The Catholic World.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXVII, Issue 46, 16 November 1899, Page 27

The Catholic World.

BELGIUM— A Cardinal likely to be Appointed-— it is reported that Belgium has put in a claim for a Cardinal of the Curia. It appears that a couple of years ago King Leopold 11. made known his ardent desire to the Holy Father, the success of the Belgian Congo and the importance of the African missions being put forward as arguments for it. His Holiness Pope Leo XIII. has shown his willingness to do justice to the claims of the Belgian Government. Hence it is thought that in the coming Consistory the Pope will create a Belgian cardinal. This supposition leads to another. Upon whom will the Pope's choice fall ? It was first said that Pere Hemptinne, Abbot-primate of the Benedictines and former Superior of Maredsous, who has been the Pope's right hand in the work of the internationalisation of Benediotine monasteries, would be the chosen one. It appears, however, that the Holy Father has given the preference to a Belgian prelate, who has been established for a long time at Rome, Mgr. de Neckere. This latter was assured of it by his Holiness in a special audience. A Rare Jubilee— ln a pretty little place called Casterle an event quite unique in its charaoter took place in the early part of September. Twenty-five priests, all natives of this village, came

together to offer up a Mass of thanksgiving in the churoh of their native place. At the head of this noble band were Mgr. Thomas Heylen, Lord Abbot of the Premonstratention Abbey of Tongerloo, to whom the Manchester Catholics owe so much for his laudable efforts in establishing and aiding the Varley street mission, Canon Mierts, president of the Grand S£minaire of Mechlin, and the Canons Meeus, brothers, of Mechlin. The ceremony was beautiful, the richly-decorated church being crowded with friends and relations of this apostolic band. Abb 6 Van Deun, the worthy cure of the parish, united these happy priests at his table after the Mass. The whole population was in rejoicing, the houses were decorated for the occasion, and flags and banners waved from every window. ENGLAND— Ordinations at the Mill Hill Foreign Missionary College— On Ember Saturday, September 23, the Right Rev. Dr. Brindle, D.5.0., Bishop of Hermopolis, held an ordination at St. Joseph's Foreign Missionary College, Mill Hill. The following were raised to the priesthood : — The Revs. P. Keller, L. Litolff, W. v. Mens, A. v. d. Burg, F. X. van Agt, G. Brandsma, H. Drontman, E. Grimshaw, P. E. Hoffman, H. Jansen, L. v. d. Kallen, C. J. Kirk, J. Minderop, G. Mulder, M. Sweeney, and H. Wenßink. Ordination Of a Priest—The Rev. Arthur Day, youngest eon of Mr. Justice Day, was, on the last Sunday in September, ordained to the priesthood by the Right Rev. Dr. Brindle, D.5.0., Assistant Bishop of Westminster, at the Jesuit Church in Farm street. An elder brother, the Rev. Henry Day, S.J., is one of the priests at Roehampton. St- Mary's, Moorfields.- Although the great bulk of the clergy and laity (says the New Era) whose bodies are interred in the vaults of St. Mary's, Moorfields — to the number of some 5,000— will shortly be removed to Wembley, it has been decided to convey the remains of the three Bishops who repose beneath the altar for sepulture at St. Edmund's College, near Ware, where a suitable memorial will be erected. These prelates, who were styled ' VicarsApostolic of the London District 1 before the restoration of the Catholio Hierarchy under Archbishop (afterwards Cardinal) Wiseman, were Bishops Poynter, Bramstone, and Gradwell. Upon the death of the first-named, in 1827, his heart was removed from bis body and conveyed to St. Edmund's College, where it was deposited in a silver case covered with purple velvet in the college chapel. Before his elevation to the Episcopate, Dr. Poynter had been one of the heads of the college, to whioh he had fled, with other members of the English College of Douai, when driven thenoe by the French

