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Show lr burch iltti0er$al , . CHURCH CALENDAR. November Devotion. Holy Souls. Sunday C. Twenty-fourth after Pentecost. Pen-tecost. F.pis. Rom. xiii. 8-19. Gosp. Matt, viii, -3-27. St. Leonard, conf. Monday, 7. St. Willibrord, conf. , Tuesday, 8. St. Godfrey, bishop. Wednesday. .9. Mathurin. prieet. Thursday, JO. St. Andrew Avellin, onf. ' Friday, 31. St Martin ot Tours, V '.'hup. - -Saturday; ?&. --"tt. Martin, pope. 1 Petitions for prayers from Associates I j-sgue of Sac-red Heart: Sundaj- for f .liretors, Monday foi promoters, Tues- .1 y for 1he' departed. Wednesday for I perseverance, Thursday for the young, j i Friday for seminarists and novices, i ; "Saturday for vocation?. ! j i Archbishop Elder Bead. I Chicir.r.atl, Nov. . Most liev. Wil- ! f han: Klder. archbishop of Cincinnati, ' i a sod at 11:50 last nigb in his eighty-,5ith eighty-,5ith year. Ho had syffc:1 four days frf.ut a severe cas of grip, complicated i 'v, i.th extreme weakness, f The scene at the beds-do, when it j was apparent the end was near, was s most affecting. The archbishop was i 1 c-irseious, and his last words were this J prayer, in a feeble, voice- "Holy Mery, Mother of Gad, pray t fo- uk sinners now p.t thtr hour of our cI-h tli. Amen." j lie then kissed a crucifix and with i a peaceful nnile or h:s fact, ureathed ; ills 'ast. Archbishop Henry Motller is receiv- I s in? p-.m-.y cablegrams and telegrams of ! j condolence en accour.r of ihe death of ! Archbishop EUter. The bells of St., 1 j rrU". s cathedral tolled mom o to 7 this 1 im?n5 eighty-si?: iim.-t. for the dead ' ' vr--lai6. The celebration of All Saints' i ; day hegan w.ih prayers for the dead j , r jtl! the enurHie. which were attend- i ; eel by uniisu.-)l crowds., .r Two Kinds of Missionaries. ' j In " r"fpnt issue of the Ave Maria I I . there appealed an extract from a. cuii- ' . oi; document which unwittingly pays hl'xh tribute to out priesthood and ; tln-ir lHbm.s among: th Indians: i The reneati-d declarations of promi nent sectarian clergymen that New England is rapidly becoming a Catho-.i. Catho-.i. seetion form a curious commentary f 'on a document fiititled "The Grounds tor Settling a Plantation in New Eng- j V;,d," drawn up in 1629, and found ; moiig the papers of an English squire, ! ir John Eliot, in 1S64. Among the grounds'1 -enumerated is "the diligence j or' the Papists in papagating their re- j ligion ;:.nd supstioion and enlarging the Vnedomo of antiehrlst." In the same ''r.ment is found among the reasons-, fr planting such a colony this cr.c: "It ( -i!bo a service to the church of great i t-..inse')u-:nce to carry Gospel! into pts nf ;he world, to help on a continue in of :he fulness cf The Gentiles and to j ::?yse p. BmI .vo: ke against the kingdome i o: .' .-, tiv. hris; which the Jesuites lnhor j V to ica- ut) ir those parts" f For purposes of his own, the honest j ti l bigot ho prepared th- dwunient j i-cs not scruple to compare Catholic ith 1'rotrsti?!!' missionaries, greatly to the disadvat:tape-':.f the latter. "It is reproach to our Religion that ! v. h- si we pro' ss ar. Intention of On- i !! Indians we send nolt ! ,-o; s -.fit for such a v.o-kc l.uit such j i 1 ; ,.: -,v. v can well spare & most i ' 'iy that ar. a burden to j wri;;i tht: Papists rut of a , .!'. -i.c zJe ;.-. ir:; - ihm to their sup ; v, : ia sticks oot to. imploy their m.' st i.-Ji useful ii.sirument," .furious j i. th.-.t o-e':: in i ho.e early days -or'-.mo!. i.yp of sectarian mission- ; ; i y to u-c- heathct: was men wJicm O : cau " fp ' ::T De.r,ih o 2 Catholic Journalist. Th.. ijeath of Henry L. liichards. jr.. f Winchester Mass.. removes a t'ath- ' ic jo.iTiia!i?t ho had labored with i.rill'an.-y und usefulness in Huston. M : . Kkiianls- was born in Columbus, .. . im Jv40. lwing the son of lie v. Henry I. . 