The Catholic World

New Zealand Tablet, Volume 31, Issue 44, 31 October 1907, Page 31

The Catholic World

ENGLAND— Resignation of a Canon The Very Rev. Canon - Waterton has resigned his position as rector of Our Lady and St. Joseph's Church, Carlisle, and also his seat on the Cathedral Chapter. His recent illness has left him not equal to the responsibilities of parochial work. - The Canon, who must be one of the oldest priests In England, is a man of distinguished lineage, tracing his descent back to no less renowned a person than -the blessed Thomas More. The eminent naturalist, Waterton, was also of the same family, and the Canon was closely connected with Sir Richard Burton, the' famous and fearless Asiatic traveller. Golden Jubilee On' Sunday, September 8, the Very Rev. Father Thomas Brown, S.J., rector of the Church of the Holy Name, Manchester, celebrated . the golden jubilee (fifty years') of his. entry into the Society of Jesus, and the occasion was made one of great rejoicing, and provoked general enthusiasm. The ceremonies of Sunday and again of Monday night, attended as they were by immense numbers, and the great enthusiasm that prevailed, showed more clearly than anything else could the love and esteem in which -Father Brown is held. - Cardinal Manning's Memorial Designs have been prepared by the architects of Westminster Cathedral for the proposed memorial to the late Cardinal Manning. As is now well known, the tomb of the ' People's Cardinal ' occupies a recess in St. Peter's crypt, beneath the high altar. -At present all that marks the spot is a block of cement, so that an incongruous contrast exists between this tomb and that of Cardinal Wiseman in the opposite recess, which is covered by Ihe white marble monument which formerly stood at Kensal Green. Over Cardinal Manning's remains it is proposed to place a bronze effigy, representing him as an Archbishop vested in complete „ pontificals. The inscription will be graven on the central panel of the base, and on each side of this will be carved the armorial bearings of the Cardinal and those of the See of Westminster. Eucharistic Congress Catholics in every part of England (says tfee 'Catholic Times Tt ) will rejoice at the announcement made by the Archbishop of Westminster that next year's International Eucharistic Congress will be held in the cathedral and city of Westminster. Years ago the late Mr. Clifford Millage, then the Paris representative of the ' Daily Chronicle,' suggested in a letter to the • Catholic Times ' that the Congress should be invited to meet in the British Metropolis, urging that no better means could foe adopted to further the movement for the conversion of England. THe holding of the. Congress in London would have decideclly benefited the Church" here at that time, but even greater advan.tages will result from \l next year. Large nuiribers of Anglicans are drawn towards us. by the doctrine of the Real " Presence, and it may be confidently hoped that the Congress, which" will be attended by bishops and. priests from the Continent and from Tnany of the Englißhr-speaklng. countries, will bring a considerable percentage of them into the fold. It will, in the Archbishop's words, mean much to the building up of the Church in this country, and the members . of the Catholic body will feel proud to have any share in making preparations for it. Catholic Truth Society The annual Conference of "the Catholic Truth Society was opened at Preston on September 9, when the Archbishop of Westminster delivered the opening address before a large attendance of clerical and lay members, in the Public" Hall. The Bishop of Liveiv pool (Dr. Whitesifle) presided, and, in welcoming the members, declared that Preston -was the most Catholic town in the length and breadth of England. The Archbishop of Westminster fook" for his subject ' The Maintenance ,_Jbf Reli^ioin Mi -the School. ' In the course of an Impressive address, he said :—lt: — It is time, I think, to leave for a moment the engrossing, but still comparatively petty details which are absorbing our' thoughts in the great struggle for educational freedom, in JWngjiand. These details compel pur attention, but •if they are dwelt upon exclusively * they obscure the ultimate issue, and may lead us "to forget that in fighting Icr the existence of our Catholic schools we are also and necessarily withstanding those agencies which, unconsciously or wilfully, are working for the destruction of all religion in the country. For if

