The Catholic World

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXII, Issue 43, 27 October 1904, Page 27

The Catholic World

ENGLAND.— Death of a Religious Sister Mary de Sales (Agnes Loftus Hall), who died at ISa/areth House, Hammersmith, on Anigust 27 was in tihe 77th year of her age and the 49th of her' profession as a religious-. Her life had been s^ent fa the caro of the poor, and little children were the special objects of her dev'otedncsis. Successful Catholic Students The Oxtord Jacal examinations, the results of .which havo just been published, show that many of tihe Important Catholic sr boo is— 'both for tfoys and girls--come out with very giatifying results. The total number of candidates presented mi 3>83 centres was 14,140, and, out of 98(05 successes, no fewer than 1693 were for Catfaolic schools and colleges. An Appointment ,", J. 'ihe Very Rev. T. J. Murphy has been to the position of President of the Prior Park College, Bath, ono of the foremost of the Catholic, public schools in England. The new President has toeeif the President of the B.ackrock College, Dublin, one of the leading public sJiools in Ireland French I'rsuSsnes With the a,ppro\al of the Bishop of Clifton the Ursulinc Nuns who ha\e been expelled from Rouen 1 'have acquired possession of Tower House, Salisbury, where they will open a school. A Pastor*! on Church Music ' It is stated that a joint pastoral will ph'o'rtly be" issued by, the Catholic Bishops of< England prohibdtin? * the music of certain Masses, such as Gounod and Palcstrina, or those belonging t*o what maybe tilled^ '*<*-• operatic school, while trie pastoral , will also* dftpr^joto, „ the employment of women singers in church choirs. " So* far aw the Archdiocese of Westminster is concerned," such Masses havo already been stopped, arJd-.pxcnesWalf accompaniments are now things of the past. ji ■, ' An Interesting Function An interesting function (saya the ' Catholic Herald') will take place at Gill Mos^ in 1 'November, \vhen the remains of the late HOn. Roger Molyneux,. uncle -to the ■

