The Catholic World

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXVII, Issue 26, 1 July 1909, Page 1031

The Catholic World

ENGLAND— The Archbishop of Westminster * The Archbishop of Westminster has been invited 'to" celebrate the Pontifical Mass in Rheims Cathedral on July 19, when the people of that city will hold # their festival celebration in honor of Blessed Joan of Arc. Canon Wyndham has been invited to preach. FRANCE— The Maid of Orleans The presentation of the standard of Joan of Arc to Bishop Touchet by the Mayor was & most imposing ceremony (says a Reuter's message from Orleans). No fewer than forty-two Bishops, in full canonicals, were present. A torchliglrt procession, headed by bands, marched- to the Hotel de Ville, and accompanied the members of the Municipality, with the Mayor carrying the standard, to the Cathedral, where the Bishops had taken up their positions on the steps. The Mayor advanced to the place where the Bishop of Orleans, with the Archbishop of Paris, was standing, and presented to him the banner, and at the same moment the entire exterior of the Cathedral was illuminated. — ITALY— The Hospice of St. Bernard Situated at a height of over 8000 ft above the level of the sea, amid the desolate scenery of the Alps, and near to the region of eternal snow, lies the world-famous Great St. Bernard Hospice. The mountain pass on which the monastery is situated is one of the principal highways between Switzerland and Italy. Over 20,000 persons traverse the road every year, and, as nearly two-thirds of the number accomplish the journey in winter, the monks and dogs who dwell at the hospice, whose mission it is to render aid to these travellers, when in distress, may be said to be responsible for thousands of lives every season. Near the Hospice of St. Bernard is a monument to Barry, one of the dogs, which always interests tourists. This animal died some years ago. During the ten years he was at the hospice he saved the lives of 40 persons who had lost their way in the snow. ROME— Received in Audience The Right Rev. Dr. Donnelly, Auxiliary Bishop of Dublin and Titular of Canea, was received in private audience by the Holy Father early in May. His Holiness has also received the. Right Rev. Dr. Richard Lacy (Bishop of Middlesborough). This reception took place on the morning of April 28, as also did that of Father Wyndham, who, in the name of the Most Rev. Dr. Bourne (Archbishop of Westminster), presented Pope Pius X. with a silver statue of Blessed Joan of Arc. The Holy Father was pleased to admire the beauty of his Grace's gift, and commissioned Father Wyndham to convey to the Archbishop of Westminster his hearty thanks. Another important reception was that of the Right Rev. Mgr. Racicot, Auxiliary Bishop of Montreal, Canada, to whom Pius X. extended a most cordial welcome. Beatification of Martyrs Reuter's Rome representative telegraphs that the beatifications of Sunday morning, May 2, wore the usual solemn and beautiful ceremonies, at which thousands of strangers were present. The martyrs thus numbered among the Blessed are 34, all of the Society of. Foreign Missions. Four were French, and one Spanish Dominican, Father de Capillas, ,the last being called the 'First Martyr of China,' in which country he was killed in 1648. SCOTLAND— Jesuit Fathers in Glasgow Fifty years ago, in May, "1859, the Fathers of the Society of' Jesus settled down to mission work in Glasgow at the earnest appeal of Bishop Murdoch. .During the passage of half a century the Catholic position in the second city has undergone many changes. Fifty years ago the Catholic population was trifling compared Avith what it is to-day. But nevertheless mission work was difficult fifty years ago, and in surmounting the difficulties the Jesuit Fathers rendered invaluable service. Last month the priests and people joined in celebrating the golden jubilee of the coming of the Fathers to Glasgow.. St. Joseph's, the Jesuit church in North Woodside Road, • Glasgow, was the scene of the celebration, "and his Grace Archbishop Maguire took part in the ceremonies. St. Vincent de Paul Society The Edinburgh Superior Council of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul in their report for 1908 state that thelmmber of visits made was 17,103, an increase of 609; and the number of cases' assisted 1402, an increase of 196. . The total receipts amounted to £2489. The total sum expended on the relief of the poor was £2045.

UNITED STATES— Gifts to Catholic Charities The will of Mr. Peter Fenelon Collier, the well known publisher, disposing of an estate estimated at $5,000,000, leaves to St. Joseph's Hospital at Syracuse, the Hospital for Incurable Consumptives in the Bronx, New York, and St. Mary's Seminary, at Cincinnati, $200 a year each for ten years. The will provides that if the son shall diewithout issue the residue of the estate is to go to establish a non-sectarian orphan asylum in Monmouth County, New Jersey, the trustees of the asylum to be the Catholic Bishop of Trenton and the pastors of .the Catholic churches in Monmouth County. An annual income of $5000 goes to Seton Hall College, at South Orange, N.J. Cardinal Gibbons visits Jewish Fair At the invitation of the promoter's Cardinal Gibbons visited the Jewish bazaar at Baltimore on May 8. In response to insistent requests for a few remarks the Cardinal addressed the gathering, saying in part : — 'I am deeply gratified to see you making this effort in behalf of a great charity, a non-sectarian medical dispensary, for charity knows no religion, race, condition, or color. When a man needs charity we must not ask him his race or religious belief, but must simply remember that he is a member of suffering humanity. -' Further, I am glad to be here with you, because I have received so many favors from the people of your religion, and when I returned from, abroad one of those who welcomed me was a Jewish rabbi. Nor are we ever more worthy to be called children of God than when we meet together on such occasions as this.. I hope -that your enterprise, which I understand' to be strictly non-sectarian, will meet every success and will be furthered by the assistance of every citizen of Baltimore, without regard to religion or nationality.' Cardinal Gibbons' address was warmly applauded and the visitors formed a guard of honor about him as he walked to the registry book and inscribed his autograph. A Pour-hundred-fold increase In the course of an address recently at "Philadelphia Mr. C. J. Buonaparte," ex-Secretary of the Navy, said : On November, 1789, a bull of Pope Pius VI. founded the American hierarchy. At that date the Catholic population of the United States was estimated, probably too liberally, at forty thousand, or about the one-hundredth part of our entire people. . . There are now several times as many bishops as there were then priests, more priests than there were then adult male laymen, more churches than there were Catholic families in the thirteen States of 1789, convents and monasteries, schools and colleges, asylums and hospitals, of which the combined means of the entire Catholic population of those days could not have built a tenth. It is true that within the past century and a quarter the growth of this country has been marvellous, but the growth of the Catholic Church in this country has been far more marvellous ; while the number of American citizens has increased some twenty or twenty-five fold, the number of American Catholics has increased nearly or quite four-hundred fold. Refused to Prosecute x Henry Vasey, a young Englishman, who fired two shots at Rev. Father James K. Fielding, when the latter' discovered him in an attempt to rob the alms-box of Corpus Christi Church, Chicago, walked from- the criminal court a free man the other day, as Father Fielding refused to prosecute. When the man -yvas arrested some months ago, Father Fielding announced that he would not prosecute, and when the time for the trial came the priest said in court : ' This young man was starving when he attempted to rob and murder. lam going to pay his pa3'sage back to England, where his family lives, as they have assured me- that they will try to reform him. I don't believe he is half bad.' The case was thereupon dismissed.

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