The Catholic World

New Zealand Tablet, 3 September 1908, Page 31

The Catholic World

-* . ■ ENGLAND— the New Bishop of Shrewsbury Mgr. Singleton, of Seacombe, who, according -to the latest news from Rome, is likely to be the new Bishop of Shrewsbury, is a member of a well-known Birkenhead family. He was born in 1850, and was educated at the Catholic Institute, Liverpool', then at Sedgly Park, and at Ushaw College, Durham." About 27 years ago he was ordained priest. by the late Bishop Knight," to whom. he was appointed secretary, an office which he filled for seven )'ears. Some twenty years ago he was appointed Rector of St. Joseph's, Seacombe, Cheshire. The jubilee of his priesthood was, celebrated with great enthusiasm by the congregation in 1905. In the address presented by" them on the occasion, warm reference was made to the handsome buildings of the church,' school, and Young Men's Society Hall, which were silent monuments of his energy, zeal, and devotion. On this occasion he was presented with a purse of .^228.- • Missions to Non-Catholics ' "His -Grace Archbishop Bourne ha^ commissioned Father Herbert Vaughan, D.D., one of the Diocesan Missionaries at Willesden Green, to proceed to the Apostolic Mission House at v Washington to- study the methods of the mission work in the United States with a view of making the Diocesan Mission work still more effective in this country. The Diocesan Missionaries at Willesden Green and Saffron Waldorf have shown the possibilities of giving missions to non-Catholics, and of securing thereby numbers of sincere converts, and the time has come when it -appears necessary to branch out- into larger fields. It may be possible, in the providence of God, to establish in the near future an Apostolic Mission House in England (says the Catholic Times') for the training-of missionaries for every diocese throughout the land. Father Herbert Vaughan has been selected \v the Archbishop to study the work and see what may be done on these lines. The action of the Archbishop is very significant. He believes that the time is ripe for a (horoughly organised movement which will have for its object the sending of well-trained missionaries among the non-Catholics to explain the teaching of the Cburch. It has been proved that the non-Catholic will pay heed to the preaching of the authorised missionary, and among them are many who are so sincere that once they are convinced, they will accept the Church 'at any sacrifice. Charitable Bequests By the will of the Hon. James Tisdall Woodroffe, of Ware, Uplyme, Devon, late of Calcutta, Advocate General of Bengal, and a member of- the Legislative Council of the LieutenantGovernor of Bengal, and the eldest son of the Rev. Canon J. N. Woodroffe, rector of Glanmirc, County' Cork, the testator bequeathed to the trustees of the.Goethal Memorial Orphanage at Kurseong, Bengal, to apply th> income in the maintenance and education of such and so many poor boys at that institution, to be called 'Woodroffe Scholars,' as such income shall permit preference^being given to boys of Irish parentage or. extraction ;^£i 000 to' the Rev. Mother Superior of the Daughters of the Cross at -St. Vincent's. House, Kidderpore, Calcutta, for works of piety and charity; to the Rev Mother Superior of the Loreto Convent at Calcutta towards the Orphanage and Poor School for Girls at her Convent at Eutally, Calcutta; to the Bishop of Southwark upon trust, 10 apply the income towards the sustentation -of the Southwark - Diocesan Rescue Society; ;£iooo to the Bishop of Plymouth towards the education of priests in his diocese; to the Archbishop of Calcutta upon trust to apply the income towards the relief of the poor in Calcutta ; to St. John's, Institution • for the Catholic Deaf and Dumb at Boston Spa ; to the •' Catholic Truth Society; 'and to the Bishop of Cork to be applied in works of piety or charity as he may think fit < connected with the parish of Glanmire, County Cork, in which the testator was born. ' TJie gross value of the estate of rlie ' deceased • amounts to .£140,048. „ > ■ w, GERMANY— A Priest and Prince ? Prince Max of Saxony, who some ten years ago was familiar * ?oi rr r p ITS I 8I 8 ' 10 Peri ° d ° f hiS reli * iOUS ' «*•**«-.' •ons m the East End, where he elected to make his abode among the poor of Whitechapel (remarks' the .Catholic Weekly), is again about to visit .England; in connection with the forthcoming 14 ternational Eucharistic Congress, at which he wVll-.be one oT the principal speakers. The Prince, who during his "former stay"