Revolution. The re-interment of the Bishops at St. Edmund's College will be marked by special solemnity. An Example Of Bigotry.— A pillar of Protestantism named Hargreaves (says London Truth) applied to the Haslingden Guardians the other day for permission to take a Roman [Catholic boy out of the workhouse, intimating that it was his intention to send him to a Protestant school and a Protestant chapel. The clerk pointed out that this would be contrary to the law, but the Guardians apparently care nothing for the law, and the application was granted. Personally lam rather inclined to sympathise with the view of a Guardian who thonght it a pity that a pauper lad should be deprived of the offer of a comfortable home over a question of religion. Still there are many good and sufficient reasons why the practice of anything in the nature of proselytism among the children of the State should be prevented, and in setting the regulations at defiance in this way the Haslingden Guardians have been guilty of a piece of audacity for which the Local Government Board will doubtless call them to account. The English Catholic Guardians' Association have taken the matter in hand, so it is likely the narrow-minded bigots of the Haslingden Board will hear more of this matter. Returning to the Fold-— Several of the New Zealand newspapers have given special prominence to an affair which occurred recently in England. The account given by the secular Press being more or less accurate, we give the following statement of the affair taken from the Catholic Times, September 29 :: — • The Rev. J. Waring, Anglican curate of Wethersett, Norfolk, has suddenly left the parish and joined the Catholic Church. Mr. Waring waß formerly a Catholic priest, and was stationed at Carnarvon. He left the Church in 1892, became an Anglican, and married It is stated that he has shown " zeal and earnestness in his ministerial duties." He has been received back into the Church by Father Bede Cox, 0.5.8. Reports in the daily papers assert that he has deserted or abandoned the lady to whom he was united by the law and his ohildren, but it is probable some arrangements have been made in the matter. Being in Holy Orders he could not contract a valid marriage, and it was therefore neceesary that he should break off a connection which ought never to have been formed. It is believed he has left England for Australia, where be has a brother who recently became a Catholic priest.' A Welsh Translation Of the Bible —The Welsh Prayer Book is to be supplemented by a Welsh version of the Bible. Like the Prayer Book, it will be an original translation from the Vulgate. It will be issued in parts, the first of which, consisting of gospels and epistles, will soon be ready for the press. FRANCE.— His Holiness and the French Nation-— in receiving a number of pilgrims from Toulouse recently his Holiness the Pope addressed to the them a few words on the present situation of their country. He said he was extremely grieved by the violent passions which lately had troubled public life in France, and added that the great questions now were pacification and the success of the Paris Exhibition, as a well-deserved crown to the civil activity of the French people. A New Charity.— A New Charity has been started in France. Three young working-girls in Toulouse decided to devote their Snndays to the care of poor and neglected old people who could not find refuge in the hospitals. They met one or twice every month for mutual encouragement, and soon their examples drew others to join them. The organization adopted the title of 'Work- of Neglected Old People.' The members were told off in groups of ten, with a prefect for each, and each group put in charge of some poor aged man or woman. The membership has since grown to eight hundred, and its work is supplemented by the credit; and efforts of a club of wealthy society ladies who procure places in hospitals for the sick and utterly helpless. A committee of married ladies provides alms, linen, clothing and victuals ; but the visiting of the wards remains the privilege of the poor working girls who originally organised the society. GERMANY.— The Catholic Press in the Fatherland.— At the State convention of the Catholic Knights of Ohio, Bishop Hortsmann of Cleveland said, in urging support of the Catholic Press: 'At one time there were only eight Catholic papers in Germany ; to-day there are two hundred and eighty, with a subscription of thousands; and as a result of that is the constant upholding of Catholic interests uniting the Catholics in general. To-day Kaiser Wilhelm has to hold out his hand to the Catholic Centrum or otherwise he cannot hold his power.'

