NEW OBLATE PROVINCIAL.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1002, 17 December 1910, Page 9

NEW OBLATE PROVINCIAL.

The "Catholic Times" of Octobor 28' announces the "appointment of the -V'eiy 0-- , Rev.. Father James- O'Reilly, o=iM ' Vv .tlio Superior, .of * Holy -. Cross ' Mission. , Liverpool,... as ■. 'head'; -of • : the British - ; Oblato Province'.-', V. • • .. . - "Father term as' SriperioT v.-\? at'. Liverpool (says-, the . "Catholie v.H Times 5) is; chiefly .remarkable as wit-. i.s; nessing_ the, solenm celebration . of: the golden jubilee of the. mission on Sunday. J;V May .9,-.1909, -.- which ..was observed ..with [3% .grejit'; solemnity in the'prc-: !..serice of two IJidiaus aiid a;.larger cou-:- : course:of clergy:: 'For twenty-two vears ••& he has acted .as' Superior, at various . ." ! missions in-Engliind.. Father. Q'Reilly was born at'Kingsoourt, County:Civah,■:. diocese of :Meath/ He was ordained to 1 the: sacred .•/ministry;', by r Cardinal Per-: reau at AritUil,.''France, on' May ;20, 1877. His firsfcmission • was at Kilburn; Londoii, i.whefo, ho remained, for. two •< years, being subsequently transferred • to SicklinghalljsYbrks:, where he-taught . '• theology. This "was. followed bv .his removal, to. Mount' St. Mary's,; 'Leeds, -»i where lie aclcd 'as ( chaplain fo ' the ' CiY.M.S. and rector of the mission for ' a period of ten- years. From Leeds. Father; O'Reilly -wSnt. .to Tower. jHiil,'; ';' London, as rector, -and. remained '.tKera::' T< for six • years. ?i;His' health breaking. ■%. down, owing, to, his strenuous labours!' - ho took a .voyage ~to; India,' aiid:: : was absent,for.,about:a year.../On his return ,lie-'- went to St., Anne's, ,Roclc ' ;Ferrv,f remained there ■'for: two :the' close: ol'hvhidif ; period^he^as--rafc : . pointed Superior 'ifirsfr" m'issibh—where '(litr—rcniaiued' . - twolva , .'Or years. . He succeeded.- the ;>Very:*;- Rev.; m Father. O'Byrne as rector at Holy. Cress;. V ; Liverpool, soma - two years ago/:;' A' - special and noteworthy Jhase,of Father/ O'Reilly's work was"his conductorship o.f : many important vpilgrimagcsto : .Lourcics. During ilie* past .tentv-sis ■■:' . •vears ho has conducted."no Wcr.'iliau ; * seyen.teert successful pilgrimages, -Itlw • last of which took'place :som'e;. :Av'eekß .ago. His vast experience in-tlus.direc-.. ,s tion • constitutes-him.' au" authority J Vftf..,; the, ; .first ■ rank .• on . the - world-famed-, '. Grotto , and the ' devotion .; connected . therewith.":.,'.' '

WANTED: :A , CHEAP CLERCYMAN. . "Wliy should the Church; of England be the only.body: resting, on :the.dead---hand for the, support 'of its asked >thc.'i 'Bishop ; : of. Jjondbii-~ai;'v-iilie ' Mansion House .recently;" says'the : "Chronicle." ' ' • . X-' ■T" : r '.'Without ail,,exception," T he -said, "other Christian, bodies ; 'make,:the sup- . port of the; ■ministry;-the first - charge' '-' upon- their ..contributions. I atn .ab'so: • lutely sick to death of tlio requests . made to:mc to appoint men of.privatemeans." ' , Then.the Bishop told a storv. Only recently, he a very rich 'man, :who' : : had just.spent-£20,00(j oil huge a'ddU .'. v. tions. to. his. own hojise, came to liim. J After describing .the-Admirable .- Cirich- ■ ton lie, required,.lio said .shamefacedly :. . i "I am sorry'to say the living is only : worth £130 a year." ■ "Of. are'going'.to'make up to .£300;" "I. said, proceeded : : ihe .' Bishop, who . explained that the' living- .'. was the •: property of -the : man ' iwho owned every acre of-, land in the parish. ■ Nevertheless, vrit-h: a. half smile, aiid ,'a v .'gisgl^i'?<h&:jMtor*.;-.isp]ied that: v'j'he . •didn't think"ho'-was.":. ."ily - answer !to'\that,"; said -Bishop, .."was, 'AVill.-ygu'.kindly leave. . iny.. room?, -I.shall-'decline to - find- you" ■- a.clergyman.' " .--.-Vv- -:' FREE.CHURCHMEN IN HICH LEGAL POSITIONS. ~ The; degree to which Free Cinirchmcii ! are taking. tlie highest'- legal posts -' in"': England .is very noteworthy (says ■-the . "Christian' World" under d'atc October v 27). . The Master of the Rolls is>a : Free Churchman,-'.the: Solicitor-Generar ; '(Sir - John Simon) -is a Free Churchman, and . : so ..is the President: of - the Divorce- : Court,. Sir<Sainnel. Evans. . Sir: Rufua ':',- Isaacs, thfe Attorney-General,, is : a Jew, and there .are Free Churchmen :ambhg - the; \ judges bf, J the- Court jof; Appeal,.' and also among the; Law Lords. The f. Loi'd-Chancellor "himself is a Presbyterian. ... Mr. Athcrley'" Jones, : K.C., .and Mr. ' r Abel .Thomas, K..C;, wlio!;' - : seem tho next , lawyers to be promoted,' V:aro both Free. Churchmen.. Dr. Alfred Pearce Gould, senior surgeon of;Middle-. sex Hospital, 'has jiist receivrfMroni - his Majesty's-hinds . the l;ondnr ; :tbf : Knight Commander of, the Royal'.Victoriau Ordef.;; Sir'- Alfred GouVd'^pbr--71 formed the. >ecent'operation on the late : i| Prince Francis of..'l'eck. Ho is, a ; , : Bap-. : " tist, and an. elder .of/-Regent-Is- -Park 1 'J Baptist Church,- ; . j

ANCLICANB AND PRESBYTERIANS, Sj The : Anglican Bishop of , Kdinbui'gh ' 7i (Dr. Walpol'e), .who ■ was .at :oue : ; .timis; : Vicar, of St. Mary's;-.Parnell, Auc!c- ■-'] land, was. present at:th«':.adnuaKne.ss meeting of St. George's Free .■ .'.congregation; : " Edinburgl#*\«- .Ai ceiitly, Add r'essing- '-:S Walpolc saitj that. , for . . rea'so'us . ho ,nad very- great."'pleasure ;iii;rbcih£,iS£] present; •; One was. that on *theviraj;:-h©>';'.M vyas consecrated Bishop .one •of ,'tho j features which .gave him 'hope - was. the;-'.'.] kind attendance ' of the two -ministers;'':t.' of. that congregatibn (Principal: Why'to ■ and the.'Rev', .Dr. Kelman) at-the'aftpjr-noon. serviced In meeting tliat, night they were not. parting .with aiiy-of, ' :ir, convictions, which were the;'.'dearest ;.v things they had. Diaper than, 'their ,;'vJ convictions wero. several things, qne;,of [ -11 which was .their- brotherhood iii Christ. When they thought of the largo aggros- ••••i sivo forces , that wore against Cliris- : tianity. they felt -thankful for . every . body that was using its ' forens ; 'to purge tho world .of-the - things-'.that ■ : brought '[misery..'- They felt that, tlm success of the- one..was the success of' the other. . . u .C..