The Catholic World

New Zealand Tablet, 20 August 1908, Page 31

The Catholic World

ENGLAND— Charitable Bequests •''i Mrs. Susan Henrietta Elizabeth. Lyall, of Beaufort Gardens,'-, London, Who died on March 18, widow of Mr. William Hcarl£ Lyall, leaving estate valued at gross, with' net personalty bequeathed to the Ar.chbishop of Westminster for .the endowment of a Catholic, njission or church at. Bow, and a sum of "to be divided among eighteen other"'charities and Catholic institutions.^ - ' - : A Present from the King- or Spain King Alfonso has just presented St.~.James's" Church,- Spanish Place, with a splendidly embroideVed- specimen of the ' Old Flag of Castile,'^ both' to show the affection in which his Majesty personally holds that church and because of the special traditions which connect it with the Crown of " Spain", ' as the accompanying deed of presentation narrates. The. honor thus conferred is great, as the ' Old -Flag of Castille,' may be flown only in the Royal Palaces or :by the special permission of, the "King of Spain. The presentation was formally made,, in the name of his Majesty, by the Marquis dc Villalobar. -„,__£_•, o» "- Death of a Venerable Priest The death is reported of the' Rev". Edmund Vaughan, C.SS.R., which occurred at the Redemptorist Monastery, Bishop Eton, Woolton, on July 1. The deceased priest was in his Bist year. Father Edmund Vaughan was a member of the wellknown Catholic family of the Vaughans of-Courtfield f Herefordshire. - His father was Mr. William- Michael T. :}. J.P., D.L., who was born in 1781, and who"" married/ as his firstwife, Teresa, daughter of Mr. Thomas '; Weld j of TLuJ worth? Father Edmund, who was born in iS27,""\vas their fourth" son, the second son, William, having been Bishop ofc.the Catholic diocese of Plymouth. The deceased " priest* at Oscott and Douai, entering the Redemptorist novitiate UJ.-1851. - After some " jeans spent in the sacred mim'stry at'" Clapham, London, and Bishop Eton, near Liverpool", he. proceeded to Scotland, where he founded the famous house of his Order on" Kfnnoul Hill, Perth, overlooking the church where John.Knox first proclaimed - the Reformation. He then proceeded, in obedience to instructions, to Australia, where he was Vice-Provincjal of the Redemptorists for many years. He returned to -England in 1894, and was for three years Provincial of the- Redemptorists in England. A Visitor from New Zealand — On^ Sunday, June 28, charity sermons were preached at the Sacred Heart Church, Ilkley, by, the Rev. Father Patterson, of New Zealand. Crowded congregations assembled, both at Addingham and .Ilkley .to hear -the .preacher's account of his travels .! and of the progress of the. Church in the ' Dominion of New ! Zealand, where he spent the greater part of' his missionary life, | twenty-six years. -The., preacher , S aid he owed much to the revered and esteemed v ßishop of.- the diocese when' he preached his first sermon and made his first appeal at Batley some thirty' years ago for the Propagation of the- Faith ; .and, the love of his Lordship for this noble cause in foreign lands made the occasion one of the most successful, and a record for .Batley. The Eucharistic Congress *"•'-' The arrangements «pr the International Eucharistic Con--gress_(says t the 'Catholic Weekly' of-July-3) arc- now in aVeryadvanced stage, and everything points to an imposing- demonstratipn .approaching which -nothing has been-, seen- iri "London -' smce the Reformation, or perhaps before the Reformation. " No less than s^.Cardinals will be" present— Cardinal Vahnutelli (Papal Legate), Cardinals Logue, Gibbons^ Fischer, Lecot, and Mercier In addition- to all the Bishops of England there will .berßisHoß^ and, Archb IS hops from the following countries-viz.,- Ireland, .Scot-^ land, France, Belgium, Hbjland, Germany, Austria, Italy, Spain/ Algeria, Central Africa, Cap* Colony, India,' Burma, Carfadav" United. States, Mexico, Brazil, Australia, , and - New 5 Zealand: ' In add.tion-to.-two. gatherings in the Albert' Hall on. September 10 and ,i, it is proposed to hold therein -on, Saturday evening,^ September ,2, a special meeting for men./ 1 fhis will be ofra*^ ised by London Mission districts, and it is hoped to' make arrangements to secure representatives from- the ' GuiJd of the Blessed Sacrament, and other organisations^ men J n all. parts of the country As to whether there will be a public procession or no no official statement has yet been made. It is, howeveV officially announced-d) That 3760 tickets have been

