The Catholic World

New Zealand Tablet, 12 May 1910, Page 751

The Catholic World

ENGLAND—In Favor of the Monks The monks of Chartreuse (says the Edinburgh Catholic Herald) have triumphed in their claim to have the name Chartreuse applied,only to the wines manufactured' by them and sold in the British market. The monks were expelled by the French Government, which also robbed them of their property by ‘liquidation.’ The factories of the monks were sold to a trader who attempted to use for his manufacture the name Chartreuse,’ which had a world-wide fame as describing the cordial produced by the monks. But .expelled from France the monks retired to Spain, and still kept on making the cordial themselves. _ They brought an action in the English Courts to restrain their despoiler from using their trade name. At first they were beaten. But on appeal they won. Then their ‘successor’ appealed the case to the House of Lords. The decision given on March 18 was in favor of the monks. So ‘ Chartreuse is to mean ‘Chartreuse’ still in these Kingdoms anyhow. The Education of Students : Mr. Denis .Broderick, of. Sunnyside, Denmark Villas, Hove, Brightonj - who died on December 12 last, leaving estate valued at, £39,770 net, bequeathed the whole of his property in trust for his wife for life, and on her decease he left one-half of his residuary estate to the Bishop of Southwark upon trust, to apply the same in the education and maintenance of a student or students for Holy Orders of the Catholic Church, and the second half to the Bishop of Achonry, in the Province of Tuam, for like purposes in that diocese. FRANCE—A Bishop Vindicated - 1 The Civil Tribunal of Nancy (says the Catholic Herald) gave its decision on March 18 in the libel case brought against the Right Rev. Mgr. Turinaz, Bishop of Nancy, by the Teachers’ Association. The finding of the Court was in the Bishop’s favor, with expenses against the teachers. This decision is a contradiction to that of Reims, where Cardinal Lucon was condemned. The teachers will have to wait a long time, for their millions, at this rate; the first, in their favor, the second against them, and there are eighty-eight Bishops still to be tried. People are asking how many Freemasons were on the. bench of judges at Reims and how many at Nancy. Cruelty to Aged Nuns Here is an example (says the Universe), and, as the French press shows, not an isolated one, of the cruelty with which hatred of Christianity pursues its religious victims. Under the Associations’, Law' the aged and infirm in religious houses are allowed to remain there, and are entitled to a small pension out of their own property, which is stolen from them. In many cases of dissolution, as we know, aged and infirm nuns have been ejected at short notice, and thrown on to the streets with the rest of their Sisters. Others have applied for the pensions due to them according to the letter of a persecuting law', but have been unable to obtain them. The following case shows that the liquidator can not only be a thief, but a brute as w'ell. At the Convent of Notre Dame, at Aurillac, there have remained for the last fourteen months fifteen aged Sisters, for the greater .part of the time bedridden. Though the liquidator was bound by law to see to their needs, not one penny did he give them. Had it not been for the-charity of . shop-people, who supplied them with necessaries on credit, they must have starved. As it was, the total value of what they got works out at six ‘sous ’ per; head per diem. . They applied for their pension, but could only get attention paid to them by instituting a lawsuit against the harpy of a liquidator ! GERMANY—Catholic Dioceses There are only twenty-five dioceses in Germany, but these are large dioceses. The largest is Breslau, with not quite 3,000,000 Catholics, in charge of 1468 priests. Cologne has 2,495,438 Catholics and nearly 2100 priests. Eight dioceses have over one million Catholics each. ROMEThe Pope’s Name Day Saturday, March 19, the Feast of St. Joseph (writes a Rome correspondent), was the Holy Father’s name-day, and his Holiness was the , recipient of a great number of congratulations which reached him in telegrams from all quarters and from many people of the highest distinction, such as sovereigns, princes, and heads of States. Pius X. is a man of modest tastes, and his desire always is to spend such occasions quietly. On Saturday he said Mass in his private chapel in the presence of a dew persons, including his sisters and niece. He afterwards received in audience the members of the Sacred College, who tendered their good wishes.- He also admitted to audience the commanders of the Pontifical Guards, all of whom expfesesd their sentiments of devotion to the Pontiff, His Holiness, considering his endless round of duties and . his weighty cares, looks well and is at all times ready to show' his interest in every religious question of importance. ,

