The Catholic World

New Zealand Tablet, 29 August 1912, Page 55

The Catholic World

v CANADA • v * * - .. \ FOUR BROTHERS PRIESTS. •y A family reunion of interest took place at Boucher - ville recently (says the Montreal Tribune), when Rev. Leonidas, Primeau was ordained to the priesthood by his Grace Archbishop Langevin, of St. Boniface, lie is the fourth' son of the family to be raised to Holy Orders, and in celebration of his First Mass he was assisted by his three brothers, Revs. B. V. Primeau, of Notre Dame Church, Chicago; Honore Primeau, of Chambly, Quebec, and Joachim Primeau, of the Jesuits. CHINA HEROIC DEVOTION OF CATHOLIC MISSIONARIES. . Scarcely a week goes by that the secular press does not record some instance of heroic devotion to duty by a priest (says the Catholic News). In railroad Masters and other serious accidents where lives are imperilled the priest is rarely if ever missing, and he takes all kinds of chances in ministering to the injured. This characteristic of the Catholic clergy has made men of other religions and of no religions speak in praise of the Church that produces such priests. But this striking demonstration of the fact that our clergy are heroes in the cause of Christ is a phenomenon that is not confined to this country or this age. World travellers v ill tell you that wherever they go they meet the priests who are always ready to lay down their lives in the performance of their duty. In his Glimpses uf China and Chinese Homes, Mr. Edward. A. Morse, f..inner professor of zoology in the Imperial University of Tolao, Japan, pays a tribute to the Catholic missionaries. ‘As I left the city (Shanghai) at twilight,’ the writer says, ‘after my brief experience within its walls, find glanced back through the gateway to take a last I ok at its narrow streets and low buildings, and recoiled the mass of filth, misery, and smallpox, I noticed a Jesuit priest with heavy black beard and unmistak ible French face, but dressed in full Chinese costume. He was entering the city, in which he lived surrounded by all this squalor and misery. I could not help admiring his noble devotion, and could readily understand why the Catholics make such progress in China in comparison with that made by the missionaries of other denominations, who usually live in the foreign settlement, associated with many of the comforts of their more sinful brethren. I further realised that a convert of this priest might compare notes with a Catholic convert in Thibet or Cochin China, and there would be no divergence -of doctrines in the minutest- jarticular.’

ENGLAND « ■ _ CHARITABLE BEQUESTS. Miss Isabella Mary Phibbs, of Wilton place, London, authoress, who died on May 30, aged sixty five, left estate valued at £21,067 gross, with net personalty £20,870. Subject to various specific bequests and pecuniary legacies, the testatrix left all her other property to her sister, Miss Henrietta Phibbs, for life, with remainder as to: £IOOO Loyal British Waiters’ Society; her share in the Celtic Torque to the British Museum; and the residue of her property, which it appears will amount to about £15,000, to the Archbishop for the time being of Westminster, upon trust for the construction, repair, and maintenance of Catholic schools in Great Britain and Ireland. PORTUGAL A DISTRACTED COUNTRY. With a Government in which the people have no confidence and which has little faith in itself, with all

the national interests harassed, and with Monarchists still making raids from the Spanish frontier, what wonder if Portugal is in a distracted condition. Ministers (remarks tire Catholic Times) seem to have no great difficulty in making the Monarchists retreat. Their chief. difficulty is to check the license they have themselves promoted. Their followers have become accustomed to disorder. They have no respect for the laws, and their ambition is to imitate French practices. Much fonder of shouting and threatening than of real fighting, they are quite enamoured of French antimilitarist ideas. They do not see why they should risk their precious lives to preserve a Government which, though boasting a great deal, has done little for them so soldiers are taking off their uniforms, flinging down their arms, and dishonoring the flag. The Government iis at a loss to know how they should be dealt with. At any cost it desires to prevent the world from seeing how grave are the difficulties that confront it. Further measures are therefore spoken of for muzzling the press, though it is not at all easy to understand how the independence of the press can be interfered with where it does not exist.

SCOTLAND THE ARCHDIOCESE OF GLASGOW. Tuesday, July 2, 1912, marked a very important epoch in the history of the Archdiocese of Glasgow, the Right Rev. Mgr. - Mackintosh, V.G., and Provost of the Chapter, being on that day consecrated Titular Archbishop of Chersona and appointed Coacy-vtor-Archbishop of Glasgow. The Most Rev. John A. Maguire, the present Archbishop of Glasgow, was the first prelate to be consecrated in the Glasgow archdiocese since the days prior to the ‘Reformation’ period, his predecessor, Archbishop Eyre, having been consecrated in Rome. Archbishop Eyre came to the See of Glasgow after a lapse of 275 years, receiving the Pallium on March 31, 1878. Prior to his accession the last Archbishop of the See was James Beaton, nephew of Cardinal Beaton, who had been Primate of Glasgow.. When the See became vacant James Beaton was Abbot of Arbroath, and, though only 27 years of age, he was appointed Bishop in 1552. The religious persecutions of the day forced him to fly to. France, where in Paris he acted as chaplain to Queen Mary until her death in 1558. Bishop Beaton afterwards acted in a similar capacity for James VI. of Scotland, with such success that he repeatedly gained honorable mention from the Scottish Parliament. Though, subsequently restored to his dignities, he remained in Paris until his death, which took place in 1603. From the days of Archbishop Beaton, of course a long line of Archbishops and Bishops stretch back to the days ol St. Kentigern, these including Archbishops Dunbar, Beaton, and Blackader, Bishops Lang, Muirhead, Turnbull, Cameron, Lauder, Glendoning, Wardlaw, Rae, Lindsay, John -Wishart, Robert Wishart, Cheyam, Bondington, Walter, Malvoism, Roxburgh, Jocoim. Herbert and John Achaius. The last-named was consecrated Bishop in 1115. From the death of St. Kentigern in 601, the See was vacant until the accession of Bishop Achaius.

. UNITED STATES CATHOLIC SCHOOLS. . There are nearly 5000 Catholic schools in the United States which have nearly 2,000,000. students in attendance (says an American exchange). These schools cost the Catholic .people about 15,000,000 dollars yearly tor upkeep and ordinary expenses. Every school under Catholic direction is and ought to be a fortress against anarchy, disorder, and irreligion. The Catholic school is an American safeguard. SISTERS RECEIVE DEGREES. On June 5, eighteen Sisters, representing seven teaching congregations, received the Bachelor of Arts degrees from the .Catholic University of Washington

D.C. The religious thus honored made up the first class to graduate from the Teachers’ College of the University, an . affiliated institution which last year began its work under the auspices of the. Catholic University faculty. The high character of the work done by these first candidates from the College for literary honors,-is vouched for by the Right Rev. Rector of the university, who, in conferring the diplomas, declared that the Sisters had made a record for scholastic attainments surpassing any yet achieved by men thus far admitted to the B.A. degree in the university.