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Show r' i Church TL, ! j which over if 9 Jf cometh the universal. m THE TWO MONKS. A worthy monk, as aneionl legends say, I'lanteil. with care, a lender tree one day. Thinking with joy how it would grow-anon. grow-anon. And yield him profit from the fruit thereon. there-on. rh-aM-iI with his task, upon the spot he llilWrl And to hfni.-ulf with pious pride he j vowed: I "Now 1 will pray each day. ami God will give j i AVhat' ''! ask to make the sapling live." I , f And to his credit be it wfitten now. I i Not even onoi- did he forgot his vow, I ' I'.ut morn and eve he came to view the I troo, I ! And asked for what he paw its reeds to 1 : ! II" graved for rain, and gentle showers j ' i fell: I J He nniv-d fur tun. ami sunshine eame as f " - w " ' I : it And whn askrd for dew, thre eame the 1 ' d.-w: For winds to blow, then grateful breezes I I hlow. f For f-iorm to Pirenpthen. or for heat or . rold. f AYhateV-r In- ors ved not once did God j withhold; , J - And M in vain th relfish pl.in he tried: , Ft ail his T.?veis. the sapling drooped ."11 ''I'd li.-d. ; I h r his tf-c had planted, too. Ai.i? das' bv d;,v ils spreading blanches ; I .r..'w ' : A i the wriy. lo shelter as thv paps 1 'Ginl's wary rhildreu going up to Mass; . And travelers oil. aside their burdens ' '. I lai'l. t Pat t ii-re and rested in its peaceful ,hade. ' One Any t hey wet anions the shadows there; j Just as the eonvent boll had called to i prayer. i "Now tell me. Brother John." the first I moijv sail. "tVhv vour tree thrives, while mine, alas. ; . ' . ' ' - is' deml? 1 1 pruned it well and tended It with care, j And twice ach day 1 told its needs in I 'i prayer." I ' The other monk in meekness bowed his '- head. ! TYhilo with sweet humility be said: , . f "My simple mind could not presume to 1 know v ' Just what was best to make a sailing grow. ! And so 1 put it in God's care and left the : ie--t i To Him who made the tree and knows I 1 1 the best, i i I never asked for sun or rain or frost. if I only prayed: "Give it what it needeth ; most." " j 5 A. A. Brandon, i . ) A GRAND RECORD. I i Progress of the Church in the Tine- i I . teenth Century. i I 1 , ' ": In 1S"0 ah..ut 1 missionaries were j J ; distributed throughout the missions of j s the world. In 1300.. there are 13.300 missionary priest and 4. 300 lay broth- j j ors working in the various missions. and this is only parr of the staff that ' modern apostalpfe has created. The j other sex has also ciaimec. jja part, and ! It is The best part, and what was j ' mostly nnkrtown to the former oen- j tnry. see it ,inv: that is. 30.000 I i Kuropennn and lO.Dod natives of the . mission districts employed everywhere ; !:t relieving the poor and the amietea. I Rut ho.- is that immense ap-.istolate maintained? inquires the Boston He-public He-public Through the alms of the poor, collected and distributed by the Society So-ciety for tht Propagation of the Faith and The Holy Infancy society to the .-.mount of 52.00.1 000 per nnpum. Two ' millions is. verv little compared to , J20.oo0.000 or SSo.ooo. 000 of the other creeds, yet w ;tV. its $2,000,000 only the Catholic aivisto'nre rov:rs the whole s n.-.rld. and succeeds where the minis- " ters of other denominations have often : . ; failed. J THE t'lil'nCH IX 1 soft . VXD 1900. r In the ri:inese e.npire in S00 -.here j w ') lOiiy KT.OOft Catholics. Then- n j ' l.ooii.OOO of then- VMn). ?; ; i i;iio-Ciiii.a ti.trni-: d ?. .000 Catho- . li.-s in IS0IV she eour.'.- "0'..00 i:i 1900. ( Indt-i f'-om Afrhan;:;; to Ch'na. had i in 10; J"..'ir. Catiioiios, and only :'2 m S'' tc'c; tuo tb'- are 2.000 mi-- I S:-o. ::;;. ,11011.000 C.ThoH' S. i A;:str.l!.t and Wt ?.!iinc!, here not a Ci'tholJc " knov in 'son 'i-no .r-(! Ooo in j:"' .vith -. ursr.-itiod j hierarchy. i: f'athedii- mis.!ins d?f mily from jf.cn ve'. .Mi l!o0 ;hv p'imber 100.000 f; i:lrr:i. o priw? could fPier .lapan until I 1S.,'i- t!ifi' .to now flv. -bishops. 1"0 ' t r'ests and 4 ".000 "a t Indies. .Mf.-H i itd Tutii-'i I h id onlv T.0f0 C;i:hoii s iii 1S.10. and Kjij pt T.ofKt trnf-: In "m" thes" nnii tri-s n'mib r "oii.Oi-o Catholics 400.00.1 if, .M.-iii Hiori-. South Africa eomits 40.000 Catholics in isrht (ii- -ese-. Poutli Ane-ica. in l!'0o contains j no -re than I'VMM.COO "f Cathoiirs. ; IX THK I'XITKD STATK? i:'1 1o their- were only 1 bishop. 