'Uiehatds of tin t city, who, with his a if- and children, became a conven to ho :.mh He was educated at Scion - Is 11 college. South Orange, N. J-. grad-" grad-" . ,t"d from that institution in 1S6C. and "took ihr degree of M. A. from his Alma !::atr a year latet. Soon after leaving leav-ing eolle('. Mr. Richards bean his j lircalistic' areer in Xew York. He cone to Kostc-n in 1S69. and W3s for a t-me associated with lite father in the si -el business. Later he became city . litor of the Boston Sunday Courier .- : : tl o i jpie.i that position a number of I .vers. In isw he joined the staff of the S cr d H-ait Review, wheie he to-iMMiio'-l til! ill-health obliged him to J .p lim-piish the position seve ral years Mr. Richards wts unmarried. He h:;d lived in Winehesler since 1S7S. Two bt'.'heis and two sisters survive him, no of his hrothcis being the Rev. J. .::v. us Richards, S. J.. formeily p'es- vnt ol '".forgetnvn college. Fianciscans ard Biblical Study. For evrra! vfars now th Domiiii-'.-!t:s. have -had' a school f:t Jerusalem f.o- ili nronv.tioi: Oi' Biblical study. .; lo! wuul years the Franciscan? jr. ii Ho'v ciiv have been thinking or a similar foundation for their or-That or-That nroicct is now an accom- V ii ft; i-l'. Thanks to the enf'g ' f Frfih.-v iivid Fleming, a sohoot of , ';i!!i;i study has been establish.' n too Ai.-iiu'si; ry of the Holy Saviom-. Th" com so for students sent bv vat 'ens t MivMicinns- will embrace the genotvi .-. ofl i-.mi'-ular ititroductiot! o. in. v,. .-. o iy..k. xogesis. Falestinhoi )( iii'i.vy and geology." the Biblical i "- .. -V : h. comparative InVtory of ' t -, -. baio,: of divine revelation and ' :n .ic-i-nt Oriental cults, Kgypt-o!-- ?iti Assvriology. A spo-iai . oi stn'dy will have refercbee to 1 ;- p.-.t i. ity ot the sanctuaries it! t't i'"'y Laod. This-enterprise on Ahf no: ... ";, Franciy-ans deserves everv lev: is- sunporl. Nothing is more , hy ;'ae Church today than that it i lea chert should be abl ;- ,- . d-niands mad" upon t'leio j." i ! 2;-H 1' ouestions raised by modern , i.:b;:- .- i--v ''rob. Fntil we have lei- II. - oi:r own in these i'-.o!m? cf 1-- - i ij etiii never hope t resist the . or teachers no small p;.rt o!" .iiiilioritv v.i;h the puLli" it- 'rr! the holier tin't they aro i- ist- jo the several brancln-f in v h -'!: ti rj work. We also iieol mcii v. bo sp-;l: with knowledge gained at-ti'-.-t i: iii.l. to whom the document- and -. b- fo-t- are familiar, more familiar ih."i tiv oTiin'oi:s of other people about :k.:.. Imrcotal Literature. Soir.M tiir.g like an estimate of the .pin.ii-H-.ive morality of the different r .it ions ..f tht- world in Jh- matter of iriup'iing lU.iatijr" might be formed ?:"vm ihe reports presented t'J the In-i-tnatiinial ("otifrress tn lmnniral I.it-4 I.it-4 iratii'-: iust held at Ologone. The stait-nvnt or Mr. Colt, the secretary of ihe National Vigilance association, produced Ihe impression that, so far :-,s the law respecting the suppression r.r improper publications is concerned. t:iigland is in a favorable position. A ' report from America indicated that m i 'th- Fnii.-d States the "vil has at- 'taincd large proportions. The attempts made to cnmbatNll in Italy have, it v. ould seem. bH-n fairly successful. a.nd r-pref .-ivc measures are also taken nith good results in Holland and Switzerland. A ceording to a report from M. rranger. a French senator, Franc holds a bad pre-eminence. In j aiti have societies been formed to slop the circulation of immoral literature. I vfV There is hardly 'any perceptible reouc- t'on in the number of such pubooa-- i 1 ions sold. The con grew, having 'air- fuliy- cotifidored the - best mparts of strengthenirg the hanc'.s 'of tiie crusaders cru-saders against literature of thi.s L.r.d, decided to form an international organization, or-ganization, and to solicit for it the co-operation of the va.tn:s go vet n-ments. n-ments. Experience has shown that one of the most successful orevehiiv-'S is the rigorous application of ?jve."e law. London Catholic Times. Quality of German Catholics. The quality of the Catholic.t of Catholics in Germany and '.he aood Jesuits Je-suits therefrom were described as follows fol-lows by Father Hughes in an addtess recently at the distribution of p:;zes in a Catholic school at Into Rlundoil, in Lancashire, England: . ' "When traveling- in Germtny I noticed no-ticed the intense devotion of the ordinary or-dinary country people to ihe '.