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Show a ' I j I - v ' "This is the S t! I Mn p Chunk Zlnwrsal r- 5 ' I 1 L-J ihein j! CHURCH CALENDAR..' V , . I ll.'ii'lay, H1 Second Sunday of the month I Lv Sunday. ' ' - r?' j Tuesday. 11 S. Leo. Pope. Fortitude. , ,n- J WVdnRv. 12 S. Vincent Terror; 0.'P.,:Pricst. 1 'ut: I ),,nlini-an Order. ' Wd J Thuiday, 13-B. Margaret, 0. P., Virgin. I christian Sympathy. I j I rid;iy, 14 B. Peter Gonzales, O. P., Priest, m j .i'-acritiH. 'kes I Saturday, 10 S. Hermingild. Martyr. Fear of I (,,. ' Sunday. 10. 15. Constant ius. 'O.' P., Priest i : .' m Feb. '() Forgiveness of injuries. ELEVEN PRIESTS OF THE PURPLE. (Union and Times.) The creation of . eight now dignitaries makes I j,--;i l'' in this see a pomp and splendor in Roman I ,,:h ; fr'monics not to be surpassed in any ' ' ..uIi-Hp of 1 he Calholie countries 'of Europe, . ihc New York Sun. The recent honors which ; Pius has conferred on New York priests i Arhl'ishop Farley a court of eleven pre- ; ..-,, ,.f ihe purple robes, i ' i- understood here that these honors are due ' ; 1., poiliffV approval of Archbishop Farley's ads' ad-s' ,.,;,,;-in!tioii and his recognition of the fact that, , v. .! Vienna. New York is the largest. Catholic . -., -iliiu-ose in ihe world. Tin- honor sent Mgr. Joseph F. Moouey, vicar- . . ii. ".il nf jIip diocese that of Prothonotary . Apos-i Apos-i .,,,-. a rare one, there being only twelve members I 'ha! college. It carrier with it many privileges J I :ii ir--edcnce over high dignitaries in the church. j 1 u "Id times the college was charged with collect-I collect-I I jup records of the acts of martyrs. In memory of it ( ii i still employed in preparing for the can- d- I M7.ati"'.i of saints. At one-time its members had w ! yiricciliiiee over bishops. This is granted to them i in the papal chapel now. In state ceremonies they i r.'iilc next io cardinal deacons. They take process, proce-ss, .i-iic- over all dignitaries except bishops in cathe-k cathe-k lr;d. collegiate and patriarchal churches. ?t ? ApoMolio proihouotaries are of the family of -i.. pope, and at the entrance of a sovereign into I .L'.'iiic ihe members .of the college in the Eternal py rank bf.re even arehbihops, unless the latter ; .nv nistauls at the papal throne; i Of t lie !-e'cn new appointees, four are lie's, one 't i i- nn 0' and all are of Irih birth or descent.' They. ' , repreciit both parties in Archbishop Corrigan's ad- ministration and have figured prominently in the 2 .; .itory of the clnirch in New York. Rev. Dr. Charles McCready, rector of Holy j Cross, is perhaps ihe most striking. lie was one i of the strongest defenders of the late-Dr. McGlynn. I Mgr. . F. McSweeney of St. Rridgid's church comes of a noter clerical family.. One of his brother. broth-er. Father Edward F. McSweeney, is a professor at Mount Si. Mary's' college. Another brother, Father (VCallaliaii McSweney, recently died in ; Rome. Father McSweeuy, was educated at. .St 1 j Francis Navier's college and studied for the priest- lior.i at Rome where he was ordained in 1S0O. lie j - been rector of St. Rridgid's church for nearly 'twenty years and is a member of tlw archbishop's council. Mgr. James II. McGeau was born in New York and o.lueatod at the Jesuit college' iu this city.- He , s udied for the rieslhood at Troy seminary and ' Vil ordained ihei-e in 1S0.". He is a memler of tho :ir-ir.Wh.ip"s council, and ,tbq. director of the Sisters' (.' t'lmvily. ' ' " , : Mr. John . Kearney, rector' of St. -a trick's old' I -atliclral. is a noted missionary. .He has spiritual I clianrc of the Italian colony in New York, and in I ilii- recent conlrover.y on the. Italian question he i was the adviser of Archbishop Farley and -the di-i di-i rcM r of the council called to investigate this prob- I I-::, ; j Mgr. Eilward McKenna, clean of cstchester, s t.- ylo of the archbishop's comicil. He is a New i Vork'r by liirth, but has loen an extensive trav- l ' ii r. JI aeeoniianied Archbishop Farley .to Rome last vear. I Mgr. C. G. O'Keeefo of Hhgldand Falls is ktiowii as the builder of churches' and the orator of ill.- dioee-c. He was a Roman student, but made j -t of his studies in the United States. M:rr. Lavelle, rector of the cathedral, was born ::t New York and attended Manhattan college. He i v.i ordained at Troy and came immedialely to St. I ; "ri l;V cathedral, where he has beeeu since. He is iear--neral and a member of ihe arehbishQp's I - ' , I NEW RISIIOP OF MANCHESTER. j l!ev. .Ti.hn I'.ernard Delaney, chancellor of the 1 ' i ( ,,f Manchet'r and secretary to the late I lli-lii. j, Dennis M. Rradley, has been appointed 'a 1 i. -h... io till ihe vacancy cause! by Bishop Brad- j I j y" death. The appoi.nl mentis received with great I -' i-faeiim here, as leading men consider the dio- I 1 - ha secured a brillian .young" man, one who I - in the full flower of his manhood, for its head, J ; ; id "ne who is familiar from his intimate relations I -eeretary of the late bishop and from the dis- -'..n-L'e ,f his other manifold duties of chancellor, I v 'ii all ihe wauls 'if ihe diocese". ' I 1c v. John Remard Delaney comes from one of ' i..