The Catholic World

New Zealand Tablet, 6 December 1906, Page 31

The Catholic World

AFRlCA—Catholics in German Territory ~- -- _ ,The ' Cologne Gazette ' states that, the Right JRev. Div Vogt was to be eonseciated "by Cfh. (final Fisehei ojir;. Octobei 14 as Yicai-Apostolic of Bagamoyo, in GermanEast 'Africa. Bishop Allgeyer, native of Alsace,- hut educated in Scotland, has lAtheito been in chaige of German Catholics in the whole of East Afuca, but he will henceforward ,rcsiiric't himself "to Catholics - under British pibtetlion, while those_in German teriihave a Bishop of -then. o\vn. Christian Brothers in Egypt At Cano, in the IsmaUieh quarter, a veiy aristocratic part of the *city, the" Biotheis have » then-school Piom eLghty pupils in 1900-the has risen to over a hundied, though 'theie are schools of eveiy nationality and cieed in the neighborhood „The Franciscan established a foi young men, and" anotheL has been opened bv '"theFatheis of the African IVAssioneis, of Lyons Mosfc r of" the niembeis have been educated by the Fiench ' tian Brothers. In Upper Egypt the Christian have had to contend with many difficulties But as % they have now intioduced the study of the English language into their schools, they are doing bettei at Assiout and Minieh, the pupils aie on the increase The have opened a new school 'at.Mel-law'i, a large towir of; 20^000^^ been been there and a girls' school... iii*'.ch'a l Missionary Sisters^:.., Brothers; for squls,|v: s ?" ~.-| ~ :^S{- ■}.,■'£■ ?■•;';. ENO LAND—The Late Mgr. Nugent : ,^ r The massive and imposing mbnumefi¥:' :^vc'r''p-: '--l)nlJ : " : ' tomb of Monsi-giior Nugent at Ford has been unveiled, the ceremony of blessing being performed by 'Canon Kennedy, assisted by Rev. Fathers Walsh and. (Waterloo) and Rev. Father 1 Hays£H Death of a Catholic Lady - ■■~; , ~"- " The) death is announced:'of -Lady Amabel' : Kerr, which occurred at ;.Melbourne Hall, Derby. Lady Amabel": Kerr was the" wife of "'■•. Admiral 61 the Fleet, Lord Walter Kerr, G.C.8., and was related of Shaftesbury, :tire Marquis of' Ripon,.. Lord and Lady Desboirbugh, arid. .members>^f i ,oElver: leading families, she resided she won the hearts of all by her kindly bearing and generous charity. Her instructive books will liveyto show .fenerations S /some- ... thing of her gentle spirit: ardent ' zeal^':^

French Refugees- - o<;.. 't ;r .W^ii The annual reunion-of the Guild of Gur Lady of Ransom at Caxton r Hall, Westminster, ■: was described as an- 'Entente Cordiale Catholique,"-''-'and the programme contained hymns and songs .in;;both Bernard Ward, in '■ his. lecture, "on ' The Fren'dhv'rßefugees During the Reign oof Terror,' said-a return issued by the Home...Office in?l797:;sh'6w^'that there were five thousand French- priests in England supported by the Government. On the motion, of Pitt a grant of £IOO,OOO a -yearr was voted for the purpose ;byAJT?arliament." ■ • _ . ■ .',-.-,•. - The Education Question It is estimated that 60,000 Catholics of Manchester and district assembled at Belle ; Yiie* Gardens,' Manchester, on Saturday - afternoon,; 13; to prdtestthe Education Bill. \ 'Upon the suggestion of the Bishop -of Saiford, it was enthusiastically decided * to send > a : message t to cithe Pope protesting their unswerving, loyalty, to "the Holy See, acclaiming the wisdom of the Sovereign Pontiff, and imploring the Aposr,; toiic Blessing. A letter was' :read-^om v M.P. for- South °Saiford, explaining; his: = the . secon'd reading of the Bill in. certain details, of which he said changes. [. would f have : to 1 ?be \niade. were passed pledging Catholics to' res'iVt the'Bill to the uttermost as destructive Jot; religious: equality. Presentation to Bishop Johnson The Archbishop of Westminster ; presided over a large , gathering ...and laity Cathedral* Halp dela ! (Right" Rev. W.'^A.'-Johnson), Vicar-General of the diocese, was .presented with an illuminated address and a purse containing - "^035 oT"liis elevation to the episcopacy. _ Bishop., .Johnson.- has in-addition received a gold • ?dvaih from Lady

