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Show ' ' I - - ---' ."This is the ) I J - . W fff ' ft w victory which ; hH Loupch 'utiwersal i1 I " ; '- faith." CHURCH CALENDAR. ' Otolirr. Devotion, The Holy Kosary. Sunday, lfi Twenty -first after rcntooost. Purity of the "Closed Virprin Mary. St. (Jail. a llonday, 17 IJle.sed MarprareL Mary, virgin.. St. r i Jledwire. " . TiiPh-day, IS St. Luke, evangelist. Wednesday, 10 St. Peter of Alcantara. Thursday, 20 St. Aidan, hishop. St. John of . Kcnty. . T'ridav, :!1 St. Ursula and Companion, martyrs. Satiuuay, J 2 St. I)onatUj.. hishop. NIGHT SCHOOLS FOR. MEN. business of importance wa? transaeted at the meeting of oflieers and rommiltees of the Catholic Younpr Men's National Union, recent ly held in Ca-1 Ca-1 lied ml college, New York. The national officers vcre in attendance, as well as the executive committee, com-mittee, special committee on evening schools and national committee. The meeting was largely attended. at-tended. Attention was called to the fact that Carroll Institute of Washington. 1). C. has decided to open flu evening school on Oct. 17 for instruction to young men at a nominal charge in commercial pursuits. pur-suits. It was decided to endeavor to open similar schools in all the. larger cities of the country and 1o estahlish a national examining hoard, whose duty it shall, he to give examinations annually to the stu'dents in these schools. It is also intended that the hoard shall. award diplomas to students ssing the examinations, i It was decided to make a systematic canvass of J Catholic 4-ubs and societies with a view to in- ! creasing tlx- membership of the national union. i RECONCILIATION 'MOST TOUCHING. ! XLcrc is a very touching passage in an inter view lhat has just been given by the late bishop of L;ivaJ, Mgr. (.leay. to the "Matin" Regarding his interview in-terview with the Sovereign Pontiff. "I again knelt I and said, 'My Faiher. your will be done.' As if; these words had raised from his soul the weight of , all lhe sins that had been imputed to me, he lifted f me from my knees with. a sudden tender gesture. and holding my two hands in his, continued, ad-dressing ad-dressing me affectionately in Latin 'Ah,. thou dost nol know how 1 have suffered at the thouglit of . thy suffering, and of the calamities to which they might give rise. Thou knowest not what sleepless nights 1 have passed in prayer for thee, but now the good 2od has granted my prayer. Thou hast come, thou wort my son. but now thou art my brother. Wher-, ever I may bo thou shalt have thy place, and if one day T should be reduced to a single mouthful of bread, I would, nevertheless, share it with thee.'" i LEAVENWORTH'S NEW BISHOP. Very llcv. Thomas F. T.illis, vicar general of the diocese of Kansas City and pastor of St. Patrick's church in that city, whose appointment as bishop of IxaTrnworth- hi succession to the late -Bishop Fink was annourreed in the "Observer last week, was born at Lexington, Mo., forty-two years ago and spent the first seventeen years of his life on iho farm of his parents. His father, the late James Lillis, a contractor, built the first street cable rail-way rail-way in Kansas City, having removed to lhat city. Bishop Lillis has held a continuous residence there from'-1 hat date, with the exception of two years, jut following his ordination .spent, as pastor of SfcackleforiUaiid a few months at Independence. Ifl the year 187, he became assistant to Rev. Father Dunn at t. Patrick's; c.hurt-h.;and at the latter? l:ath was:promotod lo'tho vacancy and made irremovable irre-movable reel or. The dnie for the consecration has not yet been decided upon, although it is accepted as a 'fact in" Kansas City that lhe ceremony will be performed by Archbishop John Glennon of t. Louis. It is-, likely that the ceremony will take place at St. Pat-' ink's church, Kansas City. ERENCH PLAN TO CURB THE CHURCH,.- (Special Cable Dispatch to Xew Yrk Sun.)' " i; Paris. Oct. 1. It is not considered likely now that Premier Combes will draft a scheme of his ' own for the separation of church and state, hut. -will submit a scheme drawn by Aristide Bruar.t and thus secure a double advantage. If 'iho bill is de-j de-j fealod. the government need not resign, while if at iadopfj'd it can find plenty of excuses "for delaying its execution. M. Bruant, in giving the broad out- lines of his scheme, says: , "The budget of worship will be suppressed, but? lhe uneontisoatod part will be devoted to paying thp pensions of actual ministers of worship and the balance, will go for the lessening of taxation, of small farmers, who form the chief support f .the . ( 'hureli. , ' . - "If. the Church has inspired these farmers with a lively faith she can recover the money .as individ- , unl, but no longer as collective, contributions. If iho farmer is nol 'sufficiently fervent to make a .per-. sonal sacrifice it is not lhe duty of the slate