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THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
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BISHOP OF ALTON DIES
AFTER LONG SERVICE
Was Dean of American Hier-
crahy, Which Honor Now
Goes to Bishop Haid.
King andQueen of England Marvel
At Beauty and Splendor of Vatican
Free Thought Destructive
Alton, III.—Pontifical Mass of re
quiem for the repose of the soul
of the late Right Rev. James Ryan,
Bishop of Alton, and at the time
of his death the dean of the Ameri
can hierarchy, was celebrated in the
Cathedral of SS. Peter and Paul
here. Archbishop Ryan, who was
consecrated third Bishop of Alton
on May 1, 1888, died here July 3rd
from infirmities due to old age. His
episcopal term extended for more
than thirty-five years.
The mantle of dean of the Ameri
can hierarchy now descends to Bish
op Haid of North Carolina, who was
consecrated two months later than
Bishop Ryan.
Bishop Ryan was born at Thurles,
County Tipperary, Ireland, on June
17, 1848, and came to this country
when seven years old. The Ryan
family settled in Louisville, Ky„
where the lad attended the parochial
school. He there attracted the atten
tion of Bishop John Martin Spald
ing, then Bishop of Louisville, and
later Archbishop of Baltimore. He
was sent to St. Joseph’s College,
British Sovereigns Visit Pope Pius XI and Make Tour of
Palace and St. Peter’s—Tombs of English Pope and Let
ters of Anne Boleyn of Particular Interest.
Bardstown, Ky., and later to St.
Thomas Seminary and Preston Park
Seminary, diocesan institutions near
Bardstown.
Father Ryan, after his ordination,
served in the Peoria diocese, where
he had as an associate the late Arch
bishop John Lancaster Spalding. He
was rector of St. Columba’s Church,
Ottowa, 111., when appointed to the
see of Alton, in which his prede
cessors were the Right Rev. Henry
Damien Juncker and the Right Rev.
Peler Joseph Baltes.
Under the zealous and capable
guidance of Bishop Ryan the Alton
diocese grew rapidly. It includes now
220 priesst, 120 churches with resi
dent priests, 42 mission chapels, 04
parochial schools, and a Catholic
population of about 80,000. The late
prelate was of retiring disposition,
but was regarded as a capable ad
ministrator and wise counselor. His
crowning achievement was the erec
tion of a $000,000 orphanage in Al
ton, which will be completed in an
other month.
Oldest St. Joseph Sister
Dies in Convent at Brooklyn,
N. Y.
Brooklyn—Sister Ilomnic, said to
have been the oldest member of the
Sisters of St. Joseph in the United
States, died here in the Convent of
the Church of Our Lady of Victory
at the age of ciglity-seven. She was
active almost until her death and re
cently directed the graduation exer
cises of the parish school.
Sister Dominic was born in Ire
land and after coming to this coun
try at the age of ten received her
early education at Butland, Vt„ She
entered the community at Flathush
in 18G3 and spent practically all her
life teaching in parochial schools
and convents in Brooklyn. She was
in turn superior of several educa
tional institutions, including the
Convent of the Church of Our Lady
of Victory at the time of her death.
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(N. C. W. C. News Service.)
Rome—Now that the visit of the
King of England and Queen Mary to
His Holiness has become history I
am able to supply further details
of their entertainment. Naturally,
I c .nnot report what passed between
His Holiness and his royal visitors
at the audience in the small Throne
Room, but as I had occasion to enter
the Sale del Tronetto almost imme
diately immediately after the inter
view, I was able not only to see
the sittings, but to examine with
some care the miniature portraits
on parchment which were the gift
of Pope Pius to the sovereigns.
Cardinal Gasparri returned the vis
it for His Holiness before the lunch
eon.
At luncheon the Queen sat between
Cardinal Gasparri and Cardinal Gas-
quet, the former being on her Ma
jesty’s right, the later on her left.
The Queen appeared radiant and re
peatedly expressed the pleasure the
visit had caused her. During the
animated conversation the subject
of the beauties of the Vatican recur
red more than once and reference
was made several times to His Holi
ness, especially to his affability and
the sympathy he inspired.
At the end of the luncheon Queen
Mary smilingly asked Cardinal Gas-
quet whether he would be shocked
if she smoked a cigarette.
