The Catholic World

New Zealand Tablet, 13 September 1906, Page 31

The Catholic World

ENGLAND— A Leading Catholic Passes Away The Hon. Frederick Charles Edmund .Petre, chairman of the Brentwood justices, died on July" 18 He,_had been . for a short walk, and,, was returnine to- . his home, Bay Cottage, Shenneld-cbmmon, when hefell. - He wap taken into his house,, and died shortly afterwards,- Born in ~ 1324, .the third son of the 11th Lord Petre, he was the uiftle- of -the present peer. Death of a Philanthropist In the Meath . of. Mr. Arthur Chilton Thomas (writes a -correspondent) Catholic Liverpool loses one of its most charitable .and self-denying supporters His work in connection with the Father Berry's Homes, which. v are to-day a credit to Liverpool is a unique accomplishment, and will stand as an enviable and estimable monument to his name. " Born at Penmaenmawr (Wales), the son of a Welsh parson, he, with the" rest of his family, immediately after the . death of his father, embraced the Catholic Faith. He Mr^- Justice Walton. .He had many" distinguished class-fellows, amongst whom were Lord Robert Cecil.S'L r- T a ? « was acUv el7 engaged"; "on the Northern Circuit, but .practically relinquished his prolE °\?£° nnti t ie , v .,/ ears a S°- His first iifeductioSlto * the, woik of child rescue and charity was in 1891' W l en ?e a JV ap & ointcd secretary and hon. manager to' one ot the bt Vincent de Paul Homes^ for Boys iii Shaw street. From tin s^ date forward he threw himself into the work -<jf "child rescue, and in co-ooera-tion with the Key. Father Berry, established ~ al^over tne city what are now known' as 'Father Berry's Homes- Mr. Thomas has J>een in ill-health- for &c past twelve months, and a journey- through Italy was ' undertaken recently in the hope of ' restoring health S;i-\? omaS n Was matia S ln g director of -the Catholic . ~ ROME— the Society of Jesus During the past week 75 members-of the Company of Jesus representing the 25 provinces of the OrdPar* • m . t Rome lo okct^ the -new General. Each piovincial head was to be accompanied -by two delegates elected -in secret ballot by their brother members According to the last statistics the number of members of the Order exceeds 16,000. A cable mes- " ejected! a hei " Wcmz ' a <*"*** has ££i The Health of the Holy Father ,^J h \ 11 P?ntiff__/writes a Rome correspondent, under date July 14)'. continues his ~daily round of audiences with unabated kindness. So far as do KSSiSLi 8 ?^!, 18 , 111 eXCellenfc he.arth, O an a this s , maintained by the frequent walks he takes in the y,n?n, a nHi GardenS ' Everyone feels that "the Pontiff is £.i£ un . dl 7 preoccupied by the, consideration of the remedy to be applied, to the condition of affairs m France. In all probability, for many years Swt ™ Zn aft^t Cai^ ™° a pSX fofsolutiv "wh,-^ t which -awaits his decision in the cbunr cSurS a d° f behlg the el( iest daughter of the About the Index WHW H 0 .oi ot f th - re + c bo ? ks which have recently excited a +£ han .ynter had a conversation with a Cardinal on .the sub 3 ect. of the Index, and the -practice of con denning books. The writer explained tb the Cardinal h h £L n n Wa 1 ayS T l } was worse than usel ess to put Sled n^J L nd6X> bb n Ca V se . the P ublic condemnation tZ £L 7as an excellen t advertisement. ..The moral W SLt 1v 6CC i ce H la nlCain ICa i- aut horities & should-hav? to ■Ixllatn vhJ \ h ? hQ Cardina1 ' however, took care to explain that the members of the Congregation of the «!S? - WtJl V C . quite WC - U aware tb at their" cooidemna! - wSSL s o me j™es served to-, increase the sale 6i f"?- ' aU Sat -°FFob?r b ?L thC7 COnt^t d to b^ pessary for •Sto'+ + l he .s. s - c °P c of the Index is twofold •

