The Catholic World

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXIII, Issue 27, 6 July 1905, Page 27

The Catholic World

CM IN A— Murder oi Missionaries Monsignor Deublat, Procurator-General of the Foreign Missions at Shanghai, has telegraphed to Rome tbat, according to a despatch A^om the Bishop of Thibet, four missionaries and many lay Christians ha\e been killed at Bathan(g. The names of three of the missionaries are known : Father Henry George Mussot, Father Peter Bourdonnee, and Father John Andrew Soller. They weie French and between forty and fifty years of age. ENGLAND— An Invitation The AlrohHi'Shop of Westminster, in response to the invitation sent by the Bishop and the Burgomaster of Fulda, was to leave London on June 1 to be present at the celebrations which were to be held in that city from June 4 to June 11 in honor of the 23rd jubilee— reckoning the jubilee as 50 years— of the martyrdon of St. Boniface. University Distinction ,Mr. Noiel J. Campbell, S.J m ., of Pope's Hall, Oxr forW, has been awarded the Marquis of Lothian's Prize for History, an annual award of £40, wnioh is open to graduates and undergraduates alike, and is considered one of the highest Unhersity distinctions in History. Mr. Campbell, before entering Oxford, studied at Stonyhurst. Death of a Missionary The Rev. Michael O'Grady, Superior of the Missions of St. Josepjh's Foreign Missionary Society in the Congo, news of whose demise arrived at Mill Hill, London, on May_ 10, in a telegram, died of fever on April 25, at Bakaka'ta.. At the time of his death he had been but two months in the country, and his last letter to the Superior-General at Mill Hill was full of joyful plans for his new work« , , I FRANCE— Liberty of Conscience The Socialists (v/rites a Paiis correspondent) have great, notions of liberty of conscience. An incident which has just occurred at Toul pro\ides a fresh illustration of this, if any were needed. A poor old woman was in receipt of outdoor relief to the extent of ten francs per month, barely enough to buy dry bread day by day. The Socialist Mayar of Toul has now deprived her of this pittance because she committed the crime of signing a petition in favor of the maintenance of the Concordat ! GERMANY— The Emperor and the Holy See In presenting the Order of the Holy Sepulchre to the Emperor of Germany at Metz on M«,y 15, Cardinal Kopp exilained that the late Patriarch of Jerusalem had conferred the highest honor in his power on his Majesty, to make his pilgrimage to the Holy Land one of everlasting memory, and as the crowning high iSea which the Emperor haJd expressed in his gift to 'German Catnolics of the site of the house where, according t o tradition, the Blessed Virgin Mary lived. The Emperor, replying to his Eminence's address, said that the Cardinal's works recalled to him the time when he was privileged to stay with the Empress in the holy places of Palestine. It had filled him with high gratification that, thanks to the Sultan's courtesy, he had been able to obta.in a piece of consecrated ground in Jerusalem and to present it to the German Benedictines, whose splendid work he had been able to observe at Monte Cas&ino. He trusted that the seed tnen sown might bear fruit rich in blessing for German Catholics. Continuing, his Majesty referred to the presence of Cardinal Kopp at the consecration of the Cathedral of Metz as Legate of Pope Leo XIII., the vererable old man whom he (the Emperor) had personally Known. To-day tn'e Cardinal was fulfilling the charge laid upon him by the present Pone, for whom his Majesty, on account of the work he had done up to the present, already entertained deep irespect. At the wish of the noble Patriarch of Jerusalem, who confers the Order o*n behalf of the Holy See, he gladly accepted the Order of the Holy Sepulchre. mj.Q saw in the" honor conferred on him a new tie between \him and the Christian activity of the Holy Land. ROME— The General of the Jesuits A Rome despatch states that; the Very Rev. Father Martin, General of the Jesuits, wjiose arm had been amputated is doing- well. He hps received a dispensation from the Holy Father enabling him to celebrate Mass.

