The Catholic World

New Zealand Tablet, 15 October 1908, Page 31

The Catholic World

CANADA— A Notable Church Bell From Canada (says the Catholic Weekly) comes the. interesting story of a famous bell which is about to form one of a peal attached to the beautiful Church of St. Patrick, at Montreal, one of the most striking landmarks in a city remarkable for its notable edifices. La Charlotte, which, in 1774, was cast by the Whitechapel Foundry Company, has recently arrived in London by an Allan liner, consigned to Messrs. Mears and Stainforth, the successors of the original company, to be re-cast on the actual site occupied 'in 1570 by the old firm. La Charlotte, which weighs some 2ooolb, bears upon it the inscription : ' Vox Populi, Vox Dei.' In the centre of the great bell is a cross, and on either side the figure of the^ Divine Infant and the Blessed Virgin. It was first hung in"*the belfry of the ancient Church of Notre Dame, which stood upon the site now held by the magnificent twin towers of the Place d'Armes, jmd was transferred to the Church of St. Patrick upon its completion in 1841. A second-bell in the tower of the same church was cast. in 1766, and the ecclesiastical authorities have now decided to erect a third, which, when La Charlotte is completed, will constitute the new chimes of this superb temple across the seas. ENQLAND— Put to Shame The Right Rev. Dr. Robertson, Anglican Bishop of Exeter, speaking the other day at a meeting in aid of The Three Towns' Extension Scheme, said that in religious matters the Roman Catholics had been so wide awake and so forward as to put the Anglican Church altogether to shame. Diocese of Salford The diamond jubilee of the Salford Catholic Cathedral was celebrated on Sunday, August 23. The Right Rev. Dr. Casartelli in a sermon sketched the history of the Church and the character of its founder, Bishop Sharpies. He appealed for the generous help of Catholics throughout the diocese in the present circumstances. Largely through the displacement of local Catholics, the Church, he said, had fallen upon somewhat hard times and it was increasingly difficult to meet the demands upon the Cathedral. Catholic School Successes The complete lists of the Catholic successes at the Oxford Local Examinations (says the Catholic Times) bring out once more the indebtedness of the Catholic body and the country to our Catholic teachers. Year after year these results present the same testimony to the public— testimony of the devotion -of the teachers In our Catholic secondary schools" to the cause of education- of the ability with- which their' duties are discharged, and N of ' the diligence and. intellectual brilliancy of their Catholic pupils What does this mean? It signifies not merely that "our Catholic secondary schools can more than hold- their own in competition with the non-Catholic schools, many of' which have endowments that are beyond the aspirations s>f Catholic institutions, but also that our colleges are performing for the country an important work which the Government should appreciate and encourage In an age whence battle of life is harder for the individual,' and the rivalry between nation and nation in commerce and industry keener than ever it was before, they are turning out' youths with exceptional mental equipments to enter upon the struggle and to maintain the nation's reputation and prosperity. But instead of a Government evincing appreciation, we have one displaying prejudice, and hostility, and deliberately pursuing a policy the Object zeal '^ y t0 damP W reprCSS Catholsc FRANCE— Sale of an Abbey the end of it. And this Marmoutier represents one of the oldest religious foundations. It dates from the fourth century and has been a very mother of monasteries. Its Abbots number among them some historic names. The last for inl n " Louis de Bourbon-Conde. The origiJtun^ti "' % pressed m 1739. dS SU P"