sold; (2) that all the railway companies are giving special terms (fare and a quarter return) ; and (3) that amongst papers to be read at the' Congress are : ' The , Holy Eucharist in Pre-Reforma-tion Times,"' by the Right Rev. Abbot Gasquet ; ' The Reformation and the Mass,' by the Right Rev. Mgr. Canon *Moyes ; I ' The. -Royal /Declaration against Transubstantiation,' by "the : Right lion. Lord Xlandaff ; ' Eucharistic Bequests^ by the Hon. Frank Russell, X.C; i The- History of DaUy Communion,* by. the Very Rev. Canon T. B. ScanneTl, D.D:~; 'The Recent Pontifical Decrees on Daily Communion,' by the Rev. H. Lucas, S.J. ; ' The-- Orthodox Church and the "Blessed Eucharist, ' by- the Rev. A. Fortescue, D.D. ; '-The ' Teaching of St. - John- Chrys.ostomon ■ the Blessed Eucharist,' by H.jR."H." Prince Max of Saxony ;~ * Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament,' by-, the ReV.. H. Thurston, S.J. ; ' Eucharistic Literature,.'- bj\ the Rev? -V. McjNab; O. P. FRANCE— Priest->vorkersf ' ~ ' r 'L 'Alliance- des Pretres-Ouvrier.s,' one of-- the- -results .of Ine separation- regime in France, has' jusf organised fts" first 'exhibition.' It showed the work done by French Catholic priests ; as.~a means" of subsistence. The- exhibition, which' was held" af 'the ' Chateau. 7 of Candes, 20 kilometres from Sajamur, included works" of art^paintings, sculptures, .wood- carvings, \vrpugh\4iron— and also a"- " large number of photographs and "illustraFed "post-cards. ROME— The Students of Propaganda - ■ When the studentsj of Propaganda (writes -a Romet; correspondent), having amongst them fourteen newly-ordained priests, were received -in audience recently^ they had a most cordial-welcomc-from the Holy Father. The students were presented by the Rector, of the College-Right Rev.. Monsignor Bonnano^-and Ivs ; Eminence .Cardinal" Gdtti &00& beside^..the/ Pope ,durjng,' the- re[cej£ tion. fr Tlie H.oly .Father. ,addresscd'thc\s\Qdents^inX4iri^u;ai ; touching and encouraging "way. .. Airion^st'^tKe' yfltuTg-" 'pislsts .- were .Rev. J. F. P'ippy", °st-.- "John's"; NewfotindiandV" ; RevVj. ■ MacNcrl, Canada, foV Newfoundland ; Rev. F: _Marley,- England ; Rev: W.-O'Byrne,* Ireland, for' Australia;' ' Rev. P. Sheridan,' Ireland, for Australia rßewc JohfV Murphy, 1 " Scotland ; Rev; M. Mac Donald, Canada;- Rev. D. Croker,\ , Canada;' r/v; G.> -Papp, Rouma.ua ; .Rev. V. Dragon Hungary.; 'Revf - S-:""Ly", -China'; Rev.'.J. Li, China ; and Rev./A. --Fan, China. ' The three Chinese Fathers remain in -Italy until October, when they return to their distant and difficult- mission -with their -Bishop, -Monsignor -Passerini; but all the others start in a few days for their various destinations. . Some., of these , young priests have distinguished . themselves in "their- studies, Father Dragos haying- obtained ~>h'e Doctorate in Philosophy, and Fathers Papp and MacNeill the ' Doctorate both in Philosophy- and Thetffogy, SCOTLAND— The- Late-A'rchb-shop Eyre .~ *..--, -On June 22 the body " of ■ 'Arclibisfiop 'Eyre, V.A.- v Sf 'flia Western District, consecrated titular Archbishop oP'Xnazarfea^on 5 ' January 31, 1&9, and to '-Glasgow as -first Archbishop _ of that See in the restored Hierarchy on March 15, 1878, who dted March. 27,. 1902 .--was- solemnly '&mom fronkl ' resting-place in St. PeJeHs. C^ne^v.? t p^^eth^tp^ts..p fi rmi(Oent sepulchre in front of the altai of *St;^BeterV Golteg<^-CKapcl*v Bearsden. __ - ... SPAIN— The Young Prince The baptism of the new Spanish Prince, the Infant Jaime, " took place on June 29 in the Thfone r room at the Palace of La Granja. There waVa large gathering of- notables and of ladies. - .The Bishop of Sion officiated; -" and- -the Pope sent his special blessing. A salute of 21 guns was fired during the ceremony, - after -_wliich -all^ther quests rwore. entertained .to lunch. -~, • ;..-. -._, UNI S?- S I ATES ~ A Redemptorist Seminary A^siiiencfia^'new, Rcdemptorist Seminary, at Esopus, New Yock/ 1 . was- -solemnly dedicated, by Archbishop Farley recently. building -cost ..£IOO,OOO. „- .. „--..--.. Colored - Converts ■- r ; j"'oc; " _.■"£''- ; : " x x --~ .The Right^Rev.' Bishopjusack 'some rfevvi w.eeks ago a^min-..l^^SPprniationr-to a .cJasi S /of ,30. .negroes 'at the Church of S : t.;BeUe^icf the JVloor,; N^vCyor-kv-': .riaiPthe' class was^matle r -i u -P- of ; men and women who .We lattlybaptised.inSthc Church. .V A ~ Qenerohs QTf t J > .- - : - V^^C^^-Hl-- • - :« • Rev. Thomas Simm Lee, .- pastor" of St. MattheW's Church, Washington, District of Columbia, U.S.A., has established- a fellowship in the faculty of theology at the Catholic University' of Amenca, to aid priests in acquiring the\ degree of doctbr of theology. -For. this laudable purpcseJ^-ather Lee, has given to . -irthe. board of trusted the^um of loTooa toTlars: •'"-"-.