“No, Your Majesty,’’ answered His
Eminence, “because I smoke myself,’
—and he lighted a cigar.
At St. Peter’s and the Vatican Palace
Immediately after luncheon the
Sovereigns returned to St. Peter s
to visit the Basilica and the Vatican
Museums. Received by Cardinal
M.rry del Val rnd several of the
Canons Representatives of the Vati
can Chapter, they minutely examined
the beauties of the greatest Chris
tian 3asilica. They were shown the
beautiful mosiac pictures and super
sculptures and they were filled with
admiration at the vastness and ma
jesty of the Basilica which was
draped and adorned for the Beati
fications. The apse with its tributes
draped in red damask, the scats for
the Cardinals, covered with tapestry
and the magnificent green carpet of
fered a truly gorgeous sight.
Visit Tomb of English Pope.
The tomb of the only English
Pope Adrian IV (1154-1159) and the
sarcophagus of the last of the Stu
arts, Cardinal York who died at
Rome in 1807, attracted the attention
of the King and Queen; the tombs
of the August visitors rcascended
to the Basilica passing through the
principal nave they remarked in
scribed on the pavement the lengths
of the largest churches in the world
and took particular notice of the two
inscriptions: “Ecclesia Calbdralis
Westmonestcncnsis,” Catholic Cath-
cdrel of Westminster. 110 yards; and
‘Londincnse Sansti Pauli fanum
(Temple of St. Paul—London 158.—.)
The Vatican Basilica (recently meas
ured) is 186.35 yards long according
to the inscription on the pavement
outside.
On leaving St. Peter’s the Sove
reigns paused before the monument
erected to the memory of the last
of the Stuart’s which is amongst
Canove’s most beautiful works and
one of the best known in St. Peter's.
The memories it evokes being so in
timately linked to some of the his
torical traditions of England the
Queen had already expressed a great
desire to'Sec it. Equally interesting
given the restricted time allowed
was the visit through the Vatican
Museums and collections
Here Cardinal Gasquct accompa
nied the Sovereigns whom he await
cd in the Hall of Vestments, this is
the Hall whereAhe Pope vests for
the ceremonies in the Sistinc Chapel. \
There arc three halls with extremely
fine tapestries on the walls; the King
noticed one remembering there is a
replica at Windsor, it represents the
Baptism of Our Lord woven from
a design by Rubens. Thence the roy-
al party went to the Library and re
marked the precious gifts of sovere
igns and heads of states particularly
the tables and blocks of malachite
the gift of Czar Alexander of Russia.
The Librarian, ^Cardinal Gasquet
showed the King and Queen the man
uscript of greater importance and the
illuminated codes including the “As-
sertio Septem Sacramentorum (Dc-
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ten by Henry VIII and some of Anne
Bolcyn's love letters.
King George said he felt pleased
holding in his hands the book to
which he owed a title he much ap
preciated, he then asked how Anne
Bolcyn’s love letters happened to be
in the Vatican Library. The Cardi
nal explained that they were sent
to Rome by Henry VIII as documents
in support of his first appeals to
obtain a divorce from the Queen.
Impressed by Great Length.
The sovereigns continued fheir
visit through the interminable gal
leries full of so many art treasures,
when they reached the long corridor
between the Museum and the Lib
rary the King turned to Lady Minto
said: “Just look what a length!” and
Lady Minto answered: “Shall we
have to go to the end?” But not
withstanding the length of that cor
ridor and of others the visit proved
extremely satisfactory. When the
Sistine Chapel was reached the Sov
ereigns were really tired. So they sat
on the seats made ready for the Car
dinals during the papal functions.
Whilp resting they had leisure to
observe the gigantic frescoes of
Michealangelo.
On returning to Villa Patrizi the
Queen was so full of enthusiasm that
she assmebled all the members of
the suite and told them that they
must not leave Rome without visit
ing the Vatican and examining the
works of art it contained.
The conclusion of the visit to the
Vatican was the visit to the Sacred
College of the soverigns. On their
return to Villa Patrizi they received
the representatives of the three Or
ders of Cardinals; the Dean. His
Eminence, Cardinal Vannutclli for
the Order of Bishops, His Eminence
Cardinal Merry del Val for the Or
der of Priests and His Eminence
Cardinal Bisleti for the Order of
Deacons. The interview was most
cordial and the conversation parti
cularly interesting with Cardinal
Merry del Val who speaks English
perfectly.