The Scandals in France x The scandals in France (writes the Rome correspondent of the Catholic Times) have caused no surprise at the Vatican. The revelations are what have been expected. Since the passing of the Separation Bill it has been well known that one of the main objects of the enemies of the Church in France was plunder. The Holy Father felt that in telling the French Congregations and clergy to face poverty he, was taking the most effective way of promoting religion in France and ultimately bringing home to the people the contrast between the morals of the persecutors and the persecuted. That contrast the French people can now see. On the one hand, they behold men and women consecrated to God’s service who have given up everything, and are in not a few cases suffering from want; and on the other they perceive a band of swindlers, each vieing with the other as to who shall have the largest share of spoil, and all of them without morality or principle. SCOTLAND—Charitable Bequests The will of the late Miss Catherine Jane Brownlee, of Glasgow, who died recently, has just been proved, and contains many bequests to Catholic charities. Among these' are the following:—The Franciscan.." Convent, Glasgow', £300; St., Joseph’s Conference, St. Vincent de Paul Society, £300; the Convent of the Good Shepherd, Dalbeth, Smyllum Orphanage, _ and Little Sisters of the Poor, Glasgow, £600; Prison Aid Society for Catholic Women, Nazareth House, Glasgow, and St. Mary of Egypt’s Home, £SOO each; Sisters of Charity, Glasgow, £400; to the poor of Carluke (‘ in memory of my father ’), £2OO. Several other Glasgow institutions benefit to the extent of £2OO each. UNITED STATES—A Valuable Chalice A priceless chalice will soon be received by the Cathedral of Pittsburg. It will be made of gold rings, watches, and other pieces of jewellery contributed by the members of i the congregation, and will be adorned with diamonds, rubies, pearls, and other precious stones offered by them. The chalice will be used only on special occasions. ; A Generous Gift ? Mr. R. C. Kerens, on the eve of his departure as ambassador to Austria, subscribed £4OOO towards the purchase of a farm for Father Dunne’s newsboys, of St. Louis.; This farm will be situated somewhere near the city, so that it will be easy for the boys going back and forth during the summer bringing supplies to the city home. Mr. Kerens has always, been a generous friend and patron of the newsboys, and is well known to each of the boys in the home. The Philippines ; The Rev. Dr. John B. MacGinley, of Philadelphia, who has been appointed Bishop of Nueva Caceres, is the third priest from Philadelphia to preside over a diocese in the Philippines, Bishops Dougherty and Carroll being the others. Dr. MacGinley was born in the County Donegal, Ireland, and after making his collegiate studies in his native land, went to the American College, Rome, for his theology as a subject for the diocese of Philadelphia. The Little Sisters of the Poor ■ The Assistant Mother-General of the Little Sisters of the Poor, whose headquarters are in France, the land of their foundation, is making her visitation of the houses of the Order throughout the world, and is now in New Orleans (says the New lork Catholic News). The Good Mother visited even the distant countries of the Orient, and while in China and Corea had the pleasure of seeing received into the Order two of the princesses of the royal blood, who gave up the honors and riches of the court to devote themselves for ever to the service of God and His aged poor. The Assistant Mother-General received their obedience. This makes some twenty odd Chinese ladies of rank who; have become Little Sisters of the Poor, while there are many of the humbler classes working in the Order for God and His Church. The Propagation of the Faith Catholics of the archdiocese of New York made a record last year in that they gave more to foreign missions than ever before in the 102 years of the history of the archdiocese. The total amount donated last year, according to the sixth annual report of the Society for the Propagation of h aith, which has just been issued, was 77.583.79 or /969 dollars more than the previous year. New York came out . second of . .all dioceses in the world last year in its generosity to missions. Lyons, France, was first. . ———m——■——