to supr ply him with faith. "In regard to the church buildings they will 1w leased to actual holders for ten years, but ,t Ho truants tru-ants will have 1o keep them in complete -repair-; at iheir own expense for that time. The trahsitioivil period of ten years should be enough to enable the churches to make other definite arrangements for tlie future. ' ' ' '' "Considerable license will be allowed the clergy-for clergy-for the purpose of grouping themsrlvese into associations. asso-ciations. There may be parish and didcesan associations, asso-ciations, why not national ones? This would en-t nble the rich parishes to help support poor ones and form a solidarity not much practiced in the' Church in France at, present. i "In regard to' the supervision of worship, the Hate will forbid all ministers from turning religious reli-gious services into political meetings; In their sermons ser-mons they must jiot attack the president, the ministers minis-ters or the chambers, nor foment a rising against the execution of law. In their private capacity, however, they will enjoy the same liberty as other citizens for the expression of political views,. "The question of dealing with external signs,' religious emblems and processions is left to municipalities. munic-ipalities. The usage in regard to clerical costume is left free, but loses its privilege in regard to the legal oath which each may take according to his (Conscience."' , ; THE LANGUAGE OF THE MASS. To close our consideration of the Holy Eucharist Euchar-ist as a sacrifice without a "word explaining why the Mass is said in Latin would be a serious omis-' omis-' sion. It is a question which may be asked any time by some non-Catholic acquaintance. Hence we should have the answers conveniently in our memory. i In this connection it is well to remember, that-v 'lhe use of.. Latin dates" back to the, days of St Peter. Three "principal reasons are 'assigned for retaining the language in the Mas.s. Among these is. first, the universality of the Church. That is, the Church, being one, is the same all over the world,. Therefore, its language should be one to be universal and in keeping with the Church. A second reason is, because the Latin language J is ji ot subject to change as are those OanguaVes ' ,. -Ridc-h are called living. Tbus we arc enabled to i 4 i . , worship Ood uniformly, no matter into which corner cor-ner of the world we may go. Thus it is that Catholics Cath-olics of all nations are perfectly at home in their; worship of God. though they may not understand" a single word of the people around them. In a word. then, we may say that it has been chosen by the Church because of its universality,, its uniformity and its unchangeable character. It might.be further added that.it is a language. of dignity and beaut and is, therefore, becoming an ' unchangeable form of worship. Church- Progress." STATISTICS OF OUR INDIAN WARDS. Very, creditable to those in charge of the bu-re.ni bu-re.ni of Catholic Indian missions, especially Father Ketcham, and very encouraging to all who are interested in-terested in the spiritual and temporal welfare of our Catholic Indians is the annual report of 1!HJ:5-01. 1!HJ:5-01. During the year the bureau received a total of $32,434.41, of which $2,034.10 was in answer to its annual appeal, $3,862.73 from the Association of the Holy Childhood, and $25,037.55 from the Preservation society. The remaining sum required re-quired for school expenditures, $140,000, was furnished fur-nished in part by the annual Lenten collection, but chiefly by Mother M. Kathcrine Drexel. Some interesting statistics are given. In 34 government schools, 28 at least of which are boarding schools, there are 3,118 Catholic pupils, in 15 of them the children can every Sunday hear mass in a neighboring neighbor-ing church; in some they have mass once a month, in others once in two weeks; in one. Crow agency, Montana, the children are picvented from attending attend-ing mass, though the church is in the neighborhood; neighbor-hood; while in three of the schools they have no. opportunity at all of hearing mass. During the past year there have been 30 baptisms, 2.G77 confessions, confes-sions, 2,153 Holy Communions and 271 confirnia-.tions. confirnia-.tions. There are 36 Catholic employes in the various va-rious schools. In IS schools Catholic children are granted a separate assembly-room; only in four is this denied them; of the remaining 12 no statistics are given. In 14 schools the Catholic children are . ' not excused. from attendance at the non-sectarian Sunday schools and services, and in two .others they ' are excused only when the priest is present. In one, the Crow agency, the attitude of the school authorities toward the Catholic instruction of ' Catholic children is extremely hostile, all such in- stmction being prohibited; in 3 the authorities are unfavorable, in five .indifferent, in 3 tolerant and in the