30 j ! t cs-.s and .10.000 Catholics, then- are '. I". 1:' IS arciibishops. bishops. S.o) ! fit sts and ov.-r PVOOO.Ooo Catholics, in l-o there were in '"-itiada 3.0u0 1 C..I lndi.-s: in lJHMt ther.- atv 2.000.o0o. I ' lr Xcwfoundland the Caiholic church did not f-vi-t in IS'sil; in 1000 there ate 7.: oo Cutholics. i , ,. Knpriand and Scotland had in 1SS0 6 i vicars-apost.dic and 120.000 Catholics: j in 1 r'0. over 2,ooii,iHKt Catholics and ; over 3.000 priests. ! , trmany numiiPivd in isoo. fi.ooo.000 . S "f Catholics, disjiersol thtouphout the i country: iti l!0(t she numbers in a eom- 1 pact mass IS.noo.i'OO of Catholics. ; In IR'10, in Holland, no priest, could . i v lebi itf mass except in a guarded I room. There were only "OO.noo Cath- ; f e;ics. without rt bishop, administered'"- an apostolic delegate. There are now I in the same country 1.4S.OO0 Catholics. ! Roverned by. r, bishops and 2.S00 priests, er.joyins the most perfect free-. free-. dom. enioyins: the most perfect freedom. " In Switzerland, in ivoo. the number " of Oatho!iej was only 422.000: in 1900 there are 1.233,000, with .000 priests j , ; aiul . bishops. j In 1S00. there were only 200 Catholics dispersed throughout Denmark. Sweden Swe-den and Norway. In 1S93 there were in Denmark 4,000 Catholics, with a Jesuit college. 1.143 Catholics In Sweden and S7-" in Norway. ' In isoo. the total of Catholics in Kou- mania. Pervia. Hosnla. Pulparia and Greece was onlv 60. (Mil); in 1900 it is 330.0. '0. T'nder th harharous government of the Turks, the Catholic communities have increased fourfold. There wpre in 1S00, 14(5.000: there are !n 1900 4"1 -000. ( INCREASE IN POPULATIONS. All parts of the world have considerably consider-ably increased in population since 1S00. Africa alone has remained stationary, with 13o,OiMi,ooo population: Asia has increased from 300.000,000 to S30.000.000; Kurope from 200.000.000 to 093,000.000; oeeanica from 20,000.000 to 4S.000.000; ' i America from 33,000,000 to 143.000,000. i. ! On the whole, the population of the world has nearly doubled during the iast century; will it do the. same dur-; dur-; ins the present century? ! There are 400,000,000 whites in Europe, t nnd 100,000,000 more in the other parts J, of the -world, making a total of 300.000.- 000 of whites, against 1.000,000,000 of ; ; jvIIowb, browns and reds, j, Among the colored peoples, Japanese i Persians and Turks are ' U '"' somewhat independent and self-ruling. The balance, that is. 550.000.000, of Africans, Af-ricans, Asiatics and Oceanies, are in the colonies living under the domination domina-tion of the whites, or Europeans, whose power stretches over more than one-half one-half of the surface of the globe, and two-thirds of its inhabitants. The conclusion resulting from the above remarks is that we actually witness wit-ness the fulfillment of a prophecy dating dat-ing from the very first days of the world. Noah, on his deathbed, said to Japhet. the father of the Europeans: "May God extend the possessions of Japhet, and may he dwell in the lands of Shem, and let Canaan be his servant." ser-vant." THE CATHOLIC PRESS. Every Dollar Spent in Support Has Two Great Effects. Bishop Montgomery of Los Angeles. Cal., well knows, says the Catholic News, the great amount of good the i Catholic press accomplishes, and he has taken occasion publicly to testify on that point. In a letter to the editor of the Catholic. Tidings, a. paper published pub-lished in his diocese, the bishop says: "To my mind, every dollar .spent in support of the Catholic press has two great effects. It is invaluable personally person-ally to those rendering the assistance: it is of immense value to the parish 1 where the help js given, through the intelligent and wholesome interest in all things Catholic, which the truly Catholic paper never fails to create, and further among the Catholic faithful." faith-ful." That is the way all Catholics should look at this matter of patronizing' patron-izing' Catholic journals. The money thus expended brings good return. Catholics who read Catholic papers are easily distinguished from those of their brethren who do not read them. They display a knowledge about the affairs of their Church, both spiritual and temporal, that amazes those into whose homes a Catholic