the- anti-Catholic policy not. a single one remains. Even the very old Brothers, who had practically .spent tih*r lives .in the service of the_

State,, were . turned adrift from .-the house in which they lived, and for all the Government cared, might •have been left to' starve, in the streets. / The headquarters of the Order have been transferred to Turin, Italy, but most of -the Brothers expelled from France have gone on missionary work . to ' LKina, South Africa, Australia, ,' and elsewhere. A good few have - -come to the South of England— to Grove^JTerry, Kent —but -most ,of them merely . for the purpose of learn- , ing English jprior to. following "in lite foreign mission footsteps of their colleagues: The various houses which have been 'confiscated were all -built- entirely , by the- Marists out of their own funds, and, to - add "insult to. injury the* Government ar.e utilising the establishments lor ignoble "purposes— a ~. beautiful chapel attached to one of JLheir schools in Paris having, for- instance, been turned unto a dancing, hall. • .Other houses will probably be converted into barracks. . " Liberty of Public Meeting: It is^ ah almost .amusing outcome of- the struggle between Church and blale in France v.says the ' Cath- - olic .Times ',) 4;hat henceforth; .FretfchV^'citizensl must thank the- Pope for the liberty of public meeting., ' When . the Gcjyernment^.pushes.' through .Parliament its Bill- abolishing the obligation of preliminary notification, Frenchmen will., be able /to;-meet together ■ and* discuss affairs with as much freedom as English : peo ple einjoy. And they, .will owe '"that" freedom to -the Pope,- to conciliate whom* the Government will inake-mieetin-gs ijee, in the hope that; the priests" may hence- . fprth ,use the churches, <for service^ -and,^n-;v,end., be put "to" "all peril of":religioCfs3-.and civil"comm6tibn! 1 Whether this, law will have sucti a; result .-depends o<p.- the, . de- . cision of Rqme, which ds'likejy to, .lake into account the whole situation: raised by^the • Separation^ Larw> \feefore. consenting to accept small .' concessions*- Meanwhile it Is pleasant _to note that in England the meaning of the Pope's .resistance is better l '%iriderst6od : thus the 'Guardian'- now talks of-' the" many and unmistakable- indications . that the dominant; party in - France is not ~so ~' much opposed to the' Vatican as inimiqal. to religion Tf . only the, English "people could be made ,to understand that-, fact, it, would soon..produce a revulsion of. feeling and make.. the position.;- of "the -French \infid els far less pleasant and popular; than it is at ; ihis - moment. GERMANY— A Popular Prelate Cardinal Kbpp, Prince-Bishop of Breslau, Who -has just heen, celebrating his episcopal silver . jubilee,*, is a very popular prelate. One cf the „events—o f the celebration was a torchlight" procession' in; which 2000-per-sons too* . part. Congratulations were-> tendered on behalf of the people" by Dr. Porsch. .At a 'seT.vice > . in i»he -Cathedral the Mnisier Wbrship, Dr. v.on Stadt, was present -as the Kaiser's representative, and the 'Austrian Government and. ,the of Silesia also sent representatives. C '-ardinal^Fiwner, of Cologne, " 6c"cupifid- a special; throne. Cardinal' KoDp at the qlose; cif- thte service spoke a few words expressive of 'histhanks. • * ' .-■»;"-,-; - .' -- ROME— Misleading Reports - ' . -."■•'"_ .i : A Rome correspondent palls-attentioh to .the 1 mis-: Jeading *- reports that large offerings/- from all part's of/ the ."world are pouring into, the- -HolyrSee.'-' The opioaQn '" •is Uru !}<Vne that the real o"br',ct of taese^repopts - is- to stop, or at least diminish, 4 he- offerings: ot' the. faithful at a period in whi h the. needs of the Pope have increased. - -..- - - : SCOTLAND— Death of a Religous At ' St. Cafherine's Convent, TLauriston, Edinburgh, on Januai-y 21, -there passed to its eternal reward the soul of Sister M. Benedict. Deceased had spent twenty-six .years of her life *ln the Order of Mercy, a ' useful a»nd exemplary religious whose sweetness cf character appealed -,to all with whom she came in contact. - Fox- "the" past'-'fdur years Sister' M. Benedict - had heen a sufferer ,Irom. heart disease, which", malady cut short °her' precious life-a fter "-ten 'days* illness." Tn the world she 'was ' known; as -Miss ■•Fraiices^C''Donnell v and was a native of. - Limerick; " A brother is „a Redemptorist . "Father at ' present stationed at P» lla rat, Australia; ■ and. a sister is a- nun in St. .Catherine's Convent, .Edinburgh. " " •: United States— Dishonest Politics "'„'• •: Jn a~ letter to th* ' Baltimore Sun.' which editorially commended ' Cardinal oonderonation of dishonest nblitics, the-' Rev. .Tohn Edwards, pastor of the, Mfethodist Episcopal..- Church of Mt.. S.avage, Md ,prais>es. the Cardiival for his'-«%and on ' tlie- political situation. '.The credit you unstintedly gave to Card-

nal Gibbons,-' (wrote the Rev.. Edwards) * was in every sense commendable and opportune, and the best portions of «the Protestant ministry and laity, as well as of the " Roman Catholic communities, can have nothing but. -gratitude for the faithful utterances of the Cardinal and ' your commendation of him. The following utterances of the Cardinal, which you quoted in a, recent editorial, "No man can be a good unristian who sets l at " defiance the laws of the commonwealth. The man that breaks the laws of the State is violating at the same time some commandment of. the Decalogue,"- should be reiterated in every^r pulpit arad in v every 'home in this 'broad land, until the sentiments of such truth shall hav.e permeated and shaped the individual and public conscience of this great and growing country.'