present Karl of Sefton, will bo removed from their temporary resting place in Lower France, and remterred with those of deceased's son m the cemeteiy adjoining St. Swithin's C-tyarch, the burial place of many famous Lhcrpool Jesuits. lion i\lr Mohneux was a convert to Catholicism. His wiaow, also a ccnvert, taives a' very active part in rescue work m Li\eipool, w'liere she ha-> recently established a house for homeless babes. Death o? a Purest The death is leported of Rev. Dr \V J B lluhards, well Lnown in connection wiih nluta,Liuiij.l allans in Kcgland. Dr. Ru hards wa.s an Oixfoul nran intendod for the legal piofession, but bocominp; a catholic, ha left, the University without taking hisi degree and filtered the Congregation of Oblates of St Chailes at Bayswater in 1857. Two years later he was ordained priest, and since Ihon his life work has lain in the direction of Catrnbhe education- Cardinal Manning made him a Diocesan Inspector of Schools, and his association with the Catholic School Committee brought him into contact with Catholic clergy in all parts of the country, and also with non-Catholics connected witn odaicat k tnal affairs. In 1880 a Paipal Brief conferred on him the honorary degree of D.D. Dr. Richards was the author of many learned volumes, most of. them being text books intended for religious instruction in schoolA Summer School The Summer School of Gregorian music at tne Benedictine Abbey at Appuldurcom.be, Isle of Wight, proved a remarkable success Over liity st/idents in all attended, and e\eryen3 was delighted with the course of lectures delivered by Dom Kudine. Prior to tho Dreakmir-un oi the s< hool the Abbot of the community entertained the sitidents at an ' \t Home,' v. hc-n some into'esting speeches rclatinc; to the work of the school were delivered. Father Moloney, to whom the establishment of the school was chiefly d>ue, speaking in French, mo\ed a very hearty vote of thanks to the AhbiOt a)nd his Community, on behalf of the entire body of students for the many" kindnesses they had received. He desi.-ed to thank the Abbot, on behalf of the prices anti students in particular, for the ample and ready facilities* accorded them ior the daily celebration ot Ilolv Mass and ti'io accompanying hospitality Father (iol^ian, of Tuani, spcakinr\ pi ln^h, oßered his meed of ])iaise and than\s on behalf of the large contingent of lri. i )h iiricsls pie^cnt. Mr Goodnirn, of Dubl'ti, as representing th > Liru,c b.'nd of oif,anisls present, e--prc.sed his r ,Miipalhv with the Comnninitv o-n b'ein.T obliged 1o lea\e the land ol their buth, and trusted th,il nisi a.th e Tn>h had <-ftcn hern m.st rimu-nts m The h,T.nds of I)i\iiic Punideme in (arrvmg cMid planting the true faith m the lands uf t •' • c l r e\i!e, . i o. too, th" good Bencitictm-? monks w o'lld turn their expat liatic n to pood ace minf, and difVa^e far ;nd wide a 1 nowlevlge and lovo of tiie Ciieg'OLidn client. FRANTE.— Dispensed from tbe«r Vcw« CHvmg to the pre'sceutfion n 1 France, ri cat numbers Df Christian Broihers ha\e been tamed aidrift f i om tVeir hohools. In conseq'un 'e the Pope has granted a srcial dispciifatjon from their \ows to all ot thorn who wish to return to the woild as laymen. The Government Policy At a banquet at Au.xerre M. Combes made aflpce^h, in whidi he said thit the poluy of V c Cabinet was a ii^htin-; policy for fie present He referred to the Uo\einment successes in the recent in.vnu lj-al and dopartmenial elections, and declared that the Government, acting on tlv- mandate given by unhersal suffrage, desucd all ' institutions to be sulordmate to t»he supremacy of the Uepublif and lav Slate. He belicv.ed a concordat was impossible In the course of an mtCTview with a representalnc of the ' Matni,' M. Combes, socakin-j of the s^p.aratu^n of the Clmrcti alid State, for the vigorous initiation of which he claimed the sole icsponsibihty, is ropoited to have stated that it would not bo a mtiless proscnption, but a rational, decent, and courteous divorce, upon the bioad basis of the Bnand Bill, lie lmviitatod 'himseli placing another b'oa4rr and m^orc gonero^s BiU, which wolild, for msta.nce, give up to Ihe Churches the temporal enjoyment, of their b'liidinsrs and of their budgets, *nd would also grant them full opportunity to crente *or themselves an autonomous life under the restricting aegis of common rights. This sepa'ation in principle, effected without shook or violence, would bring to Parliameat, and even to the very bosom of his own Cabinet, the support of the most timid. GERMANY.— Harsh Treatment There are, or rather were, in Posen (says the ' Catholic Times ') three young ladies' schools, which for