paper never comes. AVe have the testimony of the Catholic clergy that the best Catholics in their 1 arishes are those who subscribe to Catholic weeklies. And that is one reason why all the priests of the country coun-try should be earnest supporters of the Catholic press. CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY. Meeting- of Archbishops A. 0. H. Gaelic Chair Fund. The annual meeting of the archbishops archbish-ops and trustees of the Catholic University Uni-versity of America was held at that institution on "Wednesday. Thursday and Friday of last week. The business of the board of trustees was completed on Wednesday evening. Cardinal Gibbons, Gib-bons, as chancellor of the university, prtsided at its deliberations. The matter of most vital importance was the question of enlarging the endowment endow-ment fund and of curtailing the current cur-rent expenses. The financial statement of the year was read. The committee on organization stated that it had received re-ceived the resignation of Dr. Charles Warren Stoddard as one of the nvo- fessors of English literature, to take effect on Sept. ao. 1902. It was also determined de-termined by the board of trustees that the Rev. Kit-hard Henebry Should not be reinstated as the associate professor of the Gaelic language and literature. Mgr. Ccnaty made public this state- ment concerning the matter: j "The most careful consideration was j given to the recommendations of the uriversity faculty and senate relative to Rev. Dr. Henebry's reappointment J as associate professor of Gaelic. The i board of trustees unanimously de-i de-i (-lined to reappoint him. With equal. . ut.animity it declared its intention of . holding sacred the trust committed to i it by the Ancient Order of Hibernians, j and yields to no body of men in its con-! con-! scientious interest in all the purposes j of this endowment. N thought of diverting di-verting the earnings of the Ancient Order of Hibernian chair to any other j teaching than that of Ga'elio has ever been or ever can be entertained. The I right reverend rctor was instructed to make every effort to secure as soon as possible an instructor in Gaelic, who shall be, engaged until such time as a regular professor may be fully 'equipped for the work, to which he will entirely devote his time. Several applications have already been made for the temporary work in this department." depart-ment." It is understood also that at the j meeting of the archbishops, the prob- ! Jems affecting religion arising from j the acquisition of new territory as well ; as the question of the federation of j Catholic .societies was under discus- i ! sion. j Those present at the meeting of the j I archbishops were: Cardinal Gibbons, i ! archbishop of Baltimore; Archhisltops Ireland, of St. Paul: Elder, of Cincinnati; Cincin-nati; Keane. of Dubuque; Katzer, of Milwaukee: Christie, of Oregon; Kain, of St. Louis: Corrigan, of New York; Williams, of TTosion. and Ryan, of Philadelphia. The financial statement which was submitted was as follows: The treasurer reported the trust funds of the university as ?S76,6S3.53. The permanent properties of the uni-versitv uni-versitv airsreirate JXfiM 879 9? nnH tha I assets of the university $131,374.46, j making a total of Jl, 871,937.98. The i total receipts during t'he year amounted amount-ed to Jl GO. 31 1.02. and the disbursements were $137,309.33, leaving a cash balance on hand of $2,941.49. Of this disbursement disburse-ment $27,000 was paid on the indebtedness indebted-ness of the university, reducing this I item to $203,000; $G3,692.44 was received I in regular revenue, $61,227.73 was received re-ceived by donations and bequests, $31,-064.64 $31,-064.64 from rents and sales, while $40,-j $40,-j 600 was added to the endowment fund. CANONIZATION" OF SAINTS. j Question as to Pope's Infallibility in I the Matter Answered. A Catholic priest was recently asked to say if the Pope was infallible when he declared men or women of holy lives to be in heaven, and he gave the following answer, which was written some years ago by a distinguished Jesuit. Father Conway: "he question arises whether the church that is. the Pope is infallible in the canonsatonof the saints, viz, whether it is infallibility true that those who are solemnly declared de-clared saints, and whose veneration is