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Show i 1 : : . ' - Church . j . 1 w over 0' -a xometh the mversdh CHURCH CALENDAR. ! Sunday. Aug. 24 Fourteenth alter j Penttfost. St. Hartholomew, A. I. L Monday, 25. St. Louis, Kins. I Tuesday, 26 St. Zephyrinus. P. M. j . ; Wednesday, 27 St. Joseph Calasano- , tius. C. F. j ; Thursday, 2S St. Augustine, L?i. O. j i D. Friday, 2! J heading: of St. John ' Bi.j'tist. Saturday, 30 St. Rone of Lima. A PERIOD OF TROUBLE. In Very Few Lands Can the Church Be Said to Be Enjoying Peace. (London Cathulic Times. t would be hard to find in history a period of trouble exactly parallel to that through which the church is pass- J ins today. In very few lands can we say that she is enjoying peace. Here , . at home she is face to face with a sit uation extremely perilous for her ' Hthools, which, when all is said, are the grates of the sanctuary. What the government gov-ernment which Mr. Balfour directs as primp minister may ultimately make of Its education bill not even prophets can foretell. . . . Abroad the outlook is yet more omi nous. France, still rejoicing in her somewhat threadbare title of Eldest Daughter of the church, . presents a! epectacle to make the angels weep. Not content with having driven forth into foreign lands a host of monks and nuns, whose only crime was that of j teaching the ignorant and helping the afflicted, she is now busily engaged in I destroying Catholic schools, and there- I by forcing hundreds of thousands of Catholic children into the institutions managed by the state. She is, to put the matter quite frankly, doing her utmost to dechristionize the people. peo-ple. And so terribly handcuffed are the bishops and clergy that beyond futile protests they can do nothing to avert 1 the evil which they see gathering like a storm-cloud above their heads. Men who sow the wind must reap the whirlwind. whirl-wind. Nor is the outlook pleasant in countries near France. In Spain the clergy are preparing for an attack by the radicals on the religiops orders, and for a measure of confiscation likely to be extended to themselves. In Italy the laity are ither so apathetic or so j 1 little used to individual initiative that well-ment efforts to advance the Chris- I tian democratic propaganda produce ! 1 srna!) result, and the out-and-out so- i ' cialist party increases in strength and confidence by leaps and bounds. Aus- ! tria is disturbed by an anti-Catholic movement which has the momentum of j a political interest, and Foland is threatened with a determined effort on the part of Prussia to Trotestantize its Catholic people. In the Philippine islands, long the unquestioned home of Catholic missionary success, a conflict ' , is impending which may prove disas trous to the faith of the simple-minded natives. Since its conquest of those islands, the United States has found itself impelled, in virtue of its own constitution, con-stitution, to make numerous changes in the regulations tolerated or established estab-lished by Spain. The schools are to be made communal, that" is, practically secular. The friars are to be turned out of the missions, and it requires not a moment's thought to understand how grievously their absence will affect the continuance, to say nothing of the progress, pro-gress, nf Catholicism among the natives na-tives whom they have converted. The iHTiinant rif St, Peter's chair has ' indeed at this moment to bear the bur den of his august office. While bound to strive for the protection of all rights and privileges justly appertaining to the church of which he is the head, he must :;t the same time recognize the limitations which political necessity's impose upon those with whom he is to treat. Hence, there arise difficulties in his way which are commonly misunderstood misun-derstood by the general newspaper press, and not unfrecjuently misapprehended misappre-hended even by Catholics. . The one de-j' de-j' mands why he should not give way, i and do just what he is asked, as in the negotiations at present going on in reference ref-erence to the settlement of affairs in the Philippines; the others wonder that he gives way at all, and are tempted to think that he might intervene, say in ; Fiance, with some effect. But neither secular newspaper nor Catholic critic knows the exact nature of the difficulties difficul-ties which beset the holy see. Troubled Trou-bled at home, harassed abroad, th? pope must view the situations as they come before him, not singly, but in their relations to the whole church. On his shoulder the difficulties rest, and to his judgment the decisions of each one of them are . entrusted. His chil- I . dren will humbly accept his solutions ''t as final: and authoritative, convinced ' that they are the wisest, all things con- . sidered. . And they, will, while they i ' sympathize with the troubles that af- j flict him in hi?, extreme old age. not I fail to breathe a' prayer for strengthening strengthen-ing and consoling grace,. ; - . The Lord's Prayer. , Sublimities are too often mumbled on thoughtless lips.