ITALY.— The Feast of St Januarius.— The fekst of St. Januarius, patron of Naples, was celebrated ou September 19 with the customary fervour. The liquefaction of the blood of the saint took place in presence of a congregation which filled the Vast cathedral. SOOTLAND.-Transfer of Father Whyte, S.J.-General regret has been felt on the transfer of the Rev. Father Whyte, SJ., from Edinburgh to St. Ignatius's College, Stamford Hill, London. Amongst Catholicjß generally in Edinburgh Father Whyte was beloved for his saintly life and pleasant, cheerful manner, while by those outside the Faith who had the pleasure of hie acquaintance he was held in the highest possible esteem for his many estimable qualities both of head and heart. It was felt for a considerable time past that his labours in connection with the Church of the Sacred Heart were too severe for one who had attained his seventyfirst year, and accordingly a place has been selected for him where his responsibilities will bs comparatively light. He will have spiritual charge of the boys of the College—a position for which he is eminently fitted— and as the parish is a small one, his other duties will not be at all exacting. Some five years ago Father Whyte celebrated his golden jubilee as a member of the Society of Jesus. Rev. Father Fraser, S.J., has been appointed to the Church of the Sacred Heart, Edinburgh, in plaoe of Father Whyte UNITED STATES.— A Generous Donor.— Mrs. Thomas F. Ryan of New York City, wife of the street railway magnate, has given £20,000 for the establishment and endowment of a convent of nuns of the Perpetual Adoration in connection with St. Paul's parish in Washington. A Disrespectful Practice-— Rev. Charles P. Gillen, pastor of St. Joseph's Church, Patterson, N.J., had denounced from the altar the practice of throwing rice at newly-wedded couples in and around the church. Father Gillen referred to the subject at all the Masses. He said that it was a disrespect to the Sacrament of Matrimony, and that he had determined that it should be stopped. ' I have tried to discourage the practice in the past without effect and now must say that it is finally to be stopped,' he said. 'If there is any more of it hereafter I propose to engage officers and have them present at weddings to arrest the offenders.' An Appeal for Italian Seminarists-— His Lordship Bishop Horatmann, of Cleveland, has sent the following appeal from America, where there is a great need of priests for the Italian population, to the Italian Bishops : — Your compatriots in America are suffering for the want of priests of their own nationality, who will attend to their spiritual welfare and stand by them in their struggles for the faith. Priests educated and ordained in Italy do not stay with us ; there is ever the fear that Italian congregations will be left without a priest. Send us not priests but seminarists to complete their theological studies in American seminaries, be ordained in America and become affiliated into the dioceses. This plan has been carried out by all the other nationalities in America with splendid success. Under this system, there is no complaint about funds and churches. Their fellow-students of other nationalities are in perfect sympathy and harmony with them ; will aid and advise them and give them the benefit of their own experience. They will learn English while in the seminaries, and thiß knowledge alone will be a boon and help to them in obtaining the aid and sympathy of the Italian- American members of their congregations, and they will meet with more success and good-will than would an Italian priest belonging to a diocese it Italy. Proposed Rebuilding of an Orphan Asylum.— St Agnes's Orphan Asylum, Sparkill, New York, which wae recently destroyed by fire, will be rebuilt. This was decided at a meeting presided over by Archbishop Corrigan. The Rev. Father Edwards, who was the Superior of the ruined convent, read his report of the disaster and told of the heroism of the Sisters of St. Dominic and their devotion to their charges. Father Edwards also advocated the rebuilding of the convent with fireproof material and with all the modern appliances for safety in case of fire. Death of a Distinguished Priest —On September 5, at St. Joseph's Rectory, New York, the Rev. Father Jeremiah F. Keane, M.A., departed this life after a few days' illness. Born at Farran, County Cork, Ireland, 36 years ago, his early education was intrusted to the Christian Brothers at the Monastery, Cork. He afterwards attended St. Finn Barr's Seminary, and went on to Maynooth, when he read a most distinguished course.. •• After doing duty in Cork for a ehort time he went to ibcr Stittes, and took a mission in New York, "where his most successful career was cut short by death.