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Show l j 1 . ; ' . - "This is thQ ' i" l h P Clyurcb Universal SS J i I I ' faith." !; I CHURCH CALENDAR. September. Devotion, The Seven Dolor. I Sunday, 25 Eighteen after Pentecost. St. Xinian, b. Monday, f St. Theodore, b. St. Cyprian and'1 Justina, martyrs. ! Tuesday, - Sts. -Cosmas and Damian, mar-, I tyrs. St. Elzear. ' ' I Wednesday, 28 St. Wenecslans, kg!, in. St. Eustoohium, v. I Thursday, 20 St. Michael., aivhanffel. I Friday, :30 St. Jerome, d. Si. llonoiiu, b. St. Sophia, v. I October. ' Devolion,-The Holy Horary. ! Saturday, 1 St. Kemigius. b. ! THE CHURCH IN CALIFORNIA. ! The anniversary of the admis.-ion of California I into the Union was observed at St. Mary's college, Oakland, on Sept. 7, in order 1o permit the stu-:. dents to enjoy lhe holiday p ran led for the iUh. I Song and speech entertained the faculty and friends of the students. Sister Mary Immaculate of the College of Xu- ? 1rc Dame, San Jose, calmly 'passed to her denial. rest at "Moreland Xotre Dame academy. Waison- ! ville. Sunday morning, Sept." 1. lhe imnicdialc J cause of death being; heart failure. The palmy days of the eighteenth rniury are being- revived in southern California, says the Wat-' 1 sonville Pajaronian. Brown-robed l'raiirisean monks have reappeared at the ancient mission of San Luis Pey, fifty miles north of San Diego, a citadel of strength and a haven of rest in the early days. But, for two grneraTions this mission has . been almost entirely deserted, until in recent years it has become a mere picturesque ruin, its gray walls and arches crumbling, and its capacious halls and lofty towers abandoned and silent a decaying decay-ing monument of the former glory of Spain's-ehurcb, Spain's-ehurcb, and state. Father O'Kecfc will le head of the community. The pastor and people of West Oakland have long; been laudably proud of their parish schools. The recent aelioii of the authorities of the University Uni-versity of California in affiliating St. Joseph'sTn-stitutc, Joseph'sTn-stitutc, West Oakland, with the P.erkeley institution, institu-tion, proves that they also recognize their efficiency and high standing. This new honor should prove a cause for congratulation, not alone to the St.. Joseph Sisters, whose wide-awake methods have won this, but to the Catholics at large, demonstrating demon-strating so conclusively that the Catholic school when supported and encouraged by lhe peoplo is capable of attaining to the standard which the . public demands. The members of St.. Joseph's congregation, San Francisco, arc exceptionally fortunate in the new rector appointed to succeecd.. the, late. Father Scan-lfln, Scan-lfln, says the Monitor. The Rev. P. E. Mullig-an, for a number of years secretary to the most reverend rev-erend archbishop, is in every way admirably fitted to administer the affairs of a large and growing parish. In point of temperament, training and experience, he combines the qualifications of an ideal pastor. Under his able and zealous direction St. Joseph parish is certain to prosper, bolh spiritually spir-itually and temporally. May Cod grant, him many years. of successful service in thus newand-rc-tponsiblc pott of duty. , , THE EUCHARISTIC CONGRESS. The eh.' in this counlry is on the eve of a great, and -oto.1,' . event. It is the Eucharist ic congress. con-gress. It v, '11 ', held in Xew York on the 27th, 2Sth and 2 V of this month. At all the masses and in all th 'hurches of the archdiocese of Xcw York the p-tor.il letter of his grace, Archbishop Farlev, announcing it, was read last Sunday. The solemnities of the Eucharistic congress will take, place in St. Patrick's cathedral. Over its , proceedings the right reverend bishop of Coving-, ton, Msgr. Maes, the protector of the Priests' Eucharistic Eu-charistic League in the United States, will preside, j His excellency, the apostolic delegate. Archbishop j Falconio,. will represent the Holy Father. His grace of New York, Msgr. Farley, will celebrate the opening solemn pontifical mass. ;.v , The hierarchy and clergy of the 'United States 1 are invited to this congress and to participate actively ac-tively in its "sessions. ' While the majority of the 4.200 members of the league . throughout the country coun-try will take part in it, it is not a convention of lhe Priests' Eucharistic League, nor a diocesan conference of the same; it is a national congress the coming together of the bishops and priests of our nation in the interests of the most adorable sacrament of the Eucharist. ; In preparation for it, the prayer of the Blessed Sacrament has been said in the mass in Xew York since the first day of September, and during the davs of the congress, in all the churches of the archdiocese, a Triduum will take place. Said Pius X, when he was patriarch of Venice: "In Eucharistic congresses, Jesus manifests himself in so resplendent a light that all Christians Chris-tians are, as it were, forced to turn their attention toward him, to contemplate his beauty, his grand-cur, grand-cur, his love, and to comprehend iheir duty as Christians, not in part, not by halves,- but fully j and with entire submission. The Record, Louis- j ville. NEW DELEGATE TO PHILIPPINES Pome, Sept. 18. Fatheir Agius. the newly appointed ap-pointed apostolic delegate to the Philippine islands, was today consecrated archbishop of Palmyra. The ceremony took