The Catholic World

New Zealand Tablet, 27 August 1908, Page 31

The Catholic World

. CANADA— The Quebec Fetes . : Earl Grey unveiled at r * Quebec on June 22 the monument erected in , honor of Right Rev. '^Francois de Laval de-Montmo-' rency, D.D., the first Bishop of Quebec, whose See embraced ■ almost the entire North American continent. The fetes, attend^ ing the ceremony and the twp," hundredth anniversary of the death of Bishop Laval lasted over* three days, r and were of exceptional brilliancy, u forming • a kind- -of. prelude to "the Champlain ter- _, centenary ' month. — The-:mpnutnent- was erected at a cost of ;£io,ooo:' Twenty-five Archbishops and' Bishops, a thousand priests, and more th'&n or hundred thousand of the faithful participated in the ceremony, °~as the Pope .was told in a message cabled by the Archbishops of Quebec, assuring the Pontiff of th«T profound devotion of the people, confirmed by three " centuries of unalterable attachment to^ the Chair of St. Peter. The Pope cabled back his thanks and sent his blessing. Monsignor Begin presided at^the ceremony "pf, unveiling," with the Governor-General - on his right, and Monsignor Sbarretti, ■ Papal Delegate, on his left. Cabinet Ministers, the Lieutenant Goverrior, judges, professors of Laval University, and leading' representative 'men of all classes were present. When the .ribbons which were attached to the veiling of the statue were handed to Lord Grey by four little children, and lightly pulled, the veiling was raised. At the same time a splendid- cr.own . suspended- in- mid-air over the statue' descended upon "the head of Monsignor Laval, and' a spring door was opened releasing .a number of ""white doves: -" The troops presented arms, and .bombs ascended^ from-the open^ space near by as the statue was unveiled. These showered parachute's over the crowd, containing - British and ' French flags. and-,other mementoes of the occasion. Earl Grey expressed pleasure at being present as the representative of the King. Laval stan-ls among the first of Canadian heroes, he said ; not alone for his of evangelisation among the Indians, but also for his devotion to works of charity ariH~ to the suppresion of the trade in liquor with the a"borigines. ENGLAND— Maintenance of the Schools The Archbishop of Westminster, in opening the new Catholic schools at Hoxon on July 4v~said the Catholic schools were a thing not of the past, but oMhe future, and, "whatever happened, those schools had to go on. The fact must be clearly understood that they held a place in the educational work of the country which no other schools could possibly take up or replace. FRANCE—A "Threatening Danger One may see the hideous results of banishing God and th» future life from the minds of" the. people^ in the sentiments lateiy uttered by M. Viviani; Minister, of Works,' in a funeral oration over the victims of a mine accident at Montmartre, and quoted in the Continental press,: ' Buried during long years in the mine, see these miners 'before us, enveloped now for ever in a yet denser light!' Such (remarks the Catholic Weekly) is the cheerful prospect which a godless Jacobinism holds out to those who., have spent their days in grinding toil -and much incidental suffering, and have, in the process, been violently shattered ,10 pieces. What a mockery of" the "grief endured by those widows and orphans who stood weeping round the disfigured remai.ns^ojL ,. their dear ones! How sof ely "diif ihos'e mourning heartslneed" * the balm administered . by St. Paul : ' I would not have "you ignorant, brethren, concerning (hem" that sleep, that you may _ not grieve like those .-who have no hope.' Anti-clericalism, cruelly extinguishes those lights of hope, which, as the "experience > of ages proves," can alone make the hard lot of the poor toiler ' tolerable to him. No , : won;der that Socialism has become an insoluble problem and a threatening danger to the fabric oi^ Society. . , ,-•:.. GERMANY— A Distinguished Catholic Soldier i-i Field-Marshal Baron /Walter Von Loe, some time' AffeS> _ Camp General to the Emperor Frederick, died suddenly at Bonn on July 6, in his eightieth^year. Baron Von Loe was born in •1828 at Allner Castle on the Sieg, of an old Catholic family wh.ch had long been-settlecT in the Rhineland. In 1893 Baron Von Loe was sent, on a special, mission to Rome as the bearer of the Emperor William's congratulations to Pope Leo XIII upffifc' his jubilee, and upon ~ the occasion of his Holiness' diamdmT jubilee ten years later he was employed on a similar errand

