THE PAPAL JUBLEE

New Zealand Tablet, 31 December 1908, Page 12

THE PAPAL JUBLEE

IMPASSIVE CEbiBRAttONS IN ROME Throujglrjthe .kindness: of -iiis ; Lordship, the;. Bishop of Auckland; r^bShayie ;;jbeen : favorptl with i-bx tended accounts of the lmprJessive ;;fu^ jubilee celeTn^tifina^^ our Jubilee Nunjtberii this ( -acbUai; /date'^pf{ the Holy Father's Sacerdotal; 'Golden' Jubilee .was September • '' 18/ "" he haying been raised^te^he adigriiigr. ;of^;the; : pfiesthood ; fifty years previously;, ori^^Septbriibbf |s-Bj ]i -1858;; <■ The oppressi ye heats that brood^bySrSthe^Efenal^Crt^ however, rnade : it^ncbriv.ehieiit ,te> L holi the, jubilee on their due3 v da^e.ovvThe.?fun^^ pf a private arid%less v Jf of^mal;charaoter ? : ] :ancl>the due {commemoration of tjlat'-;^ till November 46} when the sumrrief rhbatsii^d passed, when the vintage Avas^vdone^aridJ'tlie .October^ rhplidays Avere over, when the ofi^cidl-.ivpfld^'h to 'Rprne, when the colleges^liad ..resumed ;th*irrstiidies, "aiid the annual "tide of visitors, from; afar; .had Jbegun to set towards ' tlie city of the spiu>';>.~v : .;Y-.;Y ..;; Y^.;;';.';;^-.-. ' •. -" The lifl^and -cwprk^and; ,wo>th of Pope Pius K. have already be^n;^hply;;,deatfc Lwith by nis in -oiir -Jubilee Number, and the; reader! who;-pef used its- /pages 'will be in a position to£uridbrstand".tlie caiises whicliYhave contributed to surround -with; -a;: special^'.arid^mtiinate enthusiasm the solemnitieo - bfii^oyeriiber ; .The; Catholic world was represented atMie^jnbilpevfestiy^ Among the CardinaKafchbiShpps ; ;.snd"-;>bishpps-:,pre's^rit; were those of Venice,, 'Baltirriof eV;Bbfdeaux; /Lyons, Catania, Turin, Prague';:'F;6rf af a-, Cologne, ;Rip Jarleirb,;Lucea, Pisa, Palermo, ■ Rheiriis:;; V^rona^ a^ the whole body of the CaTdihalsYpf also present, besides the-Patriaf ch" of Venice '(already mentioned) . the Patriarch; of Alexandria,^ the three Patriarchs of Antioch (Latin, Maxbnite,';and Gr.eek-Melchite), and of Constantinople. Severab hundred 'archbishops arid bishops took part in;the ceremonies, frorii all. parts of the. earth. Among theiri were; tßei^Archbisliops of ;;H6hart : and ;Melbourne 3 arid the Bishops of- Auckland, Ballarat, and vlJuhedin. Numerous • p'ilgf iiris ' likewise -were' Ypreseiit; '.. at thu solemn f unctions— f rom . Colombia arid Argentina, and from Poland and other parts of /Europe. ' , ; ' The Bishop of i^Auckljtnd favors us; with a list of the special embassies Y sent by the 'Sovereigns and other Heads of States to tender.. their .felicitations; to the Holy Father on his Golden : Jubilee. .iThusVenibassies .....were sent by the Emperor of -Austria, - the Ernperbr. " of; Germany, the King of Spain, the Kmg;ofYPortagal, : therQueen of Holland, the Prince Regerit p£ /^r^ia,;: t^e ; ;E;ing Sa,xony,; and .the King of Belgiu^lp^^^ hy special letters^a^liel^ by the representatives, to the Holy See., ; of ;;the .^publics ;bf Chile, Argentina, Peru, and Colombia,' arid^ -'of "the Prince of Monaco. Special missions werfi;;sent";£yvHb.e;.-;Presideiitß-.of 'the Republic of Brazil and Costa- RicaY-- The President of the Republic of San Salvador sent -a-speciai-letter of felicitation by Canon Duenos, of the; Cathedral- of -San Salvador ; arid the Emperor of Russia sent -an Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary v ; who,-- accompanied by ;,the.persprinel of the Imperial Legation; pfespritedto-the' Holy Father an autograph letter. : : of >b^ugratuiatibn f rbha - Tsar : ,Nichbla,s. The absence of ai^f^ecjal^eniiba^sy; ffbmYFranbe;rvrasYof course, anticipated;j',th^. : ab^enceybf Ybne frbrhl England .was, we learn from ithe^^ii^p^ijpf , Auckland, a -matter of much comment invMe^Eterrial^^ ; Ci%^ ; And this ;all the more, since (as 22b«fie^B^0)1^the^Iate; Queen Victoria sent an autograph letteiv ;^^ special embassy to Leo XIII; pri- the -occasion: of bis Jubilee-- King Edward VII. himself /serifc : au special .envoy Clate, Pb^e pji ,a r similar occasion;;,;theiKing also visited Pope Leo'^lXi. in spite of the clamors _pf the Protestant Alliance.' gfeat many millions .;pfv;tiiefEa^ ' who are surely entitled 'to; the; rpyali cpnsideratibri and courtesy; are Catholics ; a briU^arit;^ for retrieving the gr6iesqlie%bi^^^ English ;Goverriment in preventing^ tfib Yprbcbssibn of the Blessed Sacrament through theistreets/of; L^ndonY' - : 'Y-'Y-Y : The cent c at ceremony M hthe ;pelehr anions -wasY of coursethe Papal YfcE^; YY^K;^ procession, and was c^(^ated;by; the; ; Jn bilariah over the tomb of the Prince of of St Peter's. Vast -^wds;;^rbrigbia-the> enormous Basilica ;