prescribed for the whole church, are really in the enjoyment of eternal glory. There is question of the canonization, canon-ization, strictly so-called, not of the beatification, of the servant of God, nor of the toleration of the local cultus of certain persons who departed this life in the reputation of exalted sanctity, sanc-tity, but of their solemn proposition by the Pope for universal veneration. Thus formulated, the query is generally gener-ally answered by theologians in the affirmative; af-firmative; and the contrary opinion may be said to be obsolete in truly Catholic schools. Pope Benedict XIV. says that to deny the infallibility of the Pope in the canoniation of the servants of God would be. "if not heretical, at least rash, and an occasion oc-casion of scandal to the entire church.' "The reason is obvious. In the canonization can-onization of the saints the Pope de clares a truth to be believed by the whole church on other grounds than his infallible authority: else he might invincibly lead the faithful into error. That the Pope, in the canonization of the saints, wishes to use hi3 supreme authority and to impose the obligation of assent on the faithful is manifest i from the form of words used in the bulls of canonization, and certainly it would be rash, to say the least, to assert as-sert that the church, or the pope, could be deceived or could mislead the faithful faith-ful in a matter of such vital importance import-ance for the glory of God and the salvation sal-vation of men. If the possibility of error were admitted In this case, there would be absolutely no guarantee for the purity of the church's worship; the church or the pope could prescribe a false form of worship, which is contrary con-trary to the universal belief of the church. "It is manifest that the infallibility of the church in the canonization of the saints is not confined to those cases in which the strict canonical process pro-cess prescribed by modern usage has been instituted. It extends also to those that have been universally venerated ven-erated as saints in the church before this process was introduced. For the universal church, in its uniform teaching teach-ing and practice, has the same prerogative prerog-ative of infallibility as the pope or a general councl. If, therefore, a saint is found to have been venerated in the whole church unanimously, before the end of the tenth century, when the present procedure of canonization was introduced, such must be regarded as saints no less than those canonized by this special process." Sacerdos. The Sign of the Cross. The day of the famous battle of Bull Run, during the Civil war, the Confederate Confed-erate general, Kirby Smith, with his division, arrived too late to know the password. Foreseeing that if he advanced he would be exposed ex-posed to the fire of his own party, he asked if any man was willing to sacrifice sac-rifice his life. A youth left the ranks. "You will be killed." "Yes, general." Therefore, Smith wrote on a bit of paper: "Send me the password. General Smith." He gave the note to the soldier, saying say-ing to himself at the same time: "Should this messenger be killed they will find this paper upon him." Having reached the outposts, the young soldier was challenged: "Who goes there?" "A friend." "Give the sign." He advanced in silence, all the guns being pointed at him. Quickly he makes the sign of the cross and lifts hia 'hand to heaven. The sign of the Catholic soldier recommending rec-ommending himself to God was the sign that the Catholic General Beauregard Beaure-gard had given in the morning to his army. Here is another proof that the sign of the cross is protecting. RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE. The combined K. of C. councils of Pittsburg and Allegheny will take action ac-tion at their next meetings on the proposition of the joint committee upon up-on the subject of a hall. Should the councils agree to buy a site and build they will procure the incorporation under un-der the laws of this commonwealth of a corporation to be known as the Columbian Co-lumbian Land company (or by some other suitable title), the object and purpose of which shall be to buy suitable suit-able ground in such location as shall be hereafter agreed upon, and to erect thereon a building for the use of all said