ROME— The Holy Father'slSisters As was mentioned in our issue of August 13, the si9ters of the Holy Father were the recipients the other day of some Irish poplin, the- donor being Surgeon-General 'McNamara, of "County Clare, who visited Rome a -few months ago, and was presented to the three sisters of the' pope. * 'He. determined to send each of them the material for a black poplin dress ; and early in July a_ packet containing' three , rolls of this, excellent material reached Rome, and r waf addressed to' the Very" Rev. Father . O'Meehan, 0.F.M., Guardian of the Irish Franciscan College of St. Isidore, with whom~~"Dr. McNamara became acquainted during his recent visit to Rome. "The rolls -were addressed to Rosa, Maria, and -Anna Sarto,_and were ■ delivered to 'them at their residence 1 - by Rev." Father 'O'Meehan; 0.F.M., accompanied by Rev. Father Gregory, O.F.M. As might be expected, when these . ladies' saw the very fine gift "that was • brought . to .them,, they were quite grateful, and ' requested the Rev. : Fa"thers- to thank, the Surgeon-General Dr. McNamarg., . The; sisters of the Pope always appear at the Vatican in black dresses 1 and veils ; s there Js a special place reserved lor them in St. Peter's at grand ceremonies. The "youngest of the three," Anna,' is 60 years of . age, Maria is 66, and the eldest, Rosa, is 70 years old, or three years younger than the Pope. "_-'„... The Papal Medal - Every year on the Feast of SS. Peter and Paul (writes a Rome correspondent) is -distributed to pontifical dignitaries and court a medal commemorative of some important event or even^s-of the preceding • twelve-months. - This year. -the engr.avcr, Cavalier 'Bianchi, has been especially.- successful in ""his" difiicgiit Jtask of maintaining^ the" high standard •" for >whicK\th'is anrfual medal is famed. The medal "shows" 'Jus \Hoimess" -vested; in mozzetta and stole on which there is"a minjature figur.e'-bf St. , John Ch'rysostpm" in commemoration of thei. solemn centenary • of the saint which was cejebarted during thd'year. The margin bears .the inscription" 'Pius X. Pont. Max. Anno.,. V.' Vl The obverse side represents the Supreme Pontiff"-asrpr.omuigating- to the whole. Church the memorable Encyclical ' Pascendi,', in ..condemnation of- the errors of Modernism. v The Holy Father, in his pontifical robes, stands in front of the Basilica of St. Peter, - holding in his left hand a parchment bearing the word ' Pascendi.' -His right is raised and extended in the act- of proclaiming "the condemnation. At- the .Pope's /feet'-xrouches -a monster trampling on three books bearing the titles"' * Biblia,'" 'Traditio,' ' Scholastica, ' while with its fangs it angrily endeavors to tear the Encyclical. Europe, Asia, America, Oceania, and . Africa ■ are represented close to • the Holy Father- by allegorical figures, and round the rim of the medal are- the • words t ' Modernismi Errore Damnato.' The medal also bears the date of the promulgation of the Encyclical. The Holy Father has expressed his entire satisfaction with the design and execution, and experts in coins, are loud in .their praise- of 'this latest effort of Cavalier. Bianchi. The Holy Father's Jubilee " The Vatican Chapter on July 4, having at their head Car- - dinal Rampolla, the Archpriesf, had' an audience with the Holy Father, tendered good wishes for his jubilee, and presented a Peter's Pence offering of ten thousand lire. The Pope in reply to the Cardinal's" remarks mentioned incidentally- that his tomb would be in the Vatican caves beneath' St. Peter's, where were placed all the monuments which existed in the ancient -Church _, in the.. sixteenth century when the new Basilica^vas ..erected. The Congregation of Propaganda The Congregation of Propaganda, from whose jurisdiction Great- irßritainr^Canada, Holland, and the United" States have - release^ losing: therefore the,^ti tie ot missionary lands, was found (says the Cathjilic-^Times) 'byV<j re gory XV., and' com-.--ffilss'oned by; him into. all;- parts of the world -infested, with' infidelity" or Ketesy. Although concerned mainly ■with- the?directronT-both "spiritual and temporal, of the missions, ,■=:?£. has given -judgment in disputes -the missionaries and '•.nhe T reljgious of .the, various Orders and between the missionaries' and the indigenous clergy where /hese exist- -The Congregation . has also, settled questions between , the superiors of" religious Orders with reference to the jurisdiction and direction of those Of their subjects who, through their destination to the work of the missions, have been specially dependant on Propaganda In countries under this Cqngregation^where . there is an ecclesiastical Hierarchy, the Archbishop andjhts' Wffraians, or' all -the - suffragans, in the case'of-fhe election of an Archbishop, recommend three names to Propaganda, along with the* documents

which constitute an enquiry into their qualifications. The whole question is then examined and f discussed in full .assembly, and 'he who seems to be most worthy is proposed to the Pope. The reorganisation of the Congregations, doubtless, involves alterations in this and other respects. UNITED STATES-Cardinal Gibbons Cardinal Gibons celebrated on June 30' the forty-seventh • anniversary of his priesthood and his twenty-second year as a Cardinal. Though the Cardinal was nearing his seventy-fourth birthday, which was reached on July 23, he is still hale and -, hearty. He will visit London and Rome 4his summer