place in the Benedictine church of ; St. Ambrose of Massina, Cardinal Merry Del Yal ' officiating, assisted by Archbishop Chapelle of Xew ! Orleans. Member of Father Agius' family, who had come from England and Malta to witness the '. consecration of their relative, were present. Father Agius omitted the luncheon after the 'ceremonies .f the coronation, giving instead a generous sum for the poor people of the parish. Of Father Ambrose, as he i called, t He Roman -rorrespondont of the London .Tablet says: "The selection is an ideal one in every way. The new delegate is a native of lalta; he. speaks all ihe principal European tongue's with oqual fluency; but English is really his mother tongue, and during dur-ing his long residence in Pome he was one. of, the ' 3 two English confessors at the Church of Sant' An-, drea lclle Fratte. He was also spiritual director ,f the Boman community of the Institute of the Blessed Virgin, better known as the 'English Ladies,' La-dies,' and for some time acted in that capacity to the 'Little Company of Mary.' Father Ambrose i a voting man not much over 40 one would say full of zeal and energy, and of exquisite tact." f CONSECRATION OF BISHOP DELANY. . I The Bight Bcv. John Bernard Dclany, D. I)., second bi-hop of Manchester, X. H., received episcopal epis-copal consecration in his own cathedral Thursday, Sept. 8. at the hands of the apesnc delegate, the Most Bcv. Diomcde Falconio, D. D. Many circumstances circum-stances heightened lhe intcivst of lhe always mo- inentous event and the solemnity and beauty of the ceremonies. , Thanks to the fores-got of Father McDonald of i I I . . V - ; x Manchester, X. II., and the energy , of Bishop Healy (the diocese of Portland once included Xew Hampshire) and Bishop Bradley, the first incumbent incum-bent of the new diocese of Manchester, Bishop De-laney De-laney finds ten flourishing parishes and a von-drously von-drously large number of religious institutions in the episcopal city. The list, includes four Catli-' Catli-' olic high schools for boys. Half a century ago there were only three churches in the whole state; and the saintly Father McDonald was one of its three priests. Ave Maria. INFALLIBILITY NOT IMPECCABILITY. A respected subscriber (Lancaster) is 'troubled by a controversialist who rakes up the early troubles trou-bles of the church in ils long struggle with secular secu-lar princes, in order to find llaw in the glorious record. To us he appeals on the subject. If he have any meaiiN of getting hold of Kanke's "History "His-tory of lhe Papacy' he will find some very useful evidence on the issue. The moial character of several sev-eral popes was not above reproach, but taking lhe long line of pontiffs more, than 250 the surprising surpris-ing thing is that there were so very few to whom blame is justly attributable. They were, all men. and therefore liable to the weaknesses of the race; but rare, indeed, are. the examples of those who did not realize their exalted office and lhe sanctity lhat attaches lo it by reason of its divine, institution. institu-tion. As regards those popes he names, much calumny ca-lumny has been written. Luitprand. a virulent writer of the middle ages, accused Sergius 111 of many sins of which other contemporary historians declared him innocent. Flodoard and Deacon John represent him as a kind and active pontiff. Innocent Inno-cent III had been a loose liver in his youth and had married, but on lhe death of his wife he reformed, re-formed, entered the ecclesiastical state and won lhe general esteeem so that' he was elected pope. The same objection might be urged against St.1 Augustine as against Pope Innocent. It was his success in effecting a reconciliation between the ancient enemies, the powerful lords of the Colon-na Colon-na and Orsini, that caused him to be styled the "Father of his country."' Alexander VI was n man of bad character before his election, and it is said bribery was the means used to procure that election. elec-tion. But his enemies have painted him in colors' .so dark as' to spoil the: effect of their-own work. Poscoe, an eminent Protestant historian, has cleared his name of many-things falsely laid to his charge and shown him to have been at least a great statesman. There is no better argument to be found rela-tive'to rela-tive'to this much misunderstood question than'that . contained in Archbishop Kenrick's monumental; work, "The Primacy of Peter." The kernel of his contention is-eontaiucd in the following passage: . "We need not be surprised that daring and li-. li-. cent ions men, under such circumstances (namely, the attempts of petty tyrants in Pome ami elsewhere else-where to rule the apostolic see) were sometimes seen to occupy the highest places in. the church; but ; we must admire the ever-ruling providence of God, which preserved the succession of chief pastors pas-tors and gave from time to time, bright examples of Christian virtues. The scandals of those ages menaced, indeed. with 'destruction the church, which drifted, like .'a shattered vessel whose pilot had no power, or''iire to direct Tier course, whilst wave on wave -dashed over her and no light beamed on her but. the lightning flash, as bolt after bolt struck her masts; but he who controls the tempest slept, within her. and in his own good time he bade the storm be still, and all was calm and sunshine. Standard and Times. I |
