The Catholic World

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXII, Issue 32, 11 August 1904, Page 27

The Catholic World

AUSTRIA. — A Religious Ceremony

The Bmiperor Francis Joseph, with the Alustrian Arcbdukco artd Archduchesses, was -present oil a recent Sunday afternbon at a religious ceremioliy in frctit of the Bta,tue of the Blesfc-dd A irgin Pn the laige b'qjuarc of the Ilof, m colcbVation of the j,ubilee of It lie dogma of the injinaialatc Conception Process ions went to the sitatuc from all parts of tilie city, with bands, twiners, and reliigiuu^ i*niblfina* King Chtistiaji Df Denmark watched the spectacle fnom the balcony of the Papal Nunciature, which facts tJie statue. ENGLAND.— Charitable Bequests

By the wiM of Mrs. Mary Gillow, Holbrooke House, Hamilton Park, Hereford, a sum of £3000 is bequeathed for the- supptort of the [Catholic clergy at HqrKljird, Mountain Ash, and Glamorgan , £2000 to the Passionists at Broadway, Worcester ; £2000 to the Convent of the Good Shepherd, Bristol ; £1000 for the mission at Stratford-on-Avon ; £10.00 to the Sisters of Charity at Hereford , £1000 to the Sisters of Mercy at Chfden, Connemana ; £200 each to the Colavent of Merby, Wolverhamptotn ; to the Convent of Charity, Barnlstree , arPd the Little Sisters of the Poor, Cheltenham, , £100 each to fhe "Hospital at Hereford and the Sisters of Chanty at Lower Bullilrgham. The Auxiliary* Bishop of Westminster

lw adlditich to tiie pontificalia presenteti to him by the) clergy, regular fcnti secular, 'of the tihree dJocoses of Westminster, Soratlhwark, ar*d Portsmouth, Bishop Fenton is to receive a carriage and pair, the giH of tlhe Susters of the various religious boluses at Westminster. A New Church

The Bishop of Shrewsbury performed recently the ceremony of blessing aWd laying the fust stone of a new Catholic church at Altrmcvfram. The new Huilding will a'ceommod'ate about 500 woßshfppers, and the cost is estimated at about, £6000 The ceremony was proceeded by a procession to the site of I«he new church. Amotagt those present weie the Rector (Father xvydei), Canton Crawley, and other members of tiie Cheshire clergy. An Educational Grievance

In the House of Commons recently ]\lr. Bol'and mtoved an amendment to the lOducatnotn Divisional Orders (Cardiff and Newport Bill) om tjie groumd that in Newport, where ttiere wore 3000 Catholic children out of a total of 25,1100 in voluntary schools, not e\en one parson of experience and education, and acquainted with the needs of the Catholic sthools, hart been placed on the Education Committee Dt Macnanvara quoted Caoon Kichaidson'b dictkim that he had fojrtn'd the l'Mucation Act to be a rotten Act. Sir William An^on, replying for the Government, said that In Bradford, whero there were 3001) Cathnhc scholars , m Newcastle, where fhcie were over 4000 , in St Ilelons, whora there were over 5000 ; and in West I lam, where tnere were over 3000, representation had not been given i,o denominational schools , and yet tlieae had b©Qn no complaint of injustice to C?atfooh'cs. Eventually Mr Boland withdrew his aniondmcjit. Hard to Convince

A vexed question has arisen in connection wit/h the will of the late Marcjuis of Bute, not only In regard to his large, bequest's for the proposed Catholic Cathedral's at Oban and Whithorn, but also in reference to an equally munificent legacy bequeathed \\y him to the Seamen's Hospital at Cardift. The Malrquis, in his will, directed his trustees to apply the Mim o? £20,000 in erecting or completing a hospital to take the place of the h/osp-iHal ship ' Iltamatlr^ad ' at present m use, but on qonditio'n that the hospital should, if possible, be served hy Sisteis of some Oatholic religious Ortler. The general committee of the hospital now profess to find insuperable obstacles in the way of this condition beins fulfilled, and a deputation of flheir bonly welnt to London recently t/o interview en the subject the trustees of Lord Bute's will. It is understood that the trustees p'ointexi out that there was no difficulty tn llhe way of carrying out the coti'ditjon laiQ down Ivy the testator, a>nd t'heyi rostanced as an illmsitration the Italian llospitial In London, which, while bervetd by Catholic Sisters, vs opevn to patients nresfpectiwe bf creetl, a.ud has on its Board of Management Protestants anfd Jews as well as Catholics. The depUltatiori from Cardift were taken by the trustees to t|he JtaUan Hospital in order tta «oe the Workirtft of it, brut in stpLto of this t<he mieniliers of the deputation aflrc sitill unwilling

to allow Sisters into their hospital ; and if they persist in this atiU't\ide, Cardift n?ay be .de,p»ru?ed of the benafit of hoM Bdte's generous bequo&t. The trustees of the Marquis's will are Lord Ilerries, Lprd Ettmun/1 Talbot, M.P., and Mr. Frederic* Pitman, W.S., of Edinburgh. Successful Catholic Students