remainder favorable to it. PAPAL GIFT TO ITALIAN HEIR. It is reported that Pope Pius X has decided to send a present to' the newly-born heir to the throne of Italy on the occasion of the infant's baptism by Cardinal Richelmy, archbishop of Turin. The compliance of King Victor with all the wishes of the Pope in the matter of the selection of a title for die crown prince has greatly pleased the Holy Father, and it is expected that the long-pending difficulties between the papacy and the kingdom will: scion ,be settled through the propitious advent of the little Prince of Piedmont. Cardinal Richelmv has been instructed to comply com-ply in everything' concerning the administration of the baptism with the wishes of the royal family, fam-ily, except, however,- the admission of any member of. the Masonic order as godfather to the child, even if the personage selected be of royal blood. Instructions have been sent by the Vatican to-all to-all tlie Italian bishops to allow the singing of the '"Te Dcuni"Pin all the churches of their dioceses as a service oT: thanksgiving for the birth of an heir to the throne. .The churches' of the city of Rome, will form an exception to this provision, and the thanksgiving services will be held only' in the Church of the Sudario, which is under the patron-, age of the, king, and which is regularly attended; by, the 3owager queen and by members of the royal family when in Rome. ' ; , PRIESTS OF THE WEST. Over the banquet given after Bishop Lenihan was consecrated at Dubuque, Bishop Shanley, in ; the course of a very happy speech, referred to. the great work done by- the pioneer prelates 'of the northwest. ' '. "And yet," he declared, ''the work'done by the bishops was really secondary in the upbuilding of ' the Church in the northwest. The two important factors were the priests and the laynien." The bishop bish-op said it angered him when he read in the history of some parishese how such and such bishops . worked like slavese while the poor priest who actually ac-tually did the sacrificing work was allowed to rot, his very name forgotten. It was the priest of the northwest who built the little school houses, and paid from his miserable pittance of salary the wages of the teacher. It was he who toiled through sun. snow, rain'and cold over miles of barren prairie prai-rie to say mass. The bishops did -much, but they did not walk miles and beg money to support the . Church. The bishops traveled, but they traveled in carriages. And who are these priests? Their' names have in large measure passed from human ken.' The'' Catholic -laymen, likewise, came in for a share'of credit. It was they who wrote: 'Send ' us a'priesi; and we will tax ourselves to pay him and .see that he does not want.' It was the laymen who pfit up the, smews of? war and whiise devotion to the faith makes "if pop?-iblc for the priest to live in fact, it is the laymen: scattered over the face of the eartht, lhat have made the Church the power that; k.", ; ; : - - . CATHOLICS IN AUSTRALIA. . t Washington, Sept. 20. While in Chicago re- cently I had Uie pleasure of meeting Rev. Fathers- ; Reginald Bridge and Francis Grace, of Sydney?,.. Australia. The reverend gentlemen were on a tour over the world for recreation and study. They in-' . tended. to. stop. over in Chicago a few days on their way to the World's Fair at St. Louis. -Father' Bridge spoke pleasantly of the many experiences he. had in this country, and then gave an outline of the condition of the church in Australia. This he described as eminently satisfactory. He said: "The priests and laity arc working together in perfect harmony, especially on the all important school question. Since the church schools were denationalized, that is, deprived of financial support sup-port by the government, their support and maintenance main-tenance have fallen upon the different denomimH1 tions. Under the magnificent leadership of Carcli--nal Patrick Francis Moran, archbishop of Sydney;',' a man of great sternness and determination, and by;.: far the most prominent figure in Australia,; .'-'thet Catholics of Australia have accomplished wonders-' and have far outdistanced the Protestant denominations denomi-nations in their school work. The Protestant schools suffered equally with the Catholic by the act of denationalization, but arc now divided on the subject of restoration of government support for denominational schools. Catholics'are proportionately pro-portionately stronger in Australia than in the United States. Here they constitute one'seventh of the population; in Australia one-fourth. There are six archbishops, seventeen bishops and a total Catholic population of 1,100,000. The diocese of ' Melbourne furnishes perhaps the best example' ef the conditions of our schools. This diocese has a Catholic population of about 150,000.