GERMANY— The Hierarchy and the Holy Father Remembering the agitation carried on in Germany against the assertion of the Vatican Council, of the doctrine of Papal infallibility, some of the Holy See's critics did not concssrtheir expectation when Pius X. condemned Modernism that a considerable number of German Catholics would .imitate the author of Janus ' and his friends. That expectation has happily been disappointed. The German Catholics, who are observant and alive to the dangers of the' day,, are grateful to the Pontiff for having dealt so strongly and so fearlessly with a great and growing evil, and his Holiness has. to-day no more loyal children than the German Bishops, priests, and laity. The members of the Hierarchy who recently met at Fulda have presented the Holy Father with an address which not only breathes sentiments of the most devoted fidelity on^the part of the Episcopate, but proudly assures his Holiness that it is to them a- comfort and delight to see, the singular alertness and ardor with which their nocks are making arrangements to celebrate the Papal jubilee in private and in public. Nowhere is the • authority of Pius X more dutifully accepted than amongst the German. Catholics • nowhere ,s its necessity more clearly perceived as a means of guidance amidst difficulties and a check upon movements, whMi if allowed to develop, do not fail to end> sceptism and unbelief! A Catholic Congress The German Catholic (remarks the Catholic Weekly) is the envy of the rest of the catholic world", especially the German catholic of the working class. The other day a great Congress of German Catholics, mostly of this class, was held at Dusseldorf for which no fewer than 450 special trains were required ! In the immense religious procession on the occasion" 60,000 men took part, and amongst the speeches delivered was one by the general secretary of the Workingmen's Association, in the course of which he sa.d : ' By our presence here to-day we proclaim to our companions that the aims of working men's associations arc not to be confined within the anrrow limits of material goods and ends The whole character and idealism of our movement lies in Us scope of raising the moral and intellectual condition of Church 7"*, ln ' 1L U mCanS that WC rec °6" ise the Church as the sole depository -of man's true happiness in the exercise of the Christian virtues.' ROME— The Sacred College Writing of the death of Cardinal Nocella Rome says that he had only two seniors in the whole Sacred College-Cardinal cel!T ; -tthK h ' IShOP ff ° f ViCnna ' Wh ° is 88 ' a »3 Cardinal CapeTubr h ArChblSh °PP f f ° f C *P ua ' «*o at the age of 85 continues to publish a vane , of pamphlets on the burning questions of the day Cardinal NecPlla's death reduced the number of Cardinals to fifty-eight, twelve short of the full number, and it venfies once again that odd coincidence of Cardinals dying by threes for Cardinals Casali del Drago and Portanova have also recently left vacancies ,n, n the sWed c f 0 Card n«b, only one, Cardinal Oreglia, who ceebratcd recently his eightieth birthday^ was created by Pius X. During the five years of the present pontificate no fewer than twenty-two Cardinals have died. It nay be taken as certain that before next November his Holiness will .hold a public and private consistory at which several Cardinals will be created UNITED STATES-An Imposing: Parade Ihe biggest parade in the history of-.Chicago took place last itlotT**? ChiC T '»t» te '- O««»-o/O ««»-o/ July 30), when ove 100,000 Catholic, marched through the. streets of "the' West Side to pay homage to the Right Rev. Peter Rhode, yesterday consecrated auxiliary Bishop of the archdiocese of Chicago The ZTf n°' Ig WhiChthe Pamde Passed were **>«** with flags of all countries, Japanese lanterns, and bunting. Mammoth electrical triumphal arches were erected in many places along route and for blocks around St. Stanislaus' church strings of varicolored" lights-were hung. » • wrings or A Great Demonstration A great demonstration was recently held by the Catholics of .Chicago at the Auditorium in that city to commemorate tIV jubilee of the establishment of the first Catholic church in Chil CBgO Tt J ng w aI T St - Mary>S ' - The * übilee addres * was delivered by Mr. W. J. Onahan, who stated that the Catholic popjlation of Ch.cago is nearly a million-, comprises representatives of every race and nation," and worships in close on two hundred churches. * GENERAL Returning to the Fold ' ' N It is interesting to note" (says an exchange) that Rumania whose populate claim descent from a R6 man colony thtt

settled in the north-eastern frontier of -the Roman Empire in the early Christian 'era,' is showing a decided disposition to return to the spiritual rule of Rome v Application has been made to ihe Holy See to appoint another Bishop and- establish another See in Rumania, in consequence of the large numbers of- conversions frSm the Greek Church There are upwards of 50,000 Catholics of the Latin rite in Bucharest, whilst there . remain only 4000 of the- Greek rite. In the diocese of Jassy there are 89,000 Catholics of the Latin rite and only 1000 Greeks. Many of the most distinguished' Rumanian families hare been received into the Church recently, among whom were the Princes Vlademir • Ghika and Gherban Cantacuzerae. There is evidence of a strong desire among the clergy to join the Catholic Church. The Rumanian language is" a Latin language, with a close kinship to Italian, and only slightly influenced by the languages of the Slav races by whom the Rumanians are surrounded.