.^hundreds- of Prelates wete] .there, in . their; ecciesiastical'robeH and," with ""■the Cardinals and the secular arid regular clergy and the picturesque? costumes of the Swiss and other Papal Guards., the. rich adornments >of the corps; and the magnificent ;- and other adornments pf the noble fane, made;; a picture, that, will never be forgottbri.iby "•' those who ; wefe ..privilpgedto behold it. ■:■•'. 'It was an entrancing sight,', writes, the - Bishop ;Vof .Auckland ; 'it was above all; 'ordinary, comment and beyond my ? utmost powers^ of descriptipri.' _:., - .; -.■■'.',:;--.:"■■■ - :'- ' :, v •'■ ; - :■■-■' V '■■■ Numerous and precious-; gifts were* forwarded to the Holy Father, on the dccasibn -of . tlieseYeelebrations, from, ali parts"; of : •■the/ worlds- .Sovereigns anduother Heads of States," Princes, Ecclesiastical dignitaries, - Catholic associations, feligioui Orders, and private individuals viedwitheach other in testifying, by innumerable presents,' their respect and affection, ifpr the. Holy Father: Particularly rich and brilliant and costly were the gifts bestowed by . the King arid Queen of Spain and.. by the Powagef- "Queen Maria Cristina. "■' "A wonderful exhibition of these .gifts — practically a great Exposition of Ecclesiastical ; Art— was held in the. Gallery of; Maps in the Vatican, arid attracted and fascinated the attention of all beholders. ;. - We may conclude -this summary description of .a: great arid memorable celebratidri by a quotation . from the .brilliant journal " which] ; ' under- the titleof YBome,, is conducted . by the Right ; Rev. Morisigrio'r Kelly in the. Eternal ; Cit y: 'On Wednesday, his Eminence Cardinal Merry "del; Val, Secretary of.. State to his .'---Holiness'; .found '; tiiftej,. .wKile-' ;'receiving the "Eriibassies'bf; Saxony/ Hungary, and Chile, to receive in 'private' l audierice the Right Rev. Dr. Lenihan, Bishop of . Aiickland, graciously listeriihg to his story of the Churchill : New:. Zealand, and- expressing his pleasure at the development of God's- work m that far distant country. On behalf of -the Editor of the " New Zealand Tablet, the Rev. H. W. deary, a fearless Y : 'exponent^nd;: uncomprpmisiiig champion of the "Church's rights, his Lordship has sent a copy of the ; Jubilee Number of the YTabZet, published in Dunedin," to his Eminence; for his approval and. blessing.' " ;..".■-, -^-. We may add that, pne.-of. the gifts to the Holy Father on^Novemberlß (pfesentedbythe Bishop of Dunediri) ; was ■;.. a copy; of the Jubilee. Number of .-the N.Z. Tablet; printed on special paper anti magnificently bound in gilded morocco ■ and silk. „-."'■ V .:'•..-.,..-- ■,-... •. |: - ; '