IOWA CATHOLIC WOMAN
IS HONORED BY POPE
Altar Worker for Twenty-
Paris—A curious article by Gus
tave Herve, director of the paper
Le Victoirc and long one of the
leaders of the socialist party in
France, has just been published. It
is devoted to the subject of de
population, and the writer is forced
to admit that those regions of
France where the Catholic Faith is
strongest, are those where the birth
rate is highest. He quotes a let
ter from one of his readers in
Roanne mentioning the fact that at
the lycce of that town there are 21
married professors. Of these 13 are
free-thinkers, and there are five
children in the 13 families. The
other eight families are practical
Catholics and have a total of 31
children.
M. Gustave Herve says:
“These admissions are disturbing
for us free-thinkers. It is painful
to have to observe that our secular
ism and free thought is bringing
about the destruction of our race
and our country. Our pride as free
thinkers suffers from the observa
tion that we have erred during a
whole century on one of the ques
tions of fundamental policy, and
that patriotism today commands us
to revise our conception of the re
lations of the Republic with the
churches and religions.”
Six Years Receives His
Autographed Photograph.
JAPAN HONORS PRIEST
Markknoll, N. Y.—The Rev. Father
Heck, S. M., after having left the
Imperial University, Tokyo, in order
to take the direction of the Morning
Star Middle School, has been de
clared Professor Emeritus of the
Faculty of Literature. Lately, at the
request of the Imperial University,
the Japanese government has de
cided to pay Father Heck every year
for the rest of his life, 1,600 ven
($800.)
Council Bluffs, Iowa.—Miss Mary
Paschal, of Council Bluffs, who for
twenty-six years has cared for the
sanqtuary of St. Francis Xavier's
church, has been signally honored
by Pope Pius XI., who has sent her
the Apostolic benediction and auto
graphed a photograph of himself.
The photograph bears this inscrip
tion :
“To Our beloved daughter in
Christ, Mary Paschal, in recognition
of her pious service to the Church
of Francis Xavier, Council Bluffs,
Iowa. As a sign of Our paternal
benevolence, We wish from Our
heart to impart the Apostolic Bene
diction.
“Pius PP. XI.”
The gift to Miss Paschal was be
stowed by Monsignor McManus, the
pastor of St. Francis Xavier, fol
lowing the evening Holy Hour ser
vice.
“I have never seen anything like
it for a member of the laity,” said
Monsignor McManus, “although it
has occasionally come to some titled
persons.”
Miss Paschal was one of a group
of six young women appointed 26
years ago by the Rev. Patrick Smyth
to prepare linens and vestments and
care for the altar of the church. It
was a service that bore no prom
ise of material reward and one
which required thought, pains and
care. Miss Paschal is the only mem
ber of the group who has continued
in the charge during the years. She
is an active member of St. Francis
Academy Alunmae Association, of
the Catholic Women’s League, of the
Daughters of America and was a
member of the first circle of the
Christ Child Society established
here.
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“Education By Mail”
New K. of C, Project
New York, —What promises to be
the largest corresponedncc school in
the world has been definitely under
taken by the Knights of Columbus.
The school will he altogether distinct
from the K. of C. free correspond
ence school at New Haven which is
operated exclusively for war veter
ans of all denominations.
The new correspondence school,
plans for which have been adopted
by the K. of C. supreme interna
tional board of directors, will be
thrown open to the approximately
800,000 members of the K. of C., re
gardless of age or location. It is
the most ambitious educational
movement to be launched by any
American organization. The courses
to be given by this school will num
ber approximately seventy, special
emphasis being laid upon cultural
as well as upon livelihood courses.
Those taking the courses will pay
for them on a cost basis, excepting
those enrolled in the veterans’ free
school.
For approximately twelve months
the K. of C. national educational bu
reau has been investigating condi
tions throughout this and other
countries, finally concluding that
widespread demand for education by
mail made the time auspicious for
the launching of this large venture
for members of the Order. It is
planned to have the machinery of
the new school in operation at New
Haven headquarters of the K. of C.
by September 1.
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