- Thcro arc something over 1Q0 parochial schools, with 20.000 pupils, several industrial schools, with over 600 pupils and besides a number of academics and colleges. col-leges. I do not know any country in the world that is as -thoroughly equipped with' schools and has as fine a school system, as Australia. Few people in the rest of the world know, anything about us and consider the great island of the antipodes a howling wilderness."' Cor. Standard and Times. FESTIVAL OF THE ROSES. (San Rafael (Cal.) Cor. Monitor.) When the Christians, through the intercession of Our Lady, were triumphant over the Turks in the latter part of the sixteenth century, Pius V decreed the solemn Feast of the Rosary. Since thenxthe first Sunday of October has been a day of special devotion in all Dominican churches and institutions. in-stitutions. This year did our Convent eommem- orate it with the customary solemnities. Procession of the Rosary, and of the Blessed Sacrament. .lliis day had eagerly been looked forward to. and when at last .it dawned it came in Hoods of glorious sunshine. This brightness was reflected on every face, for everywhere was cheerfulness, as the finishing touches were put on the numerous preparations. prep-arations. In the chapel the altars had been decorated dec-orated with innumerable flowers and ferns, and the Rosary group, which had been erected the day before, be-fore, reposed in the midst of blossoms and burning candles. The halls where the I'iessed Sacrament was to pass wcre banked in greens and lights, and outside the paths were carpeled with autumn leaves in the richest shades of gold and red. In front of the convent a temporary altar. was built. This was surrounded by palms and surmounted by a statue of ( the Blessed Virgin. Another altar had been placed before the Grotto, and this, too, was adorned with flowers. At 4 o'clock the ringing of the benediction bell summoned all to chapel for the commencement of the procession. As soon as the girls had assembled assem-bled they sang a hymn to Our Blessed Lady, and then, prostrating before the Blessed Sacrament, followed the cross-bearer. . The Rosary was started by.the community, and was taken up by the girls, their youthful voices sounding forth to the glory of God and His Blessed Mother. With each mystery mys-tery an appropriate verse was sung by all the students, stu-dents, and the air was filled with their melodius tones. As the procession marched down the steps in front of the building it, presented a most impressive im-pressive sight. FolloAving the scariet-rehed acolyte, bearing the large crucifix, were two notices carrying carry-ing lighted candles. Then came the girls, all clad ' in white, and wearing white veils. These, from the oldest to the youngest, were full, of devotion, and seemed to be pouring forth heart and soul in praising the name of the Lord. Behind them were the Sisters, in their white habits and black mantels, man-tels, all carrying burning candles, symbolic of their pure, ardent faith in God. Six little girls; daintily dressed, next, appeared. . Devoutly walking backwards, back-wards, and with eyes downcast, they, strewed with leaves the path of the Blessed Sacrament, which followed, borne by Rev. Father Egan, who walked under a canopy of. rich satin and gold. ' As the procession moved towards the' first altar the line formed in a semi-circle in front of it, ami when the Blessed Sacrament passed, all bowed, remaining re-maining prostrate until the monstrance was placed above the choir, accompanied by violins, and never before had the music seemed as, heautiful. The very violins seemed -t be trying to draw out their sweetest sounds from their vunost depths. After the blessing was given, the. procession again moved on, this time through the grounds in the rear of the convent. The gardens were at their best. Nature appeared to have arrayed herself in all her splendor for this special occasion, for the flowers were never brighter, tliCrtTees-never greener. Over the leaf-strewn paths the people still moved, ever chanting the Paters and "Aves, till the heavens themselves resounded. Atthe Grotto another benediction bene-diction was given, and the Rosary being concluded before the chapel was reached, - a hymn to the Sacred Heart was taken up. Over and over it was sung, each time with. renewed sweetness, penetrating penetrat-ing far and near. : . ' In the chapel the choir sang the ''O Salutaris" ,and .''Tantum Ergo." and the final benediction w-j given. As the priest, in his rich robes of white satin, embroidered with gold, lifted the Blessed Sacrament, all heads bowed in adoration, and thyio was no sound save for the' swinging of the censer and the tinkling of a tiny bell., Then the Host .vas once more played, in the tabernacle,, and all the glory was over. As if by one impulse, thanksgiving thanksgiv-ing filled the' hearts of the students, and the sacred words of the Te Deum rang out loud' and strong, a hymn of praise and rejoicing for the Divine mercies. mer-cies. . . G. I. V. |