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Show '-1 Church 2i. . J wfcich CTff- CHUP.CH CAXENDAK. Sunday. Tv "lit y-f-.rst after I'ente-cust. I'ente-cust. (josi'tl. St. .llati. xviii, 23-35: The King's Aceounl. Ulessed Mary 4)acci'i"'. V. y.rtviiiy. 21: Ku i:vantiis, p. M. Tuesday. iT - iv.nnentius. B. C. Wednesdav, L'S KS. .Simon and Jude, Ap. Tliursday. 2! Ft Narcissus. B. Friday, 3y St. AJphonsus j:lrisuez, C. Saturday, SI St. "Wolfgang. 15. O. DAILY L1F.E OF PIUS X. Vatican Correspondent Gives Interesting Inter-esting Details. The Dift-sa, tlie iatholic organ of Y.-.ib c, in which I'ius X took such nil Interest during- his occupancy of the patriarchal s-e, has received from Signor Fornari, its Vatican correspondent, correspon-dent, precise details of the daily life of the Holy Father. Tlu.s X is a very early riper, says Hignor Fornari. When the aiutante, young Sili, enters his room in Ihe morning- shortly after 5. the pope is already the first up. As soon as his holiness has risrjn he reads his breviary. After b the pope says mass in the little oratory ora-tory opposite the window, arranged the. day aff r his elec tion. The altar is surrounded sur-rounded with a carpet which half oov- iers the room; a prieu-dieu and a gilded armchair are placed .before the altar. From the ceiling hangs a Venetian crys tal lamp from the Murano woiks. The mass is generally served by his holiness' holi-ness' private secretary. After mass the popt takes his place at the prieu-dieu 1 10 assist at a mass in thanksgiving. I The Holy Father next takes his first ! hreakfasi, consisting of a cup of coffee. The morning passes quickly. If the hat is not excessive, Pius X goes ddwn to the garden where he likes to take a long walk, during which he enters into conversation with a private chamberlain cham-berlain and those of the Noble Guard who are on daily service. The Holy Father never fails to visit the grotto of Our Lady of Gourdes to pray; he has done so specially of late, wishful f associating himself in spirit with th pilgrimage of Italian Catholics to the I celebrated sanctuary in France dedicate, dedi-cate, to the Messed Virgin. The walk does not last more than an hour. The day's letters, which are al-ways al-ways very numerous and to which the p"pe attends himself, are waiting for him in his study. Then he receives the; reports of the Sacred Congregations J and gives his decision upon important and complicated questions. Pius X cannot abide negligence, want of order, regularity or exactitude. Next comes the turn of Monsignor Merry del Val, pro-secretary of state, v hen the pope occupies himself with relations re-lations with foreign governments. Then follow routine, oflicial and private audiences. au-diences. The cardinals, prefects of sacred sa-cred congregations, secretaries and f uiict iona rie s. as well as the major-domo, major-domo, have routine audiences on fixed days. What particularly fatigues the pope are special audiences, which he raiher freely grants. The pope's affability affa-bility lias gained all hearts to him. ! Those who approach him speak of him as of a father. Shortly after noon the pope dines. It I is a very frugal meal. Then he takes I a siesta for about an hour in his bed- I room, and after resumes the reading of t Lis breviary and his usual occupations. I -t 6 o'clock in the evening, aceompa- nied by the Abbe Pescini. a young Venetian priest, Monsignor Bisleti 1 Maestro di ( 'amera and Signor Sili, aiutante. aiu-tante. the pope lakes a promenade in ihe biggie of the first floor and the gal-b gal-b ries of geographical maps. His holiness holi-ness is generally awaited bv groups of the faithful. Pius X next remains alone with his secretary and walks along the galleries, ae,Pss to which is then guarded by a pontifical gendarme. During this promenade prom-enade the pope is at complete liberty, ind during bis walk frequently cab's up memories of Venice, sometimes stopping stop-ping to look at the pictures and decora -liens, sometimes to cast a glance over i Ib.me and the Albanian and Tusculan I ' hills, which wear a marvellous aspect f ft'om this elevation of the Vatican. The ! J'lomenad? over, the pope goes in to work until ft; then he takes his supper Jiiid finishes reading his breviary. (Sometimes be leads a paper and then retires to rest, never later than half-paM half-paM h These details, from an authoritative ":"1 reliable source, will be read with interest. 