The Catholic World

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXIV, Issue 1, 4 January 1906, Page 27

The Catholic World

ENGLAND— A Rumor

Before the date of Archbishop Bourne's leaving the Eternal City on .November 7 (writes a- Roniu correspondent), intelligence about a coming Consistory began to take shape. During the summer, the promises that had been given out by the press about what would be done were quite lost sight of, so much so that the list of names mentioned, now that the event is approaching, differs veiy greatly from that given out in the springtime. The name oi the Aichbisliop of Westminster is on the new list, and report that he will be created a Cardinal m December has been accepted generally in Rome. In the best informed circles, how. ever, it is not accepted as certain, simply because it was announred so Lite. Jiut Pius X. is beginning to be known as a Pope of suipnses, as was Leo XIII., and it is possible that matters are to be kept secret until almost -the last moment, so that the rumour now given circulation might come tiue early 'in .'December. Lertain it is, that the name ot the English Archbishop has been considered. FRANCE — A Family of Missionaries

About a year ago (says the ' Aye Maria ') we noted the somewhat remarkable fact that an Irish mother in Madras hajd given no fewer than eight daughters to the cloister. Under the title ol ' A Family ot Missionaries,' a contemporary French author discusses a household almost equally fruitful in religious vocations. Of the eight children of Nicholas Biet, a citizen of Langres, the eldest became a Trappist ; four other sons were priests on the mission field of the Orient, on© of them becoming Bishop of Diana ; and two daughters joined the Sisters of St. Vincent de Paul. The only child to remain in the world was a third daughter, Marie-Francoise, whose son, i the well-known poet, Edmond Haraucourt, is at present curator of the Cluny Museum, Paris. J ITALY— The Final Act

The Rome correspondent of the ' Pall Mall Gazette ' writes to that journal on the Italian monasteries : ' When the State, at the time of the making of Italy, suppressed various monasteries, the general mode of procedure was to leave the monks already there in possession- with the prohibition to any others to enter. When reduced by death to six, the monastery was to be closed and the remaining monks to find refuge in other houses of the Order. Now, after thirty-five years, this dread., has come to several communities, and the- lonely old monies, with tears in their eyes,' are obliged to leave the place they have made an Eden. The case of the Barefoot Trinity Order at San 'Oreste is particularly touching. The spot has been dedicated to religion since the fifth century, and theTrinity have been there for over five hundred years. That a change must be made they knew, but they

did not realise until the other day, when they were informed that the whole place had been sold by the Government to a private person. The blow had lallen, and, like true saints, they packed their modest belongings and left quietly the home where they had hoped to die. But the town people did not take the news of the departure of their beloved friends and benefactors so quietly, and got up a popular demonstration, in which hundreds of women took part.'

Catholic Bluejacket^

On the occasion of the" visit of the King and and Queen of Italy to Genoa, where they inaugurated the new works for the enlargement of She port, beside the Italian and the French fleets, which were in the harbor to do honor to their Majesties, there was also a British fleet composed of three men-of-war and two destroyers. Arrangements having been made- by the Rev. G. May with the commanding officer, on Sunday morning, October 29th, the Right Rev. Abbot A. Allaria went on the quay Lo meet the Catholic bluejackets to the number of about seventy, and took them, in charge of a lieutenant, to the Abbey Church, of St. Teodoro, where he preached to them. After having heard Mass and assisted at Benediction, they returned to their ships. The devout behaviour of the British sailors in the church greatly edified the congregation. A Defence Association

The Bishop of Bergamo (writes a Rome correspondent) has drawn up the constitution of the promised association for the delcnce of the Italian clergy, given to the work the name of ' Segretariato del Clero ' (secretariate of the clergy), and assigned his episcopal curia as its seat. By the first statute the association is declared diocesan. The second enunciates the

purpose of tho society to be the procuimg of counsel, assistance, and protection in public and private controversies for the clergy, and tor institutions of a religious nature, Catholic societies, asylums, oratories etc. By the fifth article of the constitution, the Segretariato undertakes the defence, even the legal defence, of the good name of the priests of Italy. Those persons, then, who read shocking or scandalous reports about the Italian clergy in English newspapers may after the work gets fairly afloat, address :— II Segretariato del Clero, Curia Vescovile di Bergamo Bergamo, Italy. ' JAPAN— The Papal Envoy

Monsignor O'Conncll, Bishop of Portland, Maine, Papal Envoy to Japan, had audience of the Mikado on November 10. He was introduced by the Premier Viscount Katsura. The Bishop informed the Tokio correspondent of the ' Daily Telegraph ' that his mission was of a confidential character. The Emperor appeared to attach considerable importance to it. Dr. O'Connell, the correspondent states, was received with the greatest respect and the Mikado expressed the gratification it gave him to see a representative of the Holy Father especially as he was an American prelate. :The visit' he said, would tend to draw closer the bonds between his Catholic subjects and himself. As an exceptional mark of honor the Bishop was invited to an imperial garden party over which Prince Fushimi presided. Are we not justified in assuming that the Mikado, already favorable to the Catholic Church wishes to give increased facilities to missionaries engaged in Catholic work in Japan ? At the close of the war it was predicted 'that Western ideas which have been of so much service to Japan could scarcely fail to become more popular in the East, and that this result would be of advantage to Christianity. It would seem as if the prediction were already coming true. ROME— The Rector of the Irish College The Very Rev. Dr. 'O'Riordan, the new Rector of the Irish College, Rome, was admitted to a private audience , with the Holy Father on November 8. Dr. O'Riordan *' handed the Holy Father Peter's Pence from the diocese qf Galway. The Rector also presented to his Holiness five new students of the College, and Dr. and Mrs. Malone and Mrs. and Miss Shine, of Limerick. At the same time Monsignor O'Riordan placed in the Pope's hands an address of loyalty from the Men's Confraternity of Limerick. The Pope expressed satisfaction -at hearing that the Society comprised 5000 men and 2000 boys, and wrote his thanks and. his benediction on the address which will be returned to the Confraternity. The Rector then presented to the Pontiff an oak box from Limerick Cathedral, carved by Mr. Joseph Lynch after an old Irish interlacing design drawn by Miss flVlary Ebrill, of Limerick. The box contained some white silk gloves and an address of .loyalty to the Holy See. The Pope wrote his autograprP to the donors.