in London attracted large crowds by the force of his pulpit eloquence, recently gained a considerable reputation also 5n Paris, where his discourses at St. Denys-la-Chapelle were attended by the rank and fashion of the French capital. He has tho unique distinction of. being the only priest who is a prince of* the blood royal. He is a brother of the reigning King of Saxony. HOLLAND— Progress of the Church Belgium is so overwhelmingly Catholic that the state of religion within the borders of her neighbor', Holland, has naturally a great interest for those who have" always regarded the. latter country as a distinctly Protcslant Slate. As a matter- of fact, nearly half the population of ' Protestant ' Holland i<T now Catholic, and the country possesses some of .the most beautiful Catholic churches on the, Continent. The Dutch Catholics, who are two-fifths of the whole population of- the country, send 1200 priests or nuns to spread the Gospel in other lands"; while' 17^ colleges and 10 convents train these noble missionaries'. Dutch' . Catholics are wisely organised politically, so as to 'defend Cath-1 die interests in .matters of education. Twenty-five out "of sixtythree members " of Holland's second* House" of Parliament are Catholics, who can thus exercise considerable influence over any Ministry. The "great city .of Amsterdam has a population rf over 400,000, about a quarter of jvhom - are Catholics. ' Both Amsterdam and the Hague are "in the diocese of Haarlem. Delft is one-third Catholic. ITALY— A Collective Letter : ~ l ** A collective letter- upon- economic disputes has been addressed by the Cardinal Archbishop of Ferrara, the Archbishops of Modena, Ravenna, -Bologna, and Parma, and some fourteen - Italian Bishops -to the clergy of their several, dioceses. .\n it-tho-faithful'are exhorted to be very careful ' what societies they, "join, and to avoid those "who, by promising tp ' secure 'their 'material prosperity, seek to enrol them for a war against 'order- and ; religion. . . -:■.-' ROME— A Visitor ta the Vatican* Achille Fazzari, Garibaldi's comrade and right-hand man in the wars of independence, visited the Pope the other- day.- /The visit was kept secret, but it was disclosed owing' to Fazzari's enthusiasm and admiration for the Pope. The King recently" presented Fazzari with the famous Byzantine code, containing the Gospels, which arc greatly admired at the Vatican, where they were sent for examination. Fazzari, evidently with the donor's consent, offered to present it to the .Pope, who. accepted it provided it was delivered personally. The audience, which.lasted an hour, was most cordial. Fazzari told the Pope that he was wounded in the battle of Montctibretti, and added that Italy waited for his word of peace. The;P,ope replied that he loved Italy ardently, and prayed . that . Providence would show the way to a conciliation. He praised the King, and recalled his ' pious pilgrimage to the.Hoty. Land in I*B7. He gavrj Fazzari a gold medal, and sent, a rosary with mother-of-pearl beads to his wife.. He also granted blessings to, Ins family. - The audience is most significant. >/- SCOTLAND— The Marist Brothers This year the Marist Brothers celebrate the golden jubilee . of their arrival in Scotland. - In 1858; mainly through the exertions of the Rev. Archibald Chisholm, brother of the late .Very Rev. Provost Chisholm, of Paisley, a few Marists came' to Scotland, and, under the Rev. Eugene Small, postor'of the then newly-formed mission of St. Mungo's, took charge of the Townhead Boys' School, Glasgow. Towards the end of July of the same year St. faungo's Academy was founded. That the efforts of the Brothers on behalf of" thY Catholics' in Glasgow were appreciated is evidenced by the large number of schools that have -been entrusted to them in Glasgow and elsewhere— St. Mary s; St. Andrew's, the Sacred Heart, and St. Alphonsus'— •.all in. Glasgow. Shor.tly afterwards, in the early sixties, a branch of the Order was .established in Dundee,' where they have -now -the charge, of schools. In 1874 St V>sephV College, Dumfnes.Mvas opened,, and a few years" later -vMqunt St.- Michael/ the present Marist Provincial. House of Scotland," ..Even so recently 'as -rg^Tthet 'Brothers undertook th.» .management of St. Kentigern's rfostV^Partickhill, Glasgow, as ■ a house of studies for students .in : traVn^'g' for teaching, profe.ssion. " , UNITED STATES-The Diocese of Chicago The Apostolic Delegation at Washington has received^ word ■IT\«- ,° m f, °L thC a PP ointme "t of .the Rev. Paul Rhode, of •>«tK IS! ft o C1 ' iCago> aS * UXiH * r * of Chicago. Father Rhode .s a Pohsh priest of great" ability. The Consc-' cration look place on July 29. ' ■

Among the Lepers According to the biennial report of the State Home for Lepers maintained, at Iberville. .parish,. Louisiana, six out. of sixty-one of those afflicted beings have ben cured, at that insfi tution during the past 'two years. Six Sisters of Charity, practically alone, have cared for all the wants of the lepers. i _