-loly Mass.- At 6 oVlock every morning Holy Mass is said in the village church, and you will often see it packed with men and womtn. The people never think of going to work untd they h.ie heard Mass. You will oftei lind i daily High Mass also, and every little lit-tle child is in his or her place at trout, and the parents are there !:u.-oiiii? nt-hind. nt-hind. The prosperity of the Catho.ic parts of Germany is remai Kib! , ;.nd j the province of Rhine-Her.-.'n is the most prosperous in Eurooe. I ha", e been across the Grand Duchv of Had n ten or thirteen' times, and I i.'ver ;c-. ;c-. member having rseen a barefooted .niiid. There are no rich men. no miUioiniirt s, but thre are comfort and prosperity, ordinary, reasonable prosperity. There are nconle, who start the Jay with Gods blessing." ' v If the Catholics of the country o.i the other side of the Rhine were that snrt of. Catholics they would not vote i:t the poKs for persecutors of the Church. Freeman's Journal. , Million Dollar College. -There was a distinguished gathering of Califomians at Santa Clara college, Oct: 23, all of' them alumni of that institution. in-stitution. They eame. together principally princi-pally at the instigation of Perry Mid-dlcton, Mid-dlcton, the wealthy lumberman and 'ormer owner of the Rig Basin, for the ; purpose of carrying into effect his plan of raising $1,000,000 o erect the new college col-lege at Mountain View. The direct purpose of the meeting, however, was to increase the promo- tion committee to 100 members so that 1 the first $2'0,000 could be procured. Un-I Un-I til this amount is in hand the actual work of construction will not be undertaken. under-taken. As h. resu't of the meeting it is certain cer-tain that this preliminary amount will be in the hands of the promotion committee, com-mittee, some "time befone Christmas. Addresses were made by Father Ken-iu Ken-iu and Chairman Middleton. the former stating that the founder. Father Nobili, had started with only J130, and yet the college had always been self-supporting. It was decided to hold a meeting of the 100 members of the promotion committee com-mittee at an early date at the Si. Francis Fran-cis hotel in Sail Frr.ncisoo. It will then be definitely announced when the work of bu;lding.will be commenced. Egyptian Catholics. The most interesting papal audience of the last week tas that granted to Mgr. Macaire, Coptic Patriarch of Alexandria. Al-exandria. His beatitude is a young man of 37, who was already patriarch at the age. of 32, and a bishop at "S. : But nearly a decade ago Mgr. Macaire had already distinguished himself by I the tact with which he carried out tho I mission entrusted to him by Leo XIII to endeavor to effect the release of the thousands cf Italian soldiers made prisoners pris-oners by the Negus Menelik of Abyssinia,. Abys-sinia,. In bis report to the holy father. Mgr. Macaire had consoling news about the progress in the movement for reunion re-union inaugurated by Leo XIII. When the Coptic patriarchate of Alexandria was established by Leo XIII in 1S95, it contained only ' 7.000 Catholics: now , there are more than 25.000. and the fu-i.ture fu-i.ture looks very promising. The condi-i condi-i tions and pre greets of Christianity in ' Abyssinia are not so chef rf ul. The ! number. of Catholics is about 50.000, but j