councils. Along the western fringe .of the continent buildinirs dedicated to Cath- I olic worship are being rapidly erected, j These structures are of a more ornate i style than those of a few years ago. j Architecturally they are more spacious and more in conformity with the canons can-ons of-taste. In the early decades of I California's development the aim was to erect buildings that would meet the exigencies of an abnormal situation. All that has since been changed. The barrenness that characterized the first structures has been -supplanted by affluence af-fluence and beauty of design and construction. con-struction. The growth of the Catholic Cath-olic population is a thing of normal increase, and its needs can be provided for with precision. The newly erected churches are not so large as those that j were built in the eighties, but they are J much more beautiful and satisfying to j the demands of the eye. Columbia university, Portland. Ore., j which was recently purchased by j Pdshop Christie, has been subjected to j a thorough renovation, and with its improved facilities can accommodate about 200 students. In the student I body are representatives from almost i every state in the northwest. The conditions con-ditions of admission are rigorous. Bishop Christie's intention is to make it approach in scope and influence the more advanced seats of learning in the east. The new undertaking has met with much sympathy and encouragement. encourage-ment. S The application of the Law of Asso ciations to the religious orders in France has resulted in the expected exodus. The effect has, of course, been international. At a recent sitting of the Spanish chamber. Senor Sagasta, in reply to an interpellation, said the purpose pur-pose that the framers of the new law in Spain had in view was the prevention preven-tion of the influx of French religious. This object has been achieved, as statistics sta-tistics show. Of the 700 members of these bodies who have crossed the Spanish border only fifty-two have remained re-mained in Spain, Vexatious restrictions have been placed upon the operations of Catholic societies in Italy. A ministerial circular circu-lar has just been issued forbidding the use of churches for what is termed do- litical purposes. Its real purport is to prevent the assembling of Catholic congresses. Thus does the regime of liberalism attempt to stifle public discussion dis-cussion and the analysis of conditions that lead to action. It is not thought, however, that the anii-clerical frenzy, of which this is a manifestation, will have any very decisive effect. The Holy Father's interest in music is well known. It has led him to es tablish a college of music in Rome. He has placed it under the protection of the cardinal vicar, who opened it on Nov. 1. Its first director is the Rev. Father Hartman, O. F. M., whose, zeal for the advancement of church music is well known. Much good may be anticipated an-ticipated in the way of a return to the simplicity of a former time, and the abandonment of the highly figured music mu-sic of the modern Italian school. Rev. J. R. M'Kee, M. A., formerly curate of St. Agnes aid St. John the Baptist, Tuebrook. Liverpool, was (announces (an-nounces the "Tablet") received into the Catholic church. Jules Verne Blind and Penniless! Jules Verne, "he of the great imagination," imagina-tion," as the French call him, the writer of eighty fabulously successful novels, lies dying at his home in Aniientf. old. Mind and penniless. His son Is now in England with the hope of getting some of his father's admirers to place their names on a subscription list that the dying dy-ing man may lack neither doctors nor medicine while he yet lives, nor a decent burial when he dies. The world's farewell to the novelist must be to him a bitter contrast to its welcome and to the hospitality he enjoyed en-joyed during his stay. From every point of view his life had been successful. He had fame in every civilized country, money in consequence thereof, the friendship friend-ship of the great among his countrymen, health and the love of a devoted wife. Today the last alone remains to him. His fame diminished as his writing waned He had spent his money and the faciiltv ot making more departs with the advent ad-vent of old age. His friends are dead and he has become blind. |