:'•£^'Bramptaiij'Awhile, the Duke of Norfolk and five other C marks, said they owed Bishop Jolmspn a debt of gra- ; - p^duouj^a^d^ ;j?|-sfi!f no one r'M™-£:Tihe ; ~^ - " .feefe it; - •o:Spirit^.in.JwJSichj^ i^fiaWiaifprfraW^ -,~,they. fe£l;^srpedp6X^^bra^ '-■ : whfr ffc reeliwireie- s^s^pi^pmina/fe?the^r^h '■ : t eutgvidp f'.'Ca-tli^^ yi te^h£rs"'.|3yJ^ |^<NoncßW||i^^ B^^neon^enSiastsl.,are vi 'a critical hour wc' ''cap upon 'all, of Fngland people, *= .Catholics, and «.even.:»fa-ir-minded--Npric6nformißt's . to recognise that education can pnly be dealt with J Belgium, and Sw i tzeriand •pn - faiSan^^eaceabTe-Mhesj and that we are pnly entering- on a fierce and .hitter "' struggle in the subject 'every; tiflft of to" of a triumphant V :: .■•;■'■.'■.'■'.;.. ; . '■'.-:lN DlA^Th^lV^ras^l^sionf v _''^>,-/^^-."\, ; ' V- The missiofi .of Irish_,-priests, Jas -it^has,be*e"n years. jThe'^re^^ Go'lgan, a "of. will" cele- '5 brate" his ; * a J ■ dipepse of / Ireland : . hot sent / some—. ~of---"itsjP'' ' .jpriests to ; the work.;pf Jand r strangely enough^t : -Us /, the only! jlipcfese #at priests are .all of Ir'is.tef'Mrt'h^*' |ROME---TH| King of Norway =^ " ' -Father . ;oh iC-ctober 10 ' Baron Wedel; Norwegian Envoy Extraordinary, who handed to . his- Holiness ari~ autograph- letter from 1 the; King of Norway formally The lrish/Marlrys . \. V-' '' ; \V^-v~'-In an article in the 'Seven Hills Magazine ' Rev. Reginald Walsh, O.P/, writes :—f ;Ihe number "of Irish martyrs wfiose cause will be presented tp § the Congregation of| Rites is 3fe Of these threellare Arehbi-:' shopsr llfare',Bishops, and 4g, are secular Ip'riests. Then come .ninfe Augiistiniahs, three 4 (Carmelites, Vil» £ Cistercians, 113 DomirJicans, 93 Francisjc|ans,; -six ? Jesuits, one . Premonstratensian, and 56 lay - A Monument to the Late Pope 3 . The monument «of Leo- XIII. (says the|)ublm; ' Freeman's Journal ') is ripiyfcitpmpleted.ih Si,J John Laferan, 1 .? the Mother the which =•■ faces the/Campagna and the The Bateran is Cathedral of the Bishop /of whefla, in the Viays of their freedom, the.-' Popes were enthroned as Bisliops,' the coronation ceremony taking', place/ ; ' in St. Petier's. Pope Lto Xlir. never took possession of ." his Caihedral, : - but he' ■ slfould He - there fin the apse, that he jcpnipleted The remains of the famous:-Pontiff,! which have had their tterriporary resting place in a recess over one of doors of St. Ppt,el ;, s, soon be the Later.anV-^ :-"'i;' , • **' RUSSIA--Ronwnte:bi'a CJfrandlDuke\l| . The \tenna papers are qtipted mance of a Russian ?;Grraiiul|.Duke : In Gries, near Bbxen, South Tyrol, there a few days ago a priest named Baelisis. ; It is now known that the priest was formerly a G-rahd He was born in 1875, the the iG-raiili Dukfe "Michael, brother ;" of Alexander II.;-and was|aianied- Sergi'li.s'4 H .Aftlr the ■I death in? 1894 of Alexander: went to Paris; * where he ! j-mairied 4 : k Catholic, ;|the'l beautiful griheess Mercedes,* p;f ! Beaulieu : ; andf pimself. In' 46nseq\ience. of i^Lhis, change | of. faifh\ and r MA marriage with la lady] belongi i ng|to| " Serums was for priypd" of ■ : his^rahk; w "!ti^e r small

income lemaming he adopted the title of" Count Baehsis,' the name of a small Polish estate foimeily belonging to his mother's fainLly. His marriage was a happy /one, until the Countess was suddenly 'seized at Nice with a ncivous fevei, of which she died aftei A two days' illness. Count Baehsis devoted himself at to theo'logical stupes and became a Catholic pnest As such, notwithstanding the danger of being exiled to Siberia, ho letuined to Russia, and was at first assistant 'priest and then piiest at Jitomai Owiirg lb the weakness "of the lungs, he removed to -Cries, near Bozen, where he d'.ed after two yqais' lesidence. ' - SCOTLAND,—To Join the Redemptorists 1 ' The Rev Loid Archibald Douglas, who has foL the past few yeais had charge of the Catholic ( cliuich at Annan,, Dumfriesshire, has, it is leported, decided tOAjom the Redemploiisls. UNITED STATES—The Irish Carmelites The New Yoik ' Freeman's Journal ' announces that/ Father Southwell, for seventeen years 'head of the lush Carmelites of that city,v and Rector of the Car-/ mehte Church in. East Twenty-ninth »stieet, has sailed foi Dublin, to which he has been called by his superior.. ' ' What position Father Southwell has been called 1o fill in lieland,' the wnter says, 'is not known, though ii is believed that he is to he made Cousultoi for lieland ' He adds that Father Southwell went into East Twenty-ninth stieet seventeen yeais ago, when there was no chuich in that section. '' He found a room on the third flooi of a cigar factory, and there the Irish varmclites had their introduction to New Yoj.lv He leaves Church propeity, including one of the finest schools of the city, valued at 300,000 dollars.' •