1m l.vsv. the year of the sacerdotal ! .iubile,. of ,,. Mil, tWl, ecclesiastics n:ei ;,t ,,;ie ,,f the altars in the basilica ' S.;. Peter, pome. One was a Roman j prelate and ran, ,71 of the Vatican basi'.i- j ;;. the other an Italian bishop who had v o;ne to Konie to assist at the jubilee I cei.-m.-itams. The Poman prelate, who I v,:,s "',;,r;' ready to celebrate mass, I v'a : b" l--i'-g about him. and seemed un- I ' "sy- 1is customary server had not I anive.l. 1 lie bishop, kneeling quite 5 . '' ."i'"se,i the nature of the embar- j r.isMiioiit. e.isi-t-eetly drew and said, I v"1' x-at simplicity: "Would vou I v-ish me. Monsignor. to supply the place I "i Hi.- server?'" "I would not allow it, j my b.rd. it is not the plac; of a bishop I !-,v,, "' mass." -put J can get j V- ' ass-ne you. Re at ease. mv 1 d. r friend; go at once to the altar and Ib'-m. Introii.-o." Speaking thus, the o'-hop having knelt down, the prelate had't., pror.T.,1. Thc ebbrant was M..ns:gr,or Radini Tedeschi. director of I ho yrA Italian pilgrimage to Jourdes. and canon of St. Peter's. His J server, who was twenty vears older j was the :hej, bishop of Mantua, now I -Tope Pius X. . I PIUS X'S APPROVAL. ! Brief to Cardinal Gibbons Endorses Catholic University. The following is a translation of a papal brief issued to his eminence, -., Cardinal ;ibbo:is. eommendinc the jj .'utho'.i- ui.iv.-rsiiy. Washington, D. C: "To Our Bel.-.ved Son. James, Cardi- 1 i-'l tlibbons. Cardinal Priest of the f Holy F.mi!;,n Church, with the Title of I Santa Maria in Trasievere: Archbishop 1 of Baltimore and Chancellor of the i Caihoii,. Fniveisity at Washington: I ".My Beloved Son: Health and apos- 1 tolic benediction: The condition of the I university at Washington has enlisted I our deepest sympathy and concern, in- I asmuch as the report recently sub- 1 niitted by your eminence deposes that I its affairs are not altogether so eneour- J " aging as we could wish. It is . meet j that we should follow the example of I our predecessor in tho furtherance of j noble projects, more especially such as I are of great moment and hold out the I promise of large advantage. In this j spirit we are pleased to continue and, II as far as may be, to increase th exer cise of the apostolic office the interest which we have ever cherished towari this distinguished American foundation. founda-tion. "Wherefore, we learn with genuine a satisfaction that the bishops charged j with the approval of all others interest- I d In its welfare that a collection be I taken up in all the churches throughout I , ' thr- United States annually for ten 1 years, on the first Sunday of Advent or I the first convenient Sunday .thereafter, I with a view of enhancing: the dignity and enlarging the influence of this noble seat of learning. "This plan, the result of their joint deliberations, we consider most beneficial. bene-ficial. It is, therefore, our earnest wish and prayer that all the bishops of the country, as well as the faithful who have at heart the progress of learning and religion, should labor strenuously for the good of the university. "That God may be pleased graciously to help this undertaking by his grace, we lovingly impart to you and the faithful committed to your care, the apostolic benediction. "Given in Rome at St. Peter's on the fth day of September. 190,1, the first year of our pontificate. "PIUS P. P. X." Archbishop Harty on the Church, in the Philippines. The conviction is strong in America that (lie Catholic church wlT be a mighty factor in the pacification and 1 eeonstruction of the Philippines; aryl the creation by Pope Leo XIII of a distinctly American episcopate for these islands was hailed with general satisfaction. On the appointment of the Rev. J. J. Harty to be archbishop of Manila, the Boston Transcript procured from the Rev. I). S. Phclan, B.R. U.. of St. Louis, a detailed sketch of the life and work of the predestined pioneer of the new order: and since Archbishop Harty's consecration our esteemed Protestant had an interview with him, which it publishes with his approval. Those who were worried over either the retention or the dismissal of the religious orders may be at peace. The religious orders will stay, of course, and will be on the same footing as their brethren are in America. Every priest now- in the Philippines is badly needed, and many more besides. And the first care of the reorganized