they arc persecuted in many distressing ! ways. Only at night and secretly can j they meet for worship. Feudalism, says I Mgr. Macaire; is still in full blast in ' Abyssinia, and the chiefs have the j power of life and death over vassals; the moral condition of the people is I unspeakably low. and polygamy is uni-j uni-j versal. The Catholics still treasure the memory of the great Capuchin missionary, mission-ary, who died a. member of the Sacred j College fifteen years ago. after passing I. ' ' : 4 the best part of his life in northern Africa Af-rica Mgr. Macaire recently visited bis "residence" at Aba-Messia, and found it consisted of a cave in the rocks. Mgr. Macaire is very enious" to see the hierarchy established in Eritrea, and it is not likely that he may endeavor en-deavor to persuade the Italian government govern-ment to remove some of the obstacles that prevent this: He declares that in upper Egypt the church has made more progress during ten years, with the regular reg-ular hierarchy, than in four centuries without it. and he is convinced that the same good results v.ould follow in Eritrea, Eri-trea, where the Catholics now number" about 20,000. London Tablet. Soma Roman Dispatches. Rome. Oct. 27. The Vatican ic sounding sound-ing different powers on the subject of the admission of its representative at the proposed second Hague conference, on the "same ground as the suggested admission of the South American republics, re-publics, which were not represented at the first conference. The Vatican expresses the opinion that it was excluded from the first con-re,-ellce chieflv because of the opposition opposi-tion of the Italian government, supported sup-ported bv Great Britain, which asked in exchange Italy V support for the exclusion ex-clusion of representatives of the Eo?r lepublics. ' . Rome. Nov. 1. Pope Pius, who lias been slightly indisposed for the past two da vs. was today visited by Dr. Lapponi. who found that his holiness was suffering from an attack of gout and r.hftnnatic pains in the legs, the latter caused by sudden changes in the weather. Dr,-Lapponi advised complete rest, and the pope reluctantly consented consent-ed to the cancelling of ail audiences that he had fixed for the next two days. He insisted, however, upon' celebrating mass, as, this being All Saiitts' day. he said it would afford him the greatest satisfaction. The only persons who were permitted to attend this religious function were the pope's private secretary. secre-tary. Mgr. J3ress!n. and his personal valet. The pope's sisters, who are living liv-ing in Roh-.o. hastened to the Vatican when' they learned of their brother's illness, and persuaded him. much against his will, to go to bed. When the sisters left they were completely reassured by the statement of Dr. Lapponi Lap-poni that the rope would soon be better. bet-ter. Catholic Sentiment of Michigan. A beautiful new altar, the artistic work of E. Hackner of LaCrosse, Wis., wast consecrated by the Most Reverend Apostolic Delegate Archbishop Falco-nio Falco-nio on Sunday, Oct. 30. at Kalamazoo, Mich. The sermon on the occasion was preached by the Itight Reverend Bishop Bish-op of Detroit, and the pontifical mass chanted by the Right Reverend Bishop of Marquette. There was a number of distinguished clergymen in attendance. The Catholics of Kalamazoo welcomed wel-comed the delegate with an immense torchlight procession, it was one of the largest in the history of the city-The city-The citizens, without respect to creed, tendered him a reception at the Academy Acad-emy of Music Sunday evening, where more than 2.000 were present. .The students of Nazareth ;academy also tendered the apostolic delegate, and the visiting bishops a reception. , The visit of the most reverend apostolic delegate del-egate was one of tho grandest in the history of Catholicity of western Michigan. Mich-igan. ' |