-t known and most highly respected Catholic I '-i'tiili-s in Lowell, Ma.-s., and was bom in that, city I ' August, st'..". His father was Thomas Delaney, "i.-. several years ago, but his mother is still ! inr in Lowell. From Lowell he went to Boston, v . n, ; (-,,, r-niered Roston college and received in- '. - :u.-ii.i) frodj the. Jesuit fathers until. 1887, when " '-raduateil and immedialely afterward. left for 1 . I'..t !.-, when- his theological studies began in St. : I ;!.!. jnid there he studied for four years. He I w:;v i.rdained to the priesthood in Paris in 1891 by I ! linal Richard and shortly afterward returned I " '11 country. His first 'appointment was as assistant Io Rev. J -iin J. Lyons at, the oldest Catholic parish in this j ' . St. Anne's, where he remained for two years, j .-"id was then transferred to Porthmoues, where "j ' " was assistant, to. .Very -Rev. Eugeii;'M0'Callag- i. 1I- remainefl there five yoare-, l.Tis-eapabilit- ' - were such, hoih in this city aid VPortlunouth, , 1 i;it he was made chancellor of. the diocese and sec-, i -'i;iry io Rishop Rradley .fiveyear? 'ago and has i -ii"-.- ilial lime been at" the catjic'dral" here. Frec- ; i.:n"s Journal. ' -f ' j J DKATH OF BISHOP PINK. I Pvt. Rev. Louis Maria Fink, bishop of Leavcn- 1 V'-nh. died Thursday, March 37, at his home in I Kansas Ciiy, Kan., of pneumonia. It is reported tluM though the bishop had been hovering between I L f i jhhI death for several days, he revived slightly I !. .ril.v before the end and insisted upon being I j-. I..-, iu habit of his order, the Benedictine. I I ii' n he stood upright, but being, too feeble to I v :dk. sank and expired two minutes. later. I I'-ishop King was born in Trifters berg, Bavaria, Jul-.- u? He received his elementary and most I f,t his higher education at Ratisboime.' Coming to. I Aim riea n Nr2, he joined the Benedictine order j :il St, Vincent's, Pa-.M-hercJicfiuLdied his studies .ii "yd was ordained in May, 1857. He was succes- l i S'V s,u,iolu'J at P.ellt'fonte, Pa, Newark and sev- 1 ''"id other places in New Jersey; St, Josph's, Cov- nmion. -I,), St. Josph's. Chicago, which place he Wt in 1() ((. vA(.ri al the head vf St. Bene- 1 1 1 ? diet's college and act as pastor of the congregation congrega-tion in charge of the fathers at. Atchison, Kan. Re was subsequently consecrated titular bishop of Eu-carpia, Eu-carpia, and coadjutor to Right Aev. John B. Miege,. S. J., then vicar apostolic of the. territory east of the Rocky mountains. On May 22, 1877, he was called to the newly created sec of Leavenworth, Kan., and subsequently to Kansas Citv, Kan., which was m 1801 made, the see city. THE POPE IS A WATCHFUL BISHOP. Record. Louisville, Ky.: It is. well known that the Holy lather looks after even the. minute details of his owu diocese, Rome. He is a watchful bishop. The following incident, illustrating his episcopal solicitude, occurred recently, and the Record-can vouch for it: The pastor of one of the leading parish churches of Rome had suffered his energies and pastoral care in the administration of his extensive ex-tensive parish to 1;;? ,f late. This came to the knowledge of Pius X. The Holy Father, in order to inform himself personally of the condition of that parish, sent for the pastor. In his interview he asked him: uHow many parishioners docs vour parish number:" num-ber:" . The pastor answered, naming the number. "And how many of them are unbaptizedf questioned ques-tioned His Holiness. , "1 do not know the exact number, but, probably, so many." replied the embarrassed pastor, naming the number. The Holy Father further questioned him about, unlawful marriages and similar matters, eliciting from him invariably indefinite and confused answers. an-swers. Finally, the Pope inquired as to the salary, he was receiving. "Holy Father," replied the pastor, ''I have a revenue of only 200 francs a month." "That is rather too small," remarked His Holiness. Holi-ness. "I shall better that, depend upon it; in a few days I shall arrange it." lie then dismissed the priest, who departed breathing more feelv and rejoicing exceedingly over his prospects. Pius X kept his word; a few days later the. pastor received the official notification notifica-tion of his promotion as canon of the little church of Our Lady in Via Lata, to which was attached a mouthly salary of 230 francs. At the same lime, however, it was made known to him that he would be succeeded in his office, as pastor by the Rev. , a young and very energetic priest. A "CLERICAL" GOVERNMENT. The Belgian government is frequently taunted with being clerical. AVe venture to assert that when its work is weighed, the general opinion will be that the more widely the principles by which it has been guided are adopted, the better it will be for the interests in-terests of the masses. In twenty years, without exceeding the ordinary budget of 15,000,000 francs, they achieved most notable not-able results and kept the nation in the forefront of progress. Old age pensions have been introduced ; , a fund has been provided for the remuneration of men engaged in military duties; the price of sugar has been lowered by three pence in the kilogramme; the public services have been improved; there has been an increase of 1,000,000 francs annually in the sum devoted to education, and of 100,000,000 iu the economic provisions for the benefit of the people. - No new taxation has been imposed other than a rise in the duty on alcohol, in the. .consumption of which there has. in consequence, been a diminution of a third. M. de Smct de Naeyer, president of the cabinet, and' minister of flu'ance, during a recent discussion on the budget, observed that the man who would have said twenty years ago that this could lie done would be. looked upon as a dreamer. He is proud of the programme the government has carried car-ried out, and the pride is very justifiable. Catholic Advance. ARCHBISHOP, ELDER AT 85. Archbishop Elder was 85 years of age last Tuesday. Tues-day. He is today the eldest prelate in the United States and the second oldest in the world. In three years he will be able to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary anni-versary of his consecration as a Bishop. Mgr. Elder was consecrated Bishop at Natchez on May 3, 1857. On January 30, 1880, he was appointed ap-pointed coadjutor to the Archbishop of Cincinnati, and succeeded to the see July 4, 1883. He was invested in-vested with the. pallium on December 13, 1S883. The prelate whose consecralioii antedates- that of Archbishop Elder and who is. ihe. oldest living prelate in the world, is the Alt. Rev. Dr. Daniel Alur-phv. Alur-phv. Archbishop of Hobart, in Tasmania. Dr. Alur-phy Alur-phy was born in Cork on June 18, 1815, the very day ihat saw the overthrow of Napoleon at Waterloo. He made his studies at Alaynooth', and 'was ordained or-dained priest on June 9, 1838. Going as a missionary to Hindoostan. he became coadjutor to the Vivar Apostolic of Afadras in 184(5, the year in which Leo XIII was made Archbishop of Hyderabad, India, and was transferred to Tas mania in 1800. lie has been a priest lor sixty-nve years and a Bishop for fift.y-sevcn years and is still strong and active. Alichigan Catholic. ASKED THE POPE TO TOUR THE WORLD. White talking'to Pope Pius about' the ease and rapidity of modern traveling, George Lynch, the journalist, 'asked him if now that it was 'so easy, aud that all other mouarchs of the earth were going a-visiting, "Why would not you, holy father, make a tour of your parish the world f He sat, back and laughed a ringinc, hearty laugh, as he. shook his head. "He seemed amused at the idea of a pope turning globe trotter; but I persisted, and rapidly sketched the projected tour across Europe and England, and dwelt, perhaps not unenthusiastically, unenthusias-tically, on the reception he would get everywhere in Ireland, and when ' traversing the United States especially, and so on round back to Rome, which would make it the greatest royal progress .the world had ever seen. He looked at me with an amused vet interested smile. It may hav been imagination, imagina-tion, but I. thought thre was something that appealed ap-pealed to him in the 'idea of seeing something of these 300,000,000 of people that recognized him as their spiritual father."1 GOOD OFFICES OF PRAYER. Every day, in the Holy Sacrifice of the Afass, our Lord Jesus Christ Himself offers to the Father the infinite merits of His expiation and intercession. interces-sion. One Alass would suffice to obtain the grace of conversion for all the noii-Catholics and all the Jews and heat ens of the whole world. Why do so many Alasses fail to win them? Because our Lord is in the hands of His servants. Aliracles He works sometimes. But in the ordinary course of His grace, lie does not produce outward and visible effects ef-fects except with the co-operation of His priests and His people.. The conversion of the country, is, therefore, in our own hands. All must be done by the grace of God. But to open the flood gates of" heaven and to let loose the stereams of that mighty grase is given to the prayers of men. Therefore, never should we assist at Mass' without praying for the conversion of non-Catholics. Catholic Tran-; script. : ' Be a man whose word is worth a hundred cents ' on the dollar and your reputation will be as good as gold. - . ' |