- -The power of in-j in-j vocation is great, indeed. A single prayer may address itself -with solemn directness t an' omnipotent- (Jod and J call upon infinite potentialities. There r" is h- power of pathos in the ordinary petitions that Christians recite" daily, but fail to appreciate. In the Lord's prayer great rhetoricions have found passages that iun;the gamut ot every beauty and feeling and eloquence. An anecdote told of liooth. the tragedian, is illustrative: ' - He, with several friends, had been invited to dine-wilh an old gentleman ; in P.allimore, of distinguished kindness, ',, urbanity and piety.. They, though dis- approving of theatres and theatre-go ing, had heard so much of Mr. Booth's ' "4 remarkable powers, that curiosity to 1 see the man had. in this instance, over- come all scruples and prejudices. 'After ! :'. all the entertainment was over, lamps ! lighted and the company reseated in I the lira wing room, some one requested ( Booth, as a particular favor, to read j ' aloud the Lord's Prayer. Booth ex- pressed his willingness to do this, and I al leyes wore turning expectantly upon ; him. Booth rose slowly and reverently i from his chair, it was wonderful to - watch the play of emotions that con- , vulsed his countenance. He became deathly pale, and his eyes, 'turned tremblingly upward, were wet with j tears. And yet he had not spoken. - The silence could be felt. It became , absolutely painful, till at last the spell ; ;; was broken, as if by an electric shock, 1 as his rich-toned voice, from white lips, syllabled forth; "Our Father, who art in heaven," with a pathos and solem nity inai mruiea ail nearers. He finished. fin-ished. The silence continued. Not a word was heard or a muscle moved in his rapt audience, till from a remote corner of the room a subdued sob was heard, and the old gentleman, their I host, stepped forward, with streaming ('Ves and tottering frame, and seized : V Booth by the hand. "Sir," said he in t broken accents, "you have afforded' me ' ; a pleasure for which my whole future j j life will feel grateful. I am an old . ' . man; and every day from rav boyhood ; to the present lime I thought I had re peated the Lord's Prayer: but I have I never heard it never!" "You are right," replied Booth: "to read that j prayer as it shouM be read has caused me the severest study and labor for I' thirty years; and I am far from being satisfied with my . rendering of that wonderful production." j Thousands of Christians who thoughtlessly utter this grand prayer i every day would profit by studying its I passages. It is well named "the Lord's Prayer." Catholic Citizen. j Next to Pope Leo in Age, i On June IS Archbishop Murphy of Hobrt, Australia, entered his SSth year. By- age and length of service he is said to rank next the Holy Father as the oldest prelate in Christendom, the pope being but five vears older than he. Replying to .an address of congratulation congratu-lation on his anniversary, the venerable venera-ble archbishop said that twenty years ago he was at Rome and had an audience audi-ence of the present pope. In taking leave of his holiness the pope said to him: "This is the last time we shall meet in this world." Ten years later he was again at Rome, and in conversation conver-sation with the pope reminded him of what he had said when he had last had an audience, and he told the pope that in that matter, at all events, he had not been infallible. Well, ten more years had gone by, and the pope and he were still alive, and if he were at Rome again he would remind his holiness of his non-infallibiiity concerning con-cerning the period of either of them going to heaven. Archbishop Murphy was born at Cookstown, County Cork, on June 18, 1815, while the famous battle of Waterloo Water-loo vms being fought on the plains near the Belgian capital. Miracle "Wrought in New York. Hanging her iron braces on the altar al-tar in the Church of St, Jean Baptiste, in East Seventy-sixth street, New York City, on Monday, July 21, Marion Oates walked out of the church, confident confi-dent that she had been cured of hip disease. The