church will be to develop a strong native na-tive priesthood. The Filipinos, it is true, are many shades darker than our Americans of, European descent, and they have, doubtless, their own peculiar faults and frailties. But the church is not afraid tc trust them, as she trusted our far less cultivated predecessors in the faith many centuries ago. and Archbishop Harty notes with pleasure the great intellectual in-tellectual ability manifested by the Filipino students now in many Ameri- I can institutions of learning. The archbishop believes that the "Filipinos "Fili-pinos are becoming reconciled tc the American government and are making fair progress towards self-government. As to his policy, he says that he cannot can-not outline it until he gets to his future flock to whom he goes in November and finds out from themselves what they want and need. We are likely in future to get full reports of religious affairs In the Philippines Phil-ippines from the resident bishops, and we believe that the priests and the people in those islands, as well as the American Catholic clergy" and laity, are well satisfied to leave the task of reconstruction re-construction and representation in their faithful and competent hands. Boston Pilot. A Schmismatic Dignitary Praises the Papacy. The ex-patriarch of Jerusalem, Xico-demus, Xico-demus, one of the highest dignitaries of the Schismatic Greek church, who was forced to quit his see because the Greek party were constantly accusing him of favoring Russian designs in the Holy Land, is favorable to the papacy. In an interview which has been published pub-lished in some of our European exchanges, ex-changes, he is reported as saying: "Intelligent "In-telligent Greeks do not at all desire the ruin or decadence of the papacy. From the bottom of their hearts they beseech heaven so to order events that the unique and most invincible bulwark of Christianity may resist the attacks of all enemies of the Christian name. If the papacy were to be vanquished all Christian confessions will soon disappear disap-pear in the gulf of impiety: the defeat of Catholicism would also be the death of Orthodoxy. Protestantism is crumbling crum-bling more and more, and the gnawing worm of liberalism is weakening its energy. en-ergy. As to Orthodoxy, it too is becoming be-coming divided into national churches. There is no compact mass save Catholicism, Cath-olicism, and it is owing to the existence of the papacy that this union is possible. possi-ble. The papacy is. then, the unique vital force of Christianity, and those who desire its ruin desire the gates of bell to triumph over the Church of Jesus Christ." Whereupon the Ave Maria: Since the ex-patriarch has arrived at si) thorough an understanding of th necessity of the papacy, it is not presumptuous pre-sumptuous to hope that he may, ere bis death, come to recognize the need j of his personal submission to the in- 1 fallible vicar of Chidst. Such submis- j sion would be only the logical out- j come of his present beliefs. Higher Education of Priesthood. "Archbishop Ireland, in a recent interview in-terview with the Xew York Sun, said: "This is the age of scholarship. Xo I church will dominate thought unless it is fully equipped in all learning of the day. sac red and profane; fully prepared to meet the opponents of religion on their own ground. This fact is recognized recog-nized and the Catholic church is preparing pre-paring herself to meet the issue. "During the last five years there has been a wonderful improvement in the Catholic seminaries of, the United States. The curriculum has been raised. One of the most important departments is that for the study of great social questions. Students fed on such intellectual intel-lectual food seek higher culture. "I believe that in the very near future the Catholic clergy of the United States will be as thoroughly educated, as thoroughly thor-oughly well adapted to meet the conditions condi-tions and requirements of the day as any clergy in the world, even that of Rome." Archbishop Ireland, who is a director of the Catholic university at Washington, Washing-ton, said that its aim will be particularly particu-larly to elevate the standard of the clergy. He also said that Pius X has resolved to establish it on a firm financial finan-cial basis and has directed the Amcri-i can hierarchy to order an annual collection col-lection in all the churches in the country coun-try