THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH IN CANADA.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 669, 20 November 1909, Page 9

THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH IN CANADA.

;:, ; ..THEvP]^NABT;,Cdp u NaJEi, l , l^ll:; ■■".,' .'Much, interest has been'.created in' Roman Catholic circles:by the .meeting'at Quebec; undor the presidency,of Mgr. Donato Sharetti, the' Papal Delegate Apostolic,- -of the Plenary Council; of .;_,tho ; Churoh ihi .Canada,' ;;The membership: includes six archbishops', the'heads of: .twenty-three dioceses, ■ and i three ■apostolic ■yjcarates.and.tho heads in Canada of fourteen monastio orders. .The opening: sormon: was. preached by. Archbishop Bruonesi,;, of Mon: tre'al. The conferenoo received tho apostolic benediction from .the Pope. There was sent to tho King a message conveying te him' tho assurance of the Prelate's loyalty and of the loyalty of.the Roman Catholics of Canada, a 'gracious 'messago of thanks being, received in return.: At'.a luncheon to :tho members given by iliieutcnant-Governor Pelletier, there was , but.one toast, "The King' and'tho'iPopo." It has been usual heretofore in this province, at i puroly ■ pcclesiastical •' gatherings of ,, .Eoman 'Catholics to drink tho .toast to the Pope before that of the King. ..The incidont maybe regarded'as a token of the respect which, tho great mass of French-speaking Roman Catholics have for King, Edward. French Prelates are in' a majority in the council, whose sessions are secret." ' ;'•' ■ .;, .• •■'■■ • ■ .:'

A DISTINGUISHED CONGREGATIONALIST. Dr. Charles Chapman; who ■ has ■ announced his resignation next June of■: the Principalship of Western College, Bristol, is ono ■ of tho great sorvants- of Congregationalism' "who : have never struggled to get into the denominational limelight (says tho s "Christian World"). Ho is a man of fine character, who has done long service and carried .on,a , splendid work'in!his own quiet way. - HisVinfluenco on ':' Congregationalism in the West is felt through a hundred pulpits. Himself an alumnus of the college, of which he has been principal for thirty-three years, ho graduated at London; TJniversity, and fifty-two years ago began his■'.. ministry in '.Chester. Eetnrningto the West in 1864, ho spent seven years in Bath, and then five years in Montreal, from whence, camp his LL.D: dor gi-ee.. 'It was in 1376 that ho returned to. Engi land to be Principal of Western College, then housed at Plymouth, but now in fine premises at Bristol. Though essentially a scholar, and ; still a student, Dr. Chapman has shown marked administrative powers, and his old students all retain; their deep regard,for him. .., .;.

■ ; .." • ';y '' : JOTTINGS, / \-'\ .'. ( The Bishop of Salisbury'(Dr. Wordsworth), whose sixty-sixth -birthday took "place. on_ September 22, is reputed to be tho best- Latin scholar in Europe. Ho has enjoyed a ; distinguished ecclesiastical' career.- At twentysevon he 'was a prebendary of .'-Lincoln,-, and lit forty a canon of Rochester and Oriel Professor 'of the' Interpretation of Holy Scripture at; Oxford. Dr. Wordsworth maintains a keen interest in the question of .the Reunion of tho' Churches, and-.has expressed himself in favour of a measure of Church Beform, and believes that greater liberty should be given to! tho bishops in, the matter ;of porniitting ' ritual."..; : \ ■ . ■■' ',/'' '. ■ ■ ,', : ■ ■:';.■'.'-. The Primitive Methodists in London held a demonstration in . tho: Leysian Hall recently to.celebrate tha centenary of tho; denomination. Sir .William P. Hartley, who presided, said - they had deliberately 6et out to raise .£250,000 as ■ a Centenary Fund—JBISO.OOO for ■local purposes, , and .£IOO,OOO. for connoxionnl purposes. Horhoped they would'soon get tho money, arid ho for one would willingly contribute his share. (Applause.) The Anglican. Bishop of Bunbury (Western Australia) informed his Diocesan Synod receitly that he intended in futuro to wcar'his copo and mitre on all occasions of <;*;remony in: the diocese, -nn'd that the cope vfould; bo regularly 'used n't' tho altar, of' tho Cathedral. Tho bishop is the second Anglican Bishop in Australia-to adopt' the regular wearing of,tho.;full episcopal habit, tho Bishop of'liockhampton having hitherto stood alono in'this respect/ Although certain 'of th 6' bishops havoWora cope arid mitre at isolated special functions,", the: majority appear on all occasions in ( . their ; choir' dress of, rochet ;nud chimere. :■ ! y ' •.' '; ' .:■..'■'.;. "V : """'';'|-.'.'-. •' Mr.'G. W. Thatcher, 8.D., recently of'. Mansfield College, Oxford, lias accepted the position of Warden of Camden College, and is expected to reach Sydney early in tho new year. Mr. Thatcher, >who is a Victorian by: birth aud early education, is ari eminent Hebrew .scholar; and has for: years been (ono of: ; the - lecturers at Mansflold ColUge, under.Principal Fairbairn. ■Prior to; his departure' for Australia the Archbishop of Sjdney (Dγ: Wright) visited the Archbiehop' of "i ork (Dr. Cosmo Lang), whose intended visit: to Australia as-.Bishop of Stepney was : frustrated,:-by his -recent ■elevation''to the Primatjal See 'of : York. ; After-praying with him in an ancient chnpel/.: the. Archbishop of ■ York bestowed his blessing ori ; Archbishop Wright,' ,"You go forth,'-',' ho said,' ■''from this,; vciierablo: saiictuary,;older.;'than' Magna ; .-('hnrta, to: the new, .interesting,, and niilsating-l'fa :of :B: great .-.modern city r- but there, as h'ei-o, : and as in tho brain of-Man-chester, ■, the/spiritual -. life and work • is the ■f^^ : ''''■''■■'. '■}.. ■:'.! ; /,■•■ ' : : : r'-'- ■-'::-.:..■::.' :•■.;