The Catholic World

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXV, Issue 42, 17 October 1907, Page 31

The Catholic World

AUSTRIA— King Edward at High Mass . King Edward, when on a holiday at> Marienbad inAugust, was present at a High Mass celebrated in honor of the birthday of the Austrian Emperor. In the ' evening the King entertained a party of friends at dinner, the guests including the. two leading Catholic clergy of Marienbad. ■ _ • ENGLAND— A Catholic Settlement A Catholic settlement, to be conducted on similar lines to Toynbee Hall; will be opened during, the coming, autumn in Hoxton, wfth'the sanction of his Grace the Archbishop of Westminster. The scheme owes its inception 10, and has been formulated by, a body of Catholic laymen working under 'the- presidency of Mr. Justice Walton. Among other members of the commit- , tee are Mr. Francis J. Hemelryk, Dr. S. Counsel, Mr. GV Gavan Duffy, and Mr. R. S. Nolan: Mr. B. W. Devas, _ 8, Old Jewry, is the honorary secretary of the committee, which has-been registered- under the name of the Catholic Settlements Association. • • Father Vaughan's Sermons ; Father Bernard Vaughan, >ays the ' Westminster Gazette,' has created a good deal of interest in America by his denunciator}- sermons on ' 'ihe Smart Set,' and as- a result some enterprising Catholics in New York have invited him to give a. series , of , addresses in that city. Father Vaughan has n not made up his mind yet whether or not to decline the invita- „ tion, but he looks askance at the proposal. ' They will,' he remarked to ajrierfd, ' run me off my feet i1 I go there.' The reprint of the Farm street- ser-- - mons, by the way, has gone through nine editions, and translations have been prepared in French, German, and Italian. -, „ . ' "" GERMANY— Greetings to the Holy Father* It was decided at the German Catholic Congress to celebrate the Pope's Jubilee in the" autumn by an ex- ' traordinary increase in The contributions of^. Peter's Pence In order to relieve the pressing financial necessities of the Holy See. Telegrams -of greeting anfl allegiance were addressed to the Holy Father, the Emperor William, and' the Prince Regent of Baval'ia. In 'the telegrair. to the Emperor special reference, was made to his Majesty's repeated professions of belief in the importance and value of the Christian faith. _ The Catholic Congress The German Catholic Congress at .Wurzburg was opened on Saturday, August 24, and on Sunday there was a great labor demonstration in which three hundred associations, with ten thousand members, took part. Herr Brandts presided over an immense meeting and bade the workers from all parts of Germany welcome. He stated, that the South Germans have over 10.0,000 mercbers in their workin,g r men's associations. Dr. Thaler presided , over the first general .meeting,. which was so.' numerously attended that hundreds were un- ~ able to gain admission. ROME— Death of a Cardinal -The death of Cardinal/ Taliani (writes a Rome correspondent) was very ;sudden. He was conversing with friends at his villa atr Miontegallo when -he suddenly fell to the ground, stricken by apoplexy, .and it was found on examination . of the body that life was s extinct. Cardinal Taliani commenced his diploiratic career at Munich, and he 'then was appointed Nuncio at Paris, and remained there five years. Leo "XIII. next sent him. as Nuncio to "Vienna. Here he had to deal with a situation That was .delicate and • full of diffifculties. Promoted to the Cardinalate, he took an active - part * in the 'work of the Congregation of Bishops and Regulars,' of which he was a member. He was sixty-nine years of age. The Attack on Cardinal Merry del Val ." His . Eminence Cardinal Merry del Val (writes the Rome correspondent of the r Catholic Weekly ') has received a great _many- telegrams and letters, congratulating him. on , his escape from violence at Marino,- and denouncing the- dastardly attack of which he was -the „ victim, from the members of Ihe Sacred College, thediplomatic corps, bishops, priests, Catholic associations , etc. TEe municipality of Castelgandolfo sent' a delegation to his Eminence to express the deep veneration of the -townspeople for his person, and their indignation at the outrage perpetrated at Marino. *

The Suppression of Pilgrimages With regard to the suppression of pilgrimages it will be well to remember (says' ' Rome ') that while all those arranged for the months of August and September'have been countermanded, the Holy Father- has yet to decide whether it will be prudent to permit those organised for the remaining months of the year. Priests and nuns are still being' constantly insulted in the streets of the large towns by anti-clerical roughs — -the sharpshooters of the -movement, but the organised demonstrations of rowdyism have ceased, and a great deal * now depends on the turn that may be given to events -by the coming festival of ' XX. Settembre.' SCOTLAND— CathoIic Progress A remarkable tribute to the self-sacrifice of the _ Catholics of Scotland (says the ' Catholic Herald ') in providing and maintaining schools for their "children is , given by the latest Scottish Education Report. While . Episcopalian^ schools have only risen from 46 in 1872 to r 62 *in 1906, the Catholic schools, which numbered but - \ 22 in 1872, rose to 196 in 1904 and to 208 in 1906. : Still moire instructive are the figures with respect to - i other denominations. . The public schools now number i 2903. The Church of- Scotland is credited with only 18, - thie Free. Church with 6, wEilst undenominational and - other schools, not included amongst the public schools, amount only to 65. The total amount '^earned by the Catholic schools out of the General Aid Grant in 1906 amounted to £11,077' 17s 3d. ' Death of a Professor The _ death occurred on August. 2o of Rev." Andrew^ » Fleming Murdoch, Professor at Blairs College, at the ear- . ly age of 33. The deceased belonged to an old Catholic., family in Enzie, which gave several distinguished men to The Church, notably Bishop Murdoch, who was Bil shop of Glasgow for many years. ' v Argyll and the Isles The newly erected Chapter for the diocese of Argyll and the Isles was recently installed at~St. Columba's' Pro-Cathedral, Oban. As already announced; permis.sion was granted from Rome for the erection of a. - Chapter for the diocese, and subsequently the following appointments were made :— Provost : Very Rev. Donald " Macintosh, Moidart. Canons : Very Rev. Donald McDougall, Roy Bridge ; Very Rev. Alexander Macintosh, Fort William ; Very Rev. James Chisholm, Arisuig ;■ and VeryRev. John Macdonald,- Campbeltown. The ceremony of installation, which attracted a large congregation from all parts of the Western Highlands,, opened with the Profession of Faith, which was made by the irrovost and each of .the Canons of" the^ new Chapter. Thereafter the Canons were conducted by the Bishop of Argyll and the Isles to their respective stalls. After > the singing of ,' Tierce ' Pontifical High Mass was celebrated by his Lordship, the Rev. W. A. Mackenzie,, of Barra, being assistant priest, with Rev. James Barry ,_. of Glencoej and the Rev. John MacMillan, of .Eigg, as deacon and subdea'con, and Rev. Alexander Mackintosh,,. Oban, as master of ceremonies. An impressive serrriori " was preached by 'the Very Rev. Canon Mackintosh, "of _ Glasgow, in the course of which he sketched the history" of the ancient dioceses ol Argyll and the Isles. ■ GENERAL _ Not Disheartened Twice the Fathers of the Holy Ghost have tried to establish a mission in the Negro ' republic of. Liberia, and as often failed, on account of jthe death of the missionaries 'or illness ' which incapacitated them for the arduous - work. They have undertaken it a third time, through the effort of Father Kyne, Pre-fect-Apostolic.