The Peace Congress --- \ .•*..- The question as to "whether \he Holy See is to be represented or not at r the: next Peace" Congress at The Haguer continues- to, excite some interest in Italy (writes a^Rome correspondent), and some very curious revelations on' the subject have' been made this week. Thus, for instance, it appears that under the first Pelloux Ministry in 1899, .Cauevaro, who was Foreign Minister, and .the ,one -whose opinion -should have-counted for most,- was' entirely in- "favor of the participation of Leo XIIL in -the Congress, and did actually receive the thanks of Holland" for his attitude *n the- subject. But-- at the. last moment >acchelli Minister of the Treasury,. and-'.Fortis, Miittho Pini - l: ri 2 ultUr J ) ' ltterl y opposed . the- admission of tne noiy bee, and Canevaro was obliged to eat his own words, bomething., of the kind~ appears to there was talk of summoning, the Peace Congress "fffi f i i*^. W t°- Was l ' hen r oreiga Miufttcr, thought that Pius X, -< should, Be- represented, but other fX^i^KT^-, USt , ltOW " Giolitti h^ Ids therein^ anid it is believed that he is quite' favorable to tiid idea of having the Holy See 4 to take part in the _ futures emigres* It- is' well-known that Russia GerS^ vfmfiri i2 tri f Hun S a 7-_as well as Spain and Hol.i/ 0 " 1 ! 1 b . c .Pleased \lp^«eg r.r ._ the r.Holy See repreRoi! ', i* d - S- ? lorc c Ula " likel y th^t President Roosevelt is strongly of ; tgTTsamtr way of thinking. SCOTLAND— The Commission of the Peace the appointment in St. Andrews aud Edinburgh T diocese The new J.P. is very, popular !notS2y w i. IL b H° th^- cl f cr Sy me \ but with all classes Besides C^lurch ',^ S tlT llY i - h £* #r\ three sons to the ouuich and three daughters to the cloister. UNITED STATES-A Prelate's Kindness The Archbishop or San "Francisco; Most Rev. Dr Riordan, has turned over his house to ' the Pres,ental tion Nuns whose institutions wera.swept away by the fire. His Grace has leased _a small place :at San fnt ' ■ an l Wll K remaln tlicre ' until ' such time" as his home m the city is available for his use. He goes ni, a f rt r by rain all «ost- daily,, and. the business of the diocese is conducted as -usual at the dioiSfh? \T 1 lhe ?ißter? iBters i -suffered sSh'a l^avy^ {£-» 4 by iJH late catastrophe, are deeply touched by ' f m Archblsh opV thoughtful 'consideration "in proving them a temporary.- home. The house is new and the interior has been re-arranged to meet the ' retirements of an -improvised convent.' Beyond the break -ing of the chimneys,- lh Q _ ArcWAs&p's iesKlence ?nff? Vpovfr'p* earthquake uninjured,-' and by pile! ing it at the disposal of the nearly' one fiunS Sisters -rendered homeless by the calamity which razed the greater part of the city, h-is 022e 'olvcdo Ivcd a very serious problem .confronting' these raU^ous Archdiocese of Chicago PnlP^ 1 ?hl^ ag V (SayS an . excl i" a nge) there are more Poles than there ..are in. Warsaw, more Bohemians than there arc -in Prague ;- more Jews Uan there are in Jerusalem; more Irish than there tn S Cm Dmin /'^ Vlj asman y Germans as there are au Berlin, and there -«re more Catholics there' than there are . m R T^ CM activity existent^ . Chicago is something almost, ariiazing. NSthine like it -obtains in any other city in the Union. There are --' more than one million Catholics in the cfty and lqf nrift m ™ Hiere<l J° *.v > 452 - diocesan prie/ts-Jn - r?n ■?"£*+ religious Orders. When you leflect 'that England does not contain- so many Cath" - day nurseries. In all, •100;000 young peopJe are E trained by the -Church, within *- lhe B 'JT^m ° & -.are- ten. colleges and academies for tlic" oducatio\ of .young :mch, and these ' are ~ attended %r neaiiy 2000 .students .annually There are- 23 for S and these were -this year attended by \c265 womwi v ° T s ei V- competition Ih 3 « parochial schools and -ISL Hl {^ , Sch f °1? ha J e P roven - themselves - superior lo - the- scliools of the Slate. All- this is- hut 9 ti L !

. Poor. ,The Sisters of the Goad Shepherd, also, main-tain three homes dedicated, . to -the restoration of fallen women. * - . GENERAL Labor Problem in Chile Tiie ; recent . earthquake in Valparaiso" reminds i us they have other troubles in Chile. The Most Rev. - Dr. Casanova, Archbishop of Chile, is jdeeply „ ested in social movements, and in a recent pastoral letter he suggested that a congress, composed of the Bishops of the province, priests^ Catholic lay nien and Socialist leaders, should be called for the purpose, of discussing the labor problem, with the hope of reaching . a Christian solution.