child" had kissed the relic of St. Anne, mother of the Virgin Mary, and directly following that the miracle, as her parents regard it, was performed. RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE. Domestic and Foreign Briefs Selected From ''Church Progress." The Baroness von Ketteler of Germany has arrived at Detroit, which place she will make her future home-Archbishop home-Archbishop Riordan of San Francisco accompanied by Rev. Father Ramm, has sailed from New York for Europe. Bv the will of Mrr Sarah Mclntee, who died at New York a few days ago. Catholic Catho-lic institutions receive substantial bequests. be-quests. A large force of men is at work remodeling remod-eling the interior of Sacred Heart academy acad-emy at Menlo Park. Cal. The numerous large rooms are being partitioned to accommodate ac-commodate a large number of pupils. Governor Beckham of Kentucky has approved ap-proved the appointment of Andrew Lud-wig, Lud-wig, a German Catholic, for state factory fac-tory inspector. The certificate of incorporation of St. Joseph's hospital for consumptives, in New York, has been i-poroved bv the state board of charities. The board has received a reuuest for its approval of the incorporation of Our I,ady of Victory sanitarium, with its principal offices at Kingston. The Catholics of La Crosse. Wis., celebrated cele-brated the jubilee anniversary of Pope Leo in a very fitting manner. In the mornillH' all .nf th I'athnlin wkIuHui: in the city formed an escort to the priests of the citv from the residence of Bishop Schwebach to the cathedral, where elaborate elab-orate services were held. In the evening a very elaborate prorrramme was carried car-ried out in the La Crosse theatre.- Last Sunday was a memorable day for the Catholics of Shepards. O. On that date was dedicated their handsome little church, known as St. Truomas the Apostle. Apos-tle. Merced. Cal.. is to have a handsome 13.000 church, and the Catholics of the community are looking forward to the fact with many happy expectations. The second pilgrimage of the year from Chicago to Holy Hin. near Richfield, Wis., took place on Thursday. It was made up of even greater numbers than the previous one. The visits are made to the favored shrine of Our Blessed Lady. Through the generosity of Rev. Father Roche of Kenosha. Wis., thn convent of the Dominican Sifters in that place is to receive a large addition. The Sisters and their friends are greatly elated over the fact. It will contain a community-room community-room and a beautiful chajiol. Miss Mary Alexander of Boston re- wivi.il tlw. ivhirn Vf.il ;i Slut or Rulimiitn of the Cross at the monastery of Mt. Car-mcl. Car-mcl. Roxbury. Mass.. a few days ago. The new Star is of Portuguese extraction, extrac-tion, and receives, on that account, the name of the newlv canonized saint of the Carmelites. i In the United States the Little Sisters have thirtv-nine homes and y.W inmates in these homes. Neither in America nor elsewhere do they make any distinction on account, of reliuions. or nationality; but receive under their hospitable roofs all destitute -old people they can accommodate. accom-modate. Very Rev. WillianvChatka, vicar general gen-eral of the diocese of Omaha, died recently re-cently at St. Joseph"? hospital. He had been in the diocese seventeen years and was one of" the best known priests in the west. A thief entered Holy Angel's: church. Buffalo. N. Y.. one day last week and stole the poor box. which contained some 15 or . A statue representing the dead Savior resting upon His mother's arm will be unveiled and blessed Aug'. 21. nt.Turies-ville. nt.Turies-ville. N. Y. It. is placed on the brow of a hill in an eight-sided structure. Auries-vllle Auries-vllle is the soot where the Jesuit missionary. mis-sionary. Father Jogues. and many Christian Chris-tian Indians suffered for the fairii. and it is also the birthplace of the -saintly Katherine Tegakwitha. the lily of the Mohawk Indians. Work on the new $"iA,(00 church at Wat-sonville. Wat-sonville. Cal., is progressing rapidly. It is now being lathed preparatory to being plastered. Contractors are making satisfactory progress with the new school building under construction for St. Thomas'- congregation con-gregation in Chicago. Fifty-two charter members constituted the nucleus of a new council of the Youne Men's lnstitue organized last week at St. Meinrad. Ind. At the recent retreat of the clergy of the diocese at St. Francis seminary. Milwaukee. Mil-waukee. Wis., resolutions were drawn up on the Philippine friar and school questions. ques-tions. Thcsn