for the benefit of the university. This will insure to the university an annual income of at least 570,000. In addition, a number of wealthy Catholics Catho-lics have promised to establish chairs in the university. Death of Eev. Mother Augustine. Rev. Mother Augustine, provincial superior of the order of the Sisters of the Holy Names, died at St. Mary's hospital. San Francisco, on Wednesday of last week, after a short illness. Her death was the result of an operation. During the years she had been at the head of the convent Mother Augustine had made a multitude of friends, and mice she was ill many of her former pupils called to see her. Although she knew that death was not far off. the mother superior greeted them with the same tenderness and love that they knew when they were under her care at the convent. Rev. Mother Augustine was born in Montreal in 1849 and entered the Order of the Sisters of the Holy Names when 14 years of age. She came to California in the fall of 1S68 and entered the Convent Con-vent of Our -Lady of the Sacred Heart as a teacher. She was directress of the boarding school for fourteen years, and for two vears was local superior of the Order o'f the Sisters of. the Holy Names. A short time ago she was elected provincial1 superior of the order and her term had not expired at the time of her death. Mother Augustine has been identified with the Convent ot Our Lady, for the past thirty-five years. Monitor. The Pope's Golden Jubilee. I All sorts of reports as to new departures de-partures at the Vatican are now appearing appear-ing in the continental papers. The latest lat-est story about Pope Pius X is that he has observed quite privately the golden jubilee of his priesthood. The Frankfurter Frank-furter Zeitung remarks: "The report comes to us from Rome that on the ISth of September Pope Pius X has allowed the golden jubilee Of his priesthood to pass without ceremony. There was no j official mass no official function. The pontiff celebrated the event by a mod- est dinner, to which he invited his sisters, sis-ters, who have arrived in Rome. As the Italie says, the news that the pope commemorated a noteworthy event in his life was first learned through a telegram tel-egram from Turin " The Frankfurter Zeitung should have ascertained the exact date of the pope's ordination before be-fore it published this paragraph. Pius X received holy orders on the lSlh of September, 1S"8 not in 1853, as the Zei-tung Zei-tung has assumed. The golden jubilee of his priesthood will, therefore, occur in 1908. and we feel sure the pope, whatever what-ever his own wishes may be, will be unable, when the time comes, to resist the desire of the Catholic world for a celebration worthy of the occasion. London Catholic Times. RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE. The twenty-fifth anniversary of the dedication of St. Joseph's Cathedral in Columbus. Ohio, was celebrated on Sunday, Oct. IS. The fiftieth anniversary of the founding found-ing of the diocese of San Francisco was celebrated In St. Mary's Cathedral of that city on Sunday, Oct. 18, with appropriate ap-propriate ceremonies. f The Church of France is threatened ivith a dire blow. M. Berand, Senator for Vancluse, will demand the withdrawal with-drawal of authorisation from the Brothers of Christian Schools. Should M. Combes consent, 1,300,000 children would be deprived of religious education! educa-tion! In reply to an address from the first General Congress of Swiss Catholics the Holy Father, through Mgr. Merry del Val, sent his blessing to the gathering gather-ing and expressed the hope that it would prove most successful. f The Bishop of Waterford, Most Rev. Dr. Sheehan, presided at a Feis held under the auspices of the Gaelic League in the High School of the Christian Jbrotners, cionmel, and delivered a vigorous address in support of the Gaelic Gae-lic revival. Much annoyance has been caused by the Vatican authorities by a practical joker. A few days before the first encyclical en-cyclical letter of the new Pope was expected ex-pected an apochryphal encyclical was issued in the same type and form as the usual" Vatican publications and distributed dis-tributed through the mails to all the cardinals and nuncios abroad. This letter, addressed to all the bishops of the world, was filled with numerous texts from the scriptures and was so vrm edited in elegant Latin as to deceive de-ceive many. |