nearly half a century had provided educational facilities for the daughters of the better class Polish families of the town and neighborhood. The teachers were certificated and m every way met the Government's educational refinements. But some weeks ago, an official \isit was made to the schools, axd a strict investigation took place as t o whether the Polish language and literature v. ere being taught to the students. Such was flio rase m the lowest clays of all, for no other language than Polish would have been intelligible 1o i.ne pupils Hut Ihcn, this was loeog-nised as necessurv by the educational authorities A^ fortnight latecam c another official visiior, who seems to have convinced himself I'hat Polish was spoken in tho schools during; the time appropriated to manual training,. 'Of this, howe\er, ho fornd no proof. Nevertheless, the schools- havp beon closed by decree, and 200 scholars tiurnod adrift, not to speak of the teachers whose occupation is gone. Such are the ideas of liberty in Germany as respects the setools of Polish Catholics. ROME.— Ponttf teal Audiences Anvone^t the most notable of audiences given by his Holiness! during the past week (says the Rome correspon'Jenti of the ' Cabholb Herald,' writing under date September 1) woe the following; : That accorded to tho 15,000 persons forming ■ the large parish of Sta. Maria in Transpontinai, which took place in Uhe Cortile della Pigi.a. Seventy' young, girls belonging to tho various parishes leceivcd collectively on the day of their First Communion. On Tuesday his Holiness xeceived his Imminence Cardinal Vannutelli, recently returned from Ireland, an 1 Count della Faflle de Levergheni',, Minis 1 ! Pr of Aft airs from Belgium to the Holy Roe On the same day his Holiness gave audience to tiho members of the International Committee for Pilgrimages They oncretl his Holiness an artisticallywrought lamn, on which are engraved the words : ' Pro I'-cclesia et PonUiice,' and the sum of 50)0 lire, the gift of various Italian families. The lamp is a facsimile of one whb h was oilered at Ihe Grotto of Laurd.es by the TiaMa'i pilrnmF aJlda Jl d which is l'ont rons+an t»r HirnHc. Cn Wednesday, his Holiness received r>ri,vatelv Monsignor Gennrsro Grain to di Belmonte, Arohibfcslhop of iJciessa and Apostolic Nuikio for Austro-Hungary. SCOTLAND. — A Total Abstinence SocJetv The annual Convention of the St. Andrew's Catholic Total AWsti.nenee and Benefit Society was held in tihe Oddfellows' I fall, Edinburgh, under "the presidency (t INI r John M'CluskeY Mr M'Cann, secretary, stated ih'it t,'ie year 1 whu h erded <n the 30th of June might ho ;- itelv considered the most, successful Ihe Society had vcti hid siikc ils formation in IR'fJi At tihe date of last returns (,jKt December, 1002) the number of benefit meml-or^ was fin.") At 3 nth June, 1001, tthe inclusivp member < hvi was 1328. --howine; an in'-re-ose of 603. At the 31st ncxMnber, 1902, tilie accunvnl'at'od fl.nds of all the brajThes amounted to £050 9s 2d. Ordination of n Convert Cn Set) teller 8, in St Patrick's Ch>mh, EdinIrirph, h's Grace A-chbishop Smith, of St Andrews and I 'dijir^rgh orda-jned ?s f','ibdea,con the Rev. J. C. D. Fraser Mr. Fnv-'-er 'was for many years Rector of tho Kpif'.coMMlinn Church at Pan/ohorv, on Deeside. He was* re-"civcd into the Church in 1902. and early in l'i(H enter* d tl-e Sc-)ts Colleoe, Rome lie returns there «-K)on 1 o continue his preparation for tlhe priesfho/od. In Juiv ho re'-enod tonsn-p pnd minor orders in the pri-->,ile tinsel of A.rchbis'h'on Smith. Mr. Fraser, is a lnlno of JKriinhurgh, and studied at the University thcie. UNITED STATES. — The New Apns'nHc Delegate Rev. \. A ems, who is to succeed Monsiirnor Guidi a.s; anostohr- delegate to the Philippine Islands, is a native of Maltq, bint was educated in Rn gland, his father, being well known among the (Catholics of London. A CnthnVc Cho«r takes Second Prize The Cfitholi' 1 Cathedral choir of PiMslwirfe, under the diroHorslhi'p of Mr Joseph Otten, won the second iyaad prize (i:3001 at Ihe great musical cohtest hel/d at the World's Fair. The choir has forty-five voices.

Lord Gormanstnn's state of health has been Riving some, anvietv to his friertls. He is (says tfre < Court Jouana! ') the n-emier Viscount of Ireland, the title havihaj been created in 1478, and having descended from father to s^on (with only two exceptions) during five centuries. The present Lord Gormanston was all through the Tndi?n mutiny. ITe has a beautiful place between; P/üblin ard Meaiih, which dates fTom the days of Edward 111. The family is Catholic.