resolutions were signed by nearly alt the priests and sent to President Presi-dent Roosevelt. A reply has been received re-ceived in the form of a copy of the laws relating to the Philippine schools and of the recent letter of Secretary Root on that subject. A state meeting of the Germj'n Catholie. societies of Indiana will soon be held at Indianapolis. . The Italian church of St. Ann In Providence. Provi-dence. R. 1., has at last been dedicated. The church has been in use for some time and has recently undergone extensive exten-sive renovation and repairs. During the pastThree years more than 6.079 patients have been treated at tho Georgetown university hospital. Funds, however, are urgently needed to increase its facilities and to secure the same the faculty of the institution has issued a circular cir-cular to all old students. On the feast of the Assumption, the handsome new church at Jefferson. X. H., which is under the patronage of St. Agnes, was dedicated in the presence of many people. FOREIGN. It is now stated that London contains over 00,(Wv Catholics. The holy father has conferred upon Mr. J. I'. Speocer Turner, a well known resident resi-dent of Rome, the title of Marquis. Bishop O'llanlon, of I'ganda, Africa, is collecting funds for his diocese in Ireland. A considerable number of nuns are arriving ar-riving in Kngland. Germany. Spain and Belgium as u result of the closing of the religious schools and convents in France. The lion. Violet Vribson. daughter of the lord chancellor of Ireland, has become be-come a CatholuT following the example of her eldest brother. William. H is seini-ofiicially announced that the holy father will celebrate the close of his jubilee year by holding a consistory, in the course of which he will ureatc no fewer than six new cardinals. The holf father received in the Sistine chapel with the usual ceremony the Polish Pol-ish pilgrims and many from different parts of Italy now in Rome. The pilgrims pil-grims were arranged in groups all along the passage to be traversed by the Pope with their banners. Leo XIII was also enthusiastically received by the Daughters Daugh-ters of Mary, who were all dressed in white. After the litany and the benediction, bene-diction, the Pope received the heads of the pilgrimage. The Roman correspondent of La Croix says he learns that the Pope, urged by, the countless appeals received from France, has resolved upon adding a protest pro-test of his own concerning the campaign of the Combes ministry against religious associations. , The recent opening of the Ceylon Northern North-ern railway is reputed a victory for an Oblate missionary, Father Lytton of the. Tamils of JatTna, who urged the construction con-struction of the road until the government govern-ment accepted his plans. The result will be a great aid to Jaffna, which is one of India's Catholic' centers. An interesting grroiip of Catholie notes from Vienna are that St. Peter's church is to have a statue of Charlemagne; that the St. Vincent de Paul society recently paid L'l.Oui crowns for a site on which to build a large hospital, and that the "Old Catholics" have beeen obliged to abandon the church of the Savior (Catholic) in which they were allowed to worship. ? ' J By the death of Monsignor Roveggio. the Catholic church in central Africa has lost one of her most ablo and devoted missionaries. He was taken suddenly ill at Gondokoro. and died during a journey to Berber. Both the Sirdar, Sir Francis Wingate and Slatin Pasha, were represented repre-sented at the bishop's funeral. The beautiful church of Neusenstamm, near Frankfort-on-the-Main, Germany, built in 1764 by the Countess Mary The- resa Sehoenborn. was recently destroyed by lightning striking the spire. It was a geai of art. and contained a marvelous collection of art work, furnished at a cost, lately, of 70.0(H) marks( all of which became be-came a complete ruin. - The Catholie separate schools of Parth. in the Province of Ontario. Canada, have just come forward with a fine showing. They are taught by the Sisters of Char-itiy, Char-itiy, and of the eighteen pupils who stood for entrance examinations, sixteen were successful. We should like to make a similar record of every Catholic school on the continent. A Christian Hindu am' noble, Hon. Kumvar Harnum Singh, has beeen made the first president of the newly founded Society of Children in India. The purpose pur-pose of the society is to put a stop to the selling of girls for immoral purposes by the Buddhists parents. Such traffic as stated is general in all the large Indian cities. |