The exann'ners for Wic Hereford Scholarship at Oxfofld (the highest classical prize open to junior membars of the University) announced recently that the winner was Mr. Wilfrid Greene, a Catholic scholar of Ch-.ri.st Church, who has already g'«u*ied a Craven Scholarship, a'rod was placed in the first class of the Classical Moderators. TMie daily press has commented with some surprise on the fact that tlhis is the secoad year in su<pes*ion tii/a,t the ' b'ue rifcbon f K>f' Uxfprd. ola&sical scholarship has been worn by ome of the small number ot Catholic steidents in residence at the Lni\ersity. The Hertford scholar la^t year was Mr. Cyril Martfndale, a young Jesuit undergraduate, who is also the Chancellor's priaeman for Latin verse, and holder of the Gaisfoird Greqk prize. It \will tail Do Mr. MartLnidale's lot, a week lor two henroe (says tlhe ' Catholic Herald '), to recite his pn,ze Greek and Latin verses, on Commemoration Day, from Uhe rostrum of the Sheldo'nilan Theatre, in presence of the Chancellor, Doctors, and distinguished guests of the University. A Jesuit declaiming in presence of what has been for three centuries the most exclusively Protestant University iin the world will assuredly be a notable spactacle in, tlhe histjory ot Oxford. FRANCE.— The Sisters and the Veterans

T-hero is storrow amotag the vetenaiits xtfxo are pensionors of ttfie Hotel des InvalMos. Since the foundation of the Invahdes by Louis XIV. nuns had acfted as nunses to the veterans, but t)he other day the mill's! had to depart to be replaced by lay nurses. Some of uhe nliins of tlhe Invalides had been in the plape for a great number of years, arid were well known figures, especially Sister St. Angcli'que, who had nurseld tihe Insvalidos for 65 years. Another town hdd been thejre 45 years, and seven or eight oWiers between 20 ajiH 30 yoars. When the nun's departed they filed past the old \ctorans, who shook hands wifoh them, a-rtd majny of whom were crying. When it became -k-nowh that the nuns would have t>o go, an officer who Had been Si pensioner of tyhe Hotel for over 40 years, and wflio had m aide over his pension rights to the Instittottofa, withdrew and went to litye with hvs relations. ROME.— Scots College

At present in Scots College there are studying for the priesthood three former ministers of the Presbiy&erian Church of Scotland, viz., the Rev. Mr. ChuilestfeJi, the Rev. Mr. Fraser, and the Rev. Mr. Graham. It is expected that the Rev. Mr. Charleston, late of Thornhebank parish ch,uroh, will be ordained next year. Distinguished Converts

The Rcv^. Mr. Evans and the Re,v. Mr. Benson (writes a Rome correspondent) received the priesthood on Sunday, June 12, in the Ohapel of St. John the Baptist, where the relic of the Precursor's head is preserved, at San Silvesitro in Ca^pite. Fattier Benson, who was tonsured a month ago, has left Rome for England , Father E^vans will leave very shortly. Both, however, were presented to his Holiness by Padre Getiocchi, Procurator-Geheral of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart, on Jjine 12. Their audience was most delightful. The Pontiff showed himself Cully informed about their two careers; congratulated^ them ; granted every request (Father Bensqn thus obtained permission to say Mass in a Protestant house where he will stay in England during the Summer) ; entertained themi for a considerate time, awd blessed their future work. This m each case will be a resumption of study .iftor the holidays, but in neither is it now clear whether the Archbishop of Westminster will send them back to Rome or retain them in England. The Encyclical on Labor

The fifteenth anniversary of the great encyclical Reirum Novarum, which has been well Btyleli the 1 IVLagna CJiarta of La"bor,' was celebrated all over Italy by Catholic societies. L\arge crowds visited the new monument in St. John Lateran, on the sides of which the grerat document is reproduced in immortal brojijze. Other years the commemoratiofci has been marked he>re ahd there by extravagances on the part of some so-called Christian Democrats who erfldeavbred to twist the late Pope's words to their own private interpretation, but this year rtothwig of the kind has occurred. Pius X. has succeeded in creating a wonderful harmony iU tlhe ranks of Italian Catholics, and has promptly silenced the ring-leader of those who sougjht to 1 pnomote disunion.