the taskmasters that govern our present Parliamentary rulers have their way, the religion of ,the nation . will receive a b,low from which it can, numanly speaking, never recover. FRANCE — Joan of Arc The cause of Beatification of/Joan of., Arc is at present engaging the attention of the Congregation of Kites. -""• It is,- known (says the Roman correspondent of the ' Eclair ') that the -^ Holy Father attaches the greatest importance to the proceedings, and that in the event of Beatification he will order special fetes.' GERMANY— The Kaiser and the Catholic University & despatch- from Berlin states that with appropriate ceremonies at the Catholic University, Munster, onAugust 29, the Prussian Minister of Public Instruction, Div Ludwig Nolle, read an Imperial- decree .by which Emperor William conferred his name upon the University, which -hereafter will be known as the 'West--phalian "William University.' The institution, formerly ' a theological seminary, was raised by Emperor William in 1902 to the rank of a University. JAPAN — Serious loss by fire . - According to news received in Rome from Catholicmissionaries in Japan the church at Hakodate, the Bishop's house,- and a novitiate were burned down during the recent great fire which left thousands of people homeless. ROME— Suppression of Pilgrimages His Holmess 1 Pope Pius X. has, it is stated, added to his recent suppression of the September and- Octobpr foreign pilgrimages a further veto on those fixed to arrive during November. UNITED STATES— The Little Sisters of the Poor The Little Sisters of the Poor have opened a home in Oakland, Ual., a piece of property valued at A>&uoU having been given them -by Mrs. Mary Cannon. This is the 51st house of the Little Sisters of the Poor in the United States. New York Cathedral SI. Patrick's Cathedral, New York, is to "be remodelled in its interior, and with the splendid new altars and otiher gifts Which are being made by wealthy Catholics, £100,000 will have ,been expended - before the transformation is complete. It has been the gifE of the Lady Chapel by the Kelly family, which cost more than £150,000, which has stimulated , the archdiocese to an effort fo clear ofi the ■small remaining' debt on the Cathedral and to place it in perfect condition before its formal consecration. The movement" for the erection of a Cathedral was begun fifty years ago, and plans are Being made to have the formal .ceremony of consecration as near -as possible to the nature of a semi-centennial jubilee. Not doing their duty ' - At the commencement exercises of St. Ignatius' College, Chicago, Archbishop Qui&ley said : ' Our wealthy' Catholics have millions for their pleasure and for other' purposes, but not one cent, for Catholic education.' He pleaded for the establishment of a great Catholic University at Chicago, and a University that would rival other denominational institutions of learning. A Benefactor of the Church ,-- ' "Word has been received by Monsignor Falconio, the Apostolic Delegate at Washington, that his Holiness Pope Nv Plus .X. has created Mrs. Thomas P. Ryan, of New, York, a Papal • Countess in recognition of "her many gjF6s lo Catholic churches and Catholic charities in the- United States. Mrs. Ryan has taken a deep interest in the work of the CTiurch in many dioceses of the United States. It is said she gives away £200,000 a year in charities. Her gifts to the Churoh alone in the past four or five j'ears are estimated at more than £1,000,000. Mrs. Ryan has built the Cathedral •of St. Peter at. Richmond, Va., '.a.H a cost of nearly • £20(7,000 ; school of the Sacred Heart and a wing- to the hospital ,of the Sisters- of Charity, Richmond, Va.; S"t. Thomas' Church, Plymouth, Va. ; St. Michael's Church, Danville, Va. ; St. Agnes' Church, Falls Church, — 'Va. ; convent and^ Chanel of the PerpetualAdoration, Washington, >D.C. ;- a church for the Jesuit Fathers at St. Andrews-on-the-Hudson. ; hospital of the Sisters oi Charity, Suffern, N.Y., and "chapel at Tuscon, Arizona." At least a dozen churches and chapels throughout tne South-west have been re-established by her and are dependent on her. GENERAL Missions in Patagonia .In Northern and Central Patagonia, within a few years, 45 churches and chapels, 2 seminaries with 42 students, 45 colleges and schools, and 7 hospitals have

been built. Fifty Salesian missionaries, assisted by 50 catechists, attended to 115,000- Catholics. But a few years back, Patagonia was a savage land.

Peter's Pence

His Grace Archbishop Ireland, of St. Paul, Minnesota, in addition to the ordinary collections for the Holy Father in " the churches of his diocese, proposes that the .clergy make Tip ""annually, by their own personal offerings, a f Clerical Papal Fund,' to bte forwarded each year to the Holy Father, as a special tribute of filial affection from the priesthood of the diocese. This proposal has been submitted to the counsellors of the diocese, and they have assured him that it will be acted upon by the whole clergy with joyous alacrity.