The Catholic World

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXIII, Issue 31, 3 August 1905, Page 27

The Catholic World

CEYLON— Death of the Archbishop T News was received in Colombo on J^une 27 Wt the death of ArcMbishop Melizan, O.MiL, who passed away at Toulouse on the morning of that date. Tfae> deceased prelate had left Ceylon a lew' weeks previously for the purtpose of visiting Europe, And was then in>e*y poor health. He had spent 41 years in Ceylon, during twelH« of which he had been ArcKbisfcotf Of Colom-bo. He is succeeded by his Grace Ar&Wsfeop Covert, prelate^ '^ T yeW * M C <* d *"» r *» ENGLAND— Death of a Bishop The deatfc is announced of the Right Rev. Edmund ?lis? l i5 '« D i?» Titular Bish °P o! Flavfas. He was born at Sheffield on August 27, 1827, In 1879 he was appointed Bishop Auxiliary of the See of Shrewsbury and • t u lto is f° p *?f? f Corico - He succeeded to Shrewsbury S ?•?' i llut o reBIBI i e( U 11 1895 ' when *• was appointed^ ; the Titular See of Flwi&s. His successor at Shrewsbury was Dr. Carroll, who died in 1897, when Dr. Allen SXnSFff n £Us£? Knight passed away at his ~ Catholic Priests Honored Among the distinguished recipients of the honorary, degree of LL.D. racently at the hands of the University of Cambridge, two names are of especial interest to Catholics. These are Father Ehitfe, S.J., the en* dite Prefect of the Vatican Library, who was the reci* pient of a similar honor at Oxford a few years aco and Father Denifle, 0.P., the eminent Roman archii vist. It is an interesting sign of the times that «Jesuit and a Dominican should be included among those honored by an English University with the highest dis< t motion in its power to bestow. Beaumont College Rev. Father Bampton, of Beaiumont College, was at Windsor on June 9 with eight Spanish boys from bis school, whom King Alfonso specially 'desired to see. The King's interest was due partly to the fact that two of his first cousins— sons of the Infanta Bulalia— received their English education at Beaumont, and partly to the circumstance that many Spaniards of noble family send their sons there, but principally because the friends of the eight Spanish pupils now there are nobles well known to him personally. Mis Majesty shook hands with Father Bampton, aad then with each of the lads, who in turn kissed his hand. A Vicar-Apostolic Passes Away The Right Rev. James Bellord,, formerly Vicar-Aflos* tolic of Gibraltar, died at Nazareth' House, Southend, on June 11, after a long illness. Deceased was born in 1846, was consecrated as Vicar-Apostolic of Gibraltar in 1899, and resigned in 1904. He afterwards became Bishop of Westminster. Bishop Bellord swas for 2» years an English military chaplain, serving in the Zultf war and in the Egyptian Expedition under Lord Wolseley. He was wounded at Tel-el-Kebir, but was carried round on an ambulance, and ministered to the sick aad dying, FRANCE— Tenants of the State Clause 12 of the Bill for the Separation of Church and State provides the clergy with residences free of chaiPge for five years in the case of parish priests and curates, and for two years in the case of Archbishops and Bishops.. Allocating the Churches The question of the ownership of the churches and presbyteries (says the 'Catholic Times ') came up with articles 10 and 11 of the Separation Bill. It was soon evident that the Chamber viewed with dislike, perhaps with fear, the Government's proposal to demand a rental for the use of the sacred ' edifices from the local associations of worship. M. Flandin, in ail eloquent" speech, pointed out the ties that bound the peasantry to the village church, and hade the Deputies consider well before they resolved to commit an outrage on this sentiment. The elections are near at hand, and the Deputies did consider well. In spite of the Government's ap;peal, they refused to confiscate the places of worship. Beaten on that article, the Government introduced another, according to which the ecclesiastical buildings are declared State property, but the gratuitous use of them is granted to the local associations of worship. Pastors and Priests According to a contemporary at the beginning of last year there were in France 38,573 priests in receipt

of stipends from the State. This number includes bishops, vicars-general, and canons. But there were also laboring for the Church though not receiving pay from the State, 17,386 priests, amongst them honorary canons, chaiplainsi, professors in seminaries, etc. In some cases, small allowances were made to certain of these priests from local or communal fuiMs, fc£ services rendered in hospitals, schools, and so forth. ROME— The Late Pope r lhcre is talk in Rome to tlie effect that the remains of T,oo XPTT. will soon the transported from St. Peter's to St. John Lateran, where they are to be definitely buried, and that the funeral, which will have to cross the entire city, will be public. The Eucharistic Congress If there is indifference to religion in every land today, if many men seek wealth and the enjoyments of life without giving a thougnt to a future existence, there are, on the other hand (says the 'Catholic Times'), a great number to whom not only is~the spiritual world a reality but whose faith is very strong and unwavering. The growing success of the Euoharistic Congress is a pleasant and a telling proof of this. The Congress ingugurated in the Basilica of >the Holy Apostles, Rome, brought together a gathering representative of the whole Catholic world. Pilgrims were present from nearly every country. They spoke diQeu-nt tongues, were dressed in different styles, and observed different customs, but all were animated by a common desire to promote the worship of Our Lord in the Blessed. Sacrament. A FraJnciscan lay Brother, St. Paschal Baylon, who was distinguished by extraordinary devotion to the Sacred Mystery of tne altar, was proclaimed in 1897 the patron of the Eucharistic Congresses by Pope Leo XIII., and it was therefore peculiarly fitting that the choice of the next place of meeting should have been made at the instance of a Franciscan, Father David Fleming. That is the British Metropolis, and the holding of the Congress there will do much to give the Catholics of the Enigilishrstpeaking world increase^ influence in the devotional work of the Church. A Private Audience A special private audience (writes the Rome correspondent of the Cork ' Examiner ') has been given by the Holy Father to those priests of the Irish College who arc about to go forth on the Mission. His Holiness received them in his own pm ate apartments, amd after some kind words of exhortation and encouraj foment he imparted to all the Apostolic Blessing. The names of those so highly favoied were — Rev. Michael Costello, who is destined for the'Vicariate-Apps-tolic of East South Africa , Rev. J. Galway, of the Diocese of ( loyne , Rev. J. Fullon, from the Diocese of Down and Connor ; Rev. J. Noone, of the Archdiocese of Tuam , Rev. M. Fahey, of the Diocese of Galway ; Re\ . Daniel O'Neill, from the Piocese of Dunedin, New Zealand , Rev. M. Donohoe, of the Diocese of Kildare and Leig'hhn. They were introduced to the Holy Father by the Superior of their College, Monsignor Murphy, v\ho immediately before the audience had presented his Holiness with the offering of Peter's Pence from the Archdiocese of Melbourne. SCOTLAND— Address to the King of Spain During his stay in England King Alfonso XIII. of Sp«ain was presented with an address from the members of the Catholic Hierarchy of Scotland, which his Maiesty graciously accepted. The address was beautifully illuminated on -vellum, the scheme being distinctly Celtic. The arms of King Alfonso and the Ai eh bishop of St. Andiews and Edinburgh and of the Archbishop of Glasgow adorned the address, which was signed by the Scottish Archbishops and the Bishops. UNITED STATES— WeII-directed Charity The House of the GooJ Shepherd for Colored Girls near Baltimore has received a gift of £1000 from Mrs Andrew Carnegie towards the equipment of a modern steam laundry. Mrs Carnegie probably has not as much money as her husband to disburse philanthropically, but she appears to display a superior se.nse oK discrimination in giving where it will do the most practical good to humanity.