The Sacred College Srnue the election of the present Pontiff five Cardinals have died, viz., Cardinals Mocenni, Cejesia. Herrero y bspmosa, Langenieux, and Ajuti. Two new Cardinals hae been created, vix., Cardinals Merry del Val and Cailegau. This leaves the number of the Sacred College 60, or 10 less than the full number. Ordinations The Rev. W. H. Wonercot, student of the Beda College for the diocese of Southwark (writes a Rome correspomte:it), has bern ordained suibdeacon. Mr. Wonercot is a convert from Anglicanism.. He was formerly a ciergy ma n at Bovey Trace?, in Devonshire. The Rev William Henry Drage, student af the same College and for the same diocese, has been ordained deacon. - Mr £*£ STe^SSISL* AU Salnts ' .<*»*■ wr—* Death of an Austraiian Priest A Rome correspondent gives the following particulars 0 J ohe death of the Very Rev. Archpriest KenS? y '^ B***™^ Victoria, who passed away on May 10 at the Nursing Home of the Little Company of •Mary. By the Sisters he had been tenderly cared for as also by his nephew, Dr. o 'Sullivan, of Melbournem2 c Al7uA I7 u ReV ; J* 55 * 11 Phelan ' and otner Australian friend* Archpriest Kennedy had passed half a lifetime on the mission in Australia without revisiting the country of his birth, Ireland. In England, late in Lent, S rt \ fter , hl ! l r . rival and £ efore he bad gone aver to Ireland, be decided to spend the ensuing sacred season in Rome, a chill taken in London, neglected at first, and aggravated by travel, developed into double penumonia and he reached Rome in a dying condition. After the Last Sacraments, and repeated reception of the Viaticum, he was favored with the Apostolic Benediction beore his tranqpl, holy death. As the deceased had had two nieces, Sister Mary Thecla and Sister Mary Philin amons; the Poor Servants of the Mother of God the Requiem WBB sung in the Church of St. George and the tha? cSufch ° n 7 12 ' and the fUneral star Srom RUSSIA— A Memorial Monsignor Pallulon, Bishop of Samogitsie, Russia has presented to the Pope a copy of the- memorial jMnch the Catholic Bishops in Russia have sent to the Government at St Petersburg. The memorial begins'by fl nH nn v l l glthg Ith 1 th % bbrO adnesS; dnesS with which Russi *n law treats ihe Catholic Church, nominally allowing it free worship, but it deplores the successive ukases which modify the law to the detriment of Catholics, preventing the Bishops from visiting their dioceses, rendering the seminaries useless, and interfering with the clergy adminislerm & the Sacraments. The memorial concludes by asking not for reforms, but only respect for the existing laws wbich.if applied, are sufficient for the Resent needs of Catholicity in Russia. Present SCOTLAND— A New Church A Aery interesting ceremony took place in Musselburgh on Sunday, May 14, when the new Catholic church, dedicated to Our Lady of Loreto and St m£ C 4!ff b Wa 4 Solemail l dediCat u ed hy hls Gx^ e Archbishop South. The new church, which is late Gothic in style and cruciform, will cost about £7000. The sacred edil fire derives its title of patronage partly from the Drpncformalion Church of St. Michael, which occupied t£ summi'3 of the neighboring hill, and partly from the fn.mous chapel dedicated to Our Lady of Loreto which is m the -district of Newbigging. At the ultimate de!vn"t ?n? n £ -i^u °r in the sixteen< h centuW'its stones went to build the famous Tolbooth-the pillars becoming the old steps of that institution. Death of a Canon The diocese of Dunk.c-ld is the poorer by the death of the Very Rev. Canon Clapperton. The deceased Canon was born at Fochabers, and belonged to a family which had givm three of its members to the Church, viz the late Father Clapperton, of, the diocese of St Andrews Ji^'f^Lu 0 R ! ght Rev> M S r - C1 aPPerton, of tn e d.oorhe of Dunkeltl, at present the venerable Provost of the Dunkeld Chapter, ana the deceased himself. The late Canon, received his education at Fochahers and at Blairs and was ordained at Presthome Enzie in 1844. He went to Buckie in 1857, when the present church there was opened and continued priest in charge until 1900, when failing health compelled him to retire. On the occasion of his silver jubilee as parish priest of Buckie the Faithful of the district, who were deeply devoted to their worthy pastor, presented him with an address and £150. Canon Clapperton was of a very charitable and Kind deposition, and gave assistance to the poor irres peotive of creed or country. He devoted many years

of his valuable life to compiling the memoirs of missionary priests from 1560 to 180 U. He was a gentleman of considerable musical culture and a skilled mechanic. The organs for the Cathedral at Aberdeen and many other churches were built to his specifications. Far o\er forty years he was Procurator of the Aberdeen diocese, and he wajs counted a very wise and prudent counsellor. SPAIN — Uie Religious Sentiments of Cervantes The Bi-fliop of Madrid, in a Pastoral Letter on the fourth centenary of Cervantes, dwells upon the religious sentiments of that author. He calls attention to the Don Quixote's ad wee to Sancho as to the duties of governors : ' Abo